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843 · Mar 2016
I am
echo Mar 2016
I am every word I've said
Each moment I have pondered
I am every year I've seen
Each question I have wondered

So maybe every single thought
Each person, every prayer
Is everything I am
As well as how I've gotten there
840 · Aug 2013
Udderly Meaningless
echo Aug 2013
i looked out the window
and saw

a cow.
true story.
and then i realised just how postmodern my world has become.
just saying.
839 · Jan 2014
after all (10w)
echo Jan 2014
...
I wish
I loved
you
like
I want
me
to
...
832 · Feb 2014
Battles (10w)
echo Feb 2014
Told
to
pick
his
battles

He
picked
all
of
them
10w
822 · Sep 2013
Pointless (10w)
echo Sep 2013
.
To put it
bluntly:
We both
know
this is

Pointless

.
the pursuit of happiness
oft bypasses common sense
818 · Oct 2013
Sipping Sunshine
echo Oct 2013
I greet
the
Morning
~
*"How do you dew?"
10w
809 · Dec 2013
Old Years Day
echo Dec 2013
Thankful
for the hardships
and more so
for Your grace.
Ten Word Tuesday
786 · Jul 2013
Silhoette
echo Jul 2013
Night- paces and restlessly stations
leaf'd sentries in the silhouette sky;

Black* - cossetting, scissored, jagged
tatoo'd trees lend watchful eyes;

Branches - whisper aches and pains
with sweeping hands of hurried lies;

Trust - exhumes her two-cent breath -
*"You promised not to compromise.."
Tonight the trees were
black
lace
curtains
that silhouetted the sky
the breeze
shuddered
and
whispered
to me:
"Take care of your promise ...my child"
782 · Feb 2021
else
echo Feb 2021
it's a vulnerable thing, isn't it?
to let go of someone,
with no guarantee
of an else.
758 · Jul 2013
Shine
echo Jul 2013
I shouldn't be able
to see myself
in the mirror

for the

LIGHT

You have placed

inside of me
City on a Hill
757 · Aug 2013
Know Thyself
echo Aug 2013
..                 I am a Heart

                          ~ melting with joy

                              ~ trembling with fear

                       ~ grappling with faith

                                      Adoring of God                ..
...
Found this written on a scrap of paper ~
I can't recall when I wrote it, yet it still resonates truthfully inside...
~ echo ~
752 · Nov 2013
My Best Friend
echo Nov 2013
.
when I talk to you
I remember
who I am
.
10w
For Claudine.
748 · Oct 2016
Snowhere
echo Oct 2016
Not sure when I'll ever know
Crystallise this moral snow
Show me forwards, upwards, rightness
Show my feet the path that's
Righteous
736 · Jul 2013
Drown
echo Jul 2013
I want to throw my phone at the bottom of an ocean
Corrupting salt for corrupting tears that stale my words
And choke my heart [without ever having appeared]

I would that it met the depths and reached the bottom
Cos I am still trying to get to the bottom of this
When pulled at the roots, the root reappears
Harder to pull as we further in years [please wise us to the sun]

I am in love with an idea, today with your ear
All mine to whisper in, to bite and tell you two tales of love
To contain my passion to show the love within my heart
If not poured out will drown itself amass

And inconsistency will be my epitaph.

This is my fear.
Just a brainstream... of my honest thoughts.
(written some time ago...) -.-
you see... I was still in love with the idea of him...
and sometimes that is confusing
(which probably came out in my words)
713 · Jan 2014
"Meaning"
echo Jan 2014
1.**  The absence
of meaninglessness

2.  Harder to find
than you think
10w
713 · Mar 2016
Above us
echo Mar 2016
Time's a kite
Still flying
We hold on
10w
711 · Nov 2013
Just like the Past
echo Nov 2013
you're gone
but all too
*Present
kind of tense.

10w
700 · Aug 2013
Thoughts
echo Aug 2013
thoughts flow out
from my fingers...

they must still hold
my dreams

from when

I slept

with
my head
on my hands*
~
698 · Jul 2013
Speaking in the Silence
echo Jul 2013
where were you
~
when my watch
fading like a heartbeat
faintly breathing
on my wrist
surrendered
silver
hands
into
the
softed
air
~
you were here
with
me
Reminding my soul - God is at all times, near...
and He knows my inmost being,
to fill me with peace, surpassing my understanding
remember, Oh my soul...
remember...

He is here

:)
echo Mar 2016
On my way to post a letter
Out my car Windows
I saw a grammar
Make a dash across the road
In an effort to be punctual
To a function at the TAB.
I skidded my car to a full stop,
Lost control in her direction,
Not in time to avoid my space-bar
I dashed over to find
She was in a comma!

Hit with a forward slash
It was a capital offense
I could not escape
Yet I was bold,
Tensely outlined the events
They docked a dot point
off my pen licence
and after bringing me before the keyboard
Sentenced me to a short spell
In a prison pen
(as it was just a lower case).

Entering the ward,
I paged the shift nurse
After her line break
‘- Would she wake?’
As it turns out her back space
Will have question marks
But her chances are greater-than most
Her progress is fontastic
For her age bracket
But her colon was disturbed -

She may have trouble
                                       with
                                                    her
                                                               vowels.
Just a pun-one, I penned for fun :)
(and you thought I was a serious type)
691 · Jun 2013
Restless
echo Jun 2013
My mind is like
A small child
Who cannot
Sit still
688 · Sep 2013
Easier Said
echo Sep 2013
"Letting go"
and
"Holding on"*
..
Always easier said than done
Ten Word Tuesday
673 · Jan 2015
Do you follow?
echo Jan 2015
If
Each
Follows  
His
Conscience

Is
Each
An
Honest
Man
?
10w
673 · Mar 2014
Upside Down, Inside Out
echo Mar 2014
Dying
to
live
in
your
Life
Matthew 16:25
672 · Sep 2013
But-
echo Sep 2013
"What will
happen
if
I open my eyes?"

*"You'll see..."
testing waters
669 · Aug 2013
Springy
echo Aug 2013
the beauty of Spring
the flowers you bring

go out your door
and your eyes turn to love

you pick a flower
and give it to your love.

:} :P
My fantastic (and somewhat romantic) little brother wrote this poem!
Nine years old... its probs better than some of mine haha :)
enjoy
669 · Sep 2013
Secrets -15w
echo Sep 2013
What you don't know won't hurt you

But keeping it from you is hurting me
what to do...?
13.09.2013
667 · May 2015
Vase parade
echo May 2015
petal frills and perfumed lace
roses vie for twirling space
each crimson face,
each quiet grace
does turn upon the silent stage
like a tide, an empty page
and sings in wordless ways

                               *"Beauty awaits, beauty awaits"
echo Jun 2013
Pouring
Poring
Braining
Boring
Lulling
Sloshing
Through this head

Onto pages
Early stages
Of this fret
Played strings
Don’t bet
On
Happy
Endings

Arrgh!
662 · Jun 2013
Poison
echo Jun 2013
Gossip Black as Poison on Your Breath
I Feel the Hate like Thorns into My Neck
Suffocation - Wrought by Shallow Scorn
          this Cold and Brittle Slate will Break
                          *You Both
660 · Jan 2015
Remember...
echo Jan 2015
Write to express,
my dear -
Not to impress.
don't be scared of either - never shy!
expressions and impressions,
life lessons and digressions
these your worded passions
all let fly!
655 · Aug 2013
let you go (10w)
echo Aug 2013
.
I
should
go
to
bed

and
let
you
go
too
.
double meaning.
meh both ways.
good night.
652 · Jul 2013
Free to Fly
echo Jul 2013
I am a kite -
straining against her string
and while you all admire me
         hung in the sky
      like a bauble
          on an endless tree

you will never hear the thoughts
of this dancing fantasy
          *or realise
     my struggles
          to      
            be...  free
649 · Nov 2013
missing you (10w)
echo Nov 2013
..
i need to stop searching.
you're not lost.
i am.
..
10w
648 · Jan 2015
Two Truths.
echo Jan 2015
Life does not consist
In the abundance of possessions.

Nor Love
In the abundance of words.
Search your heart - and learn to measure
Who you are is what you treasure
644 · May 2015
Vision
echo May 2015
The heart sees in colours
That the mind can't comprehend
10w
641 · Jan 2014
Glass Shield
echo Jan 2014
...
she drew the line
but her heart
was on
it

...
10w
641 · Sep 2014
Just Start
echo Sep 2014
Start writing
the words will follow

Start asking
the answers will come

Start loving
let it change your heart

Fill the page. Fill the blanks. Love inconveniently.


Just start.
639 · Apr 2016
Precious Child
echo Apr 2016
In your rhythmic ocean of warmth
You tug sweetly at the thousand threads
Of red and ochre, sunset blushes
A deep song through shallow veins
Tuning your fragile compass
By a beautifully
Miniature
Heart
One day you will love

Tumbling pirouettes of quiet unawares
To the melody of your mother’s laugh
As the gentle lullabied vines
Cradle your whispered breaths
You hold a perfect thumb
A flawless white shell
To pure pink
Lips
One day you will speak

Suspended in wondrous veil
A delicate radiance of blessing
Weaving light in golden promises
A dulcet requiem for your perfect world
You sing from your beautiful sphere
Scrunched in lovely darkness,
Precious child
Your little
Eyes
Will one day see

The beauty of life.
Dedicated to the unborn.
May we know your astounding worth and be brave in its truth.
625 · Nov 2013
my my...
echo Nov 2013
i i i
think
i'm
a little
too
self-obsessed
sometimes
10w

.-.
618 · Sep 2014
undangered species
echo Sep 2014
'but risks make me
uncomfortable'

well...
'uncomfortable'
is just a pessimistic word
for
exciting.
:D
join the campaign
riskyou undangered species
613 · Feb 2014
common cents
echo Feb 2014
if

it's free

*- don't buy it.
611 · Aug 2013
Remember when -
echo Aug 2013
I said

Adieu

&
you thought
I sneezed

?
..
I wonder
if you
would have blessed me
so quickly
...
if you knew
that I meant

*Goodbye
610 · Sep 2013
The Fall
echo Sep 2013
why
does
forbidden fruit
always look sweeter
to my eyes?
I fell for you...
forsaking Eden
609 · Oct 2016
Check in
echo Oct 2016
I checked
my ego.

It's still
there.
check your ego, amigo.
609 · Aug 2013
My fault
echo Aug 2013
..
I will not blame you -
I am my own fault.
I will still ask you -
This my own prayer.
Will you pity me -
And lift my unworthy head
where it fell into
obstinate ways?

..
dragged myself to sea
echo Sep 2013
..

The world's
a stage...

and he is just

A Player


..
*more wisdom than you can Shake-a-Speare at
**dat relationship advice
*** been into the ten-words lately... :P
603 · Oct 2016
Love song to reality
echo Oct 2016
I would write your name on my heart
But one day it may fail
I would carve your name into trees
But one day they may fall
So I'll just write your name on the Internet
*Because nothing we ****** say on there
Can ever be erased.
601 · Aug 2013
how
echo Aug 2013
how
do you waltz me

with your words

even though i

promise not to

dance with you?
i understand that words overflow from the heart.
that is why i'm careful what to reply...
don't you see how fragile we are... ?
600 · Sep 2013
Shallow Breaths (10w)
echo Sep 2013
.
memories
in a wind tunnel
fly through
like wayward
thoughts
.
10w Tuesday
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