Emily Comer-Zello: Favorites

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Love

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Ginamarie Engels

Love

Love is never near or far
it's kept in a bright, shooting star
That's up at night, flying really fast
remembering the memories in the past
Once I catch it, I feel the love
that is extremely high, up above
I'll feel a tingle in my heart
telling me my journeys are bound to start
Love is never locked up in a safe
it is to believe and have faith
To hold and to cherish
to adore, not to perish
It's to sit together, underneath the stars
count how many stars there are
It's to swim in the ocean, and feel it's breeze
and sit outside and observe the leaves
To examine the color of the wind
to love your true love deep within.

@2003

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

A New Day With You

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Katy Walker

A New Day With You

The world is a stage

The Sun-- a spotlight

Brightening your starry smile

The wind—an orchestra

Breathing life into the path you dance

Each day I see the end as a sunrise

A standing ovation for your laughter

As you drift into sleep

The curtain hushing all sound

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Tragedy

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Elizabeth

Tragedy

Like a captain aboard a sinking vessel,
he waits for the last passenger to disembark.
But if that passenger refuses to be saved,
does that make the captain loyal or foolish?
Either way,
it's a tragedy too painful to watch.

For my father

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

How Far.

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Cassidy Pratt

How Far.

How far do you want to push this,
How far do you need to act like this to show him you don’t care,
How far are you gonna make him feel bad,
Far enough to where he ends it,
He leaves you forever,
Not turning around,
Never saying good bye,
Just a lonely life ahead of you,
How far do you have to pick on someone before we all lose them?
Why would you do that?
How come we just can’t get along with each other?
Why can’t we be friends?
Why does that one person deserve all the pain you put them through,
The words you say to them stick in there heads forever,
Never leave them,
Even after they leave us,
They might not show you that it hurts,
But they do hurt,
We are all people and we have feelings,
So why don’t we stop this,
Before we find out how far,
How far is.
Cassidy Pratt

I wrote this in the days after a friend of mines suicide. He was harassed, threatened, and bullied for being gay.

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Yesterday

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

W. S. Merwin

Yesterday

My friend says I was not a good son
you understand
I say yes I understand

he says I did not go
to see my parents very often you know
and I say yes I know

even when I was living in the same city he says
maybe I would go there once
a month or maybe even less
I say oh yes

he says the last time I went to see my father
I say the last time I saw my father

he says the last time I saw my father
he was asking me about my life
how I was making out and he
went into the next room
to get something to give me

oh I say
feeling again the cold
of my father's hand the last time

he says and my father turned
in the doorway and saw me
look at my wristwatch and he
said you know I would like you to stay
and talk with me

oh yes I say

but if you are busy he said
I don't want you to feel that you
have to
just because I'm here

I say nothing

he says my father
said maybe
you have important work you are doing
or maybe you should be seeing
somebody I don't want to keep you

I look out the window
my friend is older than I am
he says and I told my father it was so
and I got up and left him then
you know
though there was nowhere I had to go
and nothing I had to do

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Security Blanket

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Anna Jordan

Security Blanket

the tapestries come unraveled
that once made up the sky
the strings of starlight falling
landing on the gravel roadside
the world is not my oyster
the moon is not my pearl
The Sun's been torn
frayed and worn
from that deep-sleep blanket
still warm
like the dawns rise
over an empty sky
as heaven’s last banner
is ripped asunder.
The sleeper awakens
in a cold, dark night
the warm light missing, stolen
magic carpet taken flight
the blanket that kept us
safe from the monsters
that crept at us in the dark
has been shredded
leaving only strands
of falling stars
that we forgot to wish on.

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

How Is It?

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

her

How Is It?

after a while everything about them fades

the hand holding

the kisses

the I love you mores

and the

you hang up firsts

time erases it all

it turns it into a memory

and eventually a blur

the feel of you against me

faded

I lost the outline of your lips

so why is it

that I can still

trace the outline

of your voice

when it is silent

before I sleep?

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

The Way We Once Were (How You Changed)

Aug 2012 Emily Comer-Zello

Seth Connor Jackson

The Way We Once Were (How You Changed)

I used to love the way
You would stand on the tips
Of your toes to kiss me
I remember the days when
I would leave and you were upset
Because you would miss me
I recall the night of our first kiss
Something I’d been dreaming of
A chance I wouldn’t miss
And I remember thinking
That for me to have found you
Was the fulfillment of my wish
But then in time you changed,
You forgot all about me
I hadn’t done a thing though babe,
I wish that you could see
I wanted nothing more
Then to see you smile
To stay by your side all the while
Time just changed you though,
Made you a different person
A couple should grow closer babe,
But your feelings for me worsened
I just wish that I could understand
The reasons that you did it
You slept with him,
You lied to me,
And all this time you hid it
You cheated babe and hurt me bad
Left me beat, but I’m not broken
I just wish the words you said to him
Were words that you had spoken
To me that is, because I loved you
But you just never cared
I would have been there through anything
But what you’ve done is
Unforgiveable to me
There’s so many reasons I should hate you
But it’s just not in my heart
I cared for you so dearly once
And believed we’d never part
I shouldn’t want to speak to you
But that’s just not my way
I can’t just cut you from my life
What else is there to say
You held a lot of meaning to me
Represented all things true
I thought you were my gift
To make up for the bad in the past
I believed you were the best thing
That’s happened to me but
Now those feelings have passed
The fact that you could do those things
Doesn’t sit with me to well
I hate myself above all else
For just how hard I fell
I thought you were the one for me
And our relationship would mature
There was a time when I believed
That you were the perfect woman
Both beautiful and pure
If only I had known the way
That you would change before
I don’t regret meeting you
But I would of stayed just friends
And never wanted more
The time we shared was fun and all
But sadly it was time wasted
I’m so upset you did this babe,
Just can’t understand why your
Feelings for me so quickly faded
I guess I’ll never understand
And I should let it go
But leaving you is just something,
I wasn’t ready for
I tried to change and be perfect
But that wasn’t enough
I’m trying hard to stay strong babe
But **** you make it tough
The things they say are all so true
Life and love can all be rough
But how you let all of this end
Just really wasn’t fair
Anytime you needed me you knew
I was always there
I’ve always been far too nice,
You know it’s been my curse
And you knew that from the start
I thought you wouldn’t take advantage of it
But then you filled the part
I spent my time and money babe,
I worked weeks just for you
So you could see the world with me
What else was there to do
I thought that I could keep you
But I was all so wrong
You never cared a bit for me
And loved others all along
To top it off you slept with him
When he’s already hurt you
I would of never done a thing like that
And you know that it’s so true
You made the choice and did it though
Didn’t even seem to regret it
Why you chose him over me
I’ll never get one bit
I’ll analyze this for so long
But I’ll still never understand
Why you lusted for all them
But pushed away my hand
I guess all of this had to happen
Eventually you were bound to get caught
But the way that this is ending now
Is one hundred percent your fault
I’m trying hard to remain calm
And I want to stay your friend
But the things that you have done to me
You don’t even try to amend
I don’t know if I can talk to you
Once I finally leave
It’s hard for me to see you now,
I still just can’t believe
You lied so much, and used me more
You were just so deceiving
But if that’s the person that you
Truly are, then I’m happy to be leaving
The kinder I got, the worse you were
I knew I could do better
I guess I had just made myself believe
That we were meant together
I was wrong once again,
I’m sure you’re happy to hear that
But after what you did to me
Just know I’m never coming back
I caught you late, wish it had been sooner
But there’s nothing I can do
I’m just happy now that I have seen
The person who’s really you
I wish you well and hope you change
And that’s all for your sake
Losing me in time you’ll realize
Was the worst mistake you’ll make