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649 · Dec 2012
Sweet Twilight Death
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
Oh sweet twilight death
There is no absence of love
Not even in the darkest place,
A kiss of warfare
Did not stop my bride,
My beautiful maiden,
A haunting symphony
Dances on the foul wind
This wedding melody
Has been twisted so sweetly
By the twilight death
How can something so wonderful
Exist in such destruction?
Blossoms of blood,
Flowers of gore,
Beauty and the beast,
It is not a mere fairy tale.
Love leaves entrails of fear
Hope buries the carcass
My lovely bride,
Her eyes like starlight
Glisten in comparison
To the constellations
They too dwell in a dark place
Light that will never fade
Her skin like pearls
Pure despite the filth
Despite this broken earth
Oh sweet twilight death
Even in this hour of demise,
Love is burning brightly
Love cannot decay
This poem was an old assignment I dug up from my writer's craft papers. The assignment was to allow coexistence between the ugly and the beautiful. I can honestly say I didnt know they could coexist until I experimented with many words. It was difficult, but I really enjoyed this challenge.
Of course I also believe almost anything can sound beautiful if you add the right words. Beautiful and ugly can live in harmony.
644 · Feb 2013
Is this even Poetry?
For the Sparrows Feb 2013
Silent when I want to speak.
Crying when I want to laugh.
Alone when I want to embrace.

No,
I cannot utter the smallest sound.
And that is all it takes...
641 · Jul 2014
Simplicity
For the Sparrows Jul 2014
The simplest thought of you
just those sounds you make
when you are happy,
your delighted sighs,
Your eyes alone smile,
But those lips,
those lips...
All they need to do
is simply move.

I'm in love.

Love is the simple things you do.
I love them.
The simple things.
638 · Apr 2013
(Untitled)
For the Sparrows Apr 2013
Stop treating your mind like a diaper
You're always changing it.

And I've had it with this ****.
this will expand eventually, just got some mad inspiration tonight via poetry slam.
Artists rock my world.
635 · Jan 2013
For the Bruised & Broken
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
This battle we fight as one.
it is a fight against what we have created
It is not ourselves we fight
but what encases us
This barrier can be broken.
Take up arms,
I will fight with you,
I want to fight for you.
Trust in Him
Take Him by the hand,
the hand He has so long offered you.
He calls you child,
You are never alone.
Believing is seeing.

Trust me.

Listen. He is calling.
Are you ready to fight again?
Promise me you won't let go.
Promise me you will rise.
Even if it means falling over
in the days yet to come.

We are brothers. We are sisters.
We are never,
ever,
alone.

Close your eyes and open your ears.
Do you hear it?
Your broken heart is still beating.
It is His love that stops the bleeding.
<3
628 · Jul 2014
Landlocked
For the Sparrows Jul 2014
I'd rather be
in the shadows of trees
than in the shadow of glass,
steel,
concrete.
No canopy.
Not even a canopy of stars.
628 · Aug 2013
Fledgling
For the Sparrows Aug 2013
She is restlessly gathering feathers
This child wants to fly more than ever

Our bodies were not made for the skies
They told her over and over

Refusing to believe,
she continued to dream,
even as she grew older.
Written  February 4, '13
626 · Nov 2013
Just a Maybe.
For the Sparrows Nov 2013
Yes. It might be love.
But maybe just infatuation.
It might be the chemistry.
But I get lost in a fantasy.
Too far to pursue.
Too much risk perhaps.
Yes. It might already be over.
But maybe it's only beginning.
Yes. I know I will see you again.
But what happens then?
For the Sparrows Feb 2014
It seems you've prepared a room in your heart for me
I guess I will stay awhile
I will unpack my things
There's a big window
Where I can watch the sunrise
and feel the light tickle my face in the morning
the same way your lips do

There's a room in your heart for me
I think I'd like to stay awhile
I'll put up posters of our favourite bands
and tape the pictures on the wall
hang postcards from you on a string with clothespins
Make a fort of every book we own
Don't forget your Bible.

There's a room in your heart for me.
It's beginning to feel like a home.
02/23/14
608 · Feb 2013
Skin & Stone
For the Sparrows Feb 2013
The thought of living there
in this fragment of time
or an era long past
to be present in ancient nations,
fills me with wondrous sensations
and I pray...
oh how I pray,
that when I open my eyes
the castles and cathedrals,
will remain beneath the skies.
Let the bells chime.
Hear that powerful ring.
In this fragment of time,
how I would love
to connect my skin to the stone
and hear their stories of old.
To live within their walls,
for as long as I live.
My home is always in my heart.
oh how I pray,
for more adventures to start.
595 · Dec 2012
Ég Anda
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
Breathe in.
Breathe out.

You're alive.
You're awake.

Breathing feels good.

Your blood is moving
The rhythm of your soul!
Embrace it!

Smile at strangers.
Smile at the mirror.

Today,
Tomorrow,
& Tonight, I will win a battle.

If you can breathe,
and find a reason to smile,
may you win many battles.

I am your ally.
I will tell you
of the greatest gift,
of the greatest power,
of the greatest weapon,
this world has ever known,

if you ask me


Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Inspired by the song Eg Anda by Sigur Ros (* I do not own the title of this piece)
585 · Jan 2013
Just Pretend.
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
I'm almost always uncomfortable.

I said.

She told me to just pretend.

Pretend you are comfortable,
with who you are
with what you see
It will take some time
but you will learn and love
who you are meant to be.

I love you to pieces.

She tells me constantly.
I love you too
even if it doesn't pass these lips.
In my heart, I know
you are my best friend
and I'd be nowhere
if you and I were alike.

I love you more then any other on this planet.
and I will pretend for you,
so that I may grow to love me too.
For mom. I love you to pieces.
546 · May 2013
Talking to a Tree
For the Sparrows May 2013
Day after day
Late mornings
to midday tears
and late nights fears
nothing has changed.
The tree remains a whithered sapling.
It has been so long...
Why will you not grow?
When will you rise far above the dirt that chokes you?
When will you be green again,
When will you be happy again?
When will you bloom and bear the good fruit
that is good to eat?
WHEN WILL YOU BE A TREE?!

So it has come to this.
Have I gotten so lost?
Have I gone mad?
It's a tree.
I am talking to a tree.

You cannot tell a tree when to grow.
You cannot ask a tree questions
and expect answers.

A tree does not speak,
and it does not comprehend
my language.
542 · Jan 2013
Serenade of Winter
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
Let the cold winds greet you
with a gentle bite on your rosy face
The spirit of winter means no harm
Listen to the Serenade of Winter
To not only hear,
rather to see the beauty she hides
behind the blinding white veil
For when the sun shines these short hours
A frozen wonderland is brought forth
Bathe in the cool Winter light
This wonderful Serenade comes and goes
like the day and the night.
Every year a new song is composed.
542 · Dec 2012
Dancer on the Shore
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
Whether the heavens cry
or shine brightly
whether the seas roar
of if they gently lick the shore
she will be there
dancing,
dancing her sorrows away.

As long as her heart beats
As long as she has reason
she will never stop
dancing her demons away.
A character of mine under development. I have met many people with amazing motivation and it brings me inspiration. It is my hope that I can be inspiring for others too. The dancer has became a result of their inspiration.
535 · Jan 2013
Snow Clouds (Haiku)
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
A twilight palette
flowing like water
towering like mountains
breathing like ice
A colourful wall of clouds outside my window caught my attention late today, moving along the city like a backdrop. It's worth keeping your window open! :) Our God is an Artist!

"A writer is working he/ she is staring out the window." Burton Rascoe
529 · Jan 2013
The Anonymous
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
They came to be.
Some stay and make a home of this heart
Others go,
and fade away like the clouds.
Secrets. Thoughts. Memories.
One in particular came to be
this isolate night.
I cannot tell if it is good
blooming in hope,
or bad,
in its very existence.
For it is a wish of a moribund life,
only so that this heart
can truly learn how to beat
to the rhythm of His will.
525 · Jul 2013
Delirium
For the Sparrows Jul 2013
Nobody wants to be
the first to say I miss you
You do.
I know in my heart  you do.
Say it.
But I know in my heart
you won't.

Once the sun,
now the moon.

A flower that refuses to die.
520 · Jan 2013
Created to Create
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
Something is always the influence
How do we know if...
we are
truly
original?

And my Father spoke to me.

No mind is fashioned alike
No palm is moulded the same
No fingerprint identifies with another

You are my Masterpiece.
You are my original.
You were created
so you too,
may create...

but never forget
the One who fashioned
your original mind.

Don't you know
it is always Me,
giving you
the influence you always seek?
518 · Aug 2013
Caged Wings
For the Sparrows Aug 2013
What kind of writer am I
when I cannot even find the words
They slip past me, like feathers in the wind
feathers like paper, with the words I need to say
Maybe I'm not even human
Maybe I am a bird.

Perched inside, locked away
I am a bird in a cage

It is like this.
This is what I need to say.
I am a bird,
caged away
In a tree that reaches the clouds
So that I can see the free ones fly

With wings strong enough
to break their hold

When will my wings
be ready?
This is what depression feels like. Broken wings while you can see the other birds fly free.
515 · Oct 2013
The Reason I Wake Up
For the Sparrows Oct 2013
Now it seems they are falling from the sky.
They are everywhere.
I feel their hungry eyes.
Why so suddenly?
I am not ready to love.
Let alone kiss...

Why does it still seem,
I will love you until to end of time?

My time has only just begun.

And I feel so young.

Maybe I'm just not ready for this thing called love.

But I want to be.

Because it's the reason for my tears each night.

It's the reason  I wake up.

The reason *I won't give up.
more of a subtle vent then a poem, i guess.
496 · Nov 2013
If I'm Falling
For the Sparrows Nov 2013
I think I'm falling
and I'm scared
I think I'm falling
and it feels wonderful.
If I'm falling
and you're falling too,
we'll be alright.
It takes two hearts to fly.
Each heart has one wing.
So If I am falling,
please tell me I'm not the only one.
The sky was made for the two of us.
495 · Jan 2013
Dear God.
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
I wish I was someone I am not
or ever will be.

I am so sorry for doubting
this masterpiece
a painting unfinished.
unable to fully see.

I am so sorry.
461 · Nov 2012
The Artist of Earth
For the Sparrows Nov 2012
The Earth.
A gift. A precious gift.
Why do we treat it so harshly
or rather neglect the Artist?
The world.
It meant for us to cherish. to protect. to change.
The world is yours,
yours to see
yours to smell
yours to taste
yours to hear
yours to touch
Your time on the earth is precious.
Why invest trying to blend into the world,
to become a part of it?
Listen children,
you were born to stand out.
You have wings.
Solid ground beneath your feet
is where you feel comfort.
You've forgotten,
You have wings!
Time is precious,
yet there is a time for everything.
It's up to you to divide
Just remember,
You were born with wings.
You were born to protect. to change. to cherish.
But most of all,
to LOVE.



Miah, daughter of the Artist
For the Sparrows Nov 2012
It lingers in my heart
Sing me a song,
sing sadness away
455 · Dec 2012
"Let's Runaway."
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
As I am now.
I don't miss you.

who you were then.
You played with my heart.

Just one day.
You took away so much time...

I would go back.
Why do you want to go back?

To feel alive again.

You will only get hurt.

I know.
444 · Oct 2013
There She Goes
For the Sparrows Oct 2013
There she goes again.
Falling for the ones who will disappear.
If only she knew
that love is not far.
It is here.
09/06/13
439 · Nov 2013
Midna's Diary (Part I)
For the Sparrows Nov 2013
My sweet darkness,
My twilight,
My home.
When will I return?
I long to escape this light
where I am nothing more than his shadow.
I am nothing here…
Nothing.
And she looked at me with such grace.
Such mercy…
This world is not hopeless it seems.
426 · Dec 2012
Sun
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
Sun
You rise
and the shadows run and hide
they linger behind us in fear
this is a time of the light;
a time to delight
in all things brought to life
by the glory of the Great Star.
When you sleep,
your friends of lesser light
guide our way
You never leave us
You never forsake us
Even when the shadows
come out to tease and play.
You make the darkness
a place to survive
as long as we believe
Your light always shines.
And soon its time again,
You rise.

*And so do I.
424 · Jan 2013
Half the World
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
I have become obsessed
with living in this world of dreams
don't ever let me leave
and keep me awake
this is where I am suppose to be
Dreams will die
if I keep falling asleep.

Here my heart beats.
Here I am truly alive.
I never want to leave.

Come walk with me.
It's a gift, you see.
A gift only some receive.

Half the world is awake.
Half the world is asleep.
369 · Dec 2012
Thick & Tall It Towers All
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
There is a river is flowing
where no eye has seen
and no hand has touched

You might say it does not exist

I believe it does.

Not far from the river
in a forest rich and lush of green
lives a particular tree
thick and tall it towers all
roots grow deep in the blessed earth
under the mountains they stretch
even under the river,
which helps it flow.  

This tree, like the river,
no eyes have seen.
no hands have touched.

Other then mine.

You say it does not exist.

Watch as I bring them to life.
"Everything you can imagine is real." -anonymous
350 · Jan 2013
Where the White Manor Lies
For the Sparrows Jan 2013
Follow the bird
follow it deep into the twisting trees
a forest so vast
like a sister to the seas

There a secret lies
Lost in the ages and memories of man
Follow the bird
You will understand

All the answers lost
and stories beyond imagination
A light will shine
On the uncharted nation
Piece of a story I am attempting to conjure.
For the Sparrows Dec 2012
I am just waiting for something to happen.
that will save me from the demon.
he has followed me
for more then five years time
you may as well be my shadow.
Amidst my times of joy
he will strike
and consume me.
weak and broken,
I am just waiting for something to happen.
Over and over again.
When will the demon leave me be?

— The End —