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1.2k · Sep 2015
I'm alright
DK Sep 2015
You ask and I respond,
"I'm alright,"
the answer is second nature,
the truth is hidden,
deep within,
slowly dying,
the need to love,
to heal,
to forgive,
but time is not on my side,
so as I sulk in my lasting pain,
I will smile, laugh, pretend,
and when you ask,
I will say "I'm alright."
954 · Jul 2014
Terrified
DK Jul 2014
How can she say you have to pick between her and I?
What if you choose her?
She is your mother after all,
I am just a girl,
A girl you claim is your true love,
But she is your flesh and blood,
What if you can't choose me?
I don't know what I would do without you,
You are my heart and soul,
I know I will never find another,
Another that means as much as you do to me,
But you can't choose me,
You have no out,
You are trapped within your mothers grasp,
I am starting to see our demise,
And it kills me,
Slowly ripping my heart to shreds,
Losing you might really **** me,
I don't know what to do anymore,
What if is all I can think about...
I am **terrified
939 · Jan 2013
Best Friend...
DK Jan 2013
Best friend,
I've lost you,
Gone for good,
I'm afraid,
Better off,
I'm alone,
Missing you,
Never to feel your smile,
Softly on my lips again,
Never to fill me,
Full of need and desire,
Never to hold me tight,
On those late nights alone,
Never to call,
Just to say,
Good night,
Never again will you be mine,
Even if it were for a few minutes,
Never again will I have my best friend,
When I need to talk,
Or ever again,
Best friend please come back....
        You chose the wrong girl...
930 · Nov 2012
Crazy in Love
DK Nov 2012
I want to be crazy in love,
I want only one person on my mind,
Day and night,
to long to be in his arms,
only his lips will I want to devour,
I want to have crazy emotions for him overflow my brain,
so that I write all of these emotions on everything,
to have spontaneous moments with him,
Like kissing in the rain,
to find little love letters from him on occasion,
I want to stargazer all night with him in the yard,
and be cozy by the fire with him on a cool night,
just to sit with him and talk for hours,
about anything and everything,
I would love him,
And he would love me,
so much so that we wouldn't know what to do,
we would just be crazy...
crazy in love
I want to be crazy in love...
I know he is out there, I can feel him. Now I just have to find him...
924 · Nov 2012
Where do we stand?
DK Nov 2012
Where do we stand?
I ask myself this question every day,
we've been through so much together,
then you were gone,
I was so alone even though I was mad,
I can forgive but never forget,
now you are back,
you seem to give little signs,
but what do they mean?
Do you miss us?
Do you want to be friends?
Are you just saying everything is okay?
Or am I just over thinking everything?
Where do we stand?
Life would be so much easier if I knew...
But that would mean talking to you...
847 · Sep 2015
Fight
DK Sep 2015
I lost it all,
then I fought to get it back,
I fought to fill the void,
fought to find love again,
fought to save my heart,
fought to feel safe, secure, happy,
fought to take the easy route,
I crashed so hard,
head first into the ground,
I fought until it burned,
it burns so bad,
I can't fight this way anymore,
can't be tough like this anymore,
I have to change my fight,
have to fight through the pain,
fight through being alone,
fighting is all I can do,
at least now I know the proper fight.
820 · Jul 2014
Doubt
DK Jul 2014
Slowly,
Surely,
Filling my thoughts and dreams,
I was so sure when we met,
So sure when we kissed,
So sure until this,

She told you to make your choice,
But will it be the one I want,
Will it be the one that will make us last,
Or will it be the one to rip us apart,

For us to continue,
Something has to give,
With it creeping in,
Will you choose us,
Or lose us,

I can not wait around,
Waiting until,
You decide to really change,
Because part of me,
Being eaten away by it,
Thinks people don't change,

You think,
I will push us apart,
In reality it's you,
I just don't know what to do,

I am simply being drowned by the **DOUBT
779 · Nov 2012
Get Away
DK Nov 2012
Growing up in a small town is nice,
Until you can't escape,
I need to get out after everything I've faced,
All the rumors going 'round,
Screaming is the only sound,
I can't escape until next fall,
Hopeful for it all,
I need to be gone,
out of this Iowa town,
I need to be on my own,
Even if I'm all alone,
Time moves quickly,
Soon I will be glad to be back home,
but first I must wait,
I must endure this hell,
An Iowa high school,
who knew 400 people could cause such a devotion to get away...
761 · Nov 2012
Starlight, Star Bright
DK Nov 2012
Starlight, star bright,
All the stars I can see tonight,
Her eyes, they shine,
When she sees him and sighs,
Tonight they will know what it has been like,
With her standing in front of that mic,
Speaking her words to them all,
Telling her stories of fall,
About what they went through,
And all they got into,
About how she crumbled,
While they tumbled,
Her love just wasn't enough,
But she knows that life is tough,
When she cries herself to sleep,
She knows she won't sleep that deep,
Even though this goes on for so long,
She knows she must be strong,
But she can see,
This is how life is ment to be,
Looking at the stars saying,
*Starlight, star bright...
732 · May 2017
Timing
DK May 2017
Timing,
it is everything.
The time I met you,
nothing seemed right,
except us.
But we could not be.
You are happy with her.
That is respectable,
but we wanted each other.
We just couldn't.
Now I can't get you out of my head.
You said if timing was better,
we could be together.
But timing isn't better.
Our timing *****,
but does it?
Everything happens for a reason.
Is our story just beginning,
or was it over before it started?

Now as I sit and think of you,
I resist the urge to pursue you,
Because you deserve better.
She makes you happy.

I just want to be happy.

Timing,
it is everything,
but you can make it your own,
but should I?
660 · Jul 2014
Truly
DK Jul 2014
Once Upon A Time,
there was a beautiful young girl,
whose heart of gold had been mistreated,
lied to, forgotten, and cheated on,
she wasted time on so many,
they all wore false crowns,
pretending to be a handsome prince,
none of which truly valued her,
it was while with the worst of them,
she found a man with a truly gold crown,
this handsome prince was not only hers truly,
he saved her from the worst false prince of all,
he was her true love,
the one that she had longed for forever,
the other half of her soul,
her real knight in shining armor,
he was her Prince Charming,
the stories were real,
they really did exist,
her prince never mistreated her,
never lied, forgot, or cheated on her,
he treated her like she never had been,
but the most wonderful thing he did for her,
he showed her who she really was,
he showed her that she was a princess,
she was truly meant to be with him,
and they lived wonderfully,
together,
the Charming Prince and his beautiful Princess
643 · Nov 2012
Escape
DK Nov 2012
sitting in a dark room,
head throbbing,
unaware of where you are,
you search for something,
anything that will help you escape,
brisk night air greets you,
it is coming from your left in the corner,
as you shuffle closer
you hear a hiss coming from the opposite wall,
this is your sign to leave,
finding a hole in the wall leading outside,
you jump out,
running,
before you can think you are,
running,
faster than you thought possible,
through a field,
then into the woods,
running until you can no more,
all you can think is...
**"Did I escape?"
631 · Nov 2012
Friends
DK Nov 2012
We are friends,
But it seems
I am your last resort when you have options,

We are friends,
But it seems
only when you need something
Am I the one you look to,

We are friends,
But it seems
That I am no ones first pick,

We are friends,
But it seems
No matter what I do
I am your last resort
609 · Dec 2012
Here we go again...
DK Dec 2012
Here we go again,
Getting all mixed up with each other,
We never know how it will really end,
We only hope that it ends with us together,
You have her,
And I have him,
But it's not the same,
We need each other,
But yet we can't leave,
You say to just continue down this path,
But I am not a patient woman,
I can only walk the same path for so long,
until I find a new exciting path,
We talk like we are already together,
Yet we are so very far apart,
I wish that you could just come home,
Then we could talk this out,
But the army doesn't work that way,
I guess I'll just wait this out,
I know that everything will be fine in the very end,
But the one thing that kills me,
I can not wait until the end...
A rough draft but I feel the need to share...
589 · Dec 2012
Here we go again...
DK Dec 2012
Here we go again,
Getting all mixed up with each other,
We never know how it will really end,
We only hope that it ends with us together,
You have her,
And I have him,
But it's not the same,
We need each other,
But yet we can't leave,
You say to just continue down this path,
But I am not a patient woman,
I can only walk the same path for so long,
until I find a new exciting path,
We talk like we are already together,
Yet we are so very far apart,
I wish that you could just come home,
Then we could talk this out,
But the army doesn't work that way,
I guess I'll just wait this out,
I know that everything will be fine in the very end,
But the one thing that kills me,
I can not wait until the end...
A rough draft but I feel the need to share...
577 · Jan 2013
My Escape
DK Jan 2013
Dreams are my escape,
I don't mean day dreams,
There are too many other distractions while awake,
No I mean dreams while asleep,
Some think I just love to sleep,
and I do,
but that is not the main reason behind my madness,
I love to escape reality for as long as I can,
I love to experience anything I want,
and to see what lies in my subconsious,
Now I must escape,
Life is getting rough and confusing,
I don't do drugs like smoke or drink,
I don't cut myself,
I don't hurt others,
I just sleep,
That is my out and I must go now,
Good night and I hope your escape is as enjoyable as mine...
553 · Nov 2012
Listen...
DK Nov 2012
All alone but not at all,
tonight I am one with the world,
sitting under the wide open sky,
it sparkles and shines like a billion lights,
if you truely listen you can hear the voices of the Earth,
crickets, frogs, and water trickling down the stream,
coyotes howling in the distance,
tonight the city sleeps,
the Earth is always speaking to those who care to listen,
are you?
494 · Jan 2013
alone in space
DK Jan 2013
everyone,
pushing,
pushing,
me away,
away,
until I'm all alone,
still civil,
but when I'm in need,
empty space,
everywhere,
all alone in this dark,
empty,
lonely,
space,
quietness consuming me,
but yet all I hear is screaming,
my mind won't rest,
random memories of you,
lyrics,
ideas,
screaming,
why would you all leave me,
in this dark,
empty,
screaming place,
all alone,
Someone please save me...
493 · Dec 2012
Catch
DK Dec 2012
I know what our agreement was,
I know you need time,
but our problem is because,
of our rapid climb,
ever since our friendship started,
way back in the beginning when all was fair,
I started falling,
even when with others if we dared,
the connection was still there,
just subdued,
it has always been about me and you,
now at this place in time,
all I can hope is that you will be mine,
my fall is getting close to the end,
My only desire...
I hope you can catch me in my final descend
unsure feelings about a childhood best friend
482 · Dec 2012
Too Much
DK Dec 2012
You say you like me,
you say you love me,
you say you want me,
you say you need me,
you say too much,

You say I mean the world to you,
you say I am all you want,
you say I am the one for you,
you say I need to be patient,
you say too much,

you say you can't just leave her for me,
you say you can't just end things to be with me,
you say you can't just be mine forever, at least not yet,
you say you can't just make things easy, oh no you're a boy,
you say too much,

I've been here before,
I know it will haunt me in the end,
I know you won't chose me in the end,
I've been here before,

In the end I will be left with no one again,
In the end you will be happy with your girlfriend once again.
466 · Dec 2017
I wish I could
DK Dec 2017
I hope she loves your smile,
I hope she loves your eyes,
I hope she loves your style,

I hope she loves them like I wish I could.

I hope she enjoys
random adventures,
learning new things,
laying in bed all day,

I hope she values
your intelligence,
your caring heart,
your drive for passion,

I hope she loves you like I wish I could.

I hope she understands
your time is precious,
love is beautiful,
you deserve something genuine,

I hope she
is everything you're looking for,
listens to understand,
is there for you through thick and thin,

I hope she is all that I wish I could be for you.

I hope you are beyond happy.
I hope you feel wanted.
I hope you feel loved.

You deserve love, even if it can't be from me.

I wish I could love you like she should.
465 · Jan 2013
new cycle
DK Jan 2013
Pain again,
What's new,
I solely continue this cycle,
A new curiosity,
A new fling,
A new guy,
Pain,
Only this time the pitcher threw a curve ball,
This time I fell in love,
And boy did I fall hard,

Your true love is better for you,
She makes your world go round,
But you seemed to have forget,
My world revolves around you now,
You have each other,
And I,
I am alone once again,
Only this time things are different,
This time I have changed,
I will now guard my heart,
Like you guarded me from pain,
You are amazing,
Which ultimately did me in,
I can't do this again,
Not for a long time,
The pain is too deep,
It's time for a new cycle,
but...

I love you
460 · Nov 2012
*Waiting...*
DK Nov 2012
I wait and wonder,
Are you the one...
or is it to soon to know...
I know I'm young,
I have all of my life to find him,
but why would I want to wait for him,
If he is to make my life complete
than I am only half of what is ment to be,
Are you the one...
or just another guy that will leave me broken...
Soon my time will come,
to meet my true love,
I just hope I didn't already mistake you for *another...
455 · Jan 2013
Four Hours
DK Jan 2013
Four hours,
Talking about everything and anything,
Four hours,
Talking about love and lust,
Four hours,
Talking about new feelings we share,
Four hours,
Predicting the future,
Four hours,
Creating a new friend,
Four hours,
Falling in love,
Four hours,
Planning our time,
Four hours,
Just wasn't enough...
442 · Nov 2012
Life moves...
DK Nov 2012
Life moves on,
or so we are told,
but where it goes,
we ourselves will only know,
for it is our life,
we chose what we do,
so live life to the fullest,
what do you got to lose?
434 · Nov 2012
Time
DK Nov 2012
Why have we grown so far away from you,
Each day we seem further,
You used to be everything to us and now we are killing you,
As time moves on you constantly change,
That is the way of life,
But the question is are you changing for the better this time?
Please be for the better,
We need you Mother Earth
346 · Jul 2014
To Be Free
DK Jul 2014
To be truly me.
I must be completely free,
I just need time to think,
Because I only seem to sink,
I can't seem to let go of the past,
I can't continue that if we are to last,
You are the moon and stars to me,
I can not just wait and see,
I must hurry and learn,
To become the one you truly deserve,
You can not wait forever,
So I have to truly sever,
These horrid feeling inside,
To bury it deep within to hide,
Or shall I face them with my lack of pride,
This decision can not change with the tide,
I must make this decision and stand,
Or I may truly lose my man,
Do I really regret my past,
Or do I stand by it to last,
He deserves a real answer soon,
Otherwise I will feel lies while we spoon,
I can not continue to hide,
My feelings that are deep inside,
They must be revealed,
Or my sad fate will be sealed,
The time has come to see,
Do I truly want to be free...
337 · Jul 2014
That night
DK Jul 2014
That night changed my life,
That night I lost something precious,
That night I stole something valuable from my true love,
That night I lost a childhood friend,
That night I earned a new enemy,
That night my perspective changed,
That night I had to grow up,
That night I learned the power of my words,
That night I learned the power of lack of words,
That night I discovered how the world really is,
That night I became ready to leave the home
That night numerous rumors began,
That night I began my regret,
That night I began to understand,
That night can't be changed,
So why should I worry about it so much??
318 · Jul 2014
Him
DK Jul 2014
Him
It all seemed so perfect from the beginning,
My first love since the move,
But slowly I began to realize my mistake,
Control,
That's all he wanted,
After telling me how things had to be,
He returned to his sweet and charming self,
I am a giving person,
He exploited that,
Everything,
I did everything for him,
With nothing in return but his company,
He used me,
Controlled me,
Came close to abusing me,
But I just couldn't leave,
Every time I came close,
He ran after me crying,
Explaining how he'd change for me,
For us,
If I had only known it was a lie the first time I tried to leave,
I simply could not bare to leave him,
Standing there,
In the cold,
Crying like a toddler,
He was so weak,
I thought I could help him,
If only I knew I was powerless against him,
If only I knew he wouldn't stop,
I had always been attracted to the "bad boys,"
If only I really knew how bad he really was,
How much pain and suffering he'd put me through,
If I knew then what I know now,
I never would have said hello to him on those stairs,
I never would have been looking for another guy,
I would have talked to my love sooner,
I would never have gone to his room,
Some of my regrets and horrid secrets lie within that room,
That room of his,
I had to return one last time to collect my things,
He had to stop me,
He had to win me back,
It was different this time,
This time I wasn't giving in to him,
This time I was strong,
Now I am strong for my love,
But now I must decide my true feeling over him,
And my feeling over what happened with him,
I just hope I can be that strong again...
256 · May 2017
Love Always
DK May 2017
As I look back,
I see...
my innocence.
I see how nieve I was.

I thought I knew heartbreak.
I thought I knew love.

It wasn't until I found love,
my first real love.
Now I know.
Pain.
Loneliness.
Depression.
Anxiety.
Now I know.

It is because of him
that I now know the power of love.

Love is the most amazing thing of all.
The pain comes from losing it and/or trying to find it.

Find love in everything you do.
For if you do,
you are truly living.
Looking through old poems from high school... life got real and hard in college. Time for moving on.
252 · May 2017
Ready
DK May 2017
Ready,
For the next step,
For the next move,
For the next thing,

Ready
For a new home,
For a new city,
For a new job,


Ready,
For a new love,
For a new life,
For a new chance,

Ready,
For my soul mate,
For our marriage,
For our baby,

Ready,
But I can't rush it,
I can't force it
I can't make it happen

Ready,
I have to be patient,
even if that is difficult,
even if that is not what I want

I am ready,
Now I just wait...
223 · Dec 2017
This energy
DK Dec 2017
Do you ever wish to put so much energy into something worthwhile only to be shot down before you can prove yourself?

A chance at love,
to prove your worth,
to show them how much you care,
how much time and energy you are willing to contribute,

All the cards on the table to move forward,
simply rejected since there is already love,
too bad it is for someone else,

Now, all this energy has nowhere to go,
fighting for a place in the world but no one to receive it,
fighting to come out and show someone special you will put your all into something real,

This energy turns into sadness and anger,
why isn't it enough,
what did it do to earn this rejection,

I want you in my life but I can't watch you love another,
I am not strong enough,
this energy is no longer pushing me forward to show you my pure intentions,
but pulling me back toward the abyss of loneliness and frustration.
My only flaw is not being her.

— The End —