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 May 2014 Joahne Lee
Meggghanq1
So many misinterpreted metaphors
make me cringe
''are you trying to ruin poetry for everyone''
but I hide my damp eyes behind my fringe
because I mustn't argue and my teachers are never wrong
They sing without a meaning or lyric in their song
we are taught to write what they want to hear
not the truth we feel inside our hopes and fears

But i must turn the other cheek
to get my degree I need..when home I ponder, I weep
because it was the school that killed poetry
for many of my peers..
But all is not lost..wipe away those tears
Grab the pen that feels ethical
the paper that doesn't deceive, doesn't lie
and write a poem that you can feel
you'll get out of school alive
(You know who you are who started this haha!)..Don't get me wrong I love teachers in general..I plan on becoming an awesome one someday too :)
 May 2014 Joahne Lee
Margaret
I liked that poem
before it was trending.
Just a little humor to add to my seriousness!
 May 2014 Joahne Lee
Chiffa
it's so saddening
when everyone's worst work is
better than your best.
VII
Theres a BIG difference between being alive, and being dead inside.
Know this.
 May 2014 Joahne Lee
Smudged Ink
appearances are everything
we are always told about inward beauty
but people will see what they want to see
we are judged on how we look
not on who we are
we are in a masquerade ball
where everyone is not who they appear to be
never really knowing who somebody is
i guess we will never know who they are
if we can't look past how they look
i am the result of my past
we are all the result of a past
it builds and grows and builds
a new layer everyday
you don't have to love each layer
but learn from it
it made you
it built you
and you are strong
You broke a promise again
Imagine that
Me being let down by you
Left to grovel on the cold hard ground
What an emotional wreck I turn into
When you don't do the things
You say you're going to
Breaks my hopeful heart right in two
Devastates my once excited soul
That you can hurt me like you do
Why?
So little to you do I mean?
What is so hard about keeping your word to me?
Isn't that all most men have?
You can always justify anything though
It's almost impressive how you always make yourself and your side sound so good
You never run out of answers but
What does that matter if you can't hear my questions...
So tired of being made to feel inadequate and less important
You want a two way street...?
Then maybe you should learn to share the road
Why must we always compete?
I thought we were on the same team...?
You can be so cruel with your words sometimes especially when
You spit them at me so carelessly
Didn't anyone ever teach you to think before you speak?
You like so much to debate
Well now allow me to deliberate about what I really feel and think
You don't want me to be so emotional or upset
But how should I react
When the person I love is breaking the heart inside my chest...?
You're so much smarter than me so please tell me
How to feel, what to think, and who I should be
You're right about us sounding good on paper
Imagine that you being right about something....
That's got to be a curse and yet it you embrace
Sorry I couldn't surpass your expectations
I know you always wanted to find an exception
To all your rules about love and life
Maybe someday you will find it
And for her sake I hope she has no feelings
Sorry you think I'm spoiled
Guess I thought the Queen of your heart deserved to be put on a pedestal
If I'm going to be a princess
Guess I should find a prince charming to take care of me then
What's so wrong with me wanting things my way for a change?
Don't you know all you would give me you'd get back ten fold?
Never thought I wasn't worth your undivided attention
Didn't realize your time was so precious
Your life is definitely more important than mine though
I'm just a nobody living in *** ****** Missouri
Didn't realize I was dating such a big shot...
Guess because I loved you before you became so hot
I loved you before you got so busy
I loved you when you were hopeless and un-happy
I was there for you to lean on or to listen whatever you needed
You're the only man I've ever believed in
I let my guard down
Let myself fall
Let you tear down all my walls
Disregarded my intuition and my gut
Passed the point of no return
Stood still when instinct told me to run
Don't I give you all you want and more?
I'm always at your beckon call
Now tell me what the hell for?
Is this all in vain?
Should this not torment my soul?
Tell me why I don't deserve all you have to give me?
Why don't I deserve love that is true?
Why do you get my hopes up
And then let me down like it's no big thing?
I'm in love with you, though I never wanted to be
And this is why because what you view as love
is
*******  killing me...
You get all of me so why don't I get all of you..?
Splintered memories of you
fracture into cracks of scattered longing.
Nothing will repair the broken view
a skewed by time.
Nothing returns to perfection.
The way you smiled, your brown eyes
the way your hair fell
flopped in your eyes.
Eyes that, if they saw me
they lied and shied away.
© JLB
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