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midnight, one, two, three am things always turn downhill and you don't know what to listen to anymore because your brain says move on but your heart says she's in there somewhere waiting to take me back to old memories and broken dreams. you take a sip of your wine thinking about the intricate details of the universe and how every single constellation in the sky cannot begin to describe all of the beauties of the mysteries outside of your town, and meanwhile you talk to her hoping that maybe you'll see that light shine as bright as it once did for you. you told her once that no one is okay and everyone has their own problems, but you try to hide yours in times when you cannot afford to, and you don't know she's behind the screen crying because she knows when you talk to her it isn't you speaking to her, it's hormones speaking to her, it's you speaking to a body, it's you speaking to a mind that is not the same as the one before her. when you tell her your problems you rarely mention more than a sentence because distancing yourself is something you've learned how to do through repeated mistakes but what you think you know is that she's being honest when really there are walls and pain behind her heart. oh she can tell you lullabies and make it seem like she's another snow white fresh out of the woods, but life has taught her that there will be no prince in the end, and with every other time you reaffirm that statement her mask breaks once more - she's one step closer to cracking.

she walks out to her normal spot every morning waiting for the four wheeled vehicle that is supposed to take her to seven hours of hell and she looks at the stars and thinks how beautiful it is that humans are nothing. she does not think about the mysteries like you do, she thinks about how everyone is insignificant, how her life actions will not be remembered, how she as a human being will leave the world virtually un-impacted. to her, that is beauty. but to you, that is terrible. that is why you two will never truly work out.
Lately I have been reading a lot of poetry and I noticed it's very sad
Full of sorrow and no hope for tomorrow

Then I looked at my poetry
It is so much different
My poetry is positive
Full of dreams and aspirations

I tried to make my poetry gloomy,
But I just couldn't do it
Why? Am I that limited in my prose?
Am I not as good a poet as I had thought?

Ahhhhh, I get it. The difference is Hope!
I have Hope in my life!
She makes me so happy that I cannot even utter a melancholy line, never mind stanza or poem
She has me so full of anticipation of our future together that I just write dream after dream after dream, usually smiling throughout.

Thank you Hope for limiting me in my poetry, but making my happiness limitless! I love you so much. You are the most amazing person I have ever met and can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you! 35
If you believe in the spiritual power of story-telling, then what more the power of the Gospel?* - **XL
In depths of my unfathomable psyche
Submerged I find myself floating around in the ‘shallow’ societal sea of our world.
Oh but it is not ‘shallow’ you’ll see
It is a deep blue ocean that withholds great mystery;
& those who see it as ‘shallow’
Are only those who stand in clouds of constant oblivion; Ceasing the inhale of beauty, intellect, and individuality.
In the depths of my unfathomable psyche
Throughout every passing day
I observe, I listen, and I take into account the things that are done and said by every individual person I come across.
Now here I sit, in the complete abduction of the beautiful, yet merciless monster called insomnia, without fail of corse accompanied by her sister solitude;
& I reflect.
In the depths of my unfathomable psyche
I realize that in order to best express the realization of my reflection…
I must let my walls down; so I will.
And now that I have…
The word to describe the feeling that takes over ‘me’ in this very moment is one that acquires the ability to depict ones exact feelings in a way I do not obtain.
In the depths of my unfathomable psyche
I feel lonely because I know that the odds of me meeting someone as insane as me are slight; yet I feel appreciative because I couldn’t imagine possessing such an ugly, close minded, and indifferent insight.
I feel a type of sadness that could only emerge from a person that fears never getting to experience the comfort that comes from acceptance; yet i feel overwhelming excitement and longing in the midst of my hopeless romantic type daydream of the possibility that I will find my somebody that does not seek to comprehend or figure me out but will accept ever corner and color I currently am and everything I have yet to become
I feel pitty for the average;
Yes I am not sane
Yes I am not average
And yes the depths of my true thoughts I have not learned to control; but my insanity is and will always be the fuel to my potential.
 Jul 2014 Jonine Garcia
natalie
you're the question
with infinite answers
but you're also the answer
to all unsolvable.

your smile alone is a novel.
where as my entire existence
is but a single letter of
one word on a page.

your name runs off
the tongue sweeter
than southern tea
and lingers in the air
like a butterfly in spring.

i can never get enough of you.
if mother nature
made the world you
must be her daughter.
your essence is in
everything. you make
everything beautiful.

i cannot take a breath
without inhaling
the memory of you
deep into my lungs.
i cannot drink a cup
of coffee without
your laughter replacing
the caffeine flooding
my veins.

you alone are unfathomable.
you are beyond my
comprehension, im awestricken
by the very action
of your beating heart.
with every second longer
i take in your presence,
i fall more in love with you.

you're my resolution
you're my everything
you're my only
you're all i ever want
you're all i need

but nothing ill ever have.

n.h.
3.23.14
We may not always be happy but we can always have joy to fill us.
Christ gave us grace when we deserved none, he loves us more then we know.
For we are his masterpieces, he could have gave that honor to the angels.
But instead he gave that honor to us a broken people whom are not perfect.
He reveals himself through us and the trials that each of us goes through.
His grace is sufficient, he leads us toward him and his kingdom above.
For he is Spirit, we are flesh but one day we shall be spirit as well.
So he transforming us as we draw even closer to him and his will for us.
 Jul 2014 Jonine Garcia
Eva Elyse
HIS Grace surrounds me with unstoppable love.
With mercy and blessings from heaven above.
HIS power and compassion saved me.
Saved me from the torture of hell.
Saved me from the taste of death.
Saved me from the grip of sin.
In HIM I overcome all *******.
I triumph in faith.
I face the world in victory.
In HIM I take refuge.
In HIS hands I am protected.
By the blood I am restored.
HIS grace surrounds me.
HIS undying love I remember.
HIS faithfulness I adore.
His grace leaves me restored.
A life in Christ is new and pure.
It is new as a white sheet, as fresh snow
Pure as the light, the lamb’s wool, the sun’s glow.

But the old life lingers; we battle ourselves.
And sin reminds us of our inherent darkness:
Every stolen pen and cheated test,
The sleepless nights of a lustful mind
Or the greed of our own open indulging mouth
Words like ice, hate, ******, lies.

But a life in Christ is new and pure.
His grace is sufficient, and his power is perfect.
He molds us, and prunes, burns and removes,

Changes anew.
This is from a collection that I wrote with another writer from church. We had a concert with spoken word in the mix :) This is one out of the 13 or 14 that we wrote together. Enjoy! :)
i found you
but you’ve found
someone else
so i will not let you know

i’m choking on
questions like
was i foolish for
thinking your heart
could still beat for me?
and
am i selfish for
wishing it did?

i found you
but i know
you are better off
with me hiding
in the trees

i will not let you know.
written on 3/22/14
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