Why is it
That I can’t seem to find you
Half the time
It always feels like you’ll be here
For awhile
Can I say it’s been so long
That I’d forgotten how beautiful
You looked
When you smiled

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But sometimes you’re here
And sometimes you’re not
Sometimes I love you
And sometimes I won’t
Sometimes you love me
And sometimes you don’t
I just wish I could figure out
The reason I can’t live without
Her...

And every time that we get back together
It feels like we’ll be this way forever
But something always goes wrong
The truth is we never last very long...

Because one day we’re happy,
And the next we just fight
Our feelings for each other just disappear
Just like the Northern Lights

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But lately I’ve been feeling sad
And maybe it’s cause she’s looking glad
Cause she’s found another guy
I can tell cause she gets all nervous when he passes by
And I just want to tell her
How much I really do care

And I’d run up and promise her
To always be there
Cause I’ve always loved her
The feelings they don’t ever leave
And hope she feels it too
She’s just gotta, and I want it to be true
And I just want to shout it out
To tell you who I’m crazy about
The one who’s always been around
The truth is I can’t figure out
Why I can’t seem to live without...
You...

Yes you
It’s always been you
I kinda thought you knew
But I let you go
I won’t force you to stay
Now nothing I can say
Will ever make you change your mind
Now those lights in the sky will always remind me
That once you’ve found someone you love
Don’t ever let them slip awayyyy
Awayyyy
No don’t let them
Don’t let them
Don’t let them
Fade away

But if they choose to fly away
If they choose to fly into the sky
They might go today
Or they might go tonight

And I just wanted to tell youuuu
That you were always more magical
More beautiful, more marvellous
More fantastical
Than the Northern Lights.

I cannot make you understand,
I know you won't make me try.
Please do not give me your pity,
Even if I do start to cry.
These bitter memories have molded me,
Whether for better or for worse.
I know I am a handful,
I am a blessing and a curse.
I will never force you to stay,
but if I ask, please don't go,
If during rain, wind, sunshine,
or even falling snow.
Someday I will bare it all to you,
when the time is truly right.
I don't expect you to understand,
but I hope you stay through the night.

My Mom took me to the casino to gamble with her money.
Played video poker and roulette, and very well could have
just lit $80 on fire.
The casino was my Vietnam.
We sit down and order sodas from a machine
called "Fairies of the Forest".
No intention or idea how to play it.
Put in $20.
Press a couple buttons.
Won $140.
I think the laws of physics break down
under that ceiling.
Like Alice in Wonderland on acid...
or would it be more acid?

The tree portrays trust to tangle in the winds gusts.

Allow your mind to envelope my words in ways the leaves move freely.

Entwine with my body, silent secrets, sweet something's, shadow my sheer sorrow.

I'm sick of having to defend my feelings.
You make me feel like **** for having someone I can call mine, for loving her.
It's because she's a girl.
It's because she's your best friend.
NEWSFLASH.
She's my best friend, too.
We can have the same friends.
You're just like mom -- believing that anything not like you is odd.
You don't have romantic feelings for a girl, so it's ******* sick to you.
I heard you telling our cousin what you thought about us.
You think it's wrong.
You think it's "weird".
You think it's disgusting.
Well, it isn't.
It's beautiful beyond recognition.
Such beauty could blind a person.
But you don't understand that.
You don't want to.
So you blink, hoping it will disappear.

These eyes of mine
Have seen
Beyond the imaginary lines of being,

A broken heart mend over the written word shared by those whose wisdom has surpassed time,

Beautiful sunsets painted over gray lines by poets who know that you'll never know the true meaning of joy without a little pain paving the way.

I have wandered in the caves of those who dare to etch their souls on paper, and shun their thoughts to wondering eyes,

To give meaning to the lives of many, direction to the gypsey, and a mender for the torn,

Walked more than a mile in shoes of so many to find the quintessence of broken glasses, the epitome of troubled souls, and the essence of being,

Beautiful melodies that soothe the soul through the ears of a deaf man,

The rhythm of a heart in love that sickens the soul, invades the thoughts and leaves every inch of the body longing,

A memory of a love so precious, unforgettable that it's fragrance lingers still from a distant memory,

And when all is lost and plundered,
Your words are like a thread that sews patch after patch across my torn silhouette


It's a pleasure
To have read so many inspiring, beautiful and heartfelt poetry in here.