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i have lived in this
windswept place too long.
rain thrums on
corrugated acoustics,
dust stirs, hoping
that one day you will
drift back and
lay rest at my side.

i’d stroke your cheek
kiss your lips,
lie you down,
bite your chin,
stroke your thigh
out and in,

I’d comb my fingers
through your hair
all the way down
to the small
of your back.

and let not
any of it
not one moment
end... in ...dust
She was the home-cooked apple pie I never grew up eating
The drug I never got to favorite
She was the tears I cried confusingly
The oxygen I felt I lacked

She was the poltergeist I saw down my hallway
The illness that manifested into my mental state
She was someone I haven't met but loved, like my father
The magnetic pull I could never reach
I miss when you were a child you would pretend you were an airplane,
Spread your arms out and run across the backyard like it was the sky
And you were flying over the baseball parks and lake nearby,
Back when your shoes had Velcro straps because you couldn't tie them,
And you took naps every day so you would grow up tall and good.

I miss when you were a child and you weren't always so apprehensive,
You took chances and had faith in your yourself like a bird with its wings,
And tomorrow wasn't even considered
Because today there was so many things to see.
Back when that mushroom haircut wasn't your decision
And mom only allowed you to have sugar free lollipops after the doctors,

Yeah, I miss that so much.

I miss when you were a child.
My brother is turning 22 next week. And this is how I still think of him mostly.
one
everyone is the same person
just different incarnations
so really I am just you
trying to love
yourself
Daniel Magner 2014
 Dec 2014 kanma Oduwegwu
AA
I am searching for you for a long time,
where are you?

The girl who wouldn't make you wait on her hand and foot
but would do anything to make you happy.

The girl who would enjoy having a movie night
rather than going to some fancy restaurant.

The girl who would rather stay up all night sharing secrets
than go out and getting drunk .

The girl who'd give the world to see you smile.

But

those characteristics aren't important
But the girl that wouldn't break my heart is all that matters
Every girl is beautiful, it sometimes just takes the right guy to see it..

                                           All Right Reserved@2014
 Dec 2014 kanma Oduwegwu
Carolin
Can you keep a secret ?
If I whisper in your ear.
Find a spot so you can keep it.
Until the coast is clear. We can
sit in the meadows as the deers
pass by near and the shadows
disappear. As the fear fades away
and your mine for the year. Today
tomorrow and for a forever. Can
you keep a secret if I whisper it to
you under the hotel chandeliers. Where
the crystals shine bright and
clear
. Can you keep a secret
As we sit by the babbling brook
We could hide in the country side
Were no one would think to look
If we stayed in the city
I'm sure we'd be found out.
Can you keep a secret ?
If I tell it to you now. As the
roses bow down to us while
we sit on the grass and blush.
As we feel our pulses rush. With
a gentle touch and a hush I’ll
whisper to you the sweetest
words of love
~
Mike Hauser in italics.
Carolin in bold.
My first collaboration with Mike Hauser.
It was a fun new wonderful experience to write with such a talented friend.
Check his poetry later ...
http://hellopoetry.com/mike-hauser/
 Dec 2014 kanma Oduwegwu
elijah
Let us run,
Let us hide,
Let us fade,
Along with the tide.
Within the sea,
She silently breathed,
The heavens were waiting,
Along with me.

Miss you she said
-looking up at the sky-
She turned her back,
And waved goodbye.
Submerged by the water,
Slowly she sinks
-Timeless and lifeless-
No seconds to think.

Slowly she drifts,
At peace at last.
Looking back at her life,
It sure was a blast.
What happened to her?
What went so wrong?
What caused her to go..
After so long?

The time has now ended,
Along with her pain.
She can now rest,
Can't be harmed again.

E.M Pearson
You know me,
    I know you.

I've tasted your breath,
you've drunk my soul.

Every now and then,
we drown ourselves
to an ocean of thrills
and sorrows.

You're surrounded by many,
I keep on second-guessing
with whom forever
you are going to stay.

You know me
and the things
I've told you about me.

I know you
and the things
that we always do.

But, how could
I ever tell you
that I don't want
you to go.
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