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574 · Feb 2015
Left To Chance (Lyrics)
I flipped a coin
My choice was wrong
I've hurt you now
And that was wrong

Cause I could see
Why you might love me
But I'm not as nice as you think

Cause I excel at hurting feelings
And I know that's not a good thing
But its better than playing with your heart

I flipped a coin
I missed my chance
You're sweet and you should know it
I wish I hadn't rejected your advance

I had your heart
And I tore it apart
I ruined a perfect fantasy
Of you and me

I flipped a coin
I treated you wrong
And nothing will make up for it
...not even this song

I shouldn't have flipped a coin
I should have let my heart make the choice
Cause maybe I could love you

But the truth of it all
Is I'll never deserve you...
For Christopher.  I'm sorry I had to leave on a bad note, but I had a bus to catch. I'll explain why I said what I did later. And I'm sorry but as you know I'm not the best poet. ;)
563 · Dec 2013
I Wanted to Remember You
I don't even know you
and you don't know me
I'm not even sure you're real
or just imaginary
only in my dreams
do I ever see
that frown on your face
and it's overwhelming beauty
it always makes me sad
that we can not be
because your just a dream
your only temporary
and just like a dream
you've faded from my memory.
557 · May 2014
A Quote From Me...
"I'm not crazy, I wish I was crazy, crazy people get to have all the fun, that's why people lock them up, to stop them from having too much fun."

Karl Franssen
I absolutely love the mad, and I'm so jealous of them, because they get to see the world in a way that's different to how others see it.
557 · Dec 2013
Better
I'm sure someone would have already said or written this but I'll write it anyway

Most people can sing, its just that some people can sing better than others.

Most people can dance, its just that some people can dance better than others.

Most people can act, its just that some people can act better than others.

Do you see what I'm trying to say, it applies to just about every talent a person can possess. Some people are just more talented than others, for example:

I can write, but there are a lot of people that can write better than me, but that doesn't bother me because if someone is more talented than you with something, then you can either just sit there and be jealous or you can try to get better, and remember that if you put your mind to it then you can achieve the impossible. (Ok so you can't actually achieve the impossible, because then it wouldn't be impossible, but you get I mean).
Thanks to Ellen Ryder for the title.
552 · Jan 2014
Your Song
When I talk to you
tears form in my eyes
but I'm not sad
its just the butterflies
I get in my stomach
and I want to sing you a song
but i'd just run away
when I get all the words wrong.
Which is weird
because I wrote the song
and it only had one verse
so it wasn't very long.
Without you
there'd be no reason to write this song
without you
I'm not quite sure where I'd belong
without you
I'm incomplete
but I know someday
we'll finally meet

[Chorus]
And I don't know
but I don't mind
we're just another story
lost in time
and I don't know
if I'm still fine
but when I'm with you
life's sublime

if I never see you
will you know just how it feels
and if I never hear you
will I know if you're even real

[Chorus]

But now you're not here
and I don't know why
so I'm kind of lonely
because its just me
not you and I

[Chorus]

But for now your there
and I'm still here
dreaming of times
when you were near
and now I don't know
but my minds still mine
knowing someday
we'll be just fine.
539 · Jun 2014
Life, Huh...
You know how much you hurt me
So go and take all your stuff back
I don't want to be reminded of you every single day

Hearts may hurt
It's all fine
Buy new t-shirts
Sorry couldn't find a more perfect rhyme

But...

Life's too short
I don't wanna give your clothes back
They're all I have left to remind me of you
Life's too short
I've had our song on repeat
I couldn't help singing along, I've been singing for hours
Life's too short
I know that we both know that
And no matter how much things go bad
I just want you to know that
Life's too short
To stay mad at you...
It's a bit tacky, but it's meant to be.
I forgive you dudette.
"Hate me if you must, it's your choice, but know this, the more I am hated the more I am liked because I must like myself more to make up for your hate".

Karl Franssen
530 · Aug 2014
In Love With The Loveless
Why do some people choose to be unloved
because they won't accept the love that we give them
528 · Sep 2015
Masquerade
I thought you a star
Now I'm not sure what you are
A satellite looks too  similar
When viewing it from afar
I haven't posted in so long (also its late here. I'll have to read back over this when i wake up. Make sure i haven't embarrassed myself too much.) Did anyone even miss me? *crickets chirp* Oooooooook then.
523 · Nov 2013
Embrace the Madness
If madness was at your door would you invite it in
or have you already done that?
Because the only people that are truly mad
are those that don't embrace the madness.
But then again its your choice.
So i ask you will you invite it in.
522 · May 2014
Northern Lights (Lyrics)
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

[Chorus]
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

[Chorus]

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.
If you're hearts broken
i'd love to say I could fix it
but I'm hopeless
and I just can't help you
because you're afraid to tell yourself
that you love you
because you might not love you back the same
if you see yourself as beautiful
than you will think you're beautiful as well
and if you believe that you've got a great mind
then you'll never hate being around you
and you keep those feelings hidden
then you will never know
just how
you feel about you
telling you is not up to me
nor he or she or anyone other than you
so don't be sad or you won't be glad
because the one that you love will be crying because of you
but when you smile at them
they can't help but smile back
because you love you
you just have to let you know...
507 · Aug 2014
A Quote From My Friend
Thoughts on taking photos of plants in an urban environment.
“You’ll always see me because I’m everywhere, you can’t get rid of me because I’ll always be there, you can’t stop me from growing because it’s what I do, and you can’t beat me because there’s more of me than there is of you”.
Bryson Flegg
503 · Jan 2014
Dreaming Of A Life
What do you do when life is feeling like a dream,
and nothing is really how its seems?
Just try to wake up, or if that fails then just wait until you wake up naturally.
***** you
I wish misfortune on your life
I really think I hate you

You like to talk about
How broken you think I am
But you’re not me
So but the hell out
You stupid little girl

Stop thinking I’m so hurt
Stop pretending I still like you
Cause I don’t care about you now
And don’t ask me how
I know
But you’re just a broken little girl
Who wants to hurt everyone else

You know I hate your freaking face
Cause frankly dear, you’re a nutcase
And no I don’t feel sorry for you
Cause there’s just no justifying anything you do
Cause now you’ve pushed me too far
I don’t care who the hell you are

What is your problem
Do you even know
Do you think you’re better than me
Well you shouldn’t think so

Do you honestly think that you’re unbreakable
Well you’re not, it’s just that no one’s tried
You hurt everyone around you
And yet all you feel is pride

You find joy
In thinking I’m not okay
Well I’m fine cause I know you’re not
Cause the people you need, keep going away

So ***** you
I don’t care anymore
Now you know how I feel
I’ve evened the scores
You act all nice
But you’re rotted at the core
Yeah you know its true
Cause you’ve confessed it before

You have problems
You’re sick in the head honey

You think I’m so nice for sticking by you
But the truth of it all
Is I’m waiting
For your downfall
And when that happens
I won’t be here for you
And no one else will be
Cause you’ll have no one left

I hate you so much
The thought of you makes me twitch
So get out of my life
You Stupid Little… (well you know the rest)
I don't believe in luck
I believe in fortune.
and
I don't believe in fate
I believe in destiny.
and
I don't believe in aliens
I believe in extraterrestrials.
and
I don't believe in ghosts
I believe in spirits.
496 · Jan 2014
You're Already Living It
Let's not imagine
a perfect life
a life without hate
a life without the guy with the scythe
a life where we all
have a special meaning
a life without
all the terrible feelings
that threaten to throw us over the edge
now stop imagining and look at your life
I bet you still think your imagining that perfect life
because your life is the life you want it to be
and no matter what
someone loves you
so don't let that person seem like a ******
show them that you
love you too.
494 · Mar 2014
Storm Clouds
Where did all the colours go
I'm not quite sure
if I'll ever know
if all the colours
just went away
all that's left is black and white
and course who could forget grey.
No warm oranges or reds
no cool greens or blue
no more purples or violets
no cold" I love you's"
just grey storm clouds
to wash the colours away...
You distract my heart
And take life off my mind
I really hope happiness finds you
Cause I’m lost when you’re sad

If life gets hard
Come on around and we’ll talk about it
But if I don’t understand
Can I hold your hand?

(Chorus)
Cause when I’m with you
The wind sweeps me up
And then we can fly away
Cause when life gets in (the way)
I don’t know what (to do)
Cause for once in my life
I think I feel okay

I could gaze into your eyes for days
Til everyone else just seems to fade away
And that’s okay, yeah that’s fine
Cause my heart’s yours and yours is mine
For now
So tell me how you feel

[Chorus}

But now you’re not here beside me like before
I hardly ever see you at all
And I don’t know if you feel it too
So here I’ll describe it for you

Cause while I’m without you
It feels like a hurricane inside my mind
And it just wants to knock me down and whisk me away
But life always gets in the way
So you know what I’ll do
I’ll wish happiness finds you…
492 · Feb 2014
Muse
I don't want you to be overused
in my poetry
but the truth is I'm still a poet
and you're still my muse.
487 · Jan 2014
Which Me Do You Like
Which me was I
When we met
Who's eyes did
You gaze into
Did they see you too
Or did they just stare ahead
Like a mindless drone
483 · Aug 2014
Quote No. Somethin or Other
"Why are you drowning your sorrows, do they not have the right to life"?
Karl Franssen
480 · Aug 2014
Cats Are Awesome
To tell you the truth
I don't much care
if you love another
because to be completely honest
I've never liked your hair
I've always wished it was light brown

Don't change for me
just be yourself
just stay the same
don't be a fool like everybody else

And I don't really care
so I won't tell anymore lies
now this might make you cry
but truth be told
I've never liked your eyes
I've always wished they were hazel

Don't lose yourself
amongst the crowd
you gotta sing it out
you gotta make sure you're loud
when you tell the world
I'm not gonna be like you

And I'm sorry to tell you this
I don't want us to be foes
and I won't try to hide the truth from you
because I think you should know
I've never liked your clothes
who are you pretending to be

There's no one quite like you
don't change for them
so just shout it out as loud as you can
I won't change for you because this is who I am

Now again I fear I must tell you
that what I say is true
and I don't want to seem mean
but  I know its kinda true
I've never quite liked you
you better change
you better be exactly how I want you to be
no...
Because I'm happy with my self
I love my hair
and I don't much care
because I still love my eyes
no more listening to your lies
and I love my clothes
because its what I chose
but most of all I love being me
now I see
i don't need you here
why are you still standing there
why don't you go
and criticise yourself
you're not perfect
you're no better than anybody else
we're
all
the
same...
You assume that everything I write is about you
So here I wrote one especially for you
You want to find some hint of love for you
Well to tell the truth I still adore you
But I can’t tell you that
Because you broke my heart already
Yeah you messed up my mind
Yeah you left me confused, now I don’t feel fine
And yet you can’t feel that pain
Tell me what did you have to gain

Now I’ve said that I don’t need you
And It’s true (no I don’t need you)
And I know there’s just no future in which you’re mine
And that’s fine

(Chorus)
Cause loving you is destroying me
Yeah it’s hard to know if you’re toying with me
Cause you’ve done it before
Who’s to say you can’t hurt me more
I’d like to say that I don’t love you one bit
But I just can’t say it

Yeah now my minds just a wreck
You’re a pain in the neck
And yet you don’t know why
Yeah cause you’re still high dry
Yeah and I want to drag you down
And help you drown
Because I’ve been drowning
Ever since you pushed me in

[Chorus]

I try not to write about you these days
But sometimes I do it anyway
But nevertheless you always say
“Hey is that about me”?
And I always say to interpret it your own way
Cause you’re wrong to assume
That every love song is about you
Cause I don’t have any making up to do

[Chorus]

I find it hard to trust others
And you knew that
And that’s the thing I’ll never understand

Yet you ask why I still talk to you
I thought you would know
I’m too nice to just abandon you

Cause I’ve loved you and it destroyed me
Was I really nothing more than a boy to you
Well I’ve been here before
And the pain, well there’s more now
I’d like to say that I could still love you
But I know how that ends…
But what does make a poem 'good'?
I want to know what people's opinions on that question are.
When the hell did all my friends get so popular?
And when did I get left behind?
"No one chooses who they fall in love with, just like nobody chooses when to fall over, but even if no one is there to catch you, you're going to have to get over the fall someday, even if not today or this week, but someday, and whilst you might be a little hurt, even pain goes away someday, and there will always be more falls and more pain, but we'll just have to let life take us to them".

Karl Franssen
475 · Jun 2014
To All My Dear Poet Friends
I just want you all to know how much you mean to me
Sure I could of told you all individually
But instead I wrote this mess of sentences that I'll call poetry...

My sister had a premonition the other day
Engraved in the pavement my two favourite letters 'k d'
Ink touches paper in a symphony of colours
And I got something for you, a rose my love
A gift for my greek goddess
or maybe you're really Loki
Either way as long as I'm with you my mystery girl
There'll be three times the smiles...
There you go guys, I'm hoping you should all know which of those sentences/ lines I put in there for you.
And I want you all to know that no matter what, I love you all unconditonally, unless that seems weird in which case, *Ninja Smoke*.
Hey where'd he go?
475 · Nov 2013
Why Does Sadness Help us?
Why are our feelings of sadness so much stronger than feelings of happiness?
Why does sadness inspire people to write such beautiful things?
Why are we only happier after we're sad?
Why can't happiness inspire us as much as sadness or anger?
Why does sadness love us so much even though most of us don't like it?
469 · Dec 2014
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Who the hell cares.
Why is it everywhere.
See it rhymes.
467 · Dec 2014
Its A Serious Question
Hey I want to write something
Who wants to inspire me?
466 · Nov 2013
The Madness of Time
If you think about the concept of time travel
and all the things that could change
just from doing one thing differently
Then you would have to believe that you have been everywhere,
are everywhere, have done everything
and are already dead.
You want me to forgive you
Now that's something I can't do
You knew how important it was to me
And yet you broke it so easily
My heart and number one rule

[Chorus]
I see you no longer care
So I won't see you there
A broken promise
To you wouldn't mean much...
You shouldn't have messed with me...

But you played with my heart
And now you want to restart
I'm not just some game
You can't just start again...
So why would I...?

[Chorus]

And I know you should know it
So why mess with a poet
You should of told the truth all along
Then there'd be no reason for this song...
Oh well...

I see you no longer care
So I won't see you there
I thought I knew you
So how much was true...
Was I your friend
Or just some trend...?

And I guess you'll never know
Why I'm feeling... so low...

I thought you once cared
But the love was never there
I'll break my promise
Because you broke something much worse
You can lie all you want...
But don't mess with my.................................. heart...
461 · Mar 2014
Normal
I'm just normal
I'm just boring
and when I tell you about myself
I just know you'll end up snoring
but know that I
won't runaway
when you tell me your different...
I'll listen to what you have to say
and always know I don't want to be
just another guy to break your heart
but these forces of fate
are determined to keep us apart.
I know you know
my feelings are true
you can see it in the way
I look at you.
460 · Dec 2013
A Matter of Opinion
Am I weird because I'm not like other people

Or are other people weird because they're not like me?
456 · Jan 2014
Have You Found My Mind Yet?
I don't know who I am right now
no smiles or frowns
just an emotionless wreck
can anyone tell me who the hell I am
because I'm out of answers
no light inside
just shadows to hide the demons
no magic left
no hate or love
just empty feelings in my heart
no mind left
for you to find
I lost it in a bet
nothing left inside my soul
but then again
I traded that for a puppy
with what dreams
I still hold onto
I could find some hope
to put the meaning
back into the hollow shell
I have become.
453 · Jan 2014
A Knock On My Door
I awake to a sound
its a knock on my door
I rush out of bed
my feet hit the floor
I put on my shoes
and of course my socks
I run to the door
and unlock the locks.
I pull the door open
and who do I see
no one is there
the knock came from a tree.
453 · Sep 2014
Thanks Life
Life is just full of smiles and hopes and dreams
**Being crushed over and over again
451 · Aug 2014
Join The Alliance
Is there anyone that isn't a member of my Dark Alliance of Magikarp collection, that wants to be one?
Let me know
Feel free to repost this.
449 · Oct 2014
Untitled
Is there something wrong with me if I DON'T WANT TO READ LOADS OF REPOSTED POETRY?
437 · Nov 2013
The Foolish Writer
The writer exclaimed "I'm tired of trying
All this writing is tiring
I just can't seem to find the words to finish my book
So I'll travel ahead to when it is done
With my time traveling pen it'll be so much fun"
When the writer arrived he questioned a passerby about his book
The passerby gave him a funny look
As he knew nothing about this
The writer then knew he had made a mistake
Since he was here the book had never been written.
The writer wasn't in the past to finish his book because he had traveled to the future instead.
435 · Feb 2014
I'm Me
Why do you care
what I do
I'm me
not you...
Well at least it rhymes.
Yes you can say no.
Even though I haven't been posting, I have been writing. I normally only post stuff that I write specifically for certain people so yeah, I haven't really needed to post anything major in a while. But I'll post a new poem if at least 1 person wants me to...... or maybe I'll just show them the poem in private. Who knows.
Gosh I ramble  don't I.
432 · Mar 2014
Who I Am (Lyrics)
Who are you?
I'm not sure I even know
but whatever
I guess I'll try to tell you though

I excel at being different
I mean, why would I want to be
just like you
I'm just hoping someday you'll see
I'm happy...
just being me.

Who are you?
I'm not sure I'll ever know
Who are you?
please don't ask me that again
Who are you?
I just don't know anymore
Who are you...
and what do you mean to them?

Why do you care
if I'm not perfect
why should my life
constantly be wrecked
by someone...
So insecure
so immature
someone so unlike me.

Who are you?
I'm not sure I'll ever know
Who are you?
please don't ask me that again
Who are you?
I just don't know anymore
Who are you...
and what do you mean to them?

I don't care if you don't like
who I am
It's my life
and you can't just change my plans
you can't change me
you can't stop me...
from being who I'm meant to be.

Who are you?
I know now I'm just me
Who are you?
so I'll say it again
Who are you?
my eyes now open I can see
and I know now
that it's just who I am.

No more tears
no more fears
no more stone cold stares
no more faking
no more hiding
no more pretending I'm like you.

It's who I am
It's who I am
and I don't care...
because I'm not like you...
I'm not much of a song writer but whatever right.
This song is pretty much just about like parents or friends that aren't happy with who you are, so they try to change you and make you less happy, but in the end you'll still be you, so be happy with yourself.
This song has a tune similar to Everywhere by Michelle Branch.
432 · Feb 2014
They're Gone Now
Don't hate yourself
when your friends just up and leave
they've stopped caring about you a while ago
or so you've been led to believe
when your friends
just can't be found
stop looking already
a part of you knows they'll never be around
don't feel down
when your friends start being fools
you've always been a great person
and now they're just tools
so don't keep
wanting to hang around them
they've changed now
something tainted them.
So don't follow them
you're not a sheep
your future is your's
and you've got a life to keep.
420 · Dec 2013
Something He Once Said
As the famous man Gilderoy Lockhart once said
"Who am I"?
(Yes I know he's just a fictional character)
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