You think I'm untrained in the ways of affection.
But my life holds hands with yours in the same direction.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Everyone's making hello poetry
So I made one too because poopy

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I see a sign that says "Explicit?"
And now I'm thinking if I should click it

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I think roses can be pink too
And violets aren't blue how stu

Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is my first poem here
Potato.

a painful thing is hearing you say that you have never been in love,
a screaming cut is you telling me how hard you were falling two months earlier.

am i an idiot for knowing that i would take you back if you asked me once?
twice?
any number of times?

you are not my downfall.
you are not my hero.

i would do anything for you to love me again.

Day in and day out,
I just want to shout,
While the pain in my brain,
Drives me insane.

My heart aches,
By body shakes,
I don't know how
Much more I can take...

Do you hear me?
Do you see me?
Do you feel me,
Standing,
Here next to you?

And have you ever,
Truly cared for,
Me,
Or us,
Or has it only been you?

Have you ever wondered why?
Why you never heard me cry?

Well it's because you never cared enough to listen,
All those times that you made my eyes glisten.

Every tear that I did shed,
Was always so misread.

You thought they were of happiness,
But really they were not.
They were of the hurt and hate
And all the pain that I fought.

I'm hurting from the inside out,
All I want to do is SHOUT!
But no one would ever hear me.
You wouldn't even care to see me...

Yet still I'm trying to stay strong,
I just don't know for how long.

Fire burning,
Heat on my skin.
Killing me slowly,
Don't let it in.

Not calm, nor gentle,
Just wild and strong.
I hope that it doesn't
Last for too long.

Oh fire, crude fire,
Please do not stay.
Just finish me off,
Take my last breath away.

You need to know,
Darling Girl
That you will always be loved

And that those beautiful blues
Aren't blessings from above

The world's wolves
Won't be able
To see what's beyond them

Say "I'm smart, too."
When they're commenting on them

Sniff out
The true people
With your intuitive nose

Feed your big heart
So it constantly grows

Don't let those
Mean comments
Be a part of your life

Always say
"Wow, that really
Just wasn't so nice."

When you do something hurtful
Take no shame, say I'm sorry

Because delicate feelings
Are the reasons we worry

Connection and friendship
Is why we are living

Choose well
Whom you want
To be constantly giving

Always
Make sure
To express
How you feel

Your instincts have reason
And that's a big deal

Little One,
I sure do
Hope that you
Have been listening

Now take your eyes
Off that phone
Cause this life's
What you're missing

-E.Poe
To her niece Mia Jasmine
*October 2013