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 Apr 2014 Newt Figgins
Andi Leigh
I hold you in my heart
I carry you with me
Even when we are apart
My love you can guarantee

I will never stop missing you
When distance pulls us away
This much I know to be true
my love will always stay
 Mar 2014 Newt Figgins
Andi Leigh
I can be complicated and confusing
I contradict myself and my feelings can sometimes be fragile
I never finish things that I start, I eat way too much ice cream, and I can often be inconsistent
I can be naïve, paranoid, self-critical, unrealistic, and needy
But these things don’t scare you
I don’t have to hide my craziness or irrational thought processes from you
You know me
And yet, you do not run
Everything that I am tells me that you are a dream
That you are a figment of my imagination that I have constructed in my head
That you will change your mind
But you don’t leave. You promise me that you won’t
And finally I am learning to believe you.
I went looking today.

I put on my red boots
and my blue pants
and I opened up the doors.

I went looking today.

I went through the parks,
the streets, the empty hallways.
I got lost looking for a lost you.

The crowd carried your scent,
carried me,
and I was six and a half miles from home.

I put on my smiles
and my cloak of courage.
My watch ticked away the time my heart drove my feet to you.

I went looking today.

I went looking for you.

I searched the corners of boxes,
under the shade of rose petals,
and in burning letters.

Because I had to.
I had to find you
before I lost my mind.

My bones ached for the home in you,
my heart refused to keep a beat continuous,
my skin began to come undone.

I went looking for you today,
only to stop before your door
and walk all the way back home

still in want.
Lust is a feeling that we all endure,
pain is a suffering which cannot be ignored,
lift the weight off your shoulders and lay down your strife,
I will listen to you.

My child, put down that knife,
hear my words of wisdom profound,
your body is a temple and will not be torn,
Lay down your life, place it on the ground

For love is not a sin,
and I will pour mine onto you,
my healing salve which utters lyrics,
of sweetest songs on innocent tongues,

you are forgiven of life's mysteries,
For my son gave his life,
fathomed by cruelty,
you are to be helped through the strife,

Poetic words form a helpless beauty,
for which your song must die,
I will give you a new song forever sung,
poured down on you from the sky,

Listen my child and do not boast,
of this love for which I promise,
I cannot tell if you love me most,
or your prized possession, be honest.

Despite your flaws my child I love,
to sing over you each night as you sleep,
My child, put down that knife,
for by my love you must keep.

Droplets of blood form crimson waves,
as you forget to listen for my voice,
but, I will caress your wounds
my child, you have a simple choice

Love yourself as I have loved,
as difficult as it may seem,
and I will reward you with treasures of heaven
at my right hand your made clean.

A Love so infinite and pure,
is the one I wish to give,
my child please don't ignore,
or you will slip through my fingers like a sieve.
a poem, for which I wrote in a mere few minutes, but displays years of love and companionship.
rain is pouring down
behind her eyes

~~~

misting her whole world
to grey and wet granite

~~~

but not a single tear falls.

~~~

S~S
(sigh)
 Mar 2014 Newt Figgins
MKF
Cliché
 Mar 2014 Newt Figgins
MKF
We've become cliché,
And not just one,
But a multitude.
The forbidden romance.
The older man.
The late night phone calls.
The cigarettes after ***.
The hopeless romantics.
The songs we sing to each other.
The late night drives to nowhere.
The fling that never ends.
We've become cliché.
And I couldn't be happier.
For Trevor
 Feb 2014 Newt Figgins
Andi Leigh
little girl all alone,
you thought you could do this on your own.
little girl so afraid,
look at all this mess that you have made.
little girl so upset,
those faults and shortcomings you will never forget.
little girl why so numb?
Don't you see all that you can become?
little girl what is your deal?
Why do you forbid yourself to feel?
little girl where is your belief?
Don't you know, He is the only one who can give you relief?
little girl why so hard?
You don't have to live life scarred.
little girl lift up your face.
God is here for you to embrace.
little girl believe in the Lord!
Running to Him will make you restored!
little girl it is never to late
for God to clean you and give you a blank slate.
little girl you are never too much
for God's gentle love and forgiving touch
little girl you are not forsaken!
God has restored your soul and your burden He has taken!
The clocks shorter hand rolls around again
It goes unnoticed cause my mind's deep in thoughts of you
You've poisoned my blood
The doctor says I've got a bad case of love
I need a cure for this.

Thermometers are useless
Because the fever's in my heart
My temperature  is rising
This love is gonna tear me apart
The thought of your name
My head is throbbing do you love me the same?
I didn't let this happen easily
I put up all my walls
But the germs crawled through them all
I've been infected by your disease
I'm lovesick for you.

What happened to an apple a day?
And why didn't keep you away
My legs and my arms they are shaking
My heart is pounding, no it's racing
I've got the shakes and the shivers
They're bad as can be

Darling, won't you just love me.
When you are desperately in love with someone.
Words can do so many things that we'll never understand
A heartbeat won't make you come alive the way one word can
The pictures that they paint can take your breath away
Goodbyes that they whisper will make you want to stay
When they are laced in hatred and fight to make you cry
You find that rhyme within you and realize it was lies
That words would never hurt you, only sticks and stones
Well now you're a few years older and left with broken bones.
When sweet words are spoken from someone that you love
You feel cupid catch you and carry you above
When words are hard to come by because your tongue is tied
It always seems as though your missing an important part of life
When words are placed in music, your soul is pierced within
Whether it be happy, sad or tragic, your heart is singing till the end.
Words can do so many things, and I've only said a few
But put thought before your speech because the power starts with you.
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