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My lullaby has gone to seek the hand that rocks the cradle
Regardless of his absence, I will sleep
Clever though he be
Rest will never run from me
As my lullaby, my song
Does not keep

I listen to celestial music, sweetly streaming from the stars
Lifting up in glory, there on high
See them breaking rank
In my twinkling eyes
Lulling me to peaceful sleep
From afar

Quite a fix could stand above my head in a reckless aftermath
If my lullaby were the keeper of my song
The one I hold here in my heart
Strolling down night's path
My lullaby seeks
I still sleep

While my stars laugh………..
Copyright *Neva Flores @2011
www.changefulstormpoetry.blogspot.com
http://user.adme.in/blog/browse/u/Changefulstorm
 Dec 2010 Leah
Dorothy A
The past exists no more
Yet it hangs about like a ghost
Often haunting us with regret
We want to right the wrongs
We want another chance
to do things over
that truly trouble us
but we are powerless
to its demands

The present is this very moment
And it must compete
with the apparitions of yesterday
that crowd into our thinking,
like smoke and mirrors,
and rob us of this precious instant
of time that we truly have right now

The future is an unknown horizon
Yet we either look forward to it
with great expectations
or worry ourselves into thinking
that it will overwhelm us
or that it will disappoint us  
It is not ours yet to possess
Yet like the ghosts of the past
it has no business
taking hostage of our thoughts
We want to have control of it
when it is not anywhere in reach
 Dec 2010 Leah
Jacquelyn Cruz
Her beauty shined from within
With her golden hair and fair skin
But she still wasn't enough for him back then.

Ugly duckling...
She was soon labeled
All of  her peers, joined in

Chanting and ranting
Ugly duckling, ugly duckling
She bowed her head and cried again and again

Time passed
And people moved on
She found she was better off on her own.

Reunions come and gone
She opted to stay at home,
Til one day she realized

She had become a swan...

No longer would she sit at home...
All alone...
No more...No more

Opening her door
She found freedom to explore
And everyone swore...

Anna May...Was gorgeous...
More so than the "chosen ones"...
Back in the school days.

One day she come face to face with...
Juan...but he was to good for her back then...
She sat smiled and listened while he chat...

How did this come about...
Your gorgeous lips, pout...
Round thighs and hips...

She  smiled and said...
I am who I have always been...
You just never saw my beauty from within...

Juan, gathered courage and asked her on a date...
She smiled and said...
To late...

This swan...already has a mate.


Epilogue... Never Judge a person from the outside...whats on the inside, is what really counts.
J.Cruz©2010
A.k.aVelvetRosetta
 Dec 2010 Leah
Jessie
I am a liar of the worst kind.

Sometimes I can't tell the
Truth                        
From what I make up
In my head.                        

Sometimes I'll do something
Drastic                        
Just to give myself the
Courage                        
To
Spill something out--                        

Something I've hidden, and
Must                        
Impulsively
Release             ­           
To
Anyone there
To listen.                        


There is only one thing
I know I can trust about myself:
My emotions                        
Never                        
Li­e                        
.                        

When I tell you
"I love you"                        
That means:
I ******* LOVE you.


The thing is,
I can't help how I feel.
And I try to help my behavior,
But I'm just too
Driven by my desire                        
To feed off of the happiness
I feel I can give you,

Or at the very least
The happiness I see you feel
When we're together.
yes, this is a re-do for anyone who has read this before.
 Nov 2010 Leah
Kelly Zhang
it was right in front of me, the entire time.
it’s the end of the world now. at least before, I didn’t have you.
get ready for the bricks to rain down, we’ll run down the streets
and dodge the falling plaster with shredded eyes.

Some **** weird weather we get around here.

Could I have known you would have been perfect?
I didn’t ******* know.
And now, I’m trapped in your arms,
under this heavy sky.

it’s  a sad thing really, that you think my name is pretty,
that you think it’s cute that I hate ******-doo,
that you care when I cry about spilling soda on the carpet because life is just too hard.
that you like my refrigerator magnets so much.

I can’t do anything anymore, you’ve found my weakness for
sour gummies and tater tots, you ***.
I can’t do anything anymore, except give in.
hello.
9.7.10
Haven't written anything I particularly liked in a while. But, here we go, finally. I suppose it's fit for showing. reactions encouraged. :)
 Nov 2010 Leah
A J Ward
I enter Auschwitz 1.
Apprehensive crunches with every step.

I stand in a gas chamber.
Fully clothed.
With oxygen flowing freely.

I stand on a spot where thousands have stood before me.
But I'm able to make an exit,
Yet I'm rooted to the floor,
Transfixed with horror.
I feel like the last remaining tree,
surrounded by a forest of death.

Deforestation makes me sick.

*

Birkenau has a secret
that it doesn't want to tell.
A broken ending stood still.

The arches.
The ruins.
The tracks.
Thuds of reality slapping my face.

Stood inside the bleak barracks,
our guide asks us
"Imagine what it would like to be here -
What you'd see,
smell,
hear."

My eyes widen open in a scream,
they sting, fighting back at the image conjured within my mind.
I take a sharp breath
and close my eyes.

I am scared.
 Nov 2010 Leah
Sawr
Grip
 Nov 2010 Leah
Sawr
Swinging, swaying in the wind
Scratching, Scraping away the time
No need for assistance, what's wrong with not knowing your purpose?
You still saved me from the grasp of those who'd rather see me writhing over their trivial nonsense.

I want to hear you.
I want to see you.
I want to be near you.
I want to feel you.

;HE; wants me to run away.

--HE-- wants me to stay.
--HE-- whispers in my ear, "You can't let go!"

;HE; whispers, "It's all a ******* lie!"

I love them both, I hate them both, they both are me.

I'm going to keep cozy and warm,
of course I'm going to help them.

--HE-- tells me I should push them both aside and ask myself.
;HE; tells me that's not what's important, that I'm fool.

Of course I am!
I wonder just how much they see..

Let's sway together, wind or not
I'm feeling hazy enough to do just about anything,
You'll always find out where I've been.

Want to dance with me? I'd be happy to empty out my eyes for you tonight
Acceptable (to them) or not, I'm craving your hunger, and your tight grip around my skull

The fire that your gaze pierces me with leaves me feeling burnt out,
I finally want to need to live for more than just that unending argument in my head.
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