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 Apr 2014 Emily
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Warpaint
 Apr 2014 Emily
cg
You have to fight for everything, even yourself.
Nothing was ever built for weak people.
But you are precious.
You are all the things I never believed in but happened anyway.
You are all the last thoughts of the last moments of someone's life. All I ask is that you always find your way home like you lose everything except for this.
Remember that wind is a language, like everything else, and every time you meet a new person you are discovering how to believe in people. And where we live, there is a lot of wind.
So in effect, I believe War is another way of saying I love something so much that I can't stop breaking whatever makes it sad.
And where we live, there is a lot of war.  
And courage is the form we take when we become someone else's second chance.
Remember that Earth is cold, that the world is a scary place to live, but ask yourself what the world is made of.
We all bleed the same amount, and we forget that if you ask for freedom then you have already lost it.
That sometimes running and leaving and going does not always take you somewhere else, and that in order to keep things, sometimes we have to lose them.
 Apr 2014 Emily
R
10w Shut Down
 Apr 2014 Emily
R
I just want to shut everyone out all over again. I just wish I was not so attached to people.
But sadly I am in love
 Apr 2014 Emily
Nat Lipstadt
~~~

this is my opening night.
this is my final performance.

this is the very first poem
I have ever written.
this may be the last poem
I ever write.

I cannot be sure.

so utter these words before you write.
pray this commencement invocation,
each time, every time,
for who can know when it will be
the last curtain call,
for your first may also be your
finale.

you are the architect of an edifice,
that will be tested by time.
before you lay the cornerstone,
before you press the save button...

ask - is the best I can do?

this creation, forever etched upon your face,
will be reflected in the eyes of strangers,
are you satisfied with your appearance?

must answer this question.

is this the best I can do?

must answer this question.

whatever the answer,
you will know what needs doing, before,
before you do it.

This is my first and last poem.
The concept for this poem was spoken by Jacques d'Amboise, ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher at a talk in honor of the 50th year of the New York City Ballet Company's residence at the Koch Auditorium or the New York State Theater as it was first known, in the Lincoln Center complex, this evening.
 Apr 2014 Emily
Ashley
If I must fight for the rest of my life
I better get some stronger armor
And even though my heart maybe broken
My spirit remains untamed
So I'll continue to fight for a love I don't quite understand
I'll pluck daisy petals until they say you love me
If there wasn't a risk of being burned
I guess then love wouldn't be love...
Anything in life worth having has it's sacrifice
And I am mine
I will chase you until my lungs explode
I will prove my love until I'm justified
I'll keep all your words in a box under my bed
Because love knows not it's own depth
Us meeting was fate, becoming friends was a choice,
but falling for you was out of my control
This is all such chaos and passion
It's pure yet tainted
Society has ruined our hearts and taken over our souls
with temptation and lust
But I am so intrigued by your mind
that my happiness occurs in silence
And my love's energy is transferred with a smile
We're all made just a little bit broken,
so tell me who is to blame?
We've all got battle scars and wounds
from fights we've lost.
And I'm always going to be an imperfect mess
I'll change until there's nothing left
But I will not be defeated
With my bones exposed I'll continue to fight.
Just take me in your arms and leave the rest alone
I want to know I belong to you
Like the heart inside your chest
There's still a flame of desire burning in my eyes
come dance with me before this fire dies
Just let my love adorn you as only you can
Rupture this stoic heart
Let me breathe you in as you
Fill my arms
Be my poem with all the perfect words
And I will do my best to try and fix your busted heart
I'm just a hopeless lover
what can I say?
I just want to inject your laughter in my veins
so as not to be left feeling so much emptiness.
I'm so parched,
I'm tired of drinking from this dried up wishing well
Could it be that with this love I've created my own hell?
 Apr 2014 Emily
mark john junor
i look at her in the innocence of her casual moment
and in the fine lines of the truth of her image
i see with clarity that she defines me
her hair wet thick tangible with its scented cascade
the curves of her eyelids
the flecks of black in the blue of her eye

in the detail of her
are the thousands of words that a woman's heart whispers
the seas of mystery and soft summer meadows of longing's dream
the ink of her lips feed my pens soul
the soft lines of them wet supple
to hear your name upon them is like having your soul wrapped in silk
she whispers mine
and for a time uncounted i pass from this world
in her lips gentle embrace

she says something but i am so caught by
the intensity in her eyes
the words unspoken there are the fires of my hearts very soul
i burn brightly there in the warmth of her gaze
i burn sweetly in her desires
like drifting on a sea of tears of joy
a thousand lifetimes of the wandering in bliss fairytale kingdoms delight
brought to life in space of a moment that she touches you with her eyes

i with the greatest care untangle her from her doubt
her lips paused in the spoken word
as she searches my face for meanings
i tell her simply that she is the garden of my soul
and i savor all the beautiful things that she gives life to in my heart
the ink of her lips writes the poem of my world
the songs of her echo along my senses from my fingertips
in the warm damp of her hair
to her scent filling my soul with its symphony's of every want that
any soul could ever dream
i burn brightly there in the warmth of her gaze
i burn sweetly in her desires
 Apr 2014 Emily
Ever Punk Goddess
Nobodys gonna love me better
i must stick with you forever
Nobodys gonna take me higher.
.i must stick with you
You Know how to preciate me,
im must stick with you my baby, Nobody ever made me feel this way..
..i must stick with you
 Apr 2014 Emily
Elizabeth Squires
would seem drifting is the order of the day
so many souls floating this particular way
they much prefer the atmosphere on offer here
apparently at other locales it was more austere

they came to the door and gave a wee little knock
they've been ushered in around the clock
these digs are filling faster than a concert hall
there's quite literally faces wall to wall

an extension to the building is going ahead
provisions have been made for lots more beds
drifting souls will be well catered for
so float on over to the Hello Poetry shore
 Apr 2014 Emily
NitaAnn
I know you are in pain. I can see it in your eyes, in your body. What can I do do comfort you? Come sit next to me, you can lay your head on my lap if you wish, and tell me what you need? You are safe here, I will not hurt you.

Cry if you need to~I won't ask you to stop. Sometimes crying helps get out the bad and makes room for the good. If you want to hold my hand, I will leave it out and open and ready for your grasp. If you don't want to hold my hand, that's okay, too, but I will leave it out just in case you decide you do want too.

Breathe, let it all out. Take long, deep breaths... you are safe here, no one will hurt you. You will be okay. You have so much strength and power to heal, it is within you, and I will help you find it.

If you want to be silent, I will wait with you and the beating of our hearts can be the only sound in the stillness. It is okay if you don't want to talk now. But if you do want to talk, I am right here, and I will listen to whatever you have to say. I accept you for who you are~you are safe with me.

You can relax and lean into me if you want too. I know you're tired, I know you are struggling~ I am here and you do not have to hold yourself up right now. You can rest and lean against me if you want too.

Get warm, feel cared for and loved. Do not be afraid~ You are safe here.
I am right here, and I am not leaving you. I will not leave you alone in the darkness. You have a long journey ahead of you, but I will be with you, help guide you, each step along the way.

Rest, now, little one.
You are safe now.
I have never heard these words, but when the sun goes down, and the darkness fills the night~ it fills me at the same time, and I become afraid.
I long for someone to hold me, to tell me I'm safe.
I know it will never happen though....
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