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 Mar 2014 Manny
Christopher Lowe
Sadly enough
I am just not sad at all
Buy not happy either
Just indifferent it seems
To this world around me
And I’m tired of thinking
About all of theses thoughts
I am screaming for help
But my voice is trailing off
My mind keeps wondering
And my judgment keeps faltering
While I’m just stuck here
Figuring out my emotions
 Mar 2014 Manny
Elli
my undying foe
 Mar 2014 Manny
Elli
I yield my sword
against my undying foe
and he doesn't even flinch
unbeknownst to him
that i am capable to slay
where does his false security lie?
oh that's right,
he was immortal
his wounds heal
and when it does, he strikes
where i am most vulnerable
he doesn't need a sword
because all he ever needs
is his words
he can make my knees tremble
and his wicked grin
can make me turn away
against this undying foe
who am i to say?
he can conquer my thoughts
with a snap of his fingers
he laughs as i dance around
his petty little games
how can i end this
when my undying foe
resides in my head?
 Mar 2014 Manny
Traveler
How do I become so emotionally caught up
Even by a stranger’s fleeting glance
Someone loses somebody and just that fast
I’m starry-eyed and caught in a trance

Love is fulfilling yet hardly satisfied
And hate a fire that burns you up inside
Time is the essence of what we pretend to need
Space is so endless yet only temporarily
Life makes us strive to never want to die
Death makes us hope for at least one more try

But it seems our emotions rule our existence
And to gain control we must be more consistent
Because this compassion can be such a curse
And the fruits of life can cause such a thirst
What I’m very vaguely trying to express
Is that life in general can be such a mess
 Mar 2014 Manny
Pearl Feldman
You are always with me
Even though I have separated from you
Even when I feel alone and unloved.
You are always with me

You never forsake me even though
I  have forsaken you,
Your love is the gentle breeze
That ruffles leaves on trees.
It is the glue that holds mountains in place
And keeps Earth on its axis.

And even though I have forgotten
All my  highest aspirations.
Your love is in the warm darkness of caves,
And the light of dragonfly wings.

No matter where I hide and what  I do
You never forsake me.
Your voice is in the sound
Of every inbreath and outbreath I take.

The Earth my mother caresses my feet,
And holds my head pointed
Straight to you in the heavens.
The sun shines even behind clouds,
And the moon casts a heavenly light
Over Earth as I sleep.


Like the catterpillar I gratify only my earthly needs
And forget my  highest aspirations.
I even forget that within me
Lies the promise of the beautiful butterfly I am.
It is only when I begin to love the catterpillar within
Will I soar to my highest potential
 Mar 2014 Manny
Liam
Sink Hole
 Mar 2014 Manny
Liam
Emotional ground undermined
   without a warning...
      no trembling earth
      no animals evacuating

I must have unintentionally fed
   the natural frequency of my support.
It rocked to music and unfinished memories
   until it failed me.

Dropped like a stone...long fall...hard landing.
Dark down there...Don't think I'll venture that way again.
 Mar 2014 Manny
Liam
Fragrance
 Mar 2014 Manny
Liam
i will plant
i will plant flowers
i will plant flowers all around the garden
i will plant flowers all around the garden of your heart

you will breathe
you will breathe in deeply
you will breathe in deeply the fragrance
you will breathe in deeply the fragrance of my love
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