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If I could ask for anything
I'd ask for nothing
Would that be too much to ask?
Would it be more than you could give?
I could expect nothing less
So I will ask for nothing
Knowing
That my prayer will be answered
It has been answered
So be it
© 2010 by James Arthur Casey
There was a time of peace
Now a distant memory
These battles have left me wounded
Alone and scarred
Here lying on this ground
In the end, I realize
I was not against any other
I was only at war with myself
after a little over a year, i wrote a follow up poem entitled 'Peace'
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/851903/peace/
Look at what's right in front of you.
Maybe it's a tv, a computer, a poem.
Is it an intimidating sight for you?
Does it make you shudder in fear?

Look at what's right behind you.
It might have been a nap, a meal.
Have you been worried to tears by it?
Does it bring you back to a terrible time?

Look at what is ahead of you.
Beyond the horizons of today or tomorrow.
Look towards an unsure future, one where
You might not grow up to be an astronaut,
Or a doctor,
Or a lawyer,
Or a mother like you planned as a kid.

You might never meet your Prince
And you might have to let him go.
You might have to let your dream go
Because of what you thought was right.

Does that scare you?
Push the pins, trick the tumblers;
Hear the clicks, add the numbers.

Artistry at its best, beauty incomprehensible
Such practiced hands, this lock original.

Oh I wonder I wonder, what’s inside?
Then, a chuckle drifts over the sound of shear line.

Survived of failed attempts and melted keys,
Yet, my chest still ends up empty.
I told you I loved you...
You told me you loved me...
But you never knew...
How much I hated you secretly...
And now I'm glad you left...
And now I'm glad Your gone...
Since you left...
My happiness can dawn...
And now that I see...
The real truth...
That you care not for me...
And WE were just a spoof...
But no matter what you think...
I am fine, and I am OK...
You hit me with everything you had...
But I'll live to love another day...
And to your suprise, I still stand...
Because you can't see...
That you can't faze me...
You're not strong enough...
And your too weak in your own mind...
And I'm too tough...
And you have yet to find...
YOUR true love...
And your Angel or Godsend from above...
I just wanted to tell you...
That I am fine...
And see if you knew...
That I found mine...
And its not you...
Anthony J. Alexander 2005
I am scared. I am scared of failing, of never prevailing; of being let down and being let go. I'm scared of you hurting, of never really learning, of not being here to get to watch you grow. And tomorrow: who knows what it brings; thousands of things, that seem to sing, and scream, and claw at my head. Making my eyesight swallowed in red. And it's  said; I won't forget you I know that it's true. But the days pass by and I'm almost through. Why can't you, just come with me when I go? Just drop everything and come and hit the road. But I'm selfish, for even thinking such things. The emptiness consumes me and I want to just scream; your name, my anchor, my truth. The one one who made me believe, that's you. And I know, I overwhelm you and put the stress in your back. And I say things I shouldn't and I never relax. And you get quiet or maybe don't reply; and sometimes I sit here just waiting and die. It's not your fault.. I know I'm too much. I guess I just have an issue with trust. I have an issue with forgetting, with just letting go. Especially when I remember everything you don't know. I'm okay with being loved how I am now. Of sometimes hitting cold shoulders and frowns. Of watching you drown; even when I throw you a rope. Even when I try to give you some hope; a smile, my shoulders to lean. But I don't know if you listen to me or anything. I tell you I love you, that you're my whole world. I don't just say this to you to give you a whirl. To hear something back; though I admit it'd be nice. I haven't heard it for awhile; maybe once or twice. See the truth is, I'm pathetic. But it's the way that I am. Holding onto your words with both of my hands. I'm terrified, to ever let you go. Though I have a friend similar and she says she knows; that when I go, it'll never be the same. That you'll forget my name and from where I came. From who I am, and how I act. She said that all I'll see is your back; as it turns from me and walks out the door. I think if that happens I'll just sit on the floor. Give me a jacket to hug myself and a pinwheel to blow, spin round and round and see where it goes. Because that's what I'd be like; just spinning round and round. Waiting for you to come back around. To visit, to text me, to call me goodnight. I'm not gonna hold you back from your life. I want you to grow, to meet somebody new. To have a best friend who can be there with you. I want you to go on adventures and laugh in the sun. Someone to be there to let you have fun. And not be so protective as I always was. Let you lean on them and give you their love. I'm preparing for my last night to be a final goodbye. Just because what if it is, and I never got to cry? Or tell you how I love the color of your eyes; your humor.. There's so many things. So many things that I'll always sing; and keep in my heart. Together forever and never apart. Well, I guess apart. And like I said I'm scared. I know you'll see this and won't say a word; it's not how you are, of that I'm sure. Just know that I spent an hour, lying in my room. Trying not to call you and tell you I love you. Trying not to text you, just to say sweet dreams. Trying to not think of you and everything you mean; to me. I'm terrified and I have been every day. And I will be every night until I go away. And I'll probably sit in my room there, a few hours up the state. And write about the way you are on another hundred page.
Completely venting.
 Feb 2013 Maria Rodriguez
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Drown Me
 Feb 2013 Maria Rodriguez
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I'm drowning
In a vast sea
In a wonderful, wonderful sea of
Smirnoff
It's suffocating me
But I can't get enough
I love it too much
I breathe it in
It sets me free
It frees me of these troubles
Frees me of you
Frees me of me
So go ahead
Be with her
I've got my beautiful sea
It makes me forget
It makes me complete
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