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 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Jack
I looked in a mirror
and saw a face
weathered and worn
Tear stain scarred cheeks
A frown where a smile once lived,
head hung low,
eyes hollow and unseeing
Fading like the one creating
the reflection

Then I look again
and see you over my shoulder
and the image looking back
now appears young and vibrant
alive and happy

I am still me, just a man
nothing much
but you make me something...

In love
 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Creep
I once had this friend,
He would follow me every where I go
And reminded me
About what he saw in me,
Everything he thought about
Me.
Bad thoughts,
Good thoughts,
Mostly bad thoughts...
And he would taunt me
all day and all night.

One day, he left.
And once he left,
His echoes of words each
Left scars on my arms.
His slowly disappearing shadow,
Left me and my slowly disappearing life.
His gradually decreasing scratchy footsteps,
Left me nothing to hold onto,
Shook me down to nothing,
Where I stopped feeling,
And became oh so numb...
I fell.
And I haven't been able to get back up ever since.

Thanks a lot friend.
:P an in bed poem... Should get some sleep but idk I needed to vent...
 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Jack
In case you didn’t know, Kalypso’s father passed away a few days ago.
I just received an email from her and she asked that I express her appreciation to everyone on HP for their kindness.  So, I thought there would be no better way for me to do so than by posting her own words.

She wrote to me:

People have been so sweet and the messages I have received are just so kind. I never thought I would receive this type of reaction. I truly found a community of wonderful souls and I am so thankful for them all. I will post something saying this soon, but if you wouldn’t mind saying how deeply touched I am for everyone’s condolences and kindness…I would appreciate that. I just can’t find the words.

Kalypso
I think she found the perfect words.
 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Jack
My poetry *****



I’m so tired of writing

My fingers are sore

My poetry *****

I’m becoming a bore



Sticking a verse

In front of your face

Oozing with love

All over the place



Creamsicle colors

Metaphors thick

Wasting your time

Making you sick



Finding a title

Spending the time

Just like this poem

Something to rhyme



Or it could be free-verse…

Drifting on metallic clouds in copper spoons

dreaming in patterns of silhouette shadows

and my foot falls asleep



Maybe a Senryu



Read at your own risk

Dumb crap being written here

***** bags needed



Perhaps a Haiku



Softly floats the bird

Atop morning glory skies

**** thing **** on me



Or a Tanka, a Sonnet

A Villanelle or an Assterring

The last one is nothing

I made up the **** thing



So you see I’m no poet

Least not anymore

For what you are seeing

Is what you abhor



And I’m not complaining

Not here on this screen

My pen is on empty

I’m ready to leave



I’m so tired of writing

My fingers are sore

My poetry *****

I’m becoming a bore
 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Creep
Liar
 Sep 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Creep
You told me you had changed,
You would treat me so much
Better than before
With your **** attitude
And your **** "love."

And when I called you a liar,
You didn't deny anything.
Dedicated to a certain someone *cough cough mutters* matt...
It hurts
You feel empty
Like no one will ever know

The pain is crippling
Takes you down in a moment
Impossible to stand back up

Where's the light at the end of the tunnel
The rainbow after the storm
The color in the picture

It's all gone
It's disappeared
It's empty

But you have to stand up
You have to hold your ground
You are important

There will be a light
There will be a rainbow
The color is still there, just open your eyes

Stay, stay, stay.
They cut down trees to build major cities,
to pave new roads.
What happens to the people?
They cut down trees in our hearts,
pave roads for themselves.
They build cities with their names in lights.
But what happens when they leave?
The cities become abandoned,
the lights begin to flicker.
They've permanently built a city in your heart,
making your blood pump thicker.
People come and go,
but the ones you truly remember,
are those whose lights still flicker,
even after they've been gone forever.
Open up the book here I go
Saturday morning freestyle flow
I write my life to help me grow
Like a plant process is slow
It doesn't matter I feel the change
Negativity I clear that mange
Priorities constantly I rearrange
Magic powers like Dr. Strange
I have walked many paths
I've been the first and the last
Fulfilled many meaningless task
Never see behind my mask
That is for a chosen few
Intuition is it always true?
Cheer you up when you are blue
My poetry a part of you...
M.A.N 8-30-14 I haven't been writing new stuff lately..mostly been doing edits and working my full time job..I wanted to check my flow..here you go..a new freestyle flow..
 Aug 2014 Niki Elizabeth
Nomad
Come away come away with me
my lost love, my love's lost.

Come away come away to the road
the winding road, that winds with the wind.

Come away with me to the water,
give your self a chance to live once again,
away from the evil, away from the big bad men.

Come away take my hand,
i know that you're scared, this is an offer
not a demand.

Come away come away with me,
child of the night,
come small bird,
spread your wings
and let us take flight.
I am your best kept secret
The one you are afraid to be seen with
The one you can't bring back to your friends
The one you can't tell anyone about.
But I am the one who thought you cared
I am the one who fell head over heels
And I am the one picking myself up off the floor
And strutting out the front door.
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