The defendants' plea is obvious, your honor...

Guilty

I admit it...he said in a serious tone

I...I...
I've forgotten what it is like
to feel a woman's caress across my cheek

I can't recall how it feels to awaken
and have her right next to me

His eyes clench up and start to surrender
tears as he continues

Her sullen figure

Motionless majesty

Mountains, plains and terrains as far as the eyes can see
Did I explore enough?
When it was mine to explore...

Did I?

He looks up

Is there something I could've done differently?

122
I need not
To put others down
I love freely

104
Greet everyone
With a welcoming heart
Be not selfish

108*
I gaze freely
Smiling, recognizing
The you in me

110
All I can see
Is the bright horizon
I walk faster

105
Storm clouds! Ahh
A great thanks to you
I’ve grow stronger

101
Let me count to
Three million and seven
Failures fuel me

102
Rejoice, smile
As you breathe, you learn
Each day, every way

103
Before you give up
Remember these words:
Yes I will, one day

113
It seems I
Lost all direction
On purpose

114
Gross mistake
In assuming limits
To my willpower

121*
Do something. Dare!
Shine, be lucid, leap!
**** it, I exclaim

35
I’m starting to lose
What little patience I have
How much longer?

15
It often eludes
These old eyes have grown weary
I need forgiveness

54
Life beyond breakup
Is desolate and hostile
No love can grow there

55
With such ease you leave
Like a withering violet
I transform, I die

56
I breathe this pale air
Gasping my lungs clamor
For you, for you. You,

47
I can feel nothing
My taste buds are like dead leaves
No light do I see

45
Is she serious?
When will I finally learn?
Oh my trust fades

33
An empty bed waits
An empty room clamors
An empty heart sighs

64
I doubt if I could
Or that I’d really want to
I now know better

70
I am afraid
Of trusting like I once did
Am I ready?

65
I starve for embrace
I’m very low on love
God ****** to hell

34
Is it tomorrow?
Can it be the day after?
Or maybe never.

72
Tearful agony
Replaces where once love was
Thoughts of her are thorns

73
My belly fills up
With resentment and anger
See it in my eyes

31
She thus eludes me
Almost by divine design
I keep searching

69
As usual
The choices that I make
***** in my face

74
Do not judge this book
For the pages have been torn
Just as my heart has

75
Faint now is
The reason to smile and laugh
I pray you, help

76
Scolding water
Is what I feel when couples
Hold hands before me

77
How I hate
That I didn’t hold
And kiss you more

78
I’m tired
This burden pulls
Can’t hold on

79
A blank
Look, is my only
Souvenir, why?

80
It was my fault
I admit it, so
Much guilt

81
Distant
That place; now
Appears

32
Burned in my eyelids
Are the stinging images
That torments my dreams

66
I want to know if
This drought can be over
Its killing me

67
Dare I reason
With this smoldering fire
That will not go out?

16
Brilliantly hurt
My honor dangles, swaying
She swings, for the ****

13*
Let the seas dry out
And the birds lose their songs
True love, come, be mine

No
Not this time

No no no
Not again

I'm not going to lose my cool and transform into an abominable ghoul
and yell at someone I respect for no apparent reason

No

I'm not going to repeatedly punch a wall until I have be rushed to
the emergency room because my hand has swelled up to the size of a baseball mitt

No
**** that

I'm not going to fantasize what it would be like to
put the barrel of a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger

No

No no no

This time

I'm going to look at my fiendish emotional wave
right in the eye

and put it exactly where it belongs

Behind me

109
So ******* lucky
To be the person I am
Be as you are

90
Flying in the air
Notes ebb and flow
So sweetly

124
In her arms
She gently caresses
My beating heart

125
Listen carefully
The universe whispers
Through wind, rain, and heart

126
Frantic I am
Inpatient, frustrated
Reason? Unknown

127
The thoughts, words
Trickle slowly from above
Below and within

119
Unfolding slowly
My buds reach for the sky
And gasp for water

120
Delicate, open
Seeking the next level
My roots deepen

106
Tremendously
Shy, empathic, bold
Beautiful brownie

115
Accepting, gentle
Shrewd, candid, brilliant
Little ‘ol me

116
I’ve come to
Expect; unexpected
Events always

107
I am spring
Shining, bright, lucid
Ready to blossom

112*
I accept you
Exactly as you are
Perfect, flawless, you

68
Is it really true
Many wise ones often
Say: this too shall pass

83
Gently
I stand tall
Roots deep

86
Why not be
Grateful, its
Much easier

87
The less you do
The better off you are
Try it

88
Be like water
Liquid, solid, gas
Genius element

89
If you have
A sense of humor
You’re free

98
Breathe easy
Stride slowly
And smile

84
Don’t mistake
A storm; they
Too have purpose

85
Nothing
Lasts, it
all changes

61
How I wish and dream
That patience was my strong suit
Life can take so long

62
Be not delayed
For failures are roadblocks
Go, take the detour

63
Gentle and pristine
My heart now beats differently
I become serene

57
Be there a thousand
Crisp and amazing sunsets
In your heart and mind

48
And then the sunrise
Extended its warm embrace
To me, finally

50
Don’t feel so alone
you’re not the only person
That is starved for love

43
Don’t believe, that is
If you really want to, then
Nod and smile, then dream

36
Do not doubt the might
That resides within us all
It can move mountains

37
If you allow it
If you release all your doubt
Freedom can be yours

38
Never surrender
That which you hold most precious
Cherish it forever

25
Surely this fierce storm
That is beating down on me
Will pass; like all else

22*
Which path is correct?
You must choose, lead or follow
Go, go, make the leap