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 Feb 2015 Eris
Amanda
time.
 Feb 2015 Eris
Amanda
I miss you most at 11pm
when I'm lying in bed
all alone.
I let my mind wander
and dance with the thought
of you,
finally coming home.

I miss you most
when my arms are empty
and you're not here to hold.
You think
I'd be used to this by now;
but the other side of the bed -
It's still so cold.

I swear that I miss you,
just hearing your voice
playing over in my head.
I wish I could rewind
and say all of the things
I wish I would have said.

I miss your kiss
that I never got to feel
though I've played it over in my head
too many times.
If you ever were to come back,
I'd be waiting here;
it's me that you would find.

And I miss you most
when I hear your laugh
in the pages of my mind.
It's still hard for me,
I can't seem to realize:
*we ran out of time.
 Feb 2015 Eris
Silent Crater
Poetry~ They can't know it's me,
I tell myself they'll never know.
It is my way to flow,to let go.

The words in my head need to be freed,
But the windmills won't turn,
It's only a breeze.

Maybe if they could see how I see,
Or feel what I feel,
Maybe they'd know how I feel is real.

"Why so locked up?
You're not as loquacious.
You used to be loud, annoying, bodacious."

I think what you're seeing is what you remember,
The little girl I was, that was last December.

Now the May flowers are springing,
The haikus they're bringing.

To the world that's now opened,
My small self seems choked.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not very old,
But despite my young age my experience grows.

I know what I think, and I know that I'm right
So please don't be blinded by your bias in sight.

My age is merely a mark,
So please, don't stop me before I start.

~Kj
I posted this on another poetry website, but I like this site better. Sorry it's so rough. PLEASE look for the symbolism (punctuation, repeated words). Ugh, I hope I didn't fail as a writer. I hope you understand.
 Feb 2015 Eris
Dinah M
He isn't "lost." Don't help him.
I don't care.

He isn't "torn."
I don't care.

He's arrogant.
I don't care.

He's insensitive.
I don't care.

He can't even sing!
I don't care.

He doesn't deserve your tears.
I don't care.

He doesn't think about you.
I don't care.

He doesn't love you.
I don't care.

He loves her.
I don't care.

He doesn't care.
I don't care.

Then what do you care about?
Him.
 Feb 2015 Eris
Dinah M
life is a very precious gift.

why was it wasted on me?
 Feb 2015 Eris
Theara Steglaidias
Depression is a feeling
an emptiness
a loneliness
an extreme sadness

It is an emotion
filled with dread
a sense of living dead
not an illness in your head

When a child comes home crying
sad eyes with tears
do you offer them pills and cures
teaching them that sadness is a mental disability?

No, you welcome them
you wipe away the tears
and wrap them in a warm hug
telling them to let it out
that its okay to cry

Why must we treat depression so different
Depression is a feeling
a thousand times more intense than sadness
so we need the cure a thousand times over

People need hope and happiness
hugs and warm kisses
jokes and support
family and friends

We need to stop theaching people
that it is wrong to feel
that emotions that strong are frowned upon
something you must drown
in drugs and supperess to be
accepted by society

because depression is not a mental illness
depression is a feeling
an emotion
that needs human support and happiness
not synthetic chemicals
and the segregation
that comes with being "disabled"

when someone is happy, we see them as happy
as laugh and smile along
when someone is sad we see them as sad
and try to cheer them up
when someone is depressed
we cast them aside, title them as broken
ask them to take pills to be happy
and lose the reminder of what really matters
throwing the people
further into societies forbidden emotion
 Feb 2015 Eris
Sarah Gammon
I can't say I don't want a drink when I think of you
because already I am itching for a shot, or two.
I can't hear your name without turning a red hue;
my fists ball in anger with the mentioning, too.

How could you do the things that you did to me?
How could I have let those things come to be?
Now every day I am haunted by your evil memory,
remembering over again, your fists coming at me.

My hands are shaking; I need to take these shots,
tequila to the brain is how I stop the thoughts.
I wish I had done something so you got caught,
but a lack of courage means I never fought.

If I could **** one person in this great big land
and not get in trouble for having had it planned,
without a second thought, you'd be under my hand,
and when I'm done with you, you would not stand.

No one should be allowed to do what you've done,
and laugh about it, like it was the most fun.
You made me scared, so all I did eventually, was run,
which leaves you out there, free, so basically, you won.

I am empathetic beyond reason, because I felt for you,
understanding rage was a disease that controlled you.
I wanted to help, to save and redeem your soul, too,
but you aren't just sick with rage, you enjoy it; it's true.

I may have ****** up and not reported your ***,
and drive myself to drink to forget this past,
but let it be known, I'm normally as still as glass,
but if I ever see you again, that moment will be your last.
Copyright Sarah Gammon 2015
 Feb 2015 Eris
Joe Cole
Yes you are the kids
You are the future of poetry
I've had my day
Reveled in the glory
But the Baton must be passed
To you, the young, the beautiful
Who write the words
.And so I fade into glory
My time here is done
I ask the young ones here
To make sure the the flag is flown
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