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 Jan 2014 Rose
Brittani Cramer
Swimming is fun.
But if you're like me,
and you can't swim that well,
sometimes you go under from time and time again.
But you always come back up, eventually.
Life is kind of like that.
One day you're just walking through the water,
and it's a bit too high,
and then your foot slips.
You go under.
You panic.
and you come back up,
eventually ,
coughing and gasping for air.
Sometimes,  if you were under long enough,
it takes you a minute to get yourself back together.
This happens a lot in life, well, to me.
You're just out living,
and suddenly..
you're in a knee-deep pool of emotions.
Maybe it's because of stress, or drama, or maybe it's nothing.
But whatever it is, it keeps building up and up,
and you can't really do anything,
so you just kind of accept it.
Eventually, you end up to where you're in up to your shoulders,
and it's getting harder to stay up.
You try to get out, but you cant, and that only makes it so much worse.
You're stuck.
You're going under.
And sometimes you come back up after a bit, and eventually you're fine.
Sometimes, though..
you're not too sure if you're going to make it back up again.
This is my first post, so please be kind! I always accept constructive criticism.
 Jan 2014 Rose
Bobbie McCord
Life
 Jan 2014 Rose
Bobbie McCord
Up and down.
We live a roller coaster life.
Fun and scary, exhilarating and exhausting.
We cry, we fight, we love.
In the end, I wouldn't take back a thing.
It all starts with...

We're born.
Twinkling eyes opening for the first time to a bright and big world.
Staring up into the eyes of a mother, your mother, crying with joy.
And your smiling father.
They cradle you delicately in their arms as they take you home, cooing.
We throw up. We crawl. We giggle.
We say our first word.
Months pass.
We shriek and chase our siblings around the house in a game of hide and seek.
We enter school.
We make friends, and feel a part of things.
We get bullied, or bully. We lose friends, and gain more.
We join a soccer team. We win our first art award.
We find our first love... staring into their eyes thinking: I want to be with you forever.
You wonder how you could ever live without them.
... We have our first heartbreak.
Months pass.
The depression sets in. We miss them.
They have a new girlfriend, your neighbor.
We move on.
We find happiness in doing other things.
After 12 years, we graduate. (Hallehlujah!)
We look ahead, full of hopes and dreams.
Our life is just beginning.

We age.
We find a job and climb the corporate ladder.
We're married with kids, and constantly stressed, yet we find happiness.
The pile of things we never accomplish begins to pile up.
All the places we wanted to travel to, things we want to cross off our bucket list, forgotten.
Our kids grow up and leave the house.
You're alone with your partner.
Life has grown quiet and peaceful.
You spend Sunday afternoons bathing in the sun reading a romance novel.
Contemplating over the life you've lived.
All the things you gained, and lost. All you're happy for.
You're partner passes.
The darkness closes in. You're alone.
No longer will you feel his breath on your neck,
smell his scent on his sweaters as he walks by.
Laugh  at his jokes, that have never grown old.
You cry and stare as they lower him into the ground.
Whispers escape your lips "I'll always love you".

It is your time.
You look up into the sky one day, breathing your last breath
Using it to say "I'll see you soon, love".
the lights fade.
You're heartbeat slows.
The soft breeze of wind through the trees overtakes you.
Soul flying up to the heavens.
We die.

Life is a precious thing.
Live it well, because it only comes around once.
Don't live it filled with regrets.
 Dec 2013 Rose
Daniel Magner
Sometimes I wish
for a different place
where my memories
have been drained
you can tell my friends
and family it's better
where I am
wiped clean,
an empty
slate
.
Daniel Magner 2013
Watched "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind" recently...
 Dec 2013 Rose
rained-on parade
If I had a penny
for everytime
you truly said
that you loved me.

I wouldn't still be broke.
With every short I become more apathetic.
 Dec 2013 Rose
Andrew Siegel
Poetess
 Dec 2013 Rose
Andrew Siegel
She's a sultry one, I know
seducing me with words I've used before
but never felt the weight until they came
From fingers nimbly graceful as her' s

When I see her profile I smile
Knowing what her words will do
though she's a thousand miles away
she can whisper clear as day

Make me feel again all those things
I ran from and forgot (or tried to)
She reminds me that I am not
Pining alone, or uselessly

If written words were miles
and reading the same as traveling
I'd be at your front door by now
begging for one more verse
 Dec 2013 Rose
Andrew Siegel
Choke
 Dec 2013 Rose
Andrew Siegel
You knew I wouldn't see you
But it didn't hurt any less
Returning cold embraces, warm caress

I knew it was too good to
Keep you from all the buckshot
I forgot, you can't cover the spread
Now I'll have to pattern another gun

One more choke, another run
Cause you weren't true
I lied when I thought of you
Now I'll cry, but know I'll get her soon

— The End —