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Richard Grahn Oct 2017
While distant memories fade to grey
And time takes them so far away,
Others stay, locked deep inside
Where visions lie but cannot hide.

I miss you now but you’re still here,
Whispering songs into my ear.
I take you with me every day,
Remembering games we used to play.
My grandmother and grahdfather love to play games with all us kids. A pleasant memory.
sweet sugar Sep 2017
Then you gazes into my eyes for a little while just to look away
Not that you care
No
Never in a million years
You were only curious to know what's there?
What's written in my face?
Would I care?

You keep talking about her
As if I'm not even there
But I can clearly hear you, I swear
I stop everything and try to catch some air
Hoping I could go elsewhere

Then I get a thousand feelings all at once
But never quite sure how to feel
Unclear about the rules and the steps still
You tease me to reveal what is real

So here we are
As much as we'd like to go far
Away from our wicked game of hearts
It is us we gravitate towards

But there's no us
There can't never be us
We're just too many worlds apart

The question remains in the rain
Your mind still wondering all the same
What do I want?
What am I looking for?
Oh darling trust me
I would be happy to know the answer too
AS Nilsen Sep 2017
#98
Playing the life game

Roll your dice, Monopoly

You owe me fifty
So 16 bit, I beg of you
Every time I switch you on
Galvanize time 'till I am dust
Adventures perilous and long
Thought I would pay homage to one of my oldest childhood friends
My Type Aug 2017
"No, let's not exchange notes..."
"It's not okay to compare our love for each other," I said.
"What are you scared about?" He questioned.
"Scared of you losing...
Me."
Alan S Bailey Aug 2017
I have never tried harder in my life
Just to accomplish the so-called "easy,"
This world is so full of hate and violence,
Why can't we ever believe in making things
The way that they are meant to be?

I've been doing the same things for years
I guess I still **** at "easy,"
I guess I wasted all of my years it seems,
Losing so much now, or they just want to
"Easily" overshadow you and me.
BladeRunner Aug 2017
Playing games
To shield myself from everything
That could hurt me outside
My shattered core
So when I for once want to reveal
My broken soul
Noone belives me
Em MacKenzie Aug 2017
You said you wanted to play a round of Sorry,
but that you didn't know the game,
instead you used Pictionary to draw for me,
but every scribbled messaged looked the same.

You said you related to Snakes and Ladders,
I guess because you like to go up and down.
You hope that I fall off and my leg shatters,
and the snakes eat me on the ground.

So go on and roll the dice, pretend to take a chance,
so go on and play nice, I know you've mastered that dance.
We don't need anyone else to play,
the two of us can share the blame.
So what do you say? Let's play another board game.

You suggested next Monopoly, your greed would help you win,
I think you just wanted to beat me, then wanted to rub it in.
I asked if you liked Risk, though strategy was never my strength,
your "no" came out very brisk, you never liked games of length.

You said you would love a round of Battleship,
I guess so you could shoot and bring me down,
watching me sink within my crypt,
right until I reached the ground.

So go on and roll the dice, pretend to take a chance,
we can play the same one twice, you'll keep your winning stance.
We can do it all your way, rules can keep things too tame,
so what do you say? Let's play another board game.

As a child your favourite game was Trouble,
but not because you're a living cliche,
you claim you liked to pop the bubble,
hoping each time it would break away.
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