#jenkins poems on Hello Poetry

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Two wrongs don't make a right
Two deaths don't make a life
Two lefts don't make a right
Two people don't make a friend
Two loves don't make a happily ever after

#two #dont #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Haiku Magic

Haiku magic gone
Wish upon a shooting star
Haiku magic here

//On writing//

#haiku #happy #wish #magic #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Love Broke Me

I waited for you...
So long I waited for you...

Do you know how many storms I endured for you?
The battles I fought against demons to keep you in my heart?
I would have walked off the end of the world to be with you.

To call you mine...
But you never came...

The storms grew more violent and colder.
The demons became stronger over the seasons.
How long do you think I could withhold myself?

I sat alone...
You never came...

So as the frosts of this cold love overtook my heart
Coating it in a layer of ice, and letting it freeze solid;

Then you came...
And you picked up my heart...
And you dropped it on the stone floor...
Shattering it into a million pieces...
Without a second thought...

And people ask why I hate love.

Hurray insomnia!

#love #heartbreak #poem #broken #sad #depression #depressed #distrust #jack #jenkins

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

300

Spartan shield wall, impenetrable & fortified
Persian soldiers, dying by the thousand
Spears pointed outward, catching flesh & blood
Persian soldiers, dying by the thousand

Sun blotted out by Persian arrows
Persian archers, killing them all
Spartan soldiers, fight to the last
Persian archers, killing them all

Spartans all fallen, not one left alive
Persian soldiers turn back home
Spartans left immortalized, final stand
Persian soldiers turn back home

Spartans, three hundred strong
Spartans, still standing tall

//On history//
This was my 300th poem, posted at the end of February 2016.

#history #jack #jenkins #300 #sparta #poetfreak #spartan #thermopylae

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Haikus

A haiku captures
Images vivid and large
For so few words penned

#haiku #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Homicide

Cold rain falls from sky
Homicidal man below
Woman walks alone

#haiku #death #**** #****** #homicide #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Miserable Journey

Soul searching on rampant seas,
Soul ravaged on tumultuous times.
Shredded remains tossed away beyond,
Stripped to the bone, stripped of all care.

//On anxiety//

#sad #depression #depressed #soul #searching #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Suffering

Put a cap on the emotions,
Nobody wants to see them.
Stuff it deep down inside you,
Nobody wants to care for you.

Take a breath and fall from grace,
Trip and fall in this lifelong race,
Wallow in your pain, swallow your pain,
Won't wash in rain, it's just a shame.

Hold everything back until your eyes bleed,
Your ears burst, your lungs implode, your heart cracks.
Let nobody see just how you suffer,
For if they see, they will turn away.

#sad #depression #pain #depressed #suffering #suffer #jack #jenkins #poetfreak

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

Season of Reds and Golds

Rustling of the leaves
As they await their fate
To descend from the branches
And whisp away to the ground

Reds and oranges
Yellows and browns
Truly under appreciated
Once they hit the ground

Those that remain green
They're always marveled
And cherished so well
They're evergreen,
and always remain strong

The leaves that fall are so vulnerable
Torn up and crunched
By the feet that walk by
Without a second thought

Take a moment
Admire the view
It appears once a year
It really should mean more to you

This was written by my friend, Kayla, but I have permission from her to post it. :)

#gold #fall #red #autumn #season #leaves #yellow #brown #jack #jenkins

Jack Jenkins Apr 2016

You're S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

So full of care and love.
  **Precious time given to others.
    Even when you're not wanting to.
       Cuz you're a person of nice quality.
          I have so much respect for you, friend.
            And you should know I will never let go.
               Love imbues your essence and your spirit.

A small tribute I've written for a friend.

#love #happy #tribute #uplifting #care #jack #jenkins #upbeat #poetfreak