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Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Sweet dreams for tonight
Delicious memories past
Eyes close slowly shut
Written 21 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Empty paper
Empty thoughts
No inspiration
Not a one, yet

My heart brimming
My words silent
Can't write now
Can't weave words
Written 21 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Aching heart of love not had
How I miss the days we had
Broken apart but whole together
We were able to hold each other
But duct tape doesn't work on hearts
I'm sorry we never got a start
I'm missing you something fierce tonight
I really wanted love to last
But it was dead on arrival
Written 21 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Grassy plains, wide and vast
Four leaf clovers, lucky catch
Jungles, deep and mysterious
Pine trees, tall and serious
Leaves, of spring and summer
Emeralds, from the earth's flesh
A woman's startling eyes!
Fields of lettuce, harvested
Lily pads, hovering on water
Glistening hummingbirds, sweet nectar
Written 20 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
So it seems donuts are the order today
I'll lay them out like a buffet
You can gorge and feast
Like you're a donut beast
But I'm telling you, you forgot to pay
Written 20 February 2016... my first limerick
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
I now understand the sadness in me
is caused not by loneliness, but aloneness.
Because I am not alone, except in my bed
and I am never lonely when I am alone.

It is something deeper and
more meaningful than that.
It's the lack of you in my heart,
or rather the lack of me in your heart.

Seems it's just not felt by you,
or maybe it's just ignored;
It isn't ignored by me, though,
because I can't ignore my soul.

This soul that is cleaved in two,
As long as I am without you.
To be happy is what I wish,
But this soul is amputated.

Sadly, there is no prosthetic
for an amputated soul...
Written 20 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
"Hither, Feather, come from the wind!"

The Feather obeys, gliding
Gently to the voice.

"Feather be tethered tonight to the letters! The letters of lovers!"

The Feather floats on it's own breeze
Down to many sleeping lover's papers.
Gliding across each page so swiftly,
Feather penned every affection
Each lover felt for the other.

Bodies and personalities,
Actions and words.
All were described
In detail like a bribe.

The last letter being finished,
Feather fluttered around the room,
Waking each lover from snooze,
So their love would blossom and bloom.

As the sun dawned in the east,
Feather returned to the sky.
Seeking out the voice again,
Chasing it to it's joyful cries.

"You have done well, Feather! Return to your wandering ways."

The Feather returns;
Following its winds.

So the next feather you see on the ground
Pick it up, and let your lover not frown. :)
Written 20 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Always a ray of sunshine to people
Loving to your heart's maximum capacity
Interesting and creative poems
Amazing inspiration for living life

Alia, you're bubbly as champagne
Like you've never let anything get you down
In all honesty, you're the cheeriest person ever
And you make everyone's day so much better
Written 20 February 2016 as a tribute to my friend Alia. In acrostic format.
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Roses, sweet and beautiful
Tight dresses, **** and attractive
Blood, darkly enchanting
Sunsets and sunrises, glorious
Lobsters, steamed and buttered
Feathers of a cardinal, bright
Ladybugs, cute and adorable
Mars, mysterious and desolate
Wine, fragrant and romantic
Gingers, the hottest hair color
Written 20 February 2016
Jack Jenkins Dec 2016
Sunlight falls with you here
And becomes lost in your beauty
The stars are jealous of how you shine
Indeed, your light is more softly beautiful
Recognized in the reflection of my unworthy eyes
Everything is brighter with you in my life
Written 20 February 2016... why does love never last?
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