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i fell in love more times than i can count
had my heart broken into tiny pieces
rose from the ashes, which is paramount
and every time i sought to find new meanings

i fell and stumbled, failed and tried again
weeping dry tears, fleeing my own purpose
and yet i chose to shine, and smile, and bless
at times it meant i did me a disservice

my trials were many, tribulations, too
my labours fruitless, my appeals unanswered
and, without fail, i ventured to choose you
you called the banners, and i bore the standard

i fell in love a hundred million times
in love, i found my calling, my true essence
if loving you is such a heinous crime
i'll fall again, and proudly serve my sentence
what are we but mere vessels and vehicles of love?

Oct 2024
Skyler H Oct 18
For one last time, the sun sets on the stacks of notes, dreams and piles of unfinished business
And one last time we'll put down what we're asked on a lonely piece of paper
For after that we all change and we stop the old habits forever

As we walk through the memories, faded behind glass
It takes just a moment to go back now, but soon we'll forget
And all we'll know is how it made us feel, the euphoria within

What I'm trying to say is,

Would you stop to thank yourself?
If i took your hand and brought you here.
To see how far you've come and what you've done
Would it blossom in your heart, like it does in mine?

To hope is to forgive, and to let go is to learn
And to be hurt and to be picked up again is to stand up for ourselves
One last time before the Sun sets
Would you take my hand and reminisce in what will become the foggy past?

And we're a bit far apart in minds and hearts
But this one room seems to blend us into one
To remind us of the flesh and bone we all share
And the pain that we bear, all together still
That we'll soon have to take back, heavier than we gave it away

What I'm trying to say is,

Would you stop to smile for a moment
If i took your hand and brought you here
To feel the uncertain envelop us silently
Would you do it, but even if you turn away
If i could tell you one thing: don't let this be crushed to dust,
Don't forget the last of us.
A poem for future graduates. I'm proud of you.
If we could
walk together
hand and hand,
On one accord,
like-minded,
with the same
thoughts of Unity
As in oneness,
togetherness,
wholeness every
race, creed
or color Red,
Yellow,  
Black, White,
Charcoal Black
Snow White,
Ivory, Olive
complexion
or whatever
UNDER THE GRACE OF GOD!!!
AS IT SAYS: ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!!
THEN WE ARE ALL UNITED!!!!
NOW CAN I GET A AMEN!!!!!!!

By: Belinda Richmond
Date: 10/11/2022
If we only do this our world would be a better place!!!
Ylzm Oct 3
I don't count, for I don't know what counts
A look, a smile, silence, to turn and walk away
What counts is for them for which it matters
Known only at the end when the whole revealed
And I, a new self, rebuilt from all that counted
Of others: their words, presence, absence, or kiss
And we become Others, as Others become Us
The perfection of unity, now, a shadow glimpsed
Immortality Sep 26
Sorry? For What, Love?

Sorry? For what, love?
when you’ll hurt me again.
Sorry? For what, love?
when you’ll break me again.

What I need is understanding, my dear,
That east and west can only unite
When they surrender to love,
Destroying the world
They crafted for themselves.

Then Sorry? For What, Love?
A "Sorry" is never needed, but improvement........
Carlo C Gomez Sep 26
An arranged marriage
A love that never was

So many secrets
And untouched lands

The burdens she carries
In pursuit of happiness

From God's forest
Of dusk line hills

The plainstones palace
Is the necklace she wears
To commence the descent

A soft jubilant rain
Promises borealis
And offers of peace

She prays silently for each
As they lower the crown
In a flourish of confetti

It's all about pageantry
It's all about possession

And the way she sits
On her throne
Like she sits
On the King's face
Emery Feine Sep 24
She stepped into a garden with roses galore
She was looking for one, but just needed more

And then she found two, dazzling in sight
Whom puffed up their petals with all their might

Rose One was nostalgic and hated Rose Two
Happy moments were memorable, but only few

Rose Two was two-faced, but made her glad
All she wanted was to not be sad

She took both because she couldn’t decide
She thought she was happy, but at home she cried

She was confused, she had the rose
Was it not the right one she had chose?

Overwhelmed with sadness and pain
She knew one rose could only reign

She looked at her hands, deciding which rose would win
When she saw the thorn that had torn her bloodied skin.
This was the 11th poem I’ve ever written, created on 5/27/23
Unanimous legs stand together in attention
the architecture's height taller than rage outside
the ******'s gun ready to be launched anytime.
He stops his vigilant feet,
and questions the reason for war
An ideology was what it was
But when does our humanity started
prioritizing ideology more than a life?
When ego gets hold of your mind
Then the notion of self is confined
To a tight narrow cell
And forgotten how well
Every sentient thing is entwined
Ylzm Sep 3
Glimpses, whiffs, and shadows
But suffice to know, fully assured
Even to wager all, life and more
And to forego all, even to fast
For Truth does not mock
And the fullness' unimaginable
But an unseen certain fulfillment;
Awakened is before the dawn
A lightening and not the light
In anticipation and excitement
In joyous fear, with trembling steps
Approach the glowing chasm
In angelic choruses and many suns
Lifted off the ground on many wings
Higher and vaster the sight
Intoxicating the fragrant scent
Fearsomeness in shadows unveiled;
And the chasm's edge is further yet
For even the Perfect waits for All
His wounds unhealed a promise
Of Oneness only when All is One.
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