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Mariah Langton May 2015

In the dark of night,
he moves quietly as a mouse
Creeping and sneaking

In the light of day,
he pounces and plays
happy and joyous

A companion worth keeping around,
always there to cheer you up
with purrs and brushes of soft fur

A fierce predator,
killing whatever scurries in front him

A sacred creature,
worshipped by gods and goddesses
statutes and shrines, all for him

An omen of bad luck,
people shake in fear
when they see this harmless creature

Why fear such a gentle creature?
Why leave them on streets,
alone and hungry?

On the streets,
scavenging for scraps of food,
cold and shivering in an alleyway.

In a shelter locked up in a cage
surrounded by so many others like him,
wondering why he isn’t loved.

In his new home,
surrounded by loving people,
Warm embracing and kind words.
XI
A perfect gift,
a perfect pet.
Kind and gentle and calm
XII
A mess not worth having around
A nuisance you have to clean up after.
Noisy and mischievous
XII
A black cat,
alone in the world
finds his way home
to a family that only see the good in him.
Amitav Radiance May 2015
The heart’s ways
Take a forlorn path
Mind takes time
To appreciate
Long before
A realization
Of two parallels
Never to meet
Livia Apr 2015
1.
Something disgusting; avoid at all costs.
You do not want to smell it when it’s rotten.

2.
A curvy red, green, or yellow fruit, sitting and waiting for someone
To take a bite out of its perfection.

3.
An over-priced computer or phone
That was just made to break.

4.
Still attached to the top branch of a tree
Waiting to be picked, but that time never comes.

5.
An apple a day keeps the doctors away?
An apple keeps anyone away if you throw hard enough.
Just a fun free-poem
introvert Mar 2015
We love the wrong kind of people
In a bid to change ourselves

Once the love has departed
So has our old ways
Maybe we fall for the wrong in order to change.
Eleanor K Mar 2015
The time comes,
When we have to say goodbye
To those who brought light to our lives
Smiles to our faces,
And forged jeweled memories in our minds.
The time will come,
When we love our memories of them,
More so than their presence,
And the smiles they give us are few and far between.
It is alright,
To say our goodbyes,
And to part ways,
Cherishing the moments we had
When we were people- hardly recognizable to us now.
We have picked our own paths.
Yet, their light may still guide us,
The light they left behind in us,
Coddled within.
A discussion under the midnight sky, walking to pick pawpaws.
Mohammad Skati Feb 2015
There are two ways in life                                                                                        A good way and a bad way anytime                                                                     Simply because that's the way with it ...                                                                Either you pick this way or                                                                                     That way anytime ...                                                                                                There is not any in-between way in life                                                                  Simply because that's the way with it ...                                                                Life has two ways that makes someone                                                                 At that point of choice anytime ....
Kennedy Taylor Dec 2014
1.
Tell me…
Tell me that you won’t leave.
Tell me that you care.
While you whisper sweet nothings into a stranger's ear.

2.
Tell me...
Tell me that you could, maybe,
Just maybe,
Like me back
(If I gave you my world)
But don't,
Don't.

3.
Hold me...
Hold me for a moment,
Then let me go.
Say it's for my freedom,
But it's truthfully for yours.

4.
Style yourself as my dream...
Then let me fall
From the sky,
From the glory.
Into the soil,
Into the mud.

5.
Tell me…
Tell me what you know I want to hear,
Even if we both know it’s a lie.
Tell me.
**** me.
Jennifer Weiss Nov 2014
It is easy

to just be

I am easy.
life is easy.
if you know
how to see


& I want to let
the whole world see...
how they can float on life,
                            *simple as a breeze.

You flounder,
we wander,
in what is meant to be.
I say it because it is truth,
I say it because it is what eye sees.

If I could, I would
give to my old self,
what I have in me.

But I can't,
and you can
take all my wealth
from me....
**Let
my
lessons
live,
and
please
learn
you
need
only
be.
4:44 PM
there's really no real,
there's really no pretending
cause nothing really is
and everything really isn't.
nothing to this but the cycle
So what if there's a new season ,
time dont mean a thing

Based upon an old self /
you are a shiver and a coma
And im just settling

Starting to think we really were made
For this day and age - these lights
Your scarlet face / the waves
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