#courtsmusicchallenge
We spend too much time
With our feet planted firmly on the floor
Never wondering
What if feels like to fly
Even if we can't fly
We have the next best thing
We can jump
We can leave these two dimensions of ours
Even if it's for a second
I want to leave the world behind
And believe I can fly
The problem with jumping
Is the landing
Some crumble on their knees
While others take the impact fine
But you can never know what it feels like to land
If you never take off in the first place
So jump with me
Jump away into an ephemeral flight
Where seconds are eternities
And the ground will never haunt us again
Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 7:16 PM UTC
Why is it always raining on me?
All I want is to see that rainbow.
Rain after rain. Waves after waves.
They are taking me under.
Why is it always dark?
All I want to see is the end of tunnel.
Wandering, looking for that ray of hope.
I'm calling out, fears pull me down.
Every moment I'm starting to believe,
I'm not broken, I'll keep hoping.
It took everything for me to see,
that my life’s not ending.
This pain will make stronger.
I have to hold on a little bit longer.
Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 11:38 PM UTC
You're ******* when
Her face makes your heart flutter
Her name makes your skin tingle
Memories of her bring a smile to your face
You're doomed when
She lives far away
You don't have her number
She doesn't remember your name
You're in love when
You're determined to see her again
You're convinced she recognizes you
You can't get her out of your head
And then you know:
You're *******
Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 at 11:30 AM UTC
Like coffee in the morning
I grew used to you somehow
It started bitter and without warning
it is ending that way now
Like Gene Kelly or Sinatra
You have Marlon Brando class
Went to pop music from the opera
Now I cant stop thinking about ***
Like two stings out of tune
We always seem to clash
Bring your beauty to the room
Where the music doesn't match
Art is ever changing: lke w/e idc
People rearranging: Thrz no bEutY Ne wer3
(Jaha baha LOL
They prolly tlk like diz N h3L7 )
Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM UTC
No friends to leave behind
No family to wave be good bye
I'll walk away now
And give up my final try
It's pretty easy to leave here
It's not that hard to go
I'll walk away now
Out in the blistering snow
The frost comforts me greatly
As I tread on through the cold
The white encourages me to go on
And justifies my being bold
With no one to look back on
With no one to pull my slack
I will walk away now
And never come back
Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 12:33 PM UTC
The peace and goodwill
Of Christmas -- Pitch invasion
At final whistle.
Apr 8, 2015
Apr 8, 2015 at 8:08 PM UTC
The wind blows through your hair
At much higher speeds
Twenty stories up
The world scales down
Like a model
Twenty stories up
Two hundred feet drops off
In a surreal fashion
Twenty stories up
You think you can survive the fall
Landing on a soft pillow of cement
Twenty stories up
I told her not to leave
She never came down the stairs she used to go
Twenty stories up
It feels great to let go
Of both the world and your self
Twenty stories up
My life wouldn't feel as empty
If they wouldn't let you go
Twenty stories up
Apr 8, 2015
Apr 8, 2015 at 2:04 PM UTC
That sort of song
does not recollect the shadows of passion
it is
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 9:13 PM UTC
I had always thought of myself as an artist of some sort. That is, until I met you. It was only then that I learned what art is, where it comes from. When I met you, I only wanted to paint with the browns and oranges I saw in your eyes. I only wanted to write the words that fell from your lips. I only wanted to play the notes your voice guided me to. And when you left, I couldn't paint, couldn't write, couldn't play. I could only sing of my heartache, but even that wasn't art. There's no beauty in sorrow.
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 5:27 PM UTC
I wait
for the return
of the warm summer breeze
despite feeling winter's kiss -
for all my stars aligned.
I wait
for the bloom
of the lilies
despite the barren land -
for allmy star s aligned.
I wait.
I truly wait.
for the sound
of your footsteps
despite a love long lost and forgotten.
f or al lm ys ta r sal i gne d.
fo ar il m n ts a rlsa lg yed.
aro l sf m yl sla rgs a ni ed
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 5:19 PM UTC
No matter how bad we want it to work
Some things just won't work
We are two different people
You can't fit a square in a triangle
Some things don't fit well together
You can't try to force something that is simply not there
Maybe the way we started made it cursed from the start
It should have not only been physical
Because when we both tried to get emotions involved
Both of our energies collided and went awry
But we both wanted each other
We couldn't stay away from each other
We tried to leave
But we always came running back to each other
We knew what he had wasn't healthy
So we finally parted for good
But I still want you
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 3:14 PM UTC
you drink to fight off the world
i get high to forget what life has done to my soul
everybody has an escape from what they fear
dragons have dug their talons into me, dragging and ripping away my flesh
leaving new scars
lightning struck you, leaving a beautiful disaster in its wake
a disaster that has altered my view on breathing the air i do
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 2:58 PM UTC
He loved with the cruelty of nature
growing like ivy on my heart;
I'd cut him away but he'd only return
He nestled in my branches
making a home out of my rotting shell,
forgetting home is where the heart is
He said "destruction was a form of beauty"
So he pretended to be reborn a hurricane
Firing open doors better left closed in his wake
At times, it was better to hide from him
Wait out the storm and pretend
everything was perfectly alright
Then when it was all over
He'd kiss my wounds,
grow flowers from my dying veins
But not so long after they would wilt
because even the sweetest of things
couldn't survive within our own toxicity.
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 2:47 PM UTC
It's been a while
Since I've sat down for this long
Just to write
All the words I can write
They call it a stream of consciousness
But I call it a stream of truth
It's a stream to remember
As it glosses over your skin
Maybe this truth
Will stick around
A bit longer than the sunlight
A bit longer than the nightlight
I don't want my writing to go away
I don't want my writing to be forgotten
I want my writing to stay
I want it to be remembered
A writer only ever wants to stay
That is the mark of a great writer
It's not that hard, to write for a long time
It's pretty hard, for that long time of work to stick around
But don't worry
It's just a stream of consciousness
It's not a hard thing to do
So we will just keep typing and praying for hamlet
To come rolling off our fingers
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 12:55 AM UTC
A fool is he that shares his bed with the fear in his head,
My choices weigh my down, like cement shoes they pull me under the ever rising tide of self-loathing that constantly threatens to drown me.
Why do I feel such hatred for those eyes in the mirror, I can only stare for so long lest the urge to put my head through the reflective pane become too much.
It is a fire.
It burns within me, this anger, this disgust.
The shadows sing quietly so as no one else can hear.
Whisper abuse, taunting,
I am weak, hopeless and predictable,
As always, I rise to the bait.
Shackled, bound, as much a prisoner as any convict rotting behind bars,
I waste away within my mind.
I'll lash out at you!
I will...
Can't stop till I've had my fill,
I starve for blood and my own will do,
I hate that I want to hate you,
I hate that I fall short of the mark,
I hate and I hate and I hate,
Until I'm completely lost in the dark...
I'll **** your demons,
Knowing you can't **** mine,
And when asked if I'm okay,
I'll respond with "I'm fine",
I'm not your burden,
Though I may be your friend,
Put the pressure on and I'll break before I bend.
Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 10:35 PM UTC
How long ago
Did you list your priorities?
The small ones,
Like me.
Forgotten at the bottom of the list.
I do understand.
I am only a reflection,
Without purpose,
******* the attention of those around me,
The ones that worry about
Insignificant things.
And stop lying.
You have let go of me,
You haven't let go of the words
Or past.
But of course you let go,
You could barely hold on to
Your own sanity.
I can only hold myself accountable to the crushing feeling I have now.
Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 7:51 PM UTC
If you don't use the hashtag, but did the challenge and I don't see it feel free to message it to me because I'm loving seeing all y'all's poems and I don't want to miss one!
Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 7:24 PM UTC
I CHALLENGE ALL OF HELLO POETRY!
Choose a song, you can choose it randomly or it can be your favorite song, or just a song that you like. Write a poem while listening to that song. You don't have to write about the song but just write what comes to mind while you listen to it. I do this all the time and its amazing how it changes my mood and my writing. Title the poem the name of the song and use the hashtag #CourtsMusicChallenge and I will take the time to read all of them and repost them and leave some love in a comment.
Do the challenge then repost this so I know you did it.:)
Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 5:51 PM UTC