#respond
View your shadow on the wall
- don't recognize it at all?
Because if you can't do this
you'll probably feel amiss
to know who you really are.
Then, if you're seen from afar
and someone calls out your name
you may not respond the same.
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Mar 11
Mar 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM UTC
But listen to my questions
if you have their response.
I form these words
for you.
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020 at 4:30 PM UTC
Christmas is over
New year has begun
Not sure I'm ready for another one
Done all the things I resolved not to do
The lights blazing down
Time just flew
The world looks newer than before
Burning bright with colors galore
Feel it turn as I go through my day
Long years behind
Short ones on the way
Lighting life with the glow from ahead
Steps have went the wrong way instead
Branch is just too high to reach
Consumed in never-ending breach
The flame marks the proper route
Spells cast make it hard to get out
When my foot bravely goes to tread
Suddenly cells are made of lead
My fire drags me the opposite direction
Everglow remains in the darkest section
Memories of long ago linger in my head
Love I lost
Can't let go of
Remains in words unsaid
When asked my resolution I always respond
"Stop saying yes to things I am of rather not fond"
Of course I never commit and fail within a week
I try nonetheless though my attempt is too weak
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 11:14 AM UTC
Uncomfortable
Be it called by my own name
I must reply now
Not in haste or anger still
But in active truth most kind
Jan 16, 2020
Jan 16, 2020 at 6:51 PM UTC
Remember the day we left
You squeezed me till I broke
And dried my tears with your thumb
What happened since then?
Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 at 3:06 AM UTC
I need
to frequently revise
my principles
for living
a joyful and happy life
so that when challenges come
I’m ready to respond
in a wise way.
Jul 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 at 10:05 PM UTC
I try to reach out
You don't respond
This gives me doubt
But I still continue on
I communicate again
Not a voice to be heard
Does she not want me then?
I wish I could be sure
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 2:11 AM UTC
I hear your words, dear friend.
I hear your pain
Frustration
The need for imancipaton.
I know that you are tired
im sorry
I wish i could be there to help you.
I wish i could be right by your side
Being the shoulder you need to lean on.
I wish i could be whatever you need me to be
So i will be.
In any and every way i can
You are worth it to me
You are so much to me that i genuinely worry about you.
Im tired too.
Im tired of being forgotten.
Im tired of my thoughts being forbidden.
Believe me,
i know
But trust me, I'm here with you
*for when you need me
And when you dont*
I will stand with you because you would for me.
Please remember i am with you.
This poem is for you.
Dont forget im here.
I always will be.
Hold on.
We're in this together.
Though different situations,
Enough is the same
For me to
advocate
for you
Jul 16, 2016
Jul 16, 2016 at 1:37 AM UTC
Let not others get under your skin,
Do not react but instead respond.
For if you react then they will win,
You are giving them just what they want.
To react is all power to lose,
To respond gives them nothing to use.
If you can be the bigger person
And not react, then you will have won.
Apr 15, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 at 4:06 AM UTC
Your words are like a hidden key,
They unlock secret parts of me.
I might be your fall, but you’re a pick-me-up to me. I might have written my way into your book, but you did more, you illustrated your love clearly, you displayed it so publicly that it was somehow secreted in front of my own eyes.
Your ruby red cheeks provide a window into your mind, indicating what it is you think when I speak: happiness, anger, fear, contentment.
Your lips provide a physical contact point for us to meet, connection yet no wifi needed, communication yet no cell towers, A commitment between two invisible entities, a communication between two hearts.
My eyes betray my emotion as your cheeks betray yours. What study is it that requires me out of your head? What history is more important than that of our own? What pit is so deep, so dark as to keep the sun away? For, love, tell me this, and I shall change it faster than a bad tv channel.
Your worries should fade, for they are nothing but spiteful superficial seeds sown by one who claims to dis thee. Hateration is a disease, but, my love, when one is as beautiful as you are or as sweet and mellifluous as you, you must accept that you attract it.
Taking note of your existence is like being in a building burning and continuing your business, ergo I always do what I can to let you know that I see you. I love you, I loved you, and I’m loving you to this day. So may our loves last as long as our kisses, and may our kisses last as long as our intimatic energies can remain stabilized.
Dec 7, 2015
Dec 7, 2015 at 12:30 PM UTC
I'm at that point where
good news
and bad news
are irrelevant.
All I want is an answer.
Jul 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 at 9:36 PM UTC
I've been awaiting
your texts
Not because I want to respond
But I want to know your mind
Is some how still attached to mine
Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 6:24 PM UTC
Why won't you respond?
Why leave me now?
The silence is deafening,
Defining what makes us.
I hope you don't hate me,
I pray to God I do you right.
There is no way to measure,
No gauge to reason with.
I promise I won't be your
Pretty Girl,
Just don't leave me to the wolves.
Gnashing their horrible fangs,
Begging for the one that will be left behind.
Will I be that one?
Is there enough
Emptiness in your heart to leave me be?
Do you want to leave?
Do you think I will stop you?
My heart is breaking at this end of our
One-sided conversation.
Does it break your heart?
I want to give up.
I want to let go.
But I can't and it's because of you.
Save me before I need
Saving.
Prevent the irrepressible
Heartbreak.
Stay with me,
Even if we are only
Friends.
You made a promise.
I thought you would keep it--
Or at least I hoped you would.
You must have forgotten.
The memory must be dust.
It was too long ago,
But promises should be eternal.
I think I love you.
Are you listening?
Sorry, I didn't mean to take so much of your time.
Sorry for everything.
Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 11:14 AM UTC
Imagination, it is my greatest weapon.
As well as books, because I can escape
in the pages of another universe if even
for a little while.
Apr 2, 2014
Apr 2, 2014 at 6:17 PM UTC