Tsammy-D: Favorites

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Ellie

Every scar tells a story
They are not an ugly mark
No, instead they are a bravery mark
Proof that you will sacrifice everything to do what needs to be done.

You don't have disgusting scars all over your body
You have stories all over your body
And one day, someone will come along willing to listen to your stories
But until then, you must go on and look over the staring faces - and make your mark.

I have learned that scars are possibly the most beautiful things that have come along with pain
I am now no longer embarrassed of my scars
Instead I stand tall and show people that I am here
Scars are beautiful.

Not my best poem but I think scars are beautiful, amazing things and people should learn to look past the outside and find something beautiful within.

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

The Spider's Web

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

E. B. White

The Spider's Web

The spider, dropping down from twig,
Unfolds a plan of her devising,
A thin premeditated rig
To use in rising.

And all that journey down through space,
In cool descent and loyal hearted,
She spins a ladder to the place
From where she started.

Thus I, gone forth as spiders do
In spider's web a truth discerning,
Attach one silken thread to you
For my returning.

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

No Peace.

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

December

No Peace.

Left behind
But not forgotten
So much to say
But I'm not talkin

Feeling alive
in a world so dead
Everyone keeps quiet
With much to be said

The words on the lips
Of silent mimes
Ticking of the clocks
That run out of time

Waiting on something
That just might happen
Though its not funny
I'm still laughin

Waging a war
That has no sides
Where many innocent
Lay down to die

Through the silence
The lies could be heard
I listened to them
But didnt hear a word

I knew the truth
It was right in front of me
I just couldn't make
The other people see

They ran toward a light
That flickered and died
And more lies were said
To keep them occupied

I ran the other way
Ready to sacrifice
In search of all the things
That are good and right

This is the world,
The way we live.
Begrudging and angry
To not forget or forgive.

I'll not say that
There is no peace
But for us
Its just out of reach.

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Waiting for the rain

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Amy I Hughes

Waiting for the rain

I’m waiting for the rain

To fall mercilessly

The air is to be cleared

Of this heat

I watch the clouds

Shift and form

Into threatening shapes

Taunting me

Like wild beasts

Baring their teeth

Backing me into their corner

Listening to my heart cry with fear

But they’re not biting

I step outside

The flies are low

They hover lazily and I don’t bat them away

No time for flies

The atmosphere is heavy on my temples

It’s bursting with pressure

Like an over inflated balloon

Pregnant rain clouds loom closer

C’mon, I urge

C’MON!

Rain on me!

Blacken the sky and make me lose sight

Strike me with lightening and burn my flesh

Make me cry when the thunder roars

Let me drown in this storm!

I’m panting in the hot air

My skin bared and ready for the water

I wait

Breathless

For the rain

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

FOOLISHLY IN LOVE

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Rose-Lynn Dominguez

FOOLISHLY IN LOVE

I'm a fool to want you, I'm a fool to love you

And after all, all this time; I'm such a fool to need you

I should of known, in the end, we will only just be friends

To want a love, I will never have, cause darling

I'm a fool, such a fool, to love you

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Fear

Sep 2013 Tsammy-D

Tom Orr

Fear

Failure is a haunting fear
but fear itself is worse.
A deceitful ghost
like the closed door

keyless

now a wall.