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Sep 2017 · 170
Diamonds
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
I am a
diamond
in the rough
a rock really,
raw edges
Undefined
lines
but if                                     you care
to look
deeper
you can see
With polish
and refinment
I will shine to
Perfection
Want to
Help
Give me a rub
Something I love to play with word art is something  as far as I know I am vented I wear my poems have a recognizable shape  this person is me
Sep 2017 · 196
Hiding in plain sight
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
The faces you see
Are not who
I want to be

My smile is as big
For all to see

Looking Closely
the eyes
Never tells lies

Yet I have scars
You can not know

I have pain
Which would
drive most insane

Is it you
Is it me
Push Away
Would you not feeling well if people ask how are you today don't want it now they just want you to say fine
Sep 2017 · 168
What If
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
If
I get to close
If
I get to near
If
I give you love
Your heart will fear
If
I make you cry
If you shed a tear
If
I surrender
My dear
Will you disappear
A classic poet  e.e. Cummings wrote
If poems
this is mine
Sep 2017 · 312
A Poets Nightmare
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
Dangling
Participles
Provocative
Verbs
Indecision
Word
Choice
Writers
Block
?
It happens
to the best of us
Sep 2017 · 243
Predator or Pray
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
We are
The only animals
Who allow
Our off-spring
To return to
The nest
Many animals
Eat their
Young
Kids returning home lol
Sep 2017 · 179
Happiness
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
You
Search for her
Strive for her
Long for her
Then
Watch her slip
Through your fingers
The moment you obtain her
Let her go
Stop chasing
She will find you
When you find
Yourself
The poem looks like a woman
Poetry
Word art
Sep 2017 · 143
Natures Depression
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
Natures depression
Anger no place to go
Disaster relief
This was my first
Haiku
3 lines
5  syllables first line
7 middle line
5 last line
Think tsunami
Sep 2017 · 258
Promise to keep
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
Promises to keep; yet
Death is beating at my door
Rock myself to sleep
What Am I living for
when all I do is
Weep, weep, weep
Longing for life once more
   Promises to keep
The grim Reeper is keeping score
From my destiny chance; leap
Family, friends; ignored
All I want to do is
Sleep, sleep, sleep
   Promises to keep
No pain I implore
Please end it ever more; worrying
   Promises to keep
Upon the cold bare floor
Walking with Jesus once more
   No more promises to keep
In peace, I shall sleep
Cancer was a wake up call I'm fine now but those were dark days
CJ Sutherland Sep 2017
Will you... walk a while with me
Along my painful way
A love whose heart has eyes to see
When stars shine over the darken sea
The quiet rest at the end of the day
While all else sleep I cry and prey
Will you... walk a while with me
A friend who knows and cares to say
"Stay strong my dear I am always near"
Sweet words that cheer my questioning heart
No matter how distant we are never apart
Will you... walk a while with me
In spirit you take my hand
With tearful eyes I search for answers
In the kindness of your soul
Until the pain will let me go
Will you... walk a while with me

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