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"extravagant" poems
Are you struck with her figure and face? How lucky you happened to meet With none of the gossiping race, Who dwell in this horrible street! They of slanderous hints never tire; I love to approve and commend, And the lady you so much admire, Is my very particular friend! How charming she looks — her dark curls Really float with a natural air; And the beads might be taken for pearls, That arc twined in that beautiful hair: Then what tints her fair features o'erspread - That she uses white paint some pretend; But, believe me, she only wears red She's my very particular friend! Then her voice, how divine it appears While carolling: "Rise gentle moon;" Lord Crotchet lastnight stopped his ears, And declared that she sung out of tune; For my part, I think that her lay Might to Malibran's sweetness pretend; But people won't mind what I say — I'm her very particular friend! Then her writings — her exquisite rhyme To posterity surely must reach; (I wonder she finds so much time With four little sisters to teach!) A critic in Blackwood, indeed. Abused the last poem she penned; The article made my heart bleed — She's my very particular friend! Her brother dispatched with a sword, His friend in a duel, last June; And her cousin eloped from her lord, With a handsome and whiskered dragoon: Her father with duns is beset, Yet continues to dash and to spend — She's too good for so worthless a set — She's my very particular friend! All her chance of a portion is lost, And I fear she'll be single for life; Wise people will count up the cost Of a gay and extravagant wife: But tis odious to marry for pelf, (Though the times are not likely to mend,) She's a fortune besides in herself — She's my very particular friend! That she's somewhat sarcastic and pert, It were useless and vain to deny; She's a little too much of a flirt, And a slattern when no one is by: From her servants she constantly parts, Before they have reached the year's end; But her heart is the kindest of hearts — She's my very particular friend! Oh! never have pencil or pen, A creature more exquisite traced; That her style does not take with the men, Proves a sad want of judgment and taste; And if to the sketch I give now, Some flattering touches I lend; Do for partial affection allow — She's my very particular friend!
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My Very Particular Friend
Are you struck with her figure and face? How lucky you happened to meet With none of the gossiping race, Who dwell in this horrible street! They of slanderous hints never tire; I love to approve and commend, And the lady you so much admire, Is my very particular friend! How charming she looks — her dark curls Really float with a natural air; And the beads might be taken for pearls, That arc twined in that beautiful hair: Then what tints her fair features o'erspread - That she uses white paint some pretend; But, believe me, she only wears red She's my very particular friend! Then her voice, how divine it appears While carolling: "Rise gentle moon;" Lord Crotchet lastnight stopped his ears, And declared that she sung out of tune; For my part, I think that her lay Might to Malibran's sweetness pretend; But people won't mind what I say — I'm her very particular friend! Then her writings — her exquisite rhyme To posterity surely must reach; (I wonder she finds so much time With four little sisters to teach!) A critic in Blackwood, indeed. Abused the last poem she penned; The article made my heart bleed — She's my very particular friend! Her brother dispatched with a sword, His friend in a duel, last June; And her cousin eloped from her lord, With a handsome and whiskered dragoon: Her father with duns is beset, Yet continues to dash and to spend — She's too good for so worthless a set — She's my very particular friend! All her chance of a portion is lost, And I fear she'll be single for life; Wise people will count up the cost Of a gay and extravagant wife: But tis odious to marry for pelf, (Though the times are not likely to mend,) She's a fortune besides in herself — She's my very particular friend! That she's somewhat sarcastic and pert, It were useless and vain to deny; She's a little too much of a flirt, And a slattern when no one is by: From her servants she constantly parts, Before they have reached the year's end; But her heart is the kindest of hearts — She's my very particular friend! Oh! never have pencil or pen, A creature more exquisite traced; That her style does not take with the men, Proves a sad want of judgment and taste; And if to the sketch I give now, Some flattering touches I lend; Do for partial affection allow — She's my very particular friend!
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For a creation was devised of the purest and simplest elements in life When the calming and smooth sensation of water caressed your bones, it carved canals of strength along the way Your skin crawled and crept past your defined chin to bind with its lover and when the tendon reached the muscle, it fused in an unbreakable relationship Baby, the sight of your eyes shatters the crystallization of the finest glass And your voice pierces the night fog leaving a path for only you The kindness of your heart poured into the rivers to feed oxygen to all of those who depended on it Your body contains the same carbon that creates sparkling diamonds The majority of the oxygen is the same element creating tornadoes, or when fused to hydrogen to make a hurricane Do you see how powerful you are made? Your soft lips are the same lips that can produce sound in an empty canyon Your bones are the base of your embrace when you sweep me off my feet That mind is the exact replica that discovered how to survive the times that were a bigger struggle than planned Despite all of these acts, how simple or extravagant You are the perfect arrangement of atoms that hold my hand when I am scared to carry on alone And the same arrangement of atoms that pull me close and kiss my lips One might say these actions, however small, have a stronger effect than any hurricane, or tornado, or diamond For you are a creation devised of the purest and simplest elements in life And you are completely mine
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 7:21 PM UTC
A Perfect Arrangement of Atoms
For a creation was devised of the purest and simplest elements in life When the calming and smooth sensation of water caressed your bones, it carved canals of strength along the way Your skin crawled and crept past your defined chin to bind with its lover and when the tendon reached the muscle, it fused in an unbreakable relationship Baby, the sight of your eyes shatters the crystallization of the finest glass And your voice pierces the night fog leaving a path for only you The kindness of your heart poured into the rivers to feed oxygen to all of those who depended on it Your body contains the same carbon that creates sparkling diamonds The majority of the oxygen is the same element creating tornadoes, or when fused to hydrogen to make a hurricane Do you see how powerful you are made? Your soft lips are the same lips that can produce sound in an empty canyon Your bones are the base of your embrace when you sweep me off my feet That mind is the exact replica that discovered how to survive the times that were a bigger struggle than planned Despite all of these acts, how simple or extravagant You are the perfect arrangement of atoms that hold my hand when I am scared to carry on alone And the same arrangement of atoms that pull me close and kiss my lips One might say these actions, however small, have a stronger effect than any hurricane, or tornado, or diamond For you are a creation devised of the purest and simplest elements in life And you are completely mine
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A little, twee serenade for you, Or perhaps a sonnet for others, I'm not asking for anything extravagant like, "I do." Nor do I want you to scurry off beneath your couvers. Where brother, art thou. Although, to me, you're more of a sister. To cradle you, here and now; Under the galleria of lights, never to deter. But...you're madly in love with another, I know. And it pains me to ask you, for I am not your prince, but a stranger. It's probably too late, although... I've mustered up a fragment of hope & courage to ask thee, Will you go to Prom with me?
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Mar 26, 2013
Mar 26, 2013 at 3:58 PM UTC
Prom
Angry apes arguing Odd owls ogling Extravagant emus eloping Slimy slugs slithering Wandering worms wriggling Jaunty jays jumping Testy tigers thundering Grumpy giraffes grazing All animals amazing
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Jun 10, 2013
Jun 10, 2013 at 7:54 AM UTC
Animal Antics
complexity bias how you love to criticize my poems as too long and overly complex poor me, I’m no genius, don’t prosper by exploiting unrecognized simplicities, rather deconstruct the intricate complexities that I flatter myself are the me-sinews Writing is a **** temptation - we focus on the 10% that is complex and ignore the easy 90% perhaps this once I will surrender my bare bones put aside the rich, satisfying of cave diving, urban spelunking word caressing tongue verbiage rich tapestry exploring - give you the plane of plain where nestles my destiny: nesting near motionless where the couch is my kingdom and cold cereal is easily digested and there are no consequences I am a member of a discriminated-against minority we have no charismatic leader, no marchers anywhere, and government programs say hey you’re free white and twenty one plus, get the crap out of our faces,  you useless piece of rhymes with **** and includes dirt, though I shower twice a day to keep myself occupied 25 years old, a high school dropout, of course I’m white, my occupation is playing video games and making sure my supply of opioids is adequate in these great United States where I was born there are fewer jobs than none that my application survives a first glance discardation, and now my disability preempts any demand to pretend there is gainful employment in store in my future this reductio ad absurdum is a technique to expose the fallacy, ah what’s that you say no interest in hanging about, on your way out, of course, of course, we are the wrong flavor of downtrodden my life is simple - simplistic in its a chaotic entropic way, order slowly declines into disorder my rituals are a fight against slip sliding down, falling off the the Herzog continuums and the poems are desperate hand holds to prevent my going, gone under so forgive me if I tax you without possessing not the requisite taxing authority you hone in on the obvious disparities and my contradictions resenting my sending you this bill of extravagant length compose with me and a mean will be located and to sleep I go, perhaps to undress my dreams and explicate the wealthy multiples of complexity in the simplicity of a junkies life
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Feb 4, 2018
Feb 4, 2018 at 3:56 PM UTC
complexity bias of a ******
complexity bias how you love to criticize my poems as too long and overly complex poor me, I’m no genius, don’t prosper by exploiting unrecognized simplicities, rather deconstruct the intricate complexities that I flatter myself are the me-sinews Writing is a **** temptation - we focus on the 10% that is complex and ignore the easy 90% perhaps this once I will surrender my bare bones put aside the rich, satisfying of cave diving, urban spelunking word caressing tongue verbiage rich tapestry exploring - give you the plane of plain where nestles my destiny: nesting near motionless where the couch is my kingdom and cold cereal is easily digested and there are no consequences I am a member of a discriminated-against minority we have no charismatic leader, no marchers anywhere, and government programs say hey you’re free white and twenty one plus, get the crap out of our faces,  you useless piece of rhymes with **** and includes dirt, though I shower twice a day to keep myself occupied 25 years old, a high school dropout, of course I’m white, my occupation is playing video games and making sure my supply of opioids is adequate in these great United States where I was born there are fewer jobs than none that my application survives a first glance discardation, and now my disability preempts any demand to pretend there is gainful employment in store in my future this reductio ad absurdum is a technique to expose the fallacy, ah what’s that you say no interest in hanging about, on your way out, of course, of course, we are the wrong flavor of downtrodden my life is simple - simplistic in its a chaotic entropic way, order slowly declines into disorder my rituals are a fight against slip sliding down, falling off the the Herzog continuums and the poems are desperate hand holds to prevent my going, gone under so forgive me if I tax you without possessing not the requisite taxing authority you hone in on the obvious disparities and my contradictions resenting my sending you this bill of extravagant length compose with me and a mean will be located and to sleep I go, perhaps to undress my dreams and explicate the wealthy multiples of complexity in the simplicity of a junkies life
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Dim vales—and shadowy floods— And cloudy-looking woods, Whose forms we can’t discover For the tears that drip all over Huge moons there wax and wane— Again—again—again— Every moment of the night— Forever changing places— And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces. About twelve by the moon-dial One more filmy than the rest (A kind which, upon trial, They have found to be the best) Comes down—still down—and down With its centre on the crown Of a mountain’s eminence, While its wide circumference In easy drapery falls Over hamlets, over halls, Wherever they may be— O’er the strange woods—o’er the sea— Over spirits on the wing— Over every drowsy thing— And buries them up quite In a labyrinth of light— And then, how deep!—O, deep! Is the passion of their sleep. In the morning they arise, And their moony covering Is soaring in the skies, With the tempests as they toss, Like—almost any thing— Or a yellow Albatross. They use that moon no more For the same end as before— Videlicet a tent— Which I think extravagant: Its atomies, however, Into a shower dissever, Of which those butterflies, Of Earth, who seek the skies, And so come down again (Never-contented thing!) Have brought a specimen Upon their quivering wings.
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Fairyland
*A vast blanket of darkness, the world at night Bombarded by the explosion of light Were you bedazzled by my kaleidoscopic luster? You were silenced with awe And your eyes manifest wonder My splendor of lights were formed from the shadows And in its depths I'll return Sadness and hurt made indigo Bliss and jubilance made yellow So light me up, ignite me be the flame to set me afire colliding thoughts had lifted me up This is my extravagant goodbye As the last glint of light flickers in the last seconds of my show as it falls slowly to be one with void i'd like to see one last smile aglow you're the spark that triggered me to combust i was once a firework show now one with dust*
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Jan 3, 2015
Jan 3, 2015 at 12:53 AM UTC
Fireworks
I believe in one church. I believe in an inter-racial and unbiased church of many nations. I believe in one church of many traditions. I believe in one church not hemmed in by history or by man-made borders. I believe in a God for whom his pallet of skin colours reflects his love of diversity. I believe in God-given racial difference. I believe in one creator God who made all humankind equal. I believe in Christ’s one church that reflects our maker's love of difference. I do not believe in uniformity. I believe in the Christ’s common language of love for one another, for neighbours and for enemies that transcends local dialects. I believe in one sundry collection of priests who are called by Christ to serve one God together, saved by His one sacrifice once and for all time. I believe in the promise of one resurrected church drawn from all nations, from every generation to meet her bridegroom, Jesus Christ. I believe in one eternal wedding feast at a table prepared by God which features everything from the finest vegetable samosas to the richest steam puddings. I believe in one extravagant Father who has built one massive mansion with many rooms so all his people can come and dwell together. I believe in God's Kingdom come.
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Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 8:23 AM UTC
Manifesto
Memories fade over time Everyday you forget something you once knew. It's not a crime to remember what you drew As a child Your dreams hardly ever mild So extravagant I wish I could remember What I drew as a child too.
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 10:37 AM UTC
It's okay little one, draw.
I wore cheap earrings today But they made my ears red and hot. So I wore the diamond earrings That, for me, you bought. The discomfort went away Though your healing love is lost. You must have been excited About such an extravagant purchase.
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Jan 14, 2013
Jan 14, 2013 at 10:21 PM UTC
Earrings
I deserve a good morning text every morning you wake up with me on your mind, not by your side. And if I’m neither on your mind nor by your side, I deserve a sweet goodnight. I deserve someone who isn’t constantly reminding me of the imperfections and insecurities I have no problem struggling with when I’m alone, even if it is “just a joke.” I deserve someone who wants to study every photograph I’ve ever taken until their eyes grow weary. I deserve someone who asks what I’m writing, even if it is just a one word scribble on a sticky note. I deserve answered calls. I deserve beautiful nicknames and extravagant hellos. I deserve flowers on my doorstep when I’ve had an awful day. I deserve words when they’re needed and beautiful silence when they’re not. I deserve kisses on my dry and cracked knuckles in the winter and kisses where the sweet sunshine hits the tip of my nose in the summer. I deserve to be checked up on when I don’t reply all day long. I deserve to be carried when I can’t bear to move. I deserve to be looked at the way your father did when he first fell in love with your mother. I deserve the truth no matter how hard it may be for you to tell it. I deserve laughter even when I’ve just told the worst joke in the world. I deserve understanding for my former ways and promises to better my future. I deserve to be cuddled every day you have the chance. I deserve to be the one you cry on when sadness fills your soul and I deserve to be the one you laugh with when warmth fills your heart. I deserve for you to try to see beyond what I give. I deserve to be seen for who I am inside, not for what’s on the out. I deserve to be loved in a way in which could erase all the former ones who failed to love me the way you should. I deserve to be loved, not lusted after and if one day you realize that I don’t deserve all that I do.. I deserve a cruel goodbye.
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 1:48 AM UTC
I Deserve
I deserve a good morning text every morning you wake up with me on your mind, not by your side. And if I’m neither on your mind nor by your side, I deserve a sweet goodnight. I deserve someone who isn’t constantly reminding me of the imperfections and insecurities I have no problem struggling with when I’m alone, even if it is “just a joke.” I deserve someone who wants to study every photograph I’ve ever taken until their eyes grow weary. I deserve someone who asks what I’m writing, even if it is just a one word scribble on a sticky note. I deserve answered calls. I deserve beautiful nicknames and extravagant hellos. I deserve flowers on my doorstep when I’ve had an awful day. I deserve words when they’re needed and beautiful silence when they’re not. I deserve kisses on my dry and cracked knuckles in the winter and kisses where the sweet sunshine hits the tip of my nose in the summer. I deserve to be checked up on when I don’t reply all day long. I deserve to be carried when I can’t bear to move. I deserve to be looked at the way your father did when he first fell in love with your mother. I deserve the truth no matter how hard it may be for you to tell it. I deserve laughter even when I’ve just told the worst joke in the world. I deserve understanding for my former ways and promises to better my future. I deserve to be cuddled every day you have the chance. I deserve to be the one you cry on when sadness fills your soul and I deserve to be the one you laugh with when warmth fills your heart. I deserve for you to try to see beyond what I give. I deserve to be seen for who I am inside, not for what’s on the out. I deserve to be loved in a way in which could erase all the former ones who failed to love me the way you should. I deserve to be loved, not lusted after and if one day you realize that I don’t deserve all that I do.. I deserve a cruel goodbye.
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She's thoroughbred hunger From her double shift mom to her deadbeat dad She tiptoes through junkyard junglegyms Collecting alleyway beach glass She learned to swindle Haggled survival with the big guy Big sisters traded on corners She was one Karma mustve forgotten While doing rounds She's got an invincible soul Stitched of disappointments Wrapped in sorrow Hope as a bow He's thoroughbred gluttony From mommas limelight jewels to daddy's sin-shined shoes He learned to swindle To thrive Wall street walk on the 99% Politician promises To impermanent faces Costly trips To extravagant places Mixing up "enough" With "more" Looking for happiness In a store Though it seems to me Whats made of life Is what makes life worth living for
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Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015 at 4:34 AM UTC
Two sides to a story
Sterling eyes close the falling red ward Big Brother has seen it all He tells me: *there is danger Terror past the massive, all-protecting Atlantic* Don’t stray there, the mouth of stumbling heads say, They want to take away Our safety, our ways, our Freedom Mr. Elected reassures *Nothing will harm you Not with me going there I don’t want you going there* He speaks like my mom Warning me of the illicits I am too vulnerable to experience It’s death I’ll go to- I’ve been told Sleepless red monocular Enlightening the air to a passive blue It’s opacity beneath and above Ascending again Mama and Baba say it’s time to go home I confront the arid peninsula of Qatar Lungs accustomed, vitality not frozen Precariously perceiving the harmful Sentiments of years past in Jordan, I wonder why my kin would ban this place Rumor on dirt pavement in a draft, ears picking up *The Atlantic is not to be crossed, A lack of morals, malintentions lay beyond the scape.* Extravagant grenade above, Falling to the horizon And no detonation, collapsing behind a curved veil Skyward lay the remnants Of heat, frozen in time The lips in a box on this shoreside Warn *the zephyrs from the ornery Reaches towards our home Be on guard of the deceitful star at night that rains red* Tomorrow may not be there My blood brothers of Lebanon say, But I wait, field of vision aligned to the east Aural stumbles translate, articulating My brethren begin their search of food And in too many moments unnoticed, Black on bottom, red on the low, blue slowly suffocating the obscurity above
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Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 9:27 PM UTC
The Middle East & The U.S
Sterling eyes close the falling red ward Big Brother has seen it all He tells me: *there is danger Terror past the massive, all-protecting Atlantic* Don’t stray there, the mouth of stumbling heads say, They want to take away Our safety, our ways, our Freedom Mr. Elected reassures *Nothing will harm you Not with me going there I don’t want you going there* He speaks like my mom Warning me of the illicits I am too vulnerable to experience It’s death I’ll go to- I’ve been told Sleepless red monocular Enlightening the air to a passive blue It’s opacity beneath and above Ascending again Mama and Baba say it’s time to go home I confront the arid peninsula of Qatar Lungs accustomed, vitality not frozen Precariously perceiving the harmful Sentiments of years past in Jordan, I wonder why my kin would ban this place Rumor on dirt pavement in a draft, ears picking up *The Atlantic is not to be crossed, A lack of morals, malintentions lay beyond the scape.* Extravagant grenade above, Falling to the horizon And no detonation, collapsing behind a curved veil Skyward lay the remnants Of heat, frozen in time The lips in a box on this shoreside Warn *the zephyrs from the ornery Reaches towards our home Be on guard of the deceitful star at night that rains red* Tomorrow may not be there My blood brothers of Lebanon say, But I wait, field of vision aligned to the east Aural stumbles translate, articulating My brethren begin their search of food And in too many moments unnoticed, Black on bottom, red on the low, blue slowly suffocating the obscurity above
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His voice makes me tremble in the most extravagant way Just the tone pulls me astray into day dreams of him running his fingers through my hair with him I could go absolutely anywhere. Our crazies balance each other out my love for him comes with no doubt. He is the only thing I need.
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 6:09 AM UTC
Untitled
Smiling, laughing, jumping Beaming with extravagant light He ran through the meadows hoping That his father would take him to the wonder Park tonight But his father couldn’t make it Since he had a night shift And little Jimmy couldn’t resist His innocent tears from dripping He tried hard to pull his tears in But they shamelessly slipped His mother patted his back asking him To be a strong guy As according to her and this Utopian world “Boys don’t cry” Young Jimmy walked with a sore eye to his house After getting bullied by Big Barry Fry His father asked him to man up and stop being a mouse As according to him and many a folks alike “Boys don’t cry” He smashed the ball into the goal Leading his team to victory And flung into his father’s arms Wishing to achieve his sympathy Adolescent years passed by Times came which made him want to cry But he had to hide his tears As according to this ideal world “Boys don’t cry” Time passed His dreams did shatter ripping him apart Devastation gripped him breaking his heart But still he pulled his tears back He had to try! Because according to this flawless world “Boys don’t cry” The summer of ’59 brought him lady luck But who knew, innocent Jimmy Had turned into an evil schmuck Bruising his wife to death Gave him eternal peace and rest Making up for all those moments Which were supposed to be dry? As now even according to him “Boys don’t cry” ~Manu M.
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Jun 21, 2015
Jun 21, 2015 at 4:32 AM UTC
Boys don't cry
I want what you have I want your dreams; the ones that scare you shitless I want your secrets; the ones you can’t share with anyone I want the thoughts that keep you awake at night; the ones that excite you I want the ideas you want to share; the ones you know you never will share I need what you have I need your arms around my waist; the arms that will never be there I need your lips pressed against mine; the lips that mine will never touch I need your ***** smile smiling at me; the smile that will never look in my direction I need your stupid ugly khaki jacket around my shoulders; the jacket that will never be near me I wish that I have what you have I wish I had your idiotic confidence; the confidence that I will never get back I wish I had your insanely smart brain; the brain that has put up barriers against me I wish I had your annoyingly inappropriate jokes; the jokes that you stopped telling me I wish I had your ability to captivate the world; the captivation you no longer use on me I yearn for what we could have been I yearn to have an unconditional love; one that will never break I yearn to have uncontrollable kisses; ones that we are unable to stop I yearn to have cheesy promposals; ones that make everyone jealous of us I yearn for extravagant valentine's day gifts; ones that make me want to scream and cry You don't want what I have My dreams; the ones that will never happen My secrets; the ones that will tear people apart My thoughts that keep me up at night; the ones that can even terrify me My ideas that I want to share; the ones that would wreak havoc on everyone You don’t need what I have My thick messy hair; the hair that constantly falls in my face My ***** brown converse; the ones with the laces falling apart My empty grey eyes; the eyes that stare straight at you watching you ignore me My annoying voice; the voice that says ****** comments to protect herself from your friends You don’t wish to have what I have My brutal honesty; the honesty that burns bridges My crazy distrust; the distrust that worries my mother My unbelievable pessimism; the pessimism that causes people to leave My need to control everyone; the need to control that consumes all of my thoughts You don’t yearn for what we could have been You don’t yearn for unconditional love; not with me You don’t yearn for uncontrollable kisses; but with her You don’t yearn to give cheesy promposals; you would do anything to be with her You don’t yearn to give extravagant valentine's day gifts; you would give anything to be with her No matter how much I want...need...wish...yearn for you You will always be wanting, needing, wishing, and yearning for her more She is the pulsing red dot you are moving towards I am barely more than a blip on your radar.
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Jan 20, 2018
Jan 20, 2018 at 1:34 AM UTC
I am The Invisible Woman
I want what you have I want your dreams; the ones that scare you shitless I want your secrets; the ones you can’t share with anyone I want the thoughts that keep you awake at night; the ones that excite you I want the ideas you want to share; the ones you know you never will share I need what you have I need your arms around my waist; the arms that will never be there I need your lips pressed against mine; the lips that mine will never touch I need your ***** smile smiling at me; the smile that will never look in my direction I need your stupid ugly khaki jacket around my shoulders; the jacket that will never be near me I wish that I have what you have I wish I had your idiotic confidence; the confidence that I will never get back I wish I had your insanely smart brain; the brain that has put up barriers against me I wish I had your annoyingly inappropriate jokes; the jokes that you stopped telling me I wish I had your ability to captivate the world; the captivation you no longer use on me I yearn for what we could have been I yearn to have an unconditional love; one that will never break I yearn to have uncontrollable kisses; ones that we are unable to stop I yearn to have cheesy promposals; ones that make everyone jealous of us I yearn for extravagant valentine's day gifts; ones that make me want to scream and cry You don't want what I have My dreams; the ones that will never happen My secrets; the ones that will tear people apart My thoughts that keep me up at night; the ones that can even terrify me My ideas that I want to share; the ones that would wreak havoc on everyone You don’t need what I have My thick messy hair; the hair that constantly falls in my face My ***** brown converse; the ones with the laces falling apart My empty grey eyes; the eyes that stare straight at you watching you ignore me My annoying voice; the voice that says ****** comments to protect herself from your friends You don’t wish to have what I have My brutal honesty; the honesty that burns bridges My crazy distrust; the distrust that worries my mother My unbelievable pessimism; the pessimism that causes people to leave My need to control everyone; the need to control that consumes all of my thoughts You don’t yearn for what we could have been You don’t yearn for unconditional love; not with me You don’t yearn for uncontrollable kisses; but with her You don’t yearn to give cheesy promposals; you would do anything to be with her You don’t yearn to give extravagant valentine's day gifts; you would give anything to be with her No matter how much I want...need...wish...yearn for you You will always be wanting, needing, wishing, and yearning for her more She is the pulsing red dot you are moving towards I am barely more than a blip on your radar.
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have you ever loved someone so much that simply saying “i love you” can’t even express how you truly feel? have you ever loved someone for their heart, not for who they pretend to be? have you ever loved someone so much that a thousand poems and ten thousand songs aren’t suitable for conveying your love? have you ever truly loved someone so much that a simple day with them is infinitely better than an extravagant day with anyone in the world? have you ever truly loved someone so much that you don’t need to change yourself in order for them to love you? because only then is when you know you truly love someone
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Mar 22, 2014
Mar 22, 2014 at 10:14 PM UTC
Have You Ever Loved
Figures Dance Across My Memory, In An Erie Ballroom, Lit Only By The Light Of Vanilla Scented Candles, The Light Of The Moon And Stars, Glaring Through Transparent Windows, Congregate In Creamy Daffodil Colored Flames, Every Women I've Cried Over, In Extravagant Ball Gowns, Stitched With The Misery They Brought Upon Me, With Them, Every Man Which I Have Bawled Over, Wears A Tuxedo, With A Withered Rose In Their Pocket, To Symbolize My Pain, And A Tie Laced With My Own Tears, The Ballroom Of Horror Caters, The Party On The Top Floor Too, Everyone Who Has Made Me Smile, Dances Erratically, Singing Along And Laughing, Though The Demons Beneath Their Feet Houses, Barbaric--Criminals--Found Guilty Of Heartbreak, And As They Slow Dance To Rhythmic Beating, Of A Broken Heart--That May Never Mend, Something That Rips The Gauze Wrap, From My Wounds, They Smile, As They Masquerade In My Ballroom Of Horror
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Nov 21, 2012
Nov 21, 2012 at 10:59 AM UTC
Ballroom Of Horror
"Yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth" - B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down We sat across the table as we feasted on misguided notions. Our integrity tenderised, thoughts manipulated, traded with unconditional compassion. Twisted ideals, served upon the finest china. Delectable treats, laced with shards of such distorted agenda. Multi-faceted truths, all lobbied for self-centred gains. We're the ones who'd worry and cower under tattered brollies... To anticipate for when it would rain. Between us still sat the table. We'd still be served age-old (t)ale while the room stank of rancid broth. But I have lost my appetite the moment we were fed lies... Offered on the most extravagant tablecloth.
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Jun 19, 2016
Jun 19, 2016 at 2:07 PM UTC
Obscure Agenda
Surrealism gone Awry Watch, I open my skull on pneumatic hinges,you must have a hungry compulsion to peer inside and see the steamy tomato soup. There is a certain blasphemy in believing. See the dictator swill Avalanche in his mouth. By decree the narcotics language of surrealism states, that in the hierarchy of apples Those closest to the sun murmur the sweetest, and in dreams the diabolical devil is obliged to meet you, but a committee of angels will arrive with Uzis loaded with enthusiasm... In time! Surrealism is the proprietor Of flowers fervently whirling like dervishes until... It is a place where I narrate lovers melting like pennies at the sight of each other, where home appliances long for your touch. My fetish is my imagination, wild, wild imagination extravagant as your birth child, Gaudy and beautiful like a coach built Cadillac by Saoutchick. Where everything utter is true. Welcome wide eyed wonder To my simple things, Fuel injected heart Needle and thread Enameled soul made from a French mind Small animal pelts and bones for superstition German precision With the eye of a Xerox machine. So one emphatically dream Emphatically live Emphatically believe everything uttered is true.
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Aug 3, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 at 11:19 PM UTC
Surrealism gone Awry
The tangible entity of consciousness is fleeting Scene: A elegant party but not quite extravagant Clinking wine glasses echo through transparent walls Twenty-two hundred lulls over the city like that of a shadow This isn’t an ungodly hour nor is this a typical night It starts when She enters in a red gown that elongates her figure A pianist smirks in the corner — a grin that’s almost sinister The clinking of wine glasses abruptly stops when its replacement of grim notes fills the glass house The attendants still seem cheerful (How peculiar?) A stranger pulls her into a waltz but his eyes look hauntingly familiar Unbenounced to her, He too dances with a stranger Both on separate sides of the glass room Both dancing with the unknown Yet each pair seems to recognize some prominent feature Nostalgic for what has never been (How do you preserve a memory in reality?) Through the glass house mirrors sit in obscure angles One could see that within each reflection He and She were projected into the other room Each glance towards the mirrors posed no questions For both pairs seemed identical Now their lives may have been content in accepting this dance with a “stranger” I suppose But that was not the plan of this party For guests grew tired of sipping on Beaujolais and listening to solem tunes The pianist presented a different song, more lively yet equally eerie Their feet paced with the new rhythm which called for a spin (An act as dramatic as such was only proper for the scene) With a grand gesture She turns, finally seeing the glass barriers And for the first time that night He and She were face to face A perfect dilemma to entertain an audience In a frenzy She tried to speak “I love you” “I love you” “I love you” But each plea for affection deemed futile For the grin on His face became that of the pianist Her emotions were a downward spiral of gray shaded confusion And with a sinister laugh He (or he) smashed the glass, shredding all source of reality He was the hallucinogen and She was angry at him for making Her feel And each guest cheered “bravo” demanding an encore But this tragedy, dear friends, has come to the end She’ll never know how the stars look where he is (Is such a loss truly a loss?)
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Jun 14, 2018
Jun 14, 2018 at 12:11 AM UTC
Facade
The tangible entity of consciousness is fleeting Scene: A elegant party but not quite extravagant Clinking wine glasses echo through transparent walls Twenty-two hundred lulls over the city like that of a shadow This isn’t an ungodly hour nor is this a typical night It starts when She enters in a red gown that elongates her figure A pianist smirks in the corner — a grin that’s almost sinister The clinking of wine glasses abruptly stops when its replacement of grim notes fills the glass house The attendants still seem cheerful (How peculiar?) A stranger pulls her into a waltz but his eyes look hauntingly familiar Unbenounced to her, He too dances with a stranger Both on separate sides of the glass room Both dancing with the unknown Yet each pair seems to recognize some prominent feature Nostalgic for what has never been (How do you preserve a memory in reality?) Through the glass house mirrors sit in obscure angles One could see that within each reflection He and She were projected into the other room Each glance towards the mirrors posed no questions For both pairs seemed identical Now their lives may have been content in accepting this dance with a “stranger” I suppose But that was not the plan of this party For guests grew tired of sipping on Beaujolais and listening to solem tunes The pianist presented a different song, more lively yet equally eerie Their feet paced with the new rhythm which called for a spin (An act as dramatic as such was only proper for the scene) With a grand gesture She turns, finally seeing the glass barriers And for the first time that night He and She were face to face A perfect dilemma to entertain an audience In a frenzy She tried to speak “I love you” “I love you” “I love you” But each plea for affection deemed futile For the grin on His face became that of the pianist Her emotions were a downward spiral of gray shaded confusion And with a sinister laugh He (or he) smashed the glass, shredding all source of reality He was the hallucinogen and She was angry at him for making Her feel And each guest cheered “bravo” demanding an encore But this tragedy, dear friends, has come to the end She’ll never know how the stars look where he is (Is such a loss truly a loss?)
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Come on over and sit right down The storyteller has come to town. So many stories I have acquired and that's a fact....I keep them hidden in my knapsack in a book that's white and black. This a story about you.......It was a day just like this .....a total stranger came to offer you A gift. It was wrapped in the most beautiful paper one has ever seen. The workmanship was awesome.....some would say prestine. He leaned on his cane .....due to a bad leg. He hurt it one night wrestling until the early morn......he also received a gift like a mother who cuddles her newborn. So ....as he leaned upon the cane and lit his corncob pipe ....and blew smoke in the air. The extravagant gift was placed on the chair. He said "This gift that is contained in this box is something that everyone wants." " You have have been chosen to receive this gift." "You don't have to take it.....you can give it to another.....if you chose. Although....it wouldn't be wise to make such a move." The gift is still sitting in that chair......should I open it or leave it there? A potential to change my life and end the strife I face on a daily basis. This isn't a deserted scene where you will see a thirst quenching oasis. My basis for this story is about choices.....you have so many voices guiding your every thought......sometimes we chose wisely......and other times not so much. These are the occasions when we lose touch or sight between right or wrong......the consequences for that wrong selection.......will have me singing a sad song. If I chose wisely the day will be a lot easier to travel...not a perfect ride.....but I will arrive with all my bags in tow. Chose wisely ........ So....he gathered his belongings and blew a smoke ring in the air.......and hobbled off into the distance. He hummed a jovial tune and yelled back that he would return soon. The Storyteller...........
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Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 at 4:41 PM UTC
Storyteller
Come on over and sit right down The storyteller has come to town. So many stories I have acquired and that's a fact....I keep them hidden in my knapsack in a book that's white and black. This a story about you.......It was a day just like this .....a total stranger came to offer you A gift. It was wrapped in the most beautiful paper one has ever seen. The workmanship was awesome.....some would say prestine. He leaned on his cane .....due to a bad leg. He hurt it one night wrestling until the early morn......he also received a gift like a mother who cuddles her newborn. So ....as he leaned upon the cane and lit his corncob pipe ....and blew smoke in the air. The extravagant gift was placed on the chair. He said "This gift that is contained in this box is something that everyone wants." " You have have been chosen to receive this gift." "You don't have to take it.....you can give it to another.....if you chose. Although....it wouldn't be wise to make such a move." The gift is still sitting in that chair......should I open it or leave it there? A potential to change my life and end the strife I face on a daily basis. This isn't a deserted scene where you will see a thirst quenching oasis. My basis for this story is about choices.....you have so many voices guiding your every thought......sometimes we chose wisely......and other times not so much. These are the occasions when we lose touch or sight between right or wrong......the consequences for that wrong selection.......will have me singing a sad song. If I chose wisely the day will be a lot easier to travel...not a perfect ride.....but I will arrive with all my bags in tow. Chose wisely ........ So....he gathered his belongings and blew a smoke ring in the air.......and hobbled off into the distance. He hummed a jovial tune and yelled back that he would return soon. The Storyteller...........
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It was a really long time ago, When everyone used to walk naked, tanned, baked in the sun. But in the recent times, all those moments are over, all that time is done. Short clothed, women think they look extravagant, But right now walking through these Indian roads wearing them seems to be a bit irrelevant. Raise a voice and men try to shut it down , Respect from a husband only lasts until the wife wears that white gown. Mothers at home crying, stressed, And out of regret they beat their ******* Only living for the sake of their children, hoping that at least they'll get some respect out of them, But now all that's over, all that's gone. In the recent times women have kind of lost their fear, Deep inside a beast is rising for the betterment, Now the ending of those sorrows are near. Now is the beginning of women empowerment.
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Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 at 11:30 PM UTC
Ladies first.
If you think I will settle for anything less than extravagant you're wrong, I will not forever wait around loving a ghost. I will not continue to search inside of you for love, nor will I accept love that is made from shadows and empty words. I have so much love inside of me waiting to be discovered, and I will not keep pouring it out into a place where it goes on forever and is never returned. A piece of me gets lost with each time that I love you, it's as if I've been throwing stones far down a well while watching them disappear. perfectly disguised sentences fall from your mouth to my ears, but I can not feel the magic behind each word. I am restless, much too restless to be held still and hopelessly waiting. If you think that I am blind to the unseen you're wrong, I live in a world of my own senseless imagination. You can not trick me with an act, I can feel everything that lays in-between my universe and yours. I can not put my trust into anything that I cannot feel, and these zombified words scream so loudly of nothingness that the ringing in my ears has made me gone deaf to them. I feel so at rest by the thought of your stardust colliding with mine, but I'm running out of love.
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Sep 17, 2015
Sep 17, 2015 at 9:39 PM UTC
Unappreciated Love