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I think of those people,
time and time again.
I tend to think of those,
who left me with much pain.

They tend to be the people,
that started like a dream,
I used to think they were,
the nicest I have seen.

They brought a lot of laughter,
and smiles and jokes my way.
They were the kind of people,
I really wished would stay.

I got used to their presence,
and I felt more secure,
I slowly let them inside,
I opened up my door.

But it was wishful thinking,
to wish that they would stay,
Because, just like shooting stars,
they passed and flew away.

Leaving behind those memories,
that were not meant to be,
Just like a piece of hot iron,
they left a mark on me.

I don't see them any more,
but if I did, I'd say,
"Thanks for the times you made my day,
by having the right words to say.

"Thanks for genuinely,
pointing out the flaws in me.
Though it was gradually,
you played a part in changing me.  

Perhaps we are not meant to last,
Only to be a memory of the past.
Even though we drifted apart,
you'll always have some place in my heart."
To those who I got close to at some point in time, but have since drifted from.
Just Alex Sep 2018
Imagine if one day
Gravity just gave way
It all began to float
Loosened from the floor

And as you begin your gentle rise
As if being pulled by the sky
What would you think about?
Would feelings within you be aroused?

Would you think of the young?
As they float up to their demise
Would you be glad their innocence
was left alone?
Or saddened that their deeds
will forever be undone?

Would you think of the old?
As they hasten their death
Would you be glad
their suffering is at an end?
Or saddened of the mistakes
they could not yet mend

What of lovers, is there a thought?
To a swift end comes their love
To feel their embrace nevermore
Or in eternity each other adore.

Families, friends and co-workers?
Officers, bankers and robbers?
Priest, sinners and saints?
Me, you and them?

All floating softly to death
So many stories
That came to an end
But what about you?
Would you spare you a thought?
Reminsce or curse it all?
Would any regret cross your mind
Or maybe memories would warm your heart
Projects left unfinished
And dreams so long without visit

For this reasons and more
we musn´t dally
So do away with lists
projects and tallies
Life is too short to spend thinking
We must think less
And open up to feeling
For we are not machine but human
And humans die
So go out there and live
Before you are claimed by the sky
The stanzas in this one are kinda weird but I like how it ended up. Funny story about this one, I was in the bus and today was a real hard day at work, my head was in auto-pilot. So I get to my stop and ususally I do a little hop of the last step of the bus, and as I land on the floor I began wondering to myself "What if I didn´t land? What if one day I jump and I just float away, and everything else just, floats into the sky?" One thing lead to another and a new poem was made, that as always, I hope you boys and girls and whatever is in between enjoy.
Amethyst Jun 2013
the perfect time
for the insomniacs
to reminsce on
old memories while
worrying about
the ones yet
to be made
Ibrahim Williams Mar 2019
Everything will look confusing
At a time.
You will think you are been clogged behind
By life's various misgivings
You will be bored
You will be lonely
You will be all but
At peace with your situation of
Unease.

Then a conflict will occur
At a time.
You will suddenly be surged
Into a labyrinth of labour
It will be fun
It will be occupying
It will all but
Sleep, rest, and ease to the brim.

Then, there will be foreshadowing
And flashbacks too
At a time.
You will reminsce those distant old days;
You will call them 'good old days'.
You will sap by the mouth of a distant future
Where you stand before the world,
Free as the ocean water.
And you will be nothing, but
A convoluted plot
And until death lowers you down,
You will be a fragile indefinite resolution.

You will see
That this, is the story of your life.
Kimmy-Nichole Apr 2011
the pages are blank bulk and empty.
my mind.
forced with the temptation to reminsce
on the joys and smiles that we shared
made with the memories
ill treasure for ever
in the dreams ill dream upon slumber.

you are stilll apart of me every single day
and behind the miles apart and the struggles and tests we haved faced together; a friendship built upon trust and chance ruined; forever my greatest regret.
Kimmy-Nichole Apr 2011
the pages are blank bulk and empty.
my mind.
forced with the temptation to reminsce
on the joys and smiles that we shared
made with the memories
ill treasure for ever
in the dreams ill dream upon slumber.

you are stilll apart of me every single day
and behind the miles apart and the struggles and tests we haved faced together; a friendship built upon trust and chance ruined; forever my greatest regret.
Mosaic Nov 2015
Am I living or am I doing
Am I living or am I doing
Am I living or am I doing
Am I living or am I doing
Questions that keep migrating between my right and left brain
Unsettled bee hive
I pull at my hair hoping to stretch the stream of thought beyond physical limitations
Elasticity
Girl like mystery
I lived in the darkness
Till you fixed the lighthouse
And now I'm lost in the light

Brick by brick
Building pyramids to signal home
Sometimes I just wish I was alone
What I knew is like a cut down forest
Just a past to reminsce in
Stuck in this limbo of love and death
Whose breath can't I steal next

Siren be
Siren unhappy
Cause how do you know if love is real
How do you know how to feel
Friends, grandfathers, grandmothers
Too many of them live in the dirt
Too many times has the home burnt down
Misunderstanding lingers in the doorway as echoes of parents no longer lovers
Dark things the only familiarity...family
Becoming angry at nightlights

**** I'm falling in love
Like the first time like the last time
Do we all imagine a finish line in our lives
**** I'd rather go fishing
Pull the lady from the lake
And ask if she's happy
Can you imagine all of the pain that runs
Through out my brain and veins feels like *******
A stain i cant wipe away even if death came my way
Ill still be sittin' at the dock of bay sippin' moonshine
Watching the chariots fire golden robes desire
Baby Lopez got me tapped into the wires
Of your soul im out of control cant console
My self im stuck to love crescent stressin'
Ever since you touched my heart now I'm departed
Couldn't see us parted ways but it seems grim pays
Close attention to love see the angels above
throwing me white gloves represent the repent
Resent my pains residence seal the needles bent
Cant inject love no more cuz its an all out war
As my cries pour to fill the earth cores out soars
The eagles i feel that its so illegal to be legal
Feelin' like this you told me how to be crisp
Showed me how to dismiss hateful bliss yo i reminsce
A tasket a tisk taking walks that brisk risk
Out in this world so cold babygirl got a stroll
I cant help it i miss you wish i could kiss you
But tears cant eradicate the pain or mary jane
My pens even catching oceans of emotions
Watch it cry on the ink sheets silence the weap
Listen to the dimensions that speak creep
Slowly up ***** creek i faithfully peek
**** im feelin' like a leech to weary body speech
Im turning into a savage advancing the havoc
Love i crave not now that I'm scolding the rots
Thoughts buried deeper than a hearse
Im tryna layer the curse come back to me my love So our love can nurse
No need to rehearse baby this aint just a verse
Shadows the envy of a black widows terse
Reverse that I'm hear to reclaim your diring love that entraps im spinning nothing but absolute facts

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