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"saturdays" poems
I run downtown with the homeless on some Saturdays Angelo and I ran together one sunny Saturday He talked about the days when he ran track in high school It was his high water mark of his life top of the world then the next year his mom moved to a different neighborhood different set of friends going no where good he never went anywhere good after that running from the cops ditching the drugs on the ground Angelo was a person trying to figure out how to get to a better place to a new cycle, a new system no good role model, bad friends, no support system and bad choices he said the shelter is similar to prison, "the food they serve makes you fat at both places" I don't know how to get out and no one listens to me he told me If anything, I listened.
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Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 11:29 AM UTC
Homeless II
Saturday. what a glorious time of week. laundry hangs on the clothesline, the ghosts of the week left to dry as we softly stare out the window, chalky panels between crusting paint. Attempting to listen to the silence, muffled by words, we discussed a day free of demands, and the boy in his blue shirt, with his ball. If I were to wish anything on anyone it would be a year full of Saturdays.
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Jun 6, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 at 6:35 AM UTC
Saturday
Camel crush cigarettes Put them in a fancy box No, I’m too poor to buy them But if you pass’em Then I won’t say no. People say that it’s unclean That you’re unclean That they’re unclean You smell like a hotel room And it’s comforting. Camel crush cigarettes Your hugs speak of the habit No, take your precious smoke break **** it clean to dust Barreling into death. People say that it’s unwise That you’re unwise That they’re unwise You smell like drunken Saturdays And it’s delicious. Camel crush cigarettes I’ve never felt addiction No, I don’t think that I could It’s a scarlet dreamland With one-way tickets. People say that it’s unkind to lungs and mind They’re right, I find. But you look like abandon And it’s inviting. Camel crush cigarettes I’ve never loved a smoker No, I’d always been too proper But if you tasted like that I wouldn’t mind a bite. People say that you’re catering To your un-ease With a disease. You feel like contradiction, And I’m depraved.
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Sep 25, 2012
Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM UTC
Camel Crush
Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. When he was young Mom and Dad would come too, but each Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. Sometimes on Saturdays or Tuesdays they would go, but Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. Sometimes through the rain, sometimes through the snow, sometimes through the fog, and especially through the sunshine, each Sunday, Jim would walk in the park. When Jim was 12, his parents allowed Jim to adopt a puppy from the Animal Shelter. Jim named named the Puppy Al. Each Sunday, Jim and Al would walk in the Park Soon after Jim's parents stopped walking in the park because Jim felt he was too old to walk with Mom and Dad . Each Sunday, Jim and Al would walk in the Park and Jim would think about his Mom and Dad and carry them in his heart Jim and Al got older and went off to College in Boston. Each Sunday Jim and Al would walk in the Park. One Sunday Jim met Sara in the Park, from then on each Sunday, Jim, Al, Sara and Sara's dog Charlotte would walk in the Park. Soon Jim and Sara graduated from College and found jobs and each Sunday, Jim Al, Sara, and Charlotte would walk in the Park. Soon Jim and Sara had a baby girl they named Emily, and each Sunday, Jim, Al, Sara, Emily and Charlotte would walk in the Park. But one year as Al got older he was unable to make the walk any more and soon he passed away. But each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily and Charlotte would walk in the park and carry the memories of Al and Mom and Dad in their hearts. And soon, Jim and Sara had another child that they named Bob. Each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily, Charlotte and of course Bob would walk in the Park And because dogs don't live as long as humans Charlotte too got older and and soon she too passed away. But each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily and Bob would walk in the park and carry the memories of Al, Charlotte Mom and Dad with them in their hearts.And the years passed, Emily and Bob got older, but each Sunday, Jim and Sara and sometimes Emily and Bob would walk in the park. Then Emily left and went to College and soon after Bob did too, but each Sunday, Jim and Sara would walk in the park and talk of Bob and Emily and sometimes of Al and Charlotte and Jim's parents and Sara's parents." Then Sara passed, Cancer, inoperable stage four, Still Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park and think about Sara and Bob and Emily and and Al and Charlotte, some Sunday's Jim would get a little tear, other Sunday's a little smile as he remembered the good times and the bad. Copyright 2010 Michael Lee Williams.
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Apr 26, 2011
Apr 26, 2011 at 11:46 AM UTC
Sunday Jim
Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. When he was young Mom and Dad would come too, but each Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. Sometimes on Saturdays or Tuesdays they would go, but Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park. Sometimes through the rain, sometimes through the snow, sometimes through the fog, and especially through the sunshine, each Sunday, Jim would walk in the park. When Jim was 12, his parents allowed Jim to adopt a puppy from the Animal Shelter. Jim named named the Puppy Al. Each Sunday, Jim and Al would walk in the Park Soon after Jim's parents stopped walking in the park because Jim felt he was too old to walk with Mom and Dad . Each Sunday, Jim and Al would walk in the Park and Jim would think about his Mom and Dad and carry them in his heart Jim and Al got older and went off to College in Boston. Each Sunday Jim and Al would walk in the Park. One Sunday Jim met Sara in the Park, from then on each Sunday, Jim, Al, Sara and Sara's dog Charlotte would walk in the Park. Soon Jim and Sara graduated from College and found jobs and each Sunday, Jim Al, Sara, and Charlotte would walk in the Park. Soon Jim and Sara had a baby girl they named Emily, and each Sunday, Jim, Al, Sara, Emily and Charlotte would walk in the Park. But one year as Al got older he was unable to make the walk any more and soon he passed away. But each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily and Charlotte would walk in the park and carry the memories of Al and Mom and Dad in their hearts. And soon, Jim and Sara had another child that they named Bob. Each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily, Charlotte and of course Bob would walk in the Park And because dogs don't live as long as humans Charlotte too got older and and soon she too passed away. But each Sunday, Jim, Sara, Emily and Bob would walk in the park and carry the memories of Al, Charlotte Mom and Dad with them in their hearts.And the years passed, Emily and Bob got older, but each Sunday, Jim and Sara and sometimes Emily and Bob would walk in the park. Then Emily left and went to College and soon after Bob did too, but each Sunday, Jim and Sara would walk in the park and talk of Bob and Emily and sometimes of Al and Charlotte and Jim's parents and Sara's parents." Then Sara passed, Cancer, inoperable stage four, Still Sunday, Jim would walk in the Park and think about Sara and Bob and Emily and and Al and Charlotte, some Sunday's Jim would get a little tear, other Sunday's a little smile as he remembered the good times and the bad. Copyright 2010 Michael Lee Williams.
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My dear friends Go on and enjoy yourselves Slumber the morn away! It seems early on Saturdays I've always far to much to attempt to convey While my few kind heart-ed followers Tend to sleep their mornings hours Peacefully in and out of REM While I'm at the computer rhyming again... It's late You passed your chance for early waking Hell you miss out on a great early baking! And now it's far past time for eggs and bacon The munches, as you can guess Have all been forsaken And what did you achieve With extra sleep Morning dreams of distorted thoughts Poetic themes now subconsciously lost? I know, I know You made wonderful love the night before And you need your beauty rest I read your writing, I get it you are so blessed!!!! I went to bed alone and played With the thoughts of someone wanting me I wish my poems could reflect But all they do is bleed How I envy all my followers If I offend Give me a holler You've been hanging out late With a habits to itch We all have a role to play Unfortunately   By the time you get around to reading this I'll either be asleep Or on my way! .....
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Sep 22, 2018
Sep 22, 2018 at 8:35 AM UTC
SLUMBER AWAY
I am honest but I lie to myself. I am vain & I am intolerant. I am an active advocate of my morals but I am unsure that they exist. I am not convinced my friends know me- I am not convinced that I know me. Sometimes I laugh all day long & then I cry myself to sleep. I worry there are too many thoughts inside my head. I worry I don’t think enough. I call myself complex but I am so simple on Saturdays. I do not have a favorite anything nor do I have a soft spot for anyone. However, all I am is soft on certain Sundays. I’ve been fearless & I’ve been terrified both on a Friday. I answer “no” & then do it anyway. I don’t believe in love but I fall in and out of it as you think out loud. I am consumed with emotion. I am numb. I like the way the sun feels against my skin but I sit in the shade. I am compassionate & I hate everyone. I am a wallflower but I am obnoxious. I quit smoking months ago but *** me a cig & watch me inhale it. I am 8 & I am 18 & I am 80 in an hour. I cant do math in my mind but I subtract you from and add you to the equation twice every week. I’ll pick you apart for hours & then tell you that you have weak values. I am a diagnosed insomniac but I can sleep from 6am to 6pm on a Monday. I preach self-love with bleeding wrists. I will call you in the middle of the night & then ignore you in the morning. I am the most clear minded psychopath who ever lived. I am so incredibly happy & so terribly sad.
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Feb 4, 2013
Feb 4, 2013 at 7:37 PM UTC
Breathing Contradiction
You can sleep at night. I have to take tranquilizers to stay asleep and I'm not the one proclaiming to be "The Jerry Sandusky" of the correctional facility and I can't sleep at night. Lately I toss and turn thinking about the deafening silence after a single shot and the dogs left in the house to clean up the blood before anyone else finds him. Congratulations, that you are happy with yourself. Congratulations, that you are comfortable in your pederastic, putrid wrinkled and washed up skin. Mine is white and soft, and I can't stand to be in it on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays and Saturdays because half of that skin is your skin, your brain but like I said, congratulations that you've declared your noble head "Grown Up" at 60, old man.
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Dec 15, 2012
Dec 15, 2012 at 8:25 PM UTC
Congratulations
I learned on the Saturday I met you that "love at first sight" is a serious illness. It infects the body and consumes it whole, leaving nothing but happiness and affection in place of the empty, hopeless shell it once was. I learned on Tuesday that good music and Star Wars references assist the speeding up process of a first kiss, And just how good knowing that it would be your last first kiss ever felt. On Wednesday, I learned how hard it was not to say "I love you" out loud. Instead, I resorted it to silently mouthing the phrase when your head is turned. On Thursday, I learned that you like to swirl the New York Cheesecake and Red Velvet Cake flavors of frozen yogurt, just like I do. It reminded me of the concept of being soulmates. Our secret dance reminded me of a movie from the 1920s. Thank you, Louis Armstrong, and the lake in San Angelo for providing the perfect atmosphere. I learned on Friday how easy it is to talk to the person you love for seven hours. I also learned that I don't care how tired I look in the first photograph we took together, because I've been a different person since last Saturday. On the second Saturday that I met you, I learned how hard it is to watch a movie alone with you while your lips are so close to mine. I learned a lesson on willpower, and also that it's easier if we watch movies in theaters. But even theaters can't keep us from sneaking kisses every once in a while. That day I learned how easy it is to dance beautifully with the soulmate you've known only for a week. I also learned that I'm not the only person who sees the beauty I see when we are together. I glanced over your shoulder during the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo, only to see our group of friends staring at us in awe. It didn't distract me from the butterflies I had from your arm being around me. Later that same night, I learned how anxious I feel, slipping love notes into your pocket, and saying goodbye, if only for two weeks. That week, I learned that two Saturdays is all it takes to make you certain of whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
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Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 11:10 PM UTC
Saturday
I learned on the Saturday I met you that "love at first sight" is a serious illness. It infects the body and consumes it whole, leaving nothing but happiness and affection in place of the empty, hopeless shell it once was. I learned on Tuesday that good music and Star Wars references assist the speeding up process of a first kiss, And just how good knowing that it would be your last first kiss ever felt. On Wednesday, I learned how hard it was not to say "I love you" out loud. Instead, I resorted it to silently mouthing the phrase when your head is turned. On Thursday, I learned that you like to swirl the New York Cheesecake and Red Velvet Cake flavors of frozen yogurt, just like I do. It reminded me of the concept of being soulmates. Our secret dance reminded me of a movie from the 1920s. Thank you, Louis Armstrong, and the lake in San Angelo for providing the perfect atmosphere. I learned on Friday how easy it is to talk to the person you love for seven hours. I also learned that I don't care how tired I look in the first photograph we took together, because I've been a different person since last Saturday. On the second Saturday that I met you, I learned how hard it is to watch a movie alone with you while your lips are so close to mine. I learned a lesson on willpower, and also that it's easier if we watch movies in theaters. But even theaters can't keep us from sneaking kisses every once in a while. That day I learned how easy it is to dance beautifully with the soulmate you've known only for a week. I also learned that I'm not the only person who sees the beauty I see when we are together. I glanced over your shoulder during the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo, only to see our group of friends staring at us in awe. It didn't distract me from the butterflies I had from your arm being around me. Later that same night, I learned how anxious I feel, slipping love notes into your pocket, and saying goodbye, if only for two weeks. That week, I learned that two Saturdays is all it takes to make you certain of whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
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A four-year-old was perched in front of a boxy TV with eyes only open to sugar-coated Cheerios and 80’s Transformer heroes on the screen. Fast forward to age thirteen where she flipped through dusty photography with eyes searching for substance to prove reality from almost-forgotten dreams. Scrapbook memories aren’t all that she sees because, honestly, she loses things. Summer Saturdays and Fall Fridays and Winter weekdays spent too wrapped up in her own head to notice, silently, spring rising from its deathbed. Honestly, she loses things. She loses things that should be important and real, but all she can feel is the guilt of lost and faded photography. Scrapbook memories fabricate times of color and scent and sound, of spilled milk and Diet Coke, of words too far gone to seep from pen to page because honestly, she loses things.
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May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015 at 9:09 PM UTC
Scrapbook Memories and Faded Photography
This way to the show, folks The most amazing show you have ever seen Bigger, wider, deeper Wondrous and terrifying More beautiful than your dreams Uglier than you can imagine And all for free If you speak very loosely, that is Watch your step son Don’t trip on the unintended consequences Step right this way There’s no time like the present In fact there’s no time left at all Take a peek behind the curtain if you dare What’s the worst that could happen Probably best not to think too much about it See the man without a plan Watch him stumble through life Be amazed as he defies death on the streets His struggles with addiction will amuse you Enjoy the bitterness of his regrets Be stupefied by the clueless wonder Taken advantage of at every turn Thrill as he turns into the human doormat Feel free to wipe your shoes on him He likes it, really Prepare your senses for the shock of The compassionate woman Stand bewildered as she is betrayed by lovers Gasp as she weeps for people she does not know Make her a promise as you leave fellas You will make her day You will be stunned by the man who is not like you Be horrified at his minor differences Criticize all his perceived flaws Feel free to mock him, he is used to it What’s that ma’am No don’t feel sorry for them They like it here Three hots and a cot you know Only some humiliation each night And twice on Saturdays Come one, come all Leave the show smug and satisfied About how much better you are Than these miserable examples of failure All this and more and not one penny to enter The only fee is part of your humanity Just drop it in the box right here On your way in
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Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 at 11:56 AM UTC
Side Show
This way to the show, folks The most amazing show you have ever seen Bigger, wider, deeper Wondrous and terrifying More beautiful than your dreams Uglier than you can imagine And all for free If you speak very loosely, that is Watch your step son Don’t trip on the unintended consequences Step right this way There’s no time like the present In fact there’s no time left at all Take a peek behind the curtain if you dare What’s the worst that could happen Probably best not to think too much about it See the man without a plan Watch him stumble through life Be amazed as he defies death on the streets His struggles with addiction will amuse you Enjoy the bitterness of his regrets Be stupefied by the clueless wonder Taken advantage of at every turn Thrill as he turns into the human doormat Feel free to wipe your shoes on him He likes it, really Prepare your senses for the shock of The compassionate woman Stand bewildered as she is betrayed by lovers Gasp as she weeps for people she does not know Make her a promise as you leave fellas You will make her day You will be stunned by the man who is not like you Be horrified at his minor differences Criticize all his perceived flaws Feel free to mock him, he is used to it What’s that ma’am No don’t feel sorry for them They like it here Three hots and a cot you know Only some humiliation each night And twice on Saturdays Come one, come all Leave the show smug and satisfied About how much better you are Than these miserable examples of failure All this and more and not one penny to enter The only fee is part of your humanity Just drop it in the box right here On your way in
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What colour are Mondays? Red? Well mine are. The same colour you’d imagine a headache to be, tomatoes, morello cherries or like a nosebleed. Does that mean Tuesdays are blue? That mouthwash shade, brain-freeze after a Slushie. Wednesdays? Perhaps purpley-pink as burning potassium, Parma Violets under your tongue. Thoughts on Thursdays? Fake-tanned, tangerine skin, the ugliest orange for the ugliest day. But Fridays are a healthier green, think telephone-pole celery, cucumber truncheons and kiwis. Saturdays then? Funeral black speckled with brown sugar though Sundays are white. Hurts-your-eyes-like-snow white, almost transparent, for they come and dash by with no tone in-between.
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Jan 13, 2014
Jan 13, 2014 at 2:31 PM UTC
Palette
Pastels and pretty pictures, I lean back in the couch, The elephant in the room, She'll never know about, How the critics wail over the way the paint falls off her brush. I would rather drop-dead, Than ever talk about That night back in 07' Teeth flying out my mouth, But I think you would've liked me better then anyhow,                                                                               I'm curious...                                                         I'm curious...                                                                            ...I'm curious....                               ..Cause                                            I                                               just                                                      wanna                                                                   see                                                                         what                                                                                  makes                                                                                              you                                                                                                      tick   Each year he writes a note and leaves it in his room, Key lime pie, Saturdays at the zoo, Reminiscing flashbacks of better fast food, Dead the day, He scurries home in the dead of night, Dragging his will, whats left, shaking off the frostbite, Volunteers to play drunken clown for another night, I think of their eyes and everything that they've seen, Nothing that I see could ever be unique, So don't you lie and say you see it shining in me.                                                                               I'm curious...                                                         I'm curious...                                                                            ...I'm curious....                               ..Cause                                            I                                               just                                                      wanna                                                                   see                                                                         what                                                                                  makes                                                                                              you                                                                                                      tick
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Dec 18, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 at 10:41 AM UTC
Junk Food
Pastels and pretty pictures, I lean back in the couch, The elephant in the room, She'll never know about, How the critics wail over the way the paint falls off her brush. I would rather drop-dead, Than ever talk about That night back in 07' Teeth flying out my mouth, But I think you would've liked me better then anyhow,                                                                               I'm curious...                                                         I'm curious...                                                                            ...I'm curious....                               ..Cause                                            I                                               just                                                      wanna                                                                   see                                                                         what                                                                                  makes                                                                                              you                                                                                                      tick   Each year he writes a note and leaves it in his room, Key lime pie, Saturdays at the zoo, Reminiscing flashbacks of better fast food, Dead the day, He scurries home in the dead of night, Dragging his will, whats left, shaking off the frostbite, Volunteers to play drunken clown for another night, I think of their eyes and everything that they've seen, Nothing that I see could ever be unique, So don't you lie and say you see it shining in me.                                                                               I'm curious...                                                         I'm curious...                                                                            ...I'm curious....                               ..Cause                                            I                                               just                                                      wanna                                                                   see                                                                         what                                                                                  makes                                                                                              you                                                                                                      tick
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Homophobia is not funny. Care to hear what is? The wrenching fear boring holes in your best friend’s once bright eyes every Thursday afternoon, when she must enter a changing room filled with hostile glares The violent purple bruise re-emerging beneath your brother’s left eye the same bruise he told your mother about three weeks ago that he’d “gotten in a rugby accident” The gnawing feeling of loneliness in your classmate’s stomach as she lies in an otherwise empty bed no longer able to hold her girlfriend’s hand in public following a run-in with her mother at the supermarket The boy next door who can’t bring himself to leave his bed Immobilized with anxiety and wrapped up in the sheets (it’s been six days, nine hours, and forty-two minutes since he told his best friend.) The young woman who serves you your coffee on Saturdays living on less than minimum wage for three years now Since her mother left her to the streets The kind boy you used to date, he’s been single for years Caught and confused between miserable safety and endless happiness - - - I lied before. Not an ounce of wit lies within these words. This is simply an open letter to homophobes: Find some ******* ******* originality for your jokes.
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Aug 9, 2014
Aug 9, 2014 at 9:04 PM UTC
Queer
Sunday night is a dull hum constantly buzzing in my ear Sunday night is a broken clock hands stuck at five to five Sunday night is experiencing technical difficulties bars of black, white, and other colors Sunday is so high it can't get off the couch was that somebody knocking at the door? Sunday night is so drunk it fell asleep in the closet only to wake up thinking this doesn't look like my bed Sunday night is trying out for varsity only to make the practice squad Sunday night is a suburban strip mall at five AM on a Monday I took my Sunday nights and poured them in a glass downed it in one gulp and projectile vomited all over my Monday through Saturdays I took my Sunday nights and put them on a page for you
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Oct 4, 2013
Oct 4, 2013 at 4:16 PM UTC
Trapped in Sunday Nights
I learned on the Saturday I met you that "love at first sight" is a serious illness. It infects the body and consumes it whole, leaving nothing but happiness and affection in place of the empty, hopeless shell it once was. I learned on Tuesday that good music and Star Wars references assist the speeding up process of a first kiss, And just how good knowing that it would be your last first kiss ever felt. On Wednesday, I learned how hard it was not to say "I love you" out loud. Instead, I resorted it to silently mouthing the phrase when your head is turned. On Thursday, I learned that you like to swirl the New York Cheesecake and Red Velvet Cake flavors of frozen yogurt, just like I do. It reminded me of the concept of being soulmates. Our secret dance reminded me of a movie from the 1920s. Thank you, Louis Armstrong, and the lake in San Angelo for providing the perfect atmosphere. I learned on Friday how easy it is to talk to the person you love for seven hours. I also learned that I don't care how tired I look in the first photograph we took together, because I've been a different person since last Saturday. On the second Saturday that I met you, I learned how hard it is to watch a movie alone with you while your lips are so close to mine. I learned a lesson on willpower, and also that it's easier if we watch movies in theaters. But even theaters can't keep us from sneaking kisses every once in a while. That day I learned how easy it is to dance beautifully with the soulmate you've known only for a week. I also learned that I'm not the only person who sees the beauty I see when we are together. I glanced over your shoulder during the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo, only to see our group of friends staring at us in awe. It didn't distract me from the butterflies I had from your arm being around me. Later that same night, I learned how anxious I feel, slipping love notes into your pocket, and saying goodbye, if only for two weeks. That week, I learned that two Saturdays is all it takes to make you certain of whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
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Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 11:10 PM UTC
Saturday
I learned on the Saturday I met you that "love at first sight" is a serious illness. It infects the body and consumes it whole, leaving nothing but happiness and affection in place of the empty, hopeless shell it once was. I learned on Tuesday that good music and Star Wars references assist the speeding up process of a first kiss, And just how good knowing that it would be your last first kiss ever felt. On Wednesday, I learned how hard it was not to say "I love you" out loud. Instead, I resorted it to silently mouthing the phrase when your head is turned. On Thursday, I learned that you like to swirl the New York Cheesecake and Red Velvet Cake flavors of frozen yogurt, just like I do. It reminded me of the concept of being soulmates. Our secret dance reminded me of a movie from the 1920s. Thank you, Louis Armstrong, and the lake in San Angelo for providing the perfect atmosphere. I learned on Friday how easy it is to talk to the person you love for seven hours. I also learned that I don't care how tired I look in the first photograph we took together, because I've been a different person since last Saturday. On the second Saturday that I met you, I learned how hard it is to watch a movie alone with you while your lips are so close to mine. I learned a lesson on willpower, and also that it's easier if we watch movies in theaters. But even theaters can't keep us from sneaking kisses every once in a while. That day I learned how easy it is to dance beautifully with the soulmate you've known only for a week. I also learned that I'm not the only person who sees the beauty I see when we are together. I glanced over your shoulder during the Jimi Hendrix guitar solo, only to see our group of friends staring at us in awe. It didn't distract me from the butterflies I had from your arm being around me. Later that same night, I learned how anxious I feel, slipping love notes into your pocket, and saying goodbye, if only for two weeks. That week, I learned that two Saturdays is all it takes to make you certain of whom you want to spend the rest of your life with.
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Do you remember when I was younger? Do you remember when you would wash my hair because it was too long for me to do it myself? Do you remember taking me to school in the morning and buying me breakfast on the way there? Or maybe when we would go to yard sales on Saturday and you would buy me old prom dresses and costume jewelry for me to dress up in? Do you remember when I developed separation anxiety and had to sleep with you every night? Now, I wash my own hair because I cut the long lengths of it off. Now, I take myself to school in the morning and buy myself breakfast on the way. Now, I work on Saturdays to save up for my prom dress. Now, I sleep alone, clinging to my pillow. Now, I miss you more than ever before. I miss when you had hair as long as mine. I miss when you would do my makeup and tell me that I hardly needed any at all. I miss when you would play outside with me. I miss when you would rub my back and hold me, whispering that everything would be okay. I miss when I had someone to talk to, someone to tell how my day went. I miss your smile, the way your lips curled into thin lines and your gums showed. I miss your eyes, the same deep dark chocolate brown as mine. I miss your voice, the soft yet raspy one that would wake me up every morning. I miss you, mom. And I don’t think there will ever be a day when I don’t miss you. Some days are harder than others. Some days I can hardly function, And others, I wake up as if there is nothing wrong. But deep in my heart, there is a hole. One that can never be filled. It just slowly drips out loneliness, And it makes me miss you more and more.
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Mar 16, 2018
Mar 16, 2018 at 9:53 AM UTC
I miss you, Mom.
Do you remember when I was younger? Do you remember when you would wash my hair because it was too long for me to do it myself? Do you remember taking me to school in the morning and buying me breakfast on the way there? Or maybe when we would go to yard sales on Saturday and you would buy me old prom dresses and costume jewelry for me to dress up in? Do you remember when I developed separation anxiety and had to sleep with you every night? Now, I wash my own hair because I cut the long lengths of it off. Now, I take myself to school in the morning and buy myself breakfast on the way. Now, I work on Saturdays to save up for my prom dress. Now, I sleep alone, clinging to my pillow. Now, I miss you more than ever before. I miss when you had hair as long as mine. I miss when you would do my makeup and tell me that I hardly needed any at all. I miss when you would play outside with me. I miss when you would rub my back and hold me, whispering that everything would be okay. I miss when I had someone to talk to, someone to tell how my day went. I miss your smile, the way your lips curled into thin lines and your gums showed. I miss your eyes, the same deep dark chocolate brown as mine. I miss your voice, the soft yet raspy one that would wake me up every morning. I miss you, mom. And I don’t think there will ever be a day when I don’t miss you. Some days are harder than others. Some days I can hardly function, And others, I wake up as if there is nothing wrong. But deep in my heart, there is a hole. One that can never be filled. It just slowly drips out loneliness, And it makes me miss you more and more.
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I love rainy Saturdays Laying in bed all wet Thunder booms Lightning strikes Little Droplets fall Between my thighs
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Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 at 8:20 AM UTC
Rainy Saturdays
(not much of a poem) Thrice awake, asleep, again awake Something always wakes me up The phone sounded, nobody answered Procession and vigil ended Late fireworks echoed through this Black Saturday night.. I'm deciding: to cease, or not to cease I can't find my desired peace To find lost journals, or just burn what's left, old and new To start or not to start, a life anew To rise, or just lie through this hot evening My late mother said then: Black Saturdays are days...rarely ending Black Saturdays are for resurrecting...celebrating... This late night, it is segue-ing, to an Easter morning While dogs are barking, while gecko is calling Cats are quiet, where are they stashed? where could they be hiding? Here...now... I am a car, my motor is hushed...but i am still running... Sally Copyright April 4, 2015 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Apr 5, 2015
Apr 5, 2015 at 6:28 AM UTC
Black Saturday Night
words in my mouth Democracy is like poetry only nice when it flatters us French culture is about the female believing she is beautiful Perfume even the expensive one is not about cleanliness the Louvre had everything except a proper loo Small hotel in Paris hot water for shower only on Saturdays
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Jul 19, 2015
Jul 19, 2015 at 6:50 AM UTC
words in my mouth
Sometimes I think poets are full of **** Because so many of them use beautiful words, When talking about birds. I mean I only notice birds: When they wake me up at nine am on Saturdays Or **** on my dark colored car Or mock my bored-eyed cat Or beg for my sandwich at the beach Honestly when you talk about listening to birds tweeting, I think first of Twitter. And when you talk about birds playing, I think of professional football. And even when you talk about the cool birds, the night birds, I think of a particularly disturbing YouTube video of an owl's head going all the way around. Yeah, I think what you guys like most about birds, Is that they're easy to rhyme with words.
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Jun 22, 2015
Jun 22, 2015 at 5:46 PM UTC
Un(popular) Opinion
Years will pass, and I will become a man I've always thought of you as a woman Your sophistication as a person amused me so much I could study you all day and not learn anything but the love that has always been there Every step you took, was a line of beautiful poetry Your life is an endless poem, and everything you did for me dug a whole in my heart and filled it with care and made me feel silly You were the drug I didn't want to let go of I didn't care if you made me go crazy, because it was a good kind of crazy The kind of crazy you're proud to be The kind of crazy that people envied I don't remember much when I'm touching Gods feet But I do remember when I used to call you and I used to talk about the stupidest things My eyes were red, and everything in my room was blurry, but the sound of your voice made everything so simple, clear, and it soothed the ground I was stepping on You made my Saturdays worth dressing up and cleaning my room to impress you My mother told me you were the most joyful person she has ever met, I guess she saw the happiness you brought to my house When you came over, you made my environment feel like a home I always thought my room was missing something, now I know it was your laugh and love that filled up the rest of my room You gave me house a Christmas feeling, I really don't know how those feelings are, but I read on the internet that it those type of feelings make you feel happy I guess you were my Christmas feeling, I'm sure of it The way you sat on my bed, the way you laughed at me acting like a fool You're the poem I'll never get tired of reading You're the movie I'll never get tired of watching You're the TV show I'll keep up with every series You're the social network I'll be addicted to You're the lips I'd love to kiss every morning You're the person I want to bring orange juice to when we wake up People asked me why I let you go, the truth is I'm more of a giving person Honesty is pain, but someone was dying, and I had to save them I didn't care If I lost everything, I just wanted her to be happy because I knew we'd be together someday I'm overjoyed at the thought that she's happy for accepting who she really was I'm overjoyed that you have someone now If receiving meant being alone in terms of being with somebody I don't care I see both of you smiling in the hallways, and It's fine I'm more of a giving person like I said It's 10 pm, and I don't think I'm getting any sleep today I've been meaning to write this for a while I can't tell you this in person, neither can I text you it So I write to the people who scroll down on this website to see peoples vents and forms of expression through the art of writing I miss you, and I love you.
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 11:04 PM UTC
Soulmate
Years will pass, and I will become a man I've always thought of you as a woman Your sophistication as a person amused me so much I could study you all day and not learn anything but the love that has always been there Every step you took, was a line of beautiful poetry Your life is an endless poem, and everything you did for me dug a whole in my heart and filled it with care and made me feel silly You were the drug I didn't want to let go of I didn't care if you made me go crazy, because it was a good kind of crazy The kind of crazy you're proud to be The kind of crazy that people envied I don't remember much when I'm touching Gods feet But I do remember when I used to call you and I used to talk about the stupidest things My eyes were red, and everything in my room was blurry, but the sound of your voice made everything so simple, clear, and it soothed the ground I was stepping on You made my Saturdays worth dressing up and cleaning my room to impress you My mother told me you were the most joyful person she has ever met, I guess she saw the happiness you brought to my house When you came over, you made my environment feel like a home I always thought my room was missing something, now I know it was your laugh and love that filled up the rest of my room You gave me house a Christmas feeling, I really don't know how those feelings are, but I read on the internet that it those type of feelings make you feel happy I guess you were my Christmas feeling, I'm sure of it The way you sat on my bed, the way you laughed at me acting like a fool You're the poem I'll never get tired of reading You're the movie I'll never get tired of watching You're the TV show I'll keep up with every series You're the social network I'll be addicted to You're the lips I'd love to kiss every morning You're the person I want to bring orange juice to when we wake up People asked me why I let you go, the truth is I'm more of a giving person Honesty is pain, but someone was dying, and I had to save them I didn't care If I lost everything, I just wanted her to be happy because I knew we'd be together someday I'm overjoyed at the thought that she's happy for accepting who she really was I'm overjoyed that you have someone now If receiving meant being alone in terms of being with somebody I don't care I see both of you smiling in the hallways, and It's fine I'm more of a giving person like I said It's 10 pm, and I don't think I'm getting any sleep today I've been meaning to write this for a while I can't tell you this in person, neither can I text you it So I write to the people who scroll down on this website to see peoples vents and forms of expression through the art of writing I miss you, and I love you.
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Abandoned Love! I thought our love was more than material things; the fun times we had, laughing at each other silly jokes. Sending you messages every three hours everyday! I prayed for our love to last every minute of each day. Finding excuses to be in each other’s presence; The long hours on the phone, the sneaky getaways on Saturdays to the movies Our rebellious but clean acts! I thought every ounce of it was real! But then it happened! Insecurities kicked in! The want for material things took precedence over the love I had for you! Through trying times, you had no remorse! The skeleton exposed his dry bones! The heart I thought was sacred, was just old wood waiting for a fire to catch! Your heart turned to coals! And your reflection on love was dark as evil! Can't believe I placed my trust in the hands of the joker And not the King! I ask myself " What does it profit a man to gain the world and loose his soul?" The lost of loved ones and eternal life! How could the lifeless have preference over the living! That shows you are another heartless being. 'Greater love has no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends' And I neglect this unfailing love! For a bag of dry bones! I took his love for granted; the Creator, the Father, the true lover of our souls for flesh! I guess my playing small serves me right! But his greatness made me new! Afroray
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Jun 5, 2013
Jun 5, 2013 at 12:58 PM UTC
Abandoned Love!
Fridays are my saving grace driving from my end to yours finally feeling your lips against mine Saturdays are spent in your arms in your bed and around town smiling as though tomorrow'll never come Sundays are when it all ends spent trying to pry me from your clutch and praying for Friday to come again
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Oct 27, 2012
Oct 27, 2012 at 10:12 PM UTC
Weekends Aren't Long Enough
(fictional tale of real beverages) he sat at table number 9 she chose 10 their eyes never met but only through the wall wide gilded mirror across the room he thought her name was Faith she guessed his was Luke he took a sip from his mocha massimo every 41 secs she guessed he was 41, slowly stirring her white-no-sugar earl grey she wondered if the girl on page three of his 'Sun' was a blond, a brunette or a red head he wondered what principle she's at in 'Why men love bitches' they ate lemon and poppy seed muffins with small bites his lips were firm hers unable to hold on to the cheery blush lipstick any longer he thought she was single and had a RSPCA rescued cat called Biscuit she guessed he was married with three children and a wife called Porscha she must be driving a Ka he must be driving a Jag she waters her plants every Tuesday, goes to pilates classes on Thursday and on Sundays she watches Terms of Endearment in her pink jumper with her friend Chris and a box of tissues he walks his dog at 7, plays rugby for Long Lane on Saturdays and on Fridays goes for a pint of Guiness with his friend, Joe he snores/ she sings in the shower he's a catholic/ she never quite liked Jesus he hates his wife/ she loves her cookies they laugh at the old woman shouting at a bus driver in the street and hate gyms, cyclists in Lycra and anything to do with politics they secretly read Keats, eat onion bagels and tomato soup and listen to Gershwin * they never spoke they never will because if they would Faith would never be able to watch Star Wars again and Luke - Luke would lose his faith in love at first sight
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Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM UTC
Costa's
(fictional tale of real beverages) he sat at table number 9 she chose 10 their eyes never met but only through the wall wide gilded mirror across the room he thought her name was Faith she guessed his was Luke he took a sip from his mocha massimo every 41 secs she guessed he was 41, slowly stirring her white-no-sugar earl grey she wondered if the girl on page three of his 'Sun' was a blond, a brunette or a red head he wondered what principle she's at in 'Why men love bitches' they ate lemon and poppy seed muffins with small bites his lips were firm hers unable to hold on to the cheery blush lipstick any longer he thought she was single and had a RSPCA rescued cat called Biscuit she guessed he was married with three children and a wife called Porscha she must be driving a Ka he must be driving a Jag she waters her plants every Tuesday, goes to pilates classes on Thursday and on Sundays she watches Terms of Endearment in her pink jumper with her friend Chris and a box of tissues he walks his dog at 7, plays rugby for Long Lane on Saturdays and on Fridays goes for a pint of Guiness with his friend, Joe he snores/ she sings in the shower he's a catholic/ she never quite liked Jesus he hates his wife/ she loves her cookies they laugh at the old woman shouting at a bus driver in the street and hate gyms, cyclists in Lycra and anything to do with politics they secretly read Keats, eat onion bagels and tomato soup and listen to Gershwin * they never spoke they never will because if they would Faith would never be able to watch Star Wars again and Luke - Luke would lose his faith in love at first sight
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I was born at night tall like swagger cane A Friday's child - delivered with muse That was fortunate enough for my parents Oral poetry poured plentiful in the morning That's what Saturdays are good for Teachers worn their loincloth lose As wine and fish soup flowed at ease While farmers set out to burn in the sun Now you'll understand why I chose not to be a Saturday's child, I dread to be a farmer Heavy drinking may not be my fate as well It sure sets the mood right for what's right I took sides with either of the two vices I pitched my tent where grace and virtues lies
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Jun 17, 2015
Jun 17, 2015 at 4:55 AM UTC
Friday's Child