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Seas That Swallow

Time has passed slowly in the blink of an eye,
Because my heart was wiped away, like sand with the tide.
It's tossing and turning in the ocean's cold grip,
Asking, "What did I do for this treacherous dip?"

The fish start to scatter, the sharks start to tear,
Feeling the sharp pain of loss everywhere.
The wounds begin healing, but the salt still stings,
Because of thoughts on some other things.

Back on the shore, before all the strife,
He got to be part of a beautiful life.
His sun would always shine even if it would rain,
Despite perfection lost, he had greatest gain.
The sun gave off a warmth that filled him within,
And he loved her back with all vigor and vim.
But too close to the water the heart did get,
Despite the sun's warnings, he went to feet wet.

Now swept into water, and dragged into deep,
Both the heart and the sun began to tears weep.
It was too dark and cold in the ocean to shine,
So the sun couldn't see the sharks trying to dine.
Rays of truth blocked out, unable to see,
The heart isn't the person some have made it out to be.

Now the heart drifts around, not wanting to be found,
The void within filled with salt water abound.
It stings on the inside, it stings on the out,
Because, to the sun, he was completely devout.

Now once again strong, the heart climbed back to shore,
Knowing that the warmth of the sun was no more.
He walks around the beach, everything gray,
Because now it's only night when she is away.

The beaches he now wanders, avoiding others on the shore,
Knowing their love is no match to the one he shared before.

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Bleeding Continued...

No words can express what I feel inside,
Just some can tell the story I hide.
I know we are friends but that’s gonna be tough,
Since being friends before just wasn’t enough.
Now even though I have a choice I need to let you go,
I try to stop the bleeding but the process is very slow,
Because your happiness chose another place to glow.

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The Void

Anguish, depression, and loneliness stay near,
Filling the void of the one I held dear.

My hand is cold, it's in need of a mit,
Or perhaps just the warmth of where her fingers once fit.

There's a seat in the car directly next to me.
Solely meant for her, but now just her memory.

A barren place on the couch where we'd cuddle and view,
Some terrible movies we'd sometimes kiss through.

The absence in my arms she'd fill for hours at good-bye.
Now left to hold the pain, at most, a pillow nearby.

That void in my heart her love would once fill,
Again just a void formed against my own will.

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Love's Due

Amazingly great, not an obstacle in sight,
Your heart beats quickly, as though it's in flight.
One thing on my mind, the girl that I love,
A gracious gift One gave from above.
My feelings for her nothing can stop,
Almost anything I'd be willing to drop.
Nothing can busy my thoughts like this,
When awake, in dreams, when apart, I miss.
When she's not near, it's a dark gaping hole,
She inserts my heart, she has control.
A feeling of ecstasy all day long,
Something so powerful, amazingly strong.
But no words come close no matter how true,
To describe what I feel and give love its due.

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First Thoughts

I love the way you look at me,
I wish they would just let us be.
Words can't explain how I love you so,
And how my feelings continue to grow.
Whenever I have to hug you good-bye,
It stirs up in me the need to cry.
I can't imagine the pain you've had,
Or how you've made it through all the bad.
But I strongly believe that our love is true,
As I revolve my thoughts around me and you.

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God's Great Day

He was filled with pain when he gave up His son,
But He knew what it took for His will to be done.
He watches His servants that may die each day,
But He knows in the grave the faithful won't stay.
He gave us hope with a paradise on Earth,
And a certain few with a heavenly rebirth.
Whatever our future may we all faithful stay,
So we can proclaim we saw God's great day.

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Dreams and Nightmares

I live for the dreams I get to see her in.
She is the heart, and I'm the man of tin.

It's the nightmares I fear cuz' she's nowhere near.
Nowhere near. My begging pleads she can't hear.

My days begin with me in a sweat,
Or, if it's a dream, I wake with regret.
For the nightmares are also reality,
And I'm now just her love's fatality.

But, in my dreams we make a stand.
In my dreams, I hold her hand.
But that's just a dream.
We ran out of steam.
And now our love she will not redeem.

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Bleeding

You were the reason I could live through the strife,
You kept it from feeling like a stab with a knife.
Affection’s what I needed to make it through,
The kind of true love that I shared only with you.
That’s how I felt until one day,
You decided its better to throw it away.

The four months with you went by so fast,
Now I dread how long each day will last.
We would joke about me being locked in a tower,
Yet that’s how I feel without your power.

In a poem you wrote you said I am caffeine,
Now I know how you felt, I know what you mean.
As I was to you, you were also to me,
It just took losing you for me to see.

Having no you is like having no air,
You felt the same now it seems you don’t care.
A while ago you said you’ve fallen for me hard,
Now I sit here on the ground, I fell but I got scarred.

Before that night I thought we’d endure,
This was a fact, I was totally sure.
Then it came with your words that you unfold,
That you don’t want to see what our future will hold.
I promised to care for you through the thick and thin,
But now you've made that chance to be slim.

When was the last you listened to our song,
The way I find us now tells me it has been too long.
Remembering the times you’d say “I love you”,
Now I look back to find none of it’s true.
No one could love you as much as I,
I’ll keep our moments until I die.
I clearly remember those times we had,
Now they fade with you, I feel nothing but sad.

But what kills me the most was the look in your face,
What I had to look at when all this took place.
No frown, no sniffs, not a tear in your eye,
Even though it felt like I was ‘bout to die.
I had to stay strong and hold back all my tears,
All in the meanwhile being told my worst fears.
You said you would always love me so,
Though now I feel your love ceases to grow.

I sit here holding what’s left of my heart,
It slips through my fingers as it falls apart.
Now I look back at what seems a mistake,
But you’re the mistake I was glad to make,
The kind of mistake I would always make,
Even though it ends in my heartache. 

Poetry from the heart you showed me to write,
And now it haunts me of that dismal night.
Though I know I’m not perfect and neither are you,
When we were together I felt that not true.
My life had no order but I was gaining control,
But now my heart’s left with a dark gaping hole.

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Poetry Soup

This is where I come to bleed.
Where I leave my heart for you to read.
So many things in my heart to grieve.
But only one place it can come to relieve.

It's where my friends I've never met,
Yet, in their minds, my feelings I set.
You relate my fears. You see my love,
Even for that of my God high above.
I speak to you of the one I hold dear.
Whenever, for her, I'm shedding a tear.

Poetry and song in the world we fill,
Leaving it with an insurmountable bill.
Though in money and riches we do not bask,
A little of your time is all I ask.
Poetry soup is what soothes my soul.
It makes even the broken feel once again whole.

I write when I'm joyful. I write when I'm lost.
I write when the world has me beaten and tossed.
It's a medicine so potent we cannot perceive.
They're words that can make weak humans believe.

So to you the readers I am ever indebted.
It's a friendship I have not ever regretted.

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"i Love You More Baby"

You're the the one I love, you are my life,
You pull out the pain, like extracting the knife.
Who knew that love could feel so great,
Your face and my love I can now relate.
It's her face I see when I think of love,
It's a beautiful face, like a gift from above.
I never took for granted those words she would say,
"I love you hun" alone would just melt me away.
"I love you more baby" I would say when she would,
I would give up my world if for you I could.