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Best Poems Written by Jaymi Hartman

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Little Concept, Big Thought

Little box warms me
Heat on my neck
But I don’t close the vent
I’d rather be hot, than feel nothing.
And inside it’s so dark
Turn my head right
All the lights
“Bear Down Bears”
Suddenly we’re so spirited
Wish we could be spirited about the right things.
So many people out there
How can we feel alone?
How can I be so lonely?
3 places to call home
But my heart is somewhere else
Maybe in the place I will be in the future
if I have a future.
Funny how God--
The concept is just funny
But God, he can take us away from this life
At any time
Like I’m the fly and He’s the newspaper
Swat my life away
At any time
I try to find what’s important to me
But I’m too afraid it will hurt me
So I build my wall
I can’t clean my room
But
I can build a wall.
All my insecurities are hidden behind it
Pieces are missing
But some pieces fit
Bill fits
I don’t want him to 
He breaks my heart in two
He takes away my life sometimes
Sort of like how God can
But the difference is that I’m still stuck here
In this life
In a pool of days that I don’t want to wake up to
I hope those days don’t come to me again
I hope our love reaches us again
Here I am, babbling on
I could do this ‘til dawn
Buckingham Fountain, Navy Pier
Lakeshore Drive all out my window
But, everything is nothing if there is no smile
No “how was your day?”
No “are you doing okay?”
That’s the way of life
We don’t pay attention
So who’d care if I left?
I’m lacking so much self-concept
I need soul-searching
I need hard-core purchasing
The stress is so high I’m choking 
Sirens going wild
I’m not even part of it
Sometimes I truly wish I could be
I will instigate a shove
So an eye is on me
So somebody will worry
That’s all I want in the end
Doesn’t everyone want a friend?
TV’s on the in the background
Typical girls’ room, nowhere to walk
I’m too broken to talk
Not capable to feel
But the heat blows on my neck
Letting me know that I’m here.

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Title-Less

Can you shake this of me

Tame me

Show me you love me

I am so lost

I have this front

When I think I need you

I don't know what I want

Where's the sense knocked into me

Where's my responsibility

Juggling wrong with all wrong

In the meantime, keeping strong.

Bashful in this hollow shell

I've fallen deep inside this well

Want to like what I see

But don't know who she is

Don't know her meaning

Don't know why she lives.

Day she smiles, night she cries

I can see right through her big brown eyes.

Give me a chance

Put up with the fight

I need you now

To make things right.

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Waiting For the Answers

Are you going to be at my side
the situation we're in gives us nowhere to hide
and work for you is a nonstop project
and tho we should be closer, i just feel like a reject.
i've been trying so hard for the last 5 years
but whats important to you are your friends and some beers
and though having this baby has made things so clear
now having you in my life is my biggest fear.
I dont want to be alone in this
all i ever get from you is "baby i'll fix this"
but everyday i still wake up to a mess
and i'm not supposed to feel so much stress. 
i thought that maybe things would come together
because we've made it through all sorts of weather
but the time you have gives none to me
and it makes me worried where we'll be.
I'll ask for a dollar you say you haven't got it
I ask for a phone a call but you don't have time for it
you say "i'll see you on thursday" and don't see me til Sunday
and i'll be surprised if you text me on Monday.
I want some stability
I want some respect
i'm tired of all these promises
and all this neglect.
I shouldnt have to worry about doing this on my own
or finding things out that i should have already known
and i love him so much but he still hasn't shown
that with this baby, i won't be alone.

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Battlefield

trying.. don't say that i'm not
i've given, i've given all that i've got
and words, i've spoken til i'm blue in the face
and people have left me, leaving no trace.
And my eyes, wide open, won't see a thing
i'd rather we blind to what's happening.
mornings consume me, fill me with worry
but his loves seems to burn out the fury.
insecure in my skin, unsecure with him...
my lifes like a battlefield, im scarred to the rim.
i need a stress reducer, i need to run away
i need a helping hand, i need hope for today.
my heart lets me wonder if days will start easing
and maybe, just maybe my life could be pleasing.
so in this battle, i'll fight to the end.
and on my own, my heart, my life, my soul will mend.

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Regret

I know i've gotten too many chances

and in my past i've had romances...

both you and I thought I hadn't cared

but right now I am feeling so impaired.

All of this sort of came out of the blue

and i'm stuck here confused, not sure what to do

I can't get a grip, I can't understand

'cuz i turned away when you let out your hand.

I may have been lost

I may still be green

now i'm left here to wonder

if I left feelings unseen.

My minds running in circles

I have run out of chances

I can't say i'm sorry

under any circumstances

Tomorrow I may be fine

this may have been a 24 hr virus

of love.

Did i say love... 

I mean, this could fade away

this could change one day

but right now i'm not sure

if maybe, I should have stayed.

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A New Skin

here i am laid out, flat out, in this new skin
left with nothing because of me and because of him.
so broken down and the pieces seem lost
and i'm left here almost hopeless, while paying the cost.
What is love anyway? broken hearts, lies and crushed dreams
has been for me while my life rips at the seems.
I am so strong, so courageous ... but so well hidden
so held back from the path that I've ridden.
And i don't trust anyone who says that they care
for me its a chance, a risk, a dare...
like, "i dare you to believe all of my bulls---"
"so later you're crying because you fell for it."
But i am me... and i have dreams
and he won't bring me down, its not what it seems.
i will be made better in this beautiful struggle
and in the mean time, i will not buckle.
who needs him anyway... i mean, right?
he couldn't see my love when it was so BLINDLY in sight.
time has taken a toll on my heart
and my bad actions have played a big part.
So i'm starting with nothing on this path to my life
and i could end up happy, a mother, a wife...
sometimes things are just unexpected
but it still hurts when you've been rejected.
i loved him... for what its worth now
i'll be okay, though i don't know how.

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Intoxicating

it's suffocating always waiting for the bad

and pretty damn humiliating when you've ruined every chance you've ever had.

Manipulating every choice i make day to day

complicating any relationship that comes my way.

emulating what i want in a man

keeping me wrapped up in you for as long as you can.

its weight off my back not having to make up for your slack

and freeing to know that i have time to grow.

living life for myself is a kind of exposure

that i haven't held onto because i couldn't find closure.

scared to go back because i always find hurt

but my heart has kind of been lost under the dirt.

dehydrated always searching for water

trying to make a life for me and my daughter

tugged apart by what's right and what my heart wants

never succeeding to realize when you put up your front.

taking in cold air waiting for life to come to me

knowing deep down whatever is meant to be, will be.

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This May Be a Bitter Ending

i never win at this game
i play when i dont even want to
and go along with everything he wants me to do
knowing what we had is now down the drain.
and tears i thought would make him see
all that he has done to me
were wasting with the years we spent
with all those times he came and went.
and the bottle is better than the love i give
thats not my opinion at all, it's his.
but i will show him the girl that i am
and with him away from my side, i'll take a stand.
i may not have always put my best foot forward
and in 5 years we've only managed to go backward...
but my heart was always in the right place
and i'm just so tired of this chase.
he will wake up one day wondering where i am
he'll probably tell me he has a plan
and he'll say "baby, i made a mistake"
but that was a risk he was willing to take.

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Single Mom

i try not to think about it

i try to imagine there being no you

i act like i'm all that i need

then she kicks me out of the blue

a part of you is with me even though i deny it in my heart

and i sit n wonder what went wrong and why we are apart

u say if you get married its gonna be with me

you say you'll always be around

but when i need you you're nowhere to be...

she wakes me up at night sometimes

and i wanna roll over and show you

but you chose not to be there 

and lord knows i can't control you...

my heart is strong and my values are right

and though it gets so lonely at night,

our daughter will show us what we once had

and you can't erase being a dad.

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A Devotion

My head hangs heavy..

weary of whats gettin' ready

and will i grow or will i break

tell me this b4 its too late.

'cause i'd forget everything

if i knew it wouldn't come back to me

and i'd do anything 

to know you wouldn't go back to her.

these words just aren't my drama

they're my life

this love isn't a game

its a sacrifice.

and chasing a good thing

isn't worth even 1/2 of the hurt it brings

'cause i'm tired and out of breathe

and right now i don't have much left.

so I'll lay in the grass waiting

if you come participating

help me up and let me know

that you won't ever let me go.