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Best Poems Written by Evelyn James

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Sorry Teacher

Sitting in the classroom
Staring through half-closed eyes
Your voice is surrounding me
A lover in disguise

Your fingers lace through mine
Forbidden, what a rush
And to think that just two years ago
You were nothing but a crush

Your lips on mine taste so sweet
I can never get enough
Hidden in your classroom
We speak the words of love

The school year passes by
No one suspects a thing
A crazy whirlwind romance
Too long to be a fling

You can't forget the consequence
If we were soon discovered
I can't seem to let you go
The deepest love I have uncovered

I'm content as I lie in your arms
But teacher you're so distant
"We can't do this anymore" you whisper
My life is over in an instant

Called into the headmaster
I'm sorry that I told
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
Our story now unfolds

Two long years of desire
Attraction, love and heat
Are now slowly disappearing
As I watch you from my seat

Please understand I had to tell
Because you broke my heart
Nothing else made sense you see
Love never made me smart

I watch you as you're led away
And everything goes grey
Understand I loved you
And think of you every day

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Dear Gran

I was just a child,
My heart did not know pain.
But I returned from school one day
My world never was the same

I learned that you had left us,
To join with the angels high above,
And the bitter tears fell down pale cheeks
In contrast with sweet love.

My heart had broken, shattered,
pieces strewn across the floor.
I longed to hear your voice again
And to embrace you just once more.

How was it so possible,
For a love to slip away?
For you to be taken from us so cruelly,
To never see the light of day?

I write for you, my loved one,
I write straight from the heart.
Ad I hope that if you happen to look down,
You’re at least proud of me for that.

You are the inspiration
Behind this poem than I write
And my words can not revive you
But I can hope that one day,
Maybe, they just might.

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What Do I Want From You

What do I want, you asked one night,
And now I shall answer you.
I want to see your eyes shine so bright,
As together, as one, we move.

You turned to me, beneath the dark,
You asked what I desire.
I desire you to leave your mark,
And relight the smouldering fire.

What do I need, you questioned me,
And now I think I know.
I need your body to cherish me,
And together, wherever, forever, we will go.

What am I looking for, your soft voice spoke,
And I for once was stuck.
I am looking for you to be eternally stroked,
And embraced with healing love.

What do I want from you, you asked,
And I knew how to answer.
I want this love never to be masked,
And to stay with us like a cancer.

I want your body, twisted round mine,
I want your lips to taste,
I want your hands, finding mine in time,
I want your arms around my waist.

I long for you in the evening light,
I want to feel your touch.
I wish to make love to you at night,
Is that asking for too much?

I desire to see your face at dawn,
I need to hear you moan.
I need you to wake beside me at morn,
And for you to be my own.

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A University Degree

A university degree in English
And yet words can not decree
How sorely I have missed you, love
Or how cold my life has been

A university degree in Biology
And yet I do not know
How my stomach twists and turns
Or how my heart can flutter so

A university degree in Chemistry
And yet I can’t explain
The rushing, whirling, twirling chemicals
That flood to heart from brain

A university degree in Maths
And I cannot comprehend
How to make this into an equation
Easy for anyone to understand

A university degree in Physics
And yet no law can tell me why
My heart drops to the bottom of my tummy
Like an apple from the sky

My education doesn’t matter
Nothing I know can ever explain
The reasons why I love you so,
It’s simply inhumane

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Slowly, Carefully, Lovingly

I watched you as you
Smiled softly, strolling through the stools.
Your shirt clung to you like
The spidery fingers of love that gripped me.
Your matted hair was silky soft
And your skin felt like satin on my lips.
Your name was heavenly on my tongue and only divine
Intervention could stop me from loving you.
But I doubt that even that, would stop the infection
Slowly rushing through my veins, paralysing me,
Heart outwards.
The heat and fire and web of desire
That was woven by the spiders of passion,
Caught the flies of love.
It devoured them
Slowly,
Carefully,
Lovingly.
Like my mind seemed to drink in your presence.
Slowly,
Carefully,
Lovingly.
My eyes raked over every detail, not allowing
You to escape me. Your hands, those hands which I
Had longed to caress, touched my back softly,
And shook me from my observations as you
Had shaken my world so many months before.
You smiled gently down at me.
And then you disappeared, like a perfect dream.
Gone, before I could kiss you once again,
Slowly,
Carefully,
Lovingly.

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The Park

There was a time
When she was at the park
and she was young
and fearless
because she knew
it would be okay.
And she wasn't scared
of the roundabout
or the slide
or the swings,
even though she could
swing high and fall
and hurt herself.
But then she grew up.
And she was scared -
not because of the roundabout
or the slide
or the swings -
but because she wanted
to swing high
and fall
and hurt herself.
And she wanted to die.
But she was already dead inside.

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A Terrible Crush

Two o clock in the morning
And I can't sleep
Guess I’m too busy wishing
You were here next to me

It’s three o clock now
And I’m still awake
I've spent the past hour
Imagining your face

Another hour ticks by
And I’m falling asleep
Wistfully imagining
Your arms around me

Six o clock in the morning
I wake in a sweat
I dreamed of you darling
And when we first met

But everything was different
It wasn't the same
You had the same voice
When you called my name

But I didn't know you
You weren't my love
Your eyes had changed colour
From sapphire to mud

In my dream you weren't mine
A bitter, dreadful truth
For you see, my darling
I've got such a crush on you

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A Deterrent

Don't cut your wrists
Don't cut your thighs
Pick yourself up
And dry your eyes
Unlock the door
Step into the hall
Look in the mirror
You're beautiful
Your scars don't define you
Nor does anyone else
They don't understand
You're going through hell
So please be patient
And don't let me down
I won't judge if you do
You won't be met with a frown
I'll try to understand
But it might be hard
You'll always be special
I hold you close to my heart
And living without you
I can't bear the thought
So please don't leave me
I'll be distraught
You're very special
And beautiful, you see
Don't listen to them
Just focus on me
I don't care what they say
I don't care what they do
Because I'm always here
And I really do love you

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Depression

The fear is like a heavy weight
Pressing on my chest
And while I know it isn't real
It never seems to rest
What is this fear I wonder
Am I scared of death and 
dying?
Or am I scared of something 
else,
As to be dead I've been trying
So I don't think I'm scared of 
death
But my patience is wearing 
thin
What is this thing that grips 
me tight
And shakes me till I'm grim?
It turns my insides bitter
Like the dirtiest piece of cud
It changes how I see the 
world
As though I see through mud
Death is in my every thought
What a pleasant way to live
And even though I'm scared of 
something
I have no name to give
So this anonymous assailant
Continues to reside
In my mind and in my life
I genuinely have tried
But ridding myself of this evil
Is more difficult than it seems
Because I don't know what to 
fight
Or how to equip my teams
They battle valiantly everyday
For the ownership of me
And I don't think I'll be normal
Until it leaves me be.

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Poetry

And all the poets were dead or dying
And the love for the world was slowly leaving
Lennon, Frost, Morgan and Whitman,
Their messages will be erased
And where does this leave society?
Without the quiet minds 
and lonely souls
Who would often show us where to go?
Where does this leave our decaying world?
I fear that in the future, 
we will have no one
To point out the error of our ways
And in our technologically advanced world
Well, common sense will soon be lost.
If a computer says it’s so, then ah! It must be true!
But if common sense were to object, it’s hidden away
And shushed
But isn’t that a punishment? 
For our minds to be locked up?
We are not being liberated,
With the advances being made, 
but we are slowly giving governments
More insight to our minds.
I have a great distrust
Of the future generations
Will they know who Cummings is? Or Burns?
Will they know who wrote ‘Fire and Ice’?
Or will poetry be shoved under the rug?
I fear they will not know the love
Of poetry that captures minds and hearts and souls
I fear they will not understand
The messages written in the ages
Oh, future generations, 
Please do not let me down.
Please keep our poets alive
In your hearts and in your minds
Please write your own and give poetry a voice.