Best More Than Life Itself Poems
Smiling, as our glances would glimpse, knowing, as our souls would meet
Upon this plane of sphere, where time, it did not ever exist
These curtains, no longer drawn, exposing thresholds
That we both had crossed, wishful, and wantingly
Into my arms, she then now waltzed, within her velvet, and silkened touch
Melting, into my depths her love, deep, inside of me
Silently, as I gazed into her eyes, kaleidoscopes, of cascading colors, reflecting
The endlessness, of these vast expanses of desires, longings, that we both could see
Much more than flesh, much more than barriers, much more, than life itself
Was the warmth, of her cherished breath, the essence, of her purity
Reaching, resurrecting a pulse, that I, we, should finally be
As the world stood still, and the skies became frozen
When our lips first brushed, an impassioned kiss, that would follow
The galaxies, exploding, from beneath the waters, of this now, washing sea
For no longer was she just a picture, and no longer, was she just a dream
Entwined forever, was this our spirits, as one, she became real to me
These souls that danced, amid the starlit heavens, unto the endless, of all eternity
She and I, and we alone, immersed within a light, a love
That no time, no life, no eyes, have they ever seen....
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~ Destiny ~
I'm an alien from Krypton and I'm able to fly.
I'm Superman and bullets don't make me die.
Bombs, tanks and nuclear weapons can't kill me either, I'm invulnerable.
I save at least fifty people every day, that's amazing and it's pretty cool.
Usually, the only thing that can kill me is Kryptonite.
But I did die when Doomsday and I had a massive fight.
We beat each other to death but I was able to return.
My death made many cry, I was touched by their concern.
I have X-ray vision and I can see through everything except lead.
Lex Luthor hates my guts and he says he won't rest until I'm dead.
Last week there was a forest fire and I put it out with my ice breath.
When I got through blowing on that fire, there was none of it left.
I can also make laser beams come out of my eyes.
When people see me, they say "There's the man who flies."
I have a girl who I love more than life itself, her name is Lois Lane.
When I'm Superman, she's nice but when I'm Clark Kent, she's a pain.
Some people call me a miracle but I don't think that's true.
If you're ever in danger, just call my name and I'll save you.
(This poem is based on the DC Comic Book that was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.)
I
A striped butterfly hovers on Chrysanthemum,
With blooms providing the beloved sweet nectar;
The sweetness that butterflies want more than life itself.
Bright dazzling orange bursts in a sunny garden,
Calling to the flying jewels swirling and twirling;
It is said butterflies and flowers are meant for each other.
II
In my little city garden I have planted flowers,
And it is there that I find inspiration for poems;
A place of contemplation where flying flowers soothe my soul.
I work to create their wish list safe sanctuary,
Of sunny open space and muddy water they love;
Shelter from the wind amongst asters, cornflowers and daisies.
A flat garden stone for basking in the sunshine,
The solitude creates feelings deep within my soul;
Images that float on wings in my mind and flutter into words.
Surreal poetry that I release into the wind,
That go drifting on beautiful butterfly wings.
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May 6, 2015
Free Verse/ Ekphrasis/A Garden With Wings
Copyright Protected, 05-67-0-726-06
All Rights Reserved, 2015, Constance La France
Submitted into the Premier contest, Your Favorite Old Poem #3
sponsor, Shadow Hamilton, Judged 2015
Third Place
What I’m feeling is difficult to put into words
It really is very hard to share the pain
I feel in my sad and heavy heart.
I never dreamed when we married that
when it said “until death do us part”
We’d be divided so soon as husband and wife.
I always thought that there was no doubt
that we would grow old together in life.
There is a saying that says "nothing lasts forever".
It seems this includes marriage as well
Especially when you're hit with an obstacle in life
that knocks you when you're not looking on your face.
I couldn't see this coming it took me quite by surprise
I'd contracted something the Doctors couldn't mend
Soon I'd be leaving the man I loved more than life itself
My husband and soul mate, more importantly my friend.
My final wish for you is to find true peace in your heart
When I'm gone remember our happy times together
Let your heart be open for any new love that comes along
If it does grab it with both hands; don't let it slip away
I want you to find a new love with whom to spend your life
Then, if it's meant to be you'll know and have my blessing also
Very soon I hope and pray that you could be asking her some day
Would she do you the honor of of becoming your loving wife.
You and I become one today,
And as we stand here today holding hands, we end a chapter in our book
And as I look into your eyes saying these words a new one begins.
You are my best friend, my soul mate, my lover, my hero, and my prince.
I will always be there for you.
For when you cry ill be your shoulder you lean on,
And if you start to fall I’ll be there to catch you.
For when your happy ill be the smile you see.
And if your sad ill be the one that makes you laugh.
For when your sick ill be your aid that makes it go away
And for the small times that we might be apart,
I will never stop thinking about you.
You’re in my heart always and forever,
And I love you more than life itself.
And each day I thank god that we found one another.
‘In her eyes, fathomless the pool of sadness’
There’s a sorrow she won’t let go
A melancholy in her that’s taken residence
She welcomes it and nurtures it
Deep down in the depths of her soul
Her heart no longer an empty shell
She welcomes its warm familiarity
Feeding it like a lost kitten
She needs it and it needs her
Soothing and divine she treasures it
She cajoles it and loves it more than life itself
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Submitted on July 18, 2019 for contest WRITING CHALLENGE 2, JULY 2019- MELANCHOLY sponsored by DEAR HEART - RANKED 1ST
One love
One true love
Through all of life's storms
Through sad times
Through happy times
Our path may be strewn
With obstacles
But the bottom line
Is triumph in the end
Ability to look back and say
All things considered
It couldn't have been better
Love will always carry us through
It's what makes us tick
It's food for our soul
A reason to go on
In spite of the challenges
For when that special someone
Turns to you and says
You are my one love
My one and only love
It's music to your ears
Worth more than all the world's riches
More than life itself
Life finally has meaning
When you feel that love
That one true love
Love is a simple word
but for me, it's a wonderful world
full of happiness, full of pure
where your soul can find its ultimate cure
i fell in love, and my life was taken
my mind is turned off, so i'm not mistakin'
because my heart took over and i'm mad
with her i'm always happy and never sad
for the sake of the moments when we talk
in order to reach the time when we walk
together, forever we'll stay
when she sits down and i lay
over her lap, looking at her eyes
full of promises, without any lies
i sing and i talk, i feel so weak
i feel my heart racing reaching its peak
you made me real, you gave me life
after being a nothing without any life
you revived me, and i'm ready
to give myself away so that you stay steady
i know i'm not prince charming
but my heart called and it's alarming
giving me signals, giving me a thought
to take you with me , after we fought
to get this love up to the light
your heart is mine, it's so bright
my heart is yours, after being dead
your sweet soul helped and inside of your head
never hesitate, never fall back
I'll be holding you, rubbing your back
warming you up in the coldest night
with our lips locked together, till we lose sight
I'll teach you the true love, I'll show it all
there is nothing to lose, so don't stall
i love you more than life itself, and i'm ready
to keep you always safe I'll walk the deepest valley
through the deepest valley of the shadow of death
i'm for real, as our love and it's not a myth
For the special someone in my life.. for the one who gave me hope and light...
Life has changed so much since u arrive.
I don't think I have ever felt so tired in my life before!
Never thought I would stress over everything I do either!
My view of life has changed, its no longer ah whatever happens will happen. Now its the case of who is making it happen, why is it happening and how will it effect me and my baby
Mmm me and my baby that's a new one
It feels like my life is gone!if I want to try and do something for myself it never works out. Don't get me wrong I love my daughter more than life itself, but there is no time for me anymore
I can't take the extra 15mins in the bath
I can't sleep in the extra 5
I definitely can't have a full night sleep
I can't relax when I come home from work
i can't even keep my eyes open to watch a movie at night
I can't go out at night as bedtime is at 7pm
I can't go anywhere within the house with out being followed
There is soo many cants but when I think of what I can do, its magical
I can be woken up at 1 3 or 5 am and my daughter will always be happy to see me
I can leave for work knowing that when I come back she will be right there waiting for me
I can learn to be a kid again by learning the nursery rhymes all over
I can prepare a bath knowing my baby is gonna have the time of her life in the water
I can fight with her to get clothes on and food in her tummy but I will know she is well looked after
I can drift her off to sleep knowing I was the last person her little eyes saw
I can lay in my bed at the end of the day knowing my little one played her hearts content out with me and went to bed loving me for it
Having a child is not easy and raising her the right way is even more difficult! Life is a test when you are alone but when you have a little eyes staring up at you life turns into challenge!
Never give up in what you believe in and especially what you are trying to achieve when you are faced with a baby to look after! It may take a little longer to get there and a lot more strength with courage but you will get there! Remember no one ever said it would be easy and at the end of the day its you who decides which path to take in life!
One love
One true love
Through all of life's storms
Through sad times
Through happy times
Our path may be strewn
With obstacles
But the bottom line
Is triumph in the end
Ability to look back and say
All things considered
It couldn't have been better
Love will always carry us through
It's what makes us tick
It's food for our soul
A reason to go on
In spite of the challenges
For when that special someone
Turns to you and says
You are my one love
My one and only love
It's music to our ears
Worth more than all the world's riches
More than life itself
Life finally has meaning
When you feel that love
That one true love
© Jack Ellison 2015
To this scene we have gathered on September’s eve
Under darkening sky, where a storm may conceive
Not a sight better is that face I’ve hardly known
So frail and aged in years past he had grown
A tragedy that one with his talents immense
Must be interred so young, still with look of innocence
Too long had my brother decayed under the weight
Of a burden, I’m afraid, that had become too great
And of that blessed curse that I speak
She stands now in the background waiting for her peek
At the man who loved her more than life itself
From the moment they met, he would heed no help
For his eyes had spotted Atlantis it would seem
That girl was no less than a living, breathing dream
And so it was fated by the powers above
The late Ryan Adams be doomed by his love
Young and wild, his heart would stay no cage
At 18, good Ryan as wise as any mage
With the world before him and regrets left behind
The hermited scholar thought the world quite unkind
Joyous was he of his departure from home
To leave for greener pastures where he was free to roam
An artist he was in his heart and his soul
If not to this end, he would never be whole
Paintings so quaint did he stroke by the night
Quietly laboring by the buzzing street light
Mountains snowcapped and rivers of glass
Any nature’s fancy to pay the time to pass
Restless in heart and sleepless in mind
The troubadour knew not what he wished to find
But longing did fester in his young fevered head
And his heart ever ached, beating love as blood red
A man needs a woman, so the heavens made it so
Cloudseated phantoms casting spells down below
Enchanting a fool so to drive him insane
For the purpose of loving another in vain
To squeeze every drop of passion from his being
And blindfold the eyes he could once use for seeing
A hopeless romantic is born in such a way
And so poor Ryan Adams did become that day
The night air was cool and the liquor ran free
Rivers to the gates of hell or a wine dark sea
For the bottle does make demons of us all
If freedom from troubles is a price fairly tall
And Ryan did imbibe twice his weight on occasion
No other could compare to a man of his station
No less than three times in a week did he stumble
Into stupors of hazy, chaotic jumble
100 Onions
(The absconding of the onions)
(Onion bandit burglary)
In Waterville Maine today the rain stayed a little longer
100 onions grown by grade school students had been stolen
The children at Albert Hall Elementary grew the veggies by themselves
With teeny tiny student hands
Nurtured them and fed them onion nutrients and water
Protected them from harm
To give them to the homeless who needed them more than life itself
We are certain, that the homeless require onions all the time
According to our sources and correspondents on the scene
They can never get enough onions on their own
The children had to save the homeless. Save them now!
The young ones said the most distressful things like
“I’m sad”, “I’m very sad.” And things like that
This threw the community into a whirlwind of perturbation
Oh! What kind of criminal mind perpetrates such a heinous act
In broad day light or any time for that fact?
Is there no decency, no justice left? What about the theft?
What ever happened to stealing cars and robbing banks?
Isn't there more profit in those crimes?
Detectives will hunt this onion bandit down and show him justice
Perhaps at the end of a rope or headless by the guillotine
Or boiled in the chowder in New England soup, to bring him to his senses
Onion bandit burglars belong in dungeons and should be sued
We can only hope he takes the 100 onions home and cuts them open
And starts to cry for the “sad” and “very sad” young ones that he hurt
And have him pay for crimes against humanity and onions
There’s nothing worse than absconding with the onions
I run into your arms, you pick me up and spin me around. Placing me back on my feet, you lean in and give me a kiss. Taking me into a world of bliss. Letting me know how much I was missed. The feeling of your hands on me gives me a high. My mind is swirling as my heart hammers in my chest. All of my anxiety is finally at rest. I look into your eyes and know this is where I belong. You are my everything, I’ve know this for so long. I get chills as I feel that electric current run through me whenever you’re close. I let myself drown in you as you give me my dose. You are my drug, without you, I cannot live. I will give you everything that I can possibly give. You are the sun that I rotate around. You are the constant to which I am bound. The look that you give me, tells me that you’re in love. You pull me in so that I’m against your chest. Your heart beats to the same rhythm as mine. Then you take my hand, and tell me “it’s time”. You let my hand go, and turn to walk away. I try to grab you, I need you to stay!! Please don’t leave me!! I can’t take that pain! You finally turn and look at me when I scream out your name. You whisper, “You’re the one to blame”. Your look is so sad, it shatters my heart. You were just in my arms, but now we’re miles apart…. I open my eyes and sit up in bed. I burst out in tears from what you just said. It all felt so real, but it was just a dream. That’s the only place I can have you now, reality is so mean. If I could go back, I would have never let you go. I love you more than life itself, more than you’ll ever know.
Rocks in the garden
All of them unique.
Ignore the time in question,
Turn the other cheek.
When scholars wrote their fables
They knew of this surprise.
Something tells me it will unfold
But will not be our demise,
For there are flowers in the garden
Standing bright and beautiful,
And the heart grows even stronger,
When rain is plentiful.
Crafty words and long silence.
Breathing seems a chore.
Cluttered thoughts of jealousy
Of times that came before.
The rocks are in my garden,
But they are strewn across yours too,
And I love you more than life itself-
Our seeds of love are true.
The clock hits 3am
She sits quietly in the still of her own room
With her headphones in quietly she listens
Until that one song began to play
Yea you know the one
It hits so close to home
And she finds herself going thru old picture albums
The one that shows when she used to be his everything
When she meant so much more to him
Than just another friend
Just another girl he used to know
One he used to love more than life itself
Every now and then he'll call just to check in
And every now and then she reminds him
Of little things here and there about what used to be
They talk about the good old days
Laugh about all the good times they once shared
But once all is said and done they say their goodbyes
Does he know that for her it never stops there?
Those days may be long gone for him
But it's those memories that she still holds onto
Still keeps them very dear to her heart
And though she will always love him
She has had to learn to live without him
She's slowly moving on with her life
But the closer she gets to someone new
She thinks back to the love they once shared
And she knows that no one else will ever compare
He's even confessed he felt the same
They've both dated other people
Both said their own 'I Love Yous'
And yet no matter what the best of friends they remain
She still loves him
And he still loves her
If there's one thing they both agree on
It's that they'll never find another love like theirs
And she'd give anything to have that again
Never truly understanding why he continues to hold back
But she knows that she can't spend forever waiting on someone
Who just isn't sure of what he wants in life
She'll never find another love like his
And his memory will never fade
Forever her favorite memory he will be
But she must let go
She's held on for so long
But she just can't do it alone
In her heart he'll always be her best friend
But together again they may never be
And she's learned to be ok with that
For one reason and one alone
'If you love something set it free, If it comes back then it's meant to be, And if it doesn't, Then it was never really truly yours from the start.'