Best Neverland Poems
On the south-western side of the old mission school,
near the corner of First Street, where blackberries grew
a field claimed by youngsters was crosshatched with tracks.
It was riddled by gophers and, nettled with fox-tails
and the children's bare feet had constructed thin trails,
cupping deep paths that were littered with smiles,
deep in the amber of tall weeds and dry grass.
It wasn't too far from the patched wire fence
that hemmed the backyard of my Grandmother's house.
Westerly whirlwinds would rattle the ragweed,
while seeds of the bull-thorns, that prickled our toes,
would spread with the tumbleweeds, now tossed into rows
like last winter's snowmen, worn to the bone
There were traces of honeysuckle mixed with wild rose
from Grandma's old arbor, that loomed in the distance
A rusty old weather vane like a merry-go round
would spin like a top that might never stop
The ivy was overgrown, and a sleepy old hound
would snooze by the clothesline, in shade he had found
But, deep in the field, was a land of our own
A place we called 'Neverland', a loft in this poem
In the yoke of one tree, with the help of our dad
was a fort built of scrap wood, from piles by the shed.
And by hook or by crook, I would take all commands
While my brother's brewed brainstorms, and his black plastic hook,
assigned him the Captain, while I was the crew
of a ramshackle galleon, brought to life from our books
While I dangled in air, from a tired old swing
"Tinker", my name...in this masculine game..
I would push off, while he pulled me, right up to the sky
and into the branches, with leaves in my eyes......
I would fly to the depth's of a steel gray-blue sky
I would grovel, and shovel, to have his approval........
for he was much older, much wiser than me
I would play like a tomboy,.....shove doll-drums away
Such sweet summer days,......while bright splintered rays
of hot summer sun, would spotlight our play.
We would stay until twilight, to watch the sun die
Defying all gravity.......I could see to eternity
Tootsie Pops clung to the tip of our tongues
while the sun of the twilight, dipped over the dunes
and the call of our mother, slipped over the moon
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~NeverLand~
(Rhyme)
Wishing I could have been just like you
Never growing up and never growing old
Flying to NeverLand there you go
Facing dangers your spirit grows bold
Hurrying through the lands and all the seas
All your magical adventures there unfold
Watching you I could touch all those trees
Great memories of you in my heart I still hold
Peter Pan the boy that never grows up
And for that I can’t really blame you
Protecting all your dreams inside a cup
While Tinker pouted and saved your life too
Peter Pan there you are in NeverLand
Never growing up, never growing old so you stay
Your catchy magic will never end that I know
As Tinkerbell spreads her magic powder all the way.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2006
February.4.2016
I don't want to grow up!
I want to stay young forever.
Standing at my window, staring at the stars looking for a path to Neverland.
Trying to find my way to you.
To die would be an adventure
A picture painted perfect and beautiful.
As I leave the window with a sigh
My name lost in the eyes of a young man
As he leads me somewhere new
A place where you never grow old
A place made for someone who believes
A place unknown to adults
A place filled with pirates
I don't want to grow up!
I want to stay in Neverland
Where i am a lost boy
Where my heart body and soul remain young
Living by the quote "To die would be an adventure"
The reasoning has befallen, on a rock she now prays
Dark cobalt blue tides, like counters, our end of days
Wildlife in sporadic, escaping to not
Whilst a sky filled abyss, shall stop the clock
Angelic she sits, in wonderment of her see
Knowing what lies ahead, adventures in neverland will be
Our past has finally caught, in we, we under-find
Neighbours have become our enemies, no friends of mine
We now await the others, the omega point we await
Staring at the glass half, to freedoms departure gate
In-trepidation walk, knowing that our steps
Like footsteps in the sands, eternally are reft
Continually we look back, to a place we know we were
The memories of all off us now instantly a blur
As we focus on the angel, consumed before our eyes
Me a man amongst what's left, in tear laden cry
Threnody now holds us, elevates our screams
As we watch the children talk, other-worlds they now dream
Hyper-drive is called, forced back as we sit
Amidst forests of hands and teeth, are humans in acquit
Continually we look back, to a place we know we were
The memories of all off us now instantly a blur
As we focus on the angel, consumed before our eyes
We face adventures in neverland, what's left of us we try
http://www.thereasoning.com
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/the-reasoning.php
Wishing I could have been just like you
Never growing up and never growing old
Flying to Never Land there you go
Facing dangers your spirit grows bold
Hurrying through the lands and all the seas
All your magical adventures there unfolds
Watching you I could touch all those trees
Great memories of you in my heart I still hold
Peter Pan the boy that never grows up
And for that I can't really blame you
Protecting all your dreams inside a cup
While Tinker pouted and saved your life too
Peter Pan there you are in Neverland
Never growing up, never growing old so you stay
Your catchy magic will never end that I know
As Tinkerbell spreads her magic powder all the way.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2014
November,14,2014
Cuts and bruises
Stabs and burns
Chained up and tied down
The things I want to do to you
When I see you I know I’m wrong
But I can’t help doing you bad
Still you love this love that hurts
Because you keep coming back
More pain, you want to feel the pain
And I know that you know that
Our feelings are born differently
You want to heal my deep wounds
By loving me so to speak ‘unconditionally’
Your reasons I admit to be noble
But you will still get hurt
Because that is how I know love
Twisted past of bad love and bad blood
My sweet Alice, go back to where you came from
You and I are beings from distant worlds
I’m already too deep in and so beyond saving
Road of thorns and spikes, my wounded path
Doesn’t need to be yours even if at some point they crossed
Love is love, but not all love is worth following the journey
And Alice I refuse to believe my kind of love is your destiny
But I can’t let go and I swear to chase you down if you leave
Even so you should run, run like Alice in Wonderland
Try to leave the maze of my arms
And I hope you find your way out
Give up on me, don’t give up on you
It’s not easy doing the right thing even for love
Torn between my selfishness and good intentions
Alice, my savior, my love and my addiction
I know I’ll drive your heart away but you don’t belong in Neverland
"In the neverland, I step in,
surrounded by beauty and a melody from an alluring violin.
I'm filled with utter joy as I pass through the tress of life,
There, at a distance near a lake, I saw a woman and knew at once that she would be my wife.
We cared, we fought, we loved,
No sooner were we blessed with a beloved.
The neverland became our paradise,
but the serpent appeared and whispered to us thrice.
A whisper that was sinful and deadly,
our life turned into a tragic medley.
Our paradise was taken away from us,
My wife made quite a fuss,
thus, did we end up walking alone in the desert,
with no water, no food but a heart that hurt.
We hoped and hoped to meet a better place,
but it was that one mistake that had us disgraced.
We found no one to help us in our tiring journey,
Our life had become a monochromatic picture; dark and blurry."
Lost In Neverland
The Joy of Eternal Youth
Wanderer not lost
To the moon, Alice,
to one of the many moons…
Forget the rabbit hole for once
let’s go in a different direction,
to lands beyond imagination
Take my hand, Alice,
hold on to mine, and never let go…
Trust me as we leave reality
we’ll take that next turn to the right,
and race towards sunlight
Toss caution to the wind, Alice,
live carefree like a child would…
Cut off those ropes and hooks that bind you
don’t be scared of your own shadow,
rather, dance with it like there’s no tomorrow
Tap into laughter again, Alice,
so that fairies can frolic to its melodies…
Remember how good it feels
Cheshire cat grins—those come and go,
but laughter lives in hearts you know
Think not of time, Alice,
escape with me where dreams are born…
Step off that cliff towards uncertainty
just fly away, boosted by happiness,
embracing adventure and silliness
To the moon, Alice,
across and over it, to the land of Never
You’ve been to the land of Wonder
and learned to grow up, but I have to say,
sometimes going back to the start shows the right way…
http://www.4shared.com/music/rOkXpaip/nowdrlnd.html?
The reasoning has befallen, on a rock she now prays
Dark cobalt blue tides, like counters, our end of days
Wildlife in sporadic, escaping to not
Whilst a sky filled abyss, shall stop the clock
Angelic she sits, in wonderment of her see
Knowing what lies ahead, adventures in neverland will be
Our past has finally caught, in we, we under-find
Neighbours have become our enemies, no friends of mine
We now await the others, the omega point we await
Staring at the glass half, to freedoms departure gate
In-trepidation walk, knowing that our steps
Like footsteps in the sands, eternally are reft
Continually we look back, to a place we know we were
The memories of all off us now instantly a blur
As we focus on the angel, consumed before our eyes
Me a man amongst what's left, in tear laden cry
Threnody now holds us, elevates our screams
As we watch the children talk, other-worlds they now dream
Hyper-drive is called, forced back as we sit
Amidst forests of hands and teeth, are humans in acquit
Continually we look back, to a place we know we were
The memories of all off us now instantly a blur
As we focus on the angel, consumed before our eyes
We face adventures in neverland, what's left of us we try
From: The Promised Neverland
Composer: Takahiro Obata
Vocal: Sarah Àlainn
Lyrics by: Tyner Twine (Kristine Mariz Ursua)
a/n:This song from the anime was so beautiful it inspired me to write my own version of lyrics.
Speak softly child,
The night’s aloft.
Whispering a pray’r,
A long lost tale of love forlorn,
A dream that held innocence
Of youth long gone.
O’er Yonder
Realm of dreams,
Your silver wings.
So close your eyes,
Fly free,
Promise Land shall be awaiting thee.
And in the skies filled with stars,
We will all meet again.
Shining down
To those who may forget.
The hymns we sang,
As we bid our final goodbyes,
In our hopes to all meet in Paradise.
So sleep my child,
Let this song be your guide through the night,
Chase the shadows that give you a fright.
I’ll see you shining brightly down from the sky.
You shine,
Little Starlight,
Brighter than moonlight.
She sprinted through a rugged woods
Away from free loading fathers and filthy no-goods,
Away from tear soaked teddy bears and lungs filled with smoke.
She found herself unmoving, crying in the arms of a weeping willow oak.
She is what remains of a fractured household,
A rotten tapestry of liquor stains, bruised bodies, and secrets untold.
She imagined what lied beyond the waterfall of misery that cascaded infinitely over her,
For she was stuck observing the world in a melancholy blur
Her blistered ankles fell weak and she crumpled towards the ground,
Peering up at a glistering light that left her wonderstruck, spellbound
She made out the shape of a body descending from above
They gazed at each other, her eyes as doleful as a mourning dove
He whispered in her ear as softly as the whistling wind,
Leaving her once perpetually dark world seeming only to be dimmed
He held out his hand to her and urged her to run away
To a place called Neverland, a world where all somber thoughts are kept at bay.
Though it seemed of her to be giving in to her broken mentality,
She longed for an escape from pain and poison personality.
As they floated above her home town,
She suddenly couldn't hear bottles shattering or doors breaking down.
She felt the pain lift from her small frame,
And the inferno of sadness that burned interminably was but a flickering flame.
They sailed across the second star to the right and flew straight on ‘till morning
She hadn't prepared for the wondrous sight before her that came with no warning
She broke through clouds that brushed her face with cotton candy kisses,
The world of true happiness and ephemeral sunshine was once real only in her wishes.
It was in the land of everlasting childhood that she was freed of all regrets,
And she held flowers between her fingers instead of cigarettes
Her face was flushed with shades of pink instead of black and blue,
And she decided it was time to write her story anew.
That night she traded her tattered nightgown for rags and a dirty fur coat,
She chose put her past in a bottle and set it afloat.
In that moment she could feel her true identity come unbound,
They called her Lost Girl, but in that moment she never felt more found.
Take The Dagger From My Heart, Please -2- Poetry Contest
N/A- 100 in a ROW contest--15 9/24/16
i.
I had lost the entirety
of my muchness
I watched a white rabbit
dart in my peripheral
as walkabout found my feet,
the Red Queen laughs raucously
dangling me at the end of a Scepter
ii.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle dum
know I am not Alice,
and that this is not my home
iii.
Arnhem calls to me
as the earth trembles
briefly,
I feel the beating spirit
through the bush,
and it tempts me with magic
flowing from the Dreamtime
iv.
so I wait
stroking the rainbow serpent
but ever watchful
of escape to a place
my heartbeats home
in the land of Never and Oz
I have been there surely?
Flying over the clouds, fighting with Curley
Crocodiles and pirates avast!
Slipping through the trees and running fast
Danger lurks about this heaven indeed
Pirates area all dangerous...even Smee
My childhood home resembles what neverland is
But I know that it is somewhere it exist
Two outs
Bottom of the ninth
Two balls
Two strikes
Wendy up at bat
Coy and demure
Peter on the mound
Anxious and determined
Stares down the batter
Looking for a sign
Wendy winks
Peter winds up
A slider down the middle