my feelings pour out
some good some bad, but they're true
I can't help my heart
How is it that I can miss
someone that I don't even know?
It's driving me insane,
how can such thoughts be so?
Why is it that my soul
cries loudly in the night,
while searching for a woman
who's not within my sight?
Why is it that I crave
the brush of her soft hands,
and anxiously await
her impassioned demands?
Why is it that I long
to taste her honeyed kiss,
and drift away with her
through rapture's sweet abyss?
When will these feelings stop?
They're tearing me apart.
I'll never feel her touch;
I know this in my heart.
So why can't I let go
when nothing's there to hold?
Why can't I walk away
before my dreams turn cold?
I must begin to search
and find the key within
to vanquish all this pain
and not let darkness win.
Today I'll let her go
and seek her love no more,
but will I ever be
the man I knew before?
I picked the mails from the letterbox
I saw the handwriting on the envelope
My heart skipped a beat with a flutter
I opened the mail and kissed the name
that you signed
Love letters straight from your heart
I read the letters again and again
I smiled as my imagination brings to
the fore
Memories like
At the smell of your fragrance,
I drew a deep breath.
I imagined our hands clasped in a
two fold hold
My heart and your heart fused in
a cupid inferno
Only waiting to be ignited in a combustion
of love.
It's love letters straight from the heart.
Exercise your heart muscle daily
AP: 1st place 2026
Forgiveness must begin within our heart.
And rise above the things that we may say.
Sometimes cruel words can drive us far apart.
And so, these words for you I will impart.
Just send them to you fast without delay.
Forgiveness must begin within our heart.
You see, I want to make a fresh clean start.
With hope, our future makes a better day.
Sometimes cruel words can drive us far apart.
If you can see this truth, that is a start,
My love for you I never would betray.
Forgiveness must begin within our heart.
My world would shatter if you should depart.
For your forgiveness, I shall hope and pray.
Sometimes cruel words can drive us far apart.
Please mend our love with just a cupid's dart.
Begin again and chase our blues away.
Forgiveness must begin within our heart.
Sometimes cruel words can drive us far apart.
a bouquet brings a window to life
AP: 1st place 2025
Times are tough, but know I’m here,
Your forever friend, my love, my dear.
When skies turn gray and shadows fall,
I’ll be your light, make me your first call.
No matter the storm, please don’t be afraid,
I’ll always be here it’s the friendship we’ve made.
The pain in your heart is quite overwhelming,
My friend, my dear, I’ll be here comforting.
There is nothing on this earth that can stop me,
Trust me, with me is the safest place to be.
For your peace and happiness are important to me,
I’ll never give up till I know you are free.
Free from this pain, however long it takes,
For the bond we share, it cannot break.
Your happiness is a number one priority,
You will always have support and love from me.
Scott W.
Times are tough, but know I’m here,
Your forever friend, my love, my dear.
When sky’s turn gray and shadows fall,
I’ll be your light, make me your first call.
No matter the storm, please don’t be afraid,
I’ll always be here, it’s the friendship we’ve made.
The pain in your heart is quite overwhelming,
My friend, my dear, I’ll be here comforting.
There is nothing on this earth that can stop me,
Trust me, with me is the safest place to be.
For your peace and happiness are important to me,
I’ll never give up until I know you are free.
Free from this pain, however long it takes,
For the bond we share, it cannot break.
Your happiness is a number one priority,
You will always have support and love from me.
Scott W.
how can heartless conjure magic meant to be bled by a broken heart?
A/N: For the Monoku contest Why I Abhor AI Generated Poems.
New moon vanishes into a blush of russet
where humid air twirls along with clouds,
and stars burst…
flickering above hilltops
to cast my anguish across the sky:
How wanton gulls crisscross on a flight;
their shrill rattling an echo that my heart pales
from an image of first passion’s gaieties
outlined by his maze of treachery, of ruse :
Forgetting not my lesions from one August night,
tears split forth in torment
without measure:
Naïve at eighteen then, I drank yesteryear’s pain
hoping fate could heal me from such drilling spin...
then to wake up fed with grace
to echo new morn's canticle of beginnings
1st place.
If you only knew how long I've been
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w a i
w a i t
w a i t i
w a i t i n
w a i t i n g
for the longing of your embrace,
for elongated dreams of your gaze
with the kind of gleam in your eye
that chases my love,
unlaces dreams I feel uncertain of,
and embraces my body's blood,
which holds the bloodline to our future.
I'm not asking you to worship me,
not to commit blasphemy,
but, if possible, maybe the next best thing?
If you only knew how I long to give you the same
A mothers love is like no other
Through thick and thin
They’ll be no other.
Bites to the nipple
Shat on the walls
Puke in the stalls
A mothers love is like no other
Through thick and thin
They’ll be no other.
Fights in school
Blood in the pool
No Rule
A mothers love is like no other
Through thick and thin
They’ll be no other.
Illness, inflammation, intoxication
Sickness, sorrow
No tomorrow
A mothers love is like no other
Through thick and thin
They’ll be no mother.
Our affection was once a radiant blaze, now fading
The warmth that ignited our souls is now fading
The moments we cherished have become echoes, fading
The joy we once knew has turned to whispers, fading
Our dialogues have become clumsy, fading
The silence stretching between us grows heavier, fading
The bond we once cherished is fraying, fading
Our hearts pulse to a rhythm of their own, fading
We grasp desperately, but it's eluding, fading
The love we nurtured is gradually vanishing, fading
Our connection is fading, and I’m fading
Into the shadows of our once-vibrant past, fading
Love doesn't arrive with beating drums ~ it's a quiet song the heart hums
If I'm never able to kiss you again
Our souls are forever united
Never again will our sweet love stray
A burning desire you've incited
It hurts so badly, it's indescribable
Want to feel this thrill forever
Your tender and sweet young body
With me in every endeavour
The thrill will assuredly be too much
To contain my raging desires
My heart, my soul, my entire being
Is ignited in a raging fire
How else to explain my lack of interest
In all thing mundane and normal
There isn't anything normal about you
You're exquisite beauty is above all
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