You loved...
You loved the silence and the empty screen.
You loved a guy, enough to wait on him for weeks.
Waiting for a simple message
to ease the longing your aching heart feels.
Waiting for “I love you”
to quiet your fears.
And it was hard...
hard not to break beneath your thoughts.
So, when your heart would ache,
you'd hide.
Hide behind the memories
of words you only once read.
Hide behind the hope
that all of it was soon to end.
And you'd wait...
for the moment you'd be found,
by the one
who had your heart in his hands.
We can tolerate anything
But not being overly loved
It feels like flood sometimes
And famine at other times
He deserts her when she is need
Yet drags her close when he is in need
He doubts her a lot
Criticizes her
And demands her explanations
Yet she gives even more
Because she loves him so much
She admires him
She wants him
And never wants to lose him
She can do anything for him
But who is going to explain
The suffocation of her heart?
He never understands the
Beat of her heart
Because that beat is HIM.......
This boy
My son.
I used to feel
that he never listened to me,
always going against me.
This boy
was one of my biggest problems.
The machinery inside him
was like the latest EFI system
once I took it apart,
I wouldn't know how to put it back together.
Still, I could never throw him away
a glistening, greasy chunk of meat
covered in sand.
A termite,
perhaps,
for whom I traded
my own dreams
for his future.
Then my grandson said,
Grandpa, you don't understand anything.
Look here.
Don't worry.
I'll explain it to you.
That boy—my son
even complained
that his own son
was getting on his nerves.
But my grandson
he is just like
the way I was when I was young.
I find myself
drifting along with his imagination,
wandering through
the little worlds inside his head.
And sometimes,
I even find myself amazed
at my own son
because somehow,
my grandson
is even more lovable
than his father.
I know now you was sent from the good Lord above...I don't think you'll ever fathom in your mind, how much you are loved... I know I'm kinda crazy and probably legally insane...but ide crawl through miles of broken glass, to take away your pain..You are the love of my life, my wife, my soul mate and best friend....And I know this loves eternal and we'll be together in the end... When this life throws us hard times, and trials, my beautiful bride do not fear it.... Cause you will have me next to you, Mind Body and Spirit....You know some people go a lifetime and never find what we share...And I'm so thankful to God for you, because this kind of love is rare .... They could even lock me back up babe, A YEAR A Decade or Longer....But my love for you Never fades infact each day it jus grows stronger!!
I loved the sorrows
Of your changing face
And dream of the soft glaze
of your green eyes
And their shadows deep
How many loved your moments
Of glad grace
Exuding tender kindness
Shall you exist only in one’s
Deep desires.
Must be off there is a tomb
Most of what remains of whom
Much loved by me so still lies
My heart with her slowly dies
Must be off to earthy throne
Making sure she's not alone
Mourn us both for we have gone
She is beautiful, she was amazing
Always that
Still that, and will be, forever
She was my Russian language teacher
In the first moment, I loved her
The young innocent virgin boy
I loved her, but she failed me
At the end of the second year
I changed school
The perfect love was destroyed
Our paths have parted far away
It happened forty years ago
Only a few years different we have
She is so young, there is no age
She was a painting, now a dame
Her very being is etched into my soul and heart
Her memory can never be erased from my life
Never, never more in the time
My life was going into a dark labyrinth
Came just sufferings, pain, bad fate
Years and years passed away
Yes, unforgettable this perfect woman
This bleeding wound will never heal. Forever
Life, thank you for this woman
Her agonizing memory carves my soul
I love her through time and for eternity
Yes, forever
I needed you, beautiful lady from my past
I won't forget you for decades
Your memory erased everything from my mind
I think, I wish, I dream, I imagine only you
Beautiful lady, you refreshed my life
You gave me a new style, a new life
From far away, from the mountains of Mátra
You, the beauty and diamond of Hungary
I love you, hmm, but why? You are silent
Do you enjoy my suffering? I think yes
But you must know, my heart is honest
My witness is Fryent County Park
These lines were written from here
Remember this guy always
He loves you, a crystal stream
I
as
a child,
loved night time.
Summer with fireflies,
made the nights very magical.
We love catching them and putting them in a glass jar.
The pretty jar was all aglow then morning came a sad funeral for all of them.
A Light,
A glance,
A fight,
A chance.
Looking at the sky,
I wish I could fly.
Not with wings,
Nor with dreams.
But with the warmth
of a love so intense.
A love that sees no bounds
that only knows smiles and pleasant laughs and sounds.
One that gives purpose
to the dullest of days without any remorse.
One that loves for love
not on the offset of a hope.
Who knows how to give
the energy, care and the smiles.
The only one whose presence
Can make one want to live forever.
A love so intense
A love so giving
A love so encompassing...
Would I ever find one who would love me like I do?
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ I should have loved you ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
By Edna St. Vincent Millay
Blocked out by: Sara Kendrick
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ I should have loved you ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ given in earnest ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ lifted honest eyes for you ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ caught your hand ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ all my pretty follies flung aside
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ and beneath your gaze,
Naked ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ been to you, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ remained,
¦¦¦ one more waking ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ dream,
Cherish ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ stakes I gained,
¦¦¦ walk your memory’s halls, ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ supreme,
A ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ girl you knew
Who ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ loved you ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
(Blackout of )
Death of a loved one changes the lives
Of whom is left behind
He may not understand what is left for him
His direction, path, focus has been fogged
His mind has regressed to escape his stress
His actions become childlike as he seeks
Attention, connection, touch
But only in his form, his way
Not considering other feelings
No awareness of!
No respect for!
Disregarding sensitivity of!
I watched my Mother Earth
naked under acid rain,
her trees like ribs poking through
a thinning green dress.
Once, she was thick with mango scent,
her belly warm with rice,
her rivers laughed like gurgling babies
now she chokes on plastic bottles
and oil spills that shimmer
like toxic jewelry.
They say the sea is rising,
but no one tells you how it feels
to watch a coastline
forget the names
of the children who played there.
My childhood was monsoon wet
thunderstorms licked our skin,
frogs sang in the dusk like priests
now rain arrives like a stranger,
either too late
or all at once,
like a slap.
I am told
to recycle,
to carry a cloth bag,
to plant a tree once a year
like lighting a lamp for the dead.
But the billionaires fly
above the storms,
sipping cold coffee
and dreaming of Mars.
And I
a woman with cracked feet
and a bleeding voice
write poems
no one reads,
weep for birds that no longer return,
and mourn glaciers
as if they were lovers
who never said goodbye.
The sun burns angrier now.
The moon stays away.
And I, too,
am learning how to die slowly,
without asking for too much air.
owl loved turtlenecks especially in red
Give me a cowl, I’ll wear it until I am dead
There was a fierce wind, it had a big howl
A huge beast flew past, another kind of fowl
Was that a raven or crow? Owl asked a pal
I do not know, she said I’m a near-sighted gal
They noted the black bird had a looped jowl
Dripping from it was a giant I, their favorite vowel.
She's not giving me the attention I want
I gave up on trying, trying to taunt
I tried and tried
To turn the tide
But she still didn't respond
Every day I wanted to bond
But sadly no, she didn't want me
Didn't have the guts to tell me who she wanted to be
Now I sob
Like a worker without a job
I cry
Because I wad too shy
My heart will be forever empty
For she was so pretty
She liked me before
But now no more
Il never be quite sure
Il die knowing I never hugged her
Now I have to go to the next chapter
Knowing I'll never live happily ever after
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