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Best Poems Written by Jonathan Shipman

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Light, Dark, and Shadows

In the Light
I will search for her
In the dark
I will call out to her
In the shadows
I will keep ion going for her
Where is she?
In the Light
I wll look high and low to finde her
In the dark
I will scream for her
In the shadows
I will march on to seek her
Who is she?
In the Light 
I will find her for me
In the dark
I will talk to her
In the shadows
I will walk past the temptations for her
Is she near?
In the Light?
I will find her to be with her
In the dark
I shall chat with her for we are one
In the shadows 
We will walk out togerter as one

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I Shall Survive

I will keep on goin

Someday I"ll laugh about this
However I'm not right now
All the time I remember
Like it or not I'll always carry this
Low and high I will not forget

Soon my time will be here
Until then I'll fight on
Really I can't be kept down
Vunerable or invulverable
I will stay strong
Vow not to sleep until I am done
Everyday I shall Survive!

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Trying To Change

I try to change who I am
But who I am doesn't want to change
I try to adapt to step into the stream (of normality)
But I can't seem to adapt fast enough
I try to not stand out
but others are so different from me
That if I stand in their midst
I am different and I don't like it
I try to change but can't 
I try to adapt but can't
I try to blend but can't 
So I won't try anymore
I won't change but I will be
The Change
I will stand out and 
not tyr to blend in,
I am the change, 
And the one to show the way
I will change those who try to change me.

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Pain and Suffering

I feel the pain
I should not bare
I am suffering heart-brokenness
To young of an age
but I'm still here
I will not give up
I will feel the pain and just turn the other cheek
I suffer
So i can become stronger
I;m still here
I will not give up
My life may seem painful
My suffering seem long
But I'm still here!
I WILL NOT GIVE UP!
I will feel the pain
and I will suffer
Through tick and thin
Knowing your always there
In my heart
I AM STILL HERE
Life, bring on the pain and suffering

(Dedicated to Derek (D.J.) Risinger and Grady (Paw-Paw) Risinger. Always in my heart!

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Up, Not Down

I look up
as my world come crashing down
I reach up 
to keep from falling down
I feel up
as it all goes down
I am up
when I really should be down
I stay up
when I am expected to be down
I stand up
as I am told to stay down
I seem up
to make sure I do not look down
I am truly up
For I will not be kept down

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The Final Embrace

Drink away 
the pain
As you accept the 
final enbrace
As life drains out of 
you
Drink away the pain
As you breatthe your 
last
As death hovers over 
your body
Drink away the pain
As you rememer your 
whole life
As memories make 
you see your life was 
nothing
Drink away the pain
As you hear the last 
prayer over your body
As thoughts drift 
away to oblivion
Drink away the pain
As you hear either 
angels singing or 
people screaming
As senses start to 
shut down
Drink away the pain
As you accept a new 
life
As nothingness fades 
away, learn a new 
territory of life/
death

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Nobody's Poem

I look and before me is an angel
I look and the heavens sigh, longing for this angel
I look and know I am invisible
This angel is who I love
How must I capture her gaze
Long enough to express my agony without her
Must I conquer the world
Must I touch the starts
Must I forfeit my life
Just so she knows me
How must I capture her love
 Must I give up everything I own
Must I become rich and powerful
Must I change who I am
Just for here love
How must I capture and hold onto her
Must I keep her in chains (so she never flies again)
Must I clip her wings (so she never flies again)
Must I cage her (so she never flies again)
Just to keep her
O don't pity me; my heart has loved, but pity those who don't love

Dedicated to my love
Dedicated to my angel

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A New Day

Everyday 
after this will be a 
new day
I don't know why it 
happened
But I know I can't go 
back
Because my life has 
taken this turn
I need more than ever 
to stay strong
And true, true to who 
I am inside
I will always 
remember this is my 
heart
But I can move past 
this
So don't you worry 
about me
My peace is here, 
and I am whole
I am fine, and I don't 
need anything
From you or anyone 
else
For I made my peace, 
and I am whole
Don't worry about me
I may have been 
shocked
I may have cried
But I am here
Here to stay
So don't you worry 
about me
My peace is here, my 
life worth living
I am whole and I can 
see
That it will be
A new day everyday 
after this
I AM HERE TO 
STAY

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What Would You Do If You Had Me

If I give you my heart
What would you do 
Will you rip it to pieces
Or wil you cherish it
If I give you my brain
what would you do
Will you steal my intelligence
Or will you expand my knowledge
If I give you my soul
What would you do
Will you crush my spirit
Or will you make my soul soar
If I give you my body
What would you do
Will you bruise me badly
Or will you protect me from harm
If I give you all of myself
What would you do
Will you destroy me
Or will you love me

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Break Free Hopefully

Deep down in here
where no sun shines
my gentl side
wants to be released
and then show compassion
to others, but th edarkness
inside of me, controls
all that can help my
compassionayte side
to break free
and show my true self
and let the whole wide world
know that I stand against
it, in hopes of changing
what could ce
the worst mistake
of the whole wide world,
with is killing their brothers