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Best Poems Written by Lj Jackson

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Everything You Can'T Change

They say good comes to those who wait
But what if the wait is so hard it tears you apart, makes your heart stop
What if there's no light in the tunnel, no one to turn to
It's crazy how the heart can affect your whole life
Can't breathe, can't see, you're so blind
Love is patient, love is kind
It's all a lie
It eats away like a cancer at the thoughts in your mind
Distance makes the heart grow fond but time makes memories fade
They slip away, every day it's a race to get back to the place where you felt safe
Where your soul was enslaved by the one that can take away all the pain
Now you feel like you'll go insane without them right there in your face
You'd give it all to go back to that night where everything was alright
She's there by your side
Smooth skin on your lips, softest kiss
Hands on her hips, pure bliss
Now you sit alone with clenched fists as blood drips from your wrists
You're filled with shame
You must carry all the blame for everything you can't change
That's right, suppress the pain
Just shove it all down
No emotion, don't make a sound
The urge is still real, the scars will never heal
You can feel people's eyes burn holes into your skin
The battle within, you can't win
It's a disease that consumes your whole being
Warped thoughts that you've been having won't go away like magic
Defeat this tragic war
Battle on, you are a soldier
Put on that coat of armor and carry the blame no more

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Waves of Love

I’ve always known that I experience love differently than others, that I don’t always feel it. It is not something that remains constant. Instead, it comes in waves and surges like high tide; forgetting that it’s there until it crashes into me suspending me weightless head over feet with nothing solid to stand on. I’m suddenly kicking and thrashing, feeling for anything to wrap my fumbling fingers around so I’m not flung out to the merciless sea to fall prey to the dark creatures of the abyss. I am suffocating in this casket with no walls. I hold my breath and shut my eyes as tightly as I can. I let it bounce me around like a pinball. There’s no point in struggling, trying to control the game is a fool’s endeavor. I realize that I must embrace it. I tuck my knees to my chest, letting the current slam me into jagged corners of rock and coral, and tear open my flesh turning its cool blue body into something gruesome, crimson and cloudy. The salt stings every open wound, but then, just as swiftly, washes my blood stained skin leaving it clean and pure. It is all at once invigorating and terrifying. It is a nightmare within a wet dream. I balance on the very edges of mortality and sanity. A million thoughts in my mind and an instant deafening silence. I’m drowning, dying, flying. I am enslaved and emancipated. I yearn for sweet release, but I am strangely pleased in purgatory. A bizarre comfort in torment and despair. Still I search; for the light must be near. I must play in the shallows or retreat to the shadows of the deep. I know the way but not the outcome. I accept my fate and let go, it is time to reach the surface.

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It's Your Story

A new day, a new page, a fresh start
Some chicken scratch and a few words from the heart
With this pen you attempt to unscramble your brain 
Grasp each thought before it slips away
Hold tight till your knuckles turn white
Close your eyes but don’t lose sight
Twenty- six letters all arranged just right 
Don’t criticize, just let your hand flow free
Show me what others cannot see
Don’t stop, don’t think
Let the ink speak the things you can’t express
Relieve the stress, release the cement shoes on your feet
Do your best to shove the elephant off your chest
Breathe easy
Live now, no rewind, put the past out of your mind
It’s your time in the lime light
They’re your chapters to write
Rewrite, analyze, revise till you’re satisfied
You’re the author
What will your story be like?

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Just One Day

Glow from the stereo, music plays softly 
She forces a smile as she sips her coffee
We'd spent all day trying to pause time 
Laid in bed with our legs intertwined
Finally relaxed, I drifted off in peace
She lay awake and watched me sleep
I wake up in dread as night fall's near
She rubs my head and whispers in my ear
Cherish it, my dear, these times are rare
Hold my hand, touch my skin, get lost in my stare
Inside these brick walls, it's just you and me
We can be who we want where the world won't see
No secret side glances, trying not to get caught
No awkward hellos, portraying someone we're not 
Here, beside you, is where I belong 
I won't change my mind, there's no way this is wrong 
Fast forward, press play, we wait for the train 
Shadows cast on her face from the moonlit rain 
A closer look, I see, a tear fall from her eye
Don't cry, I plea, this isn't goodbye
I love you now and I did from the start
Brown eyed girl, you've captured my heart 
I'll always be here as a lover or friend
You're a part of me now till the beautiful end

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There Is Evil Inside

Moonlight bounces off the cold tile 
So hollow and empty
Like the souls that dwell within the bodies that must walk along this frigid ground
Each one encompassed by something unseen 
A heaviness that intensifies gravity
An extreme force resting on the shoulders of the wicked
Thrusting them down toward the inevitable
Callous and calculating in a past life
These skills no longer necessary 
Haunted by the terror in innocent children’s eyes
Paths of destruction fueled by uncontrollable rage
Carnage plagues the diseased mind
Void of conscience 
The vigilant sociopath follows dangerously close behind
Awaiting the precise moment to strike again 
They’ve learned to hide it
They speak in peaceful tongues
Tell themselves that the vile thoughts have vanished 
That the villainous culprit resides inside no more
But they will never escape
Doomed to spend eternity surrounded by steel and wire
Looking up at the blue sky longing to be free
Slowly deteriorating 
And reminiscing about the agony they once caused
Mocked by the red exit sign at the end of the dark hall 
Knowing full well their feet will never touch liberated earth again

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When You Carry Me Home

When you carry me home
Forget the wrongs I've done
The mistakes I made will go unseen
Worries of the world will be set free
Angels will fly around me
White light will surround me
A path of gold lay at my feet
When you carry me home
All wounds will be healed
No pain I shall feel
No illness remains 
No harsh word to hear
No sadness or fear
When you carry me home
I will be ready
I'll stand tall and walk steady
My heart no longer heavy
No demons behind me
No vultures above me
I'll embrace the wonder in my eternal slumber
When you carry me home

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Those We Miss

I talk to you in my dreams 
The girl with the purest soul 
You would sing to me way off key and tell me I'm so beautiful 
I tried to be your saving grace when you lost all control 
That smile upon your porcelain face, I'll never let it go 
Your fragile body gave up it's fight
I wasn't there in time to see 
Fate swooped in that January night and took you away from me 
I got the call and rushed to you, tears filled my eyes 
I fell to my knees in disbelief at your morbid disguise 
Along the way you lost yourself 
Lines got crossed
I had nothing left 
I walked away when you needed me most 
I can never forgive myself 
But tonight I'll make a toast
To laughter and to tears shed 
To the ones we will never forget 
To the first kiss or the last embrace 
A shot of whiskey or soft linen and lace 
Whatever you meant to each of us
Forget the lies and broken trust 
We will remember the good, toss out the bad 
Because if we could, we'd take it all back 
So cheers to the beers and the glasses of wine 
We will dry the tears one day at a time

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Hidden Storm

Gray skies lie behind clear blue eyes
Soft smile, clever disguise, hide memories of pain and demise
So she tries to find a silver line in torment of past life
Flashbacks flood her mind, threaten to define just who she will become
She cannot rely on the things she has known
She fights to overcome the rage that's inside
She looks down at her hands in shame and denies the things they've done
She would shatter like glass if she took off the mask
She keeps armor on her skin, her knuckles covered with brass
To let the world in will never be an option
Weakness is a sin that she buries deep within
Storms brew at night as she lays in bed
Thoughts fill her head as the screams rain in
Images haunt from when she was a kid
So many times she wished she were dead from hot lead tearing through flesh
A lightning strike positioned just right 
or crimson blood flowing from the slice of a knife

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Bitter Fight

Between light and dark, black and white
Lies my heart in a bitter fight
Succumb to compassion or choose to be numb
To help another human is considered wrong
I've done all I can but it's breaking me down
My air is constricted, my heart violently pounds
If I continue on, I will lose myself
I will fade away until nothing's left
I'll go back to the way that I was before
Alone and fighting my own private war
Bitter and broken, no one by my side
Lost and confused, not feeling alive
I'll open old scars, tear through fresh skin
Walk down old paths and relive the pain

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Perspective of a Pill Bottle

I’m here to drive the edge away
Though I just make you feel broken and ashamed
I leave you in a cloud but dull the pain
I shape your actions and warp your brain 
They say I will to make you sane
Calm the rage, slow the train of thought
Each day closer to our expiration date
A balancing act, careful not to tip the weights
Too much equals disaster, too little and it ends the same
You come and go while I sit and wait
It’s my turn when you’ve had all that you can take
I win the battle as you collapse on the floor
I watch as they burst through the door
I’m along for the ride as we tear through the night 
With each breath you fight; neons in sight
They pump out the poison; you’re barely hanging on 
You wake up and I am gone, never to return
I doubted you; you’re strong. . . 
Reclaim the voice within 
Never give in