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I chose to say nothing
Because only silence could say
The trillion words I hold in my heart
And decided to kiss you
Because only that could explain
My silence
I chose not to push so hard
your heart was a battle
I wanted to win by retreating
So I fell back as competition
attacked
but trust me baby I was watching
I chose to just look on
For I believed if you happened to see
The gaze of my eyes,in them you'd see no lies
So I'll say this one last time
In free verse cause I can hardly rhyme
I chose to embrace my feelings for you
Not just because you're beautiful
but because you are the one for me
I chose not to contemplate why I believe so
So I beg you never ask
For you'll find no answer
I just know I love you and I believe Love is reason enough
Ray of clarity
breaks through my clouded vision
and warms my spirit.
.
A wisp of breath
The brightest of smiles
A case of theft
A set of trials

My heart to take

Garden in my mind
Flowers in the air
Formerly blind
Eyes like Eyre

My heart to break

Hair like sunset
Beauty like light
I'll never forget
Our brilliant night

My heart taken
My palms are shaken
butterflies airborne
no longer fore-lorn
My heart is smiling, I've never met a girl like this.
I surrounded myself
in the walls
of her
heart

and suffocated
Not necessarily bad, but when you can love someone so much you wrap yourself in it, and in a sense suffocate happily. Yet at the same time, it could hurt you in return.
We're not something, that I regret,
though now I feel, my heart's beset,
every poem was still, so perfect, so true,
though just like, each 'I love you'.

I don't regret us, it was worth the pain,
and given a chance, I'd do it again.
You left again, you do that a lot,
but I love you, in case you forgot.
 Jan 2016 Wandering soul
ryn
I was a shape in my cosy little shell,
I stayed...
I nestled.
My cookie-cutter thoughts would
occasionally rebel...
And stray to the windows.
But still they were imprisoned by the
walls that surrounded.

I would steal bashful peeks
out a window.
I'd let my senses take unrestricted flights,
as I stared into the grandeur of the carnival
that seemed to have sprouted overnight...

Just beyond the confines of my home.

"What a marvellous circus!" I'd think...
I'd gawk with child-like adoration
and never blink.

The universe lay sprawled
in a celebration of systematic chaos.
It stretched far into the horizon...
A delight to the senses,
perceived through such young eyes.
The world had told me stories.
They were like fireworks
that speared up to the sky.

I wanted to be a part of the jubilee...
I longed for the validation of my existence.
I wished to claim the gift of life bestowed upon me.
I'd resent being held hostage by my indoctrinated ignorance.

I was a shape.
I knew I was a square.
I knew I had a home...
But not within those four walls.
Simply because...
My heart wasn't there.
The torture chamber painted
thick with red, white and black
fully contains artifacts different
unimaginable kind each one is.

Pain indeed was the tap root
from which art sprouts, says the poet
all the secrets of the heart, hidden deep
for which a heavy price is paid
throughout life, sing and dance
spin a fine yarn, tell an unforgettable tale
Ability to feel the pain and sympathize, distinguishes
the DNA of art of any kind, elevates it to the plane of sublime.
 Jan 2016 Wandering soul
Traveler
It's clear to me now
Everything beautiful
Belongs to you
Mine are but hazel eyes
Longing to be blue

It's like trying to breathe
Under the sea
Lucky for me
Even mermaids
Have needs

And so I hold
My subjective breath
And take my place
As second best...
Traveler Tim
re to 10-17
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