TRUSTING
       people
          has made
                   ME
       the *******
   I AM TODAY.
                                                      Jon York    2019

Don't depend too much
     on anyone in this world.

     Even your shadow leaves
     you when you're in darkness.
                                                                    Jon York   2019

TRUST                LOVE               and BEING
gets you              gets you                    REAL
KILLED               HURT                   gets you
                                                             ­ HATED                    
              
                       ­                                                                 ­       Jon York   2019

Distance yourself from
     the people who:
     1. Lie to you
     2. Disrespect  you
    3. Use you
    4. Put you down
                                                                    Jon York   2019

Our happiest memories
   always make us sad.
                                                          Jon York   2019

they say home is
where the heart is.

Mine is among the stars
across the universe.
                                                       ­  Jon York   2019

Some memories will never leave
your bones. Like salt in the sea;
             they become part of you.
                     And you carry them.
                                                                                Jon York   2019

You'll never find
               another me.

     Not sure if that's a
     good thing or a bad
   thing, but it's the truth.

                                                           Jon York   2019

MIND says:
            Move on

      Heart says:
             Hold on
                                                        Jon York    2019

We ignored truths
for temporary happiness.
                                                                  Jon York   2019

Birth
What the **** is that?
Death.

I Am Built From Every Mistake
           I Have Ever Made.
                                                                        ME: I Am Finally Happy
                                                                      LIFE:  lol, Wait A Second.
     It's Insane How Much
One Person Can Mean To You.


    Always Be In Love                                                 In Life
With A Soul,                                                 What You Really want
               Not a Face.                                     Will Never Come Easy.


   Be The Reason Someone
Believes In The Goodness
               Of People.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

Stop expecting so
   much from people.

                                        Jon York   2019

I lost myself
somewhere in the darkness
and I found so much beauty
in the dark and I have found
a lot of horrors in light.

Monsters are real, ghosts are
real too. They live inside us
and  sometimes   they  win.

Love me like my demons do.
Just look inside my heart,
you will cry but know I love
it  when  my  demons  dance
with yours.

Damaged people are dangerous.
they  know  how  to  make you
feel like you're home.

Never  regret  being  a  good
person  to  the  wrong  people.
Your behavior says everything     '      If you have been brutally
about you and their behavior               broken, but still have the
says   enough   about   them.                 courage  to  be gentle  to
                                                                   others, then  you deserve
Always: be the best person you             a  love  deeper  than  the
can be - be kind even when you're                              ocean  itself.
tired -be understanding, even when
you're angry - do more than you're
asked and don't ask for anything
in return.                                                                         Jon York   2019

Things I want:
        1. You
        2.

So may my smiles
begin   with   you
because   every
love   story   is
beautiful but ours
is   my   favorite.

I love you. You
annoy me more
than I ever
thought
possible. But I
want to spend
every irritating
minute with you.

I never wanted
to be your whole
life -- just your
favorite part.

A woman can
change a man
because she loves                                           Every
him. A man changes                                      day I
himself because he loves her.                       love
                                                            ­              you more.
                                                           ­                                  Jon York   2019

The  two  most  powerful
warriors are patience and time.

Be careful who  you  make
memories   with  --  those
things  can last  a lifetime.

Don't   judge   others   just
because  they sin  differently than you.

Sometimes life is about risking
everything for a dream no one
can see but you.

Sometimes   wisdom   means
staying  quiet  while  others
loudly express their ignorance.

The key to keeping your balance
is knowing when you've lost it.

Our relationship should be a safe
heaven,  not a   battlefield.  The
world  is hard  enough  already.

Life is a journey to be experienced,
not a problem to be solved.

You could be my "come and stay"  
in a world of "people come and go."

The only thing I'm committed
to right now    is bettering myself.                                  Jon York   2019

If only our
eyes   saw
     souls  
instead   of
bodies, how
very different
our ideals
of beauty
would be.

You don't
have a soul.
You  are a
      soul.
You have a
     body

A   beautiful
face will age
and a perfect
body will
change.                                                      
                                                                ­     I don't want to make love,
But a beautiful                                           I just want to rub my soul
soul will always                                         up against yours and watch
be a beautiful                                              love make us.
soul.

Fight for the                                                             All I
fairy tale, it                                                              c­an do is            
does  exist.                                                     ­          be me,
                                                             ­                       whoever that is.
                                                             ­                                Jon York  2019

May  our  love  be  like  the
four elements:  EARTH,  FIRE,
WATER, AIR
May our  love be  like EARTH
rich, natural,
and   deeply  rooted,
strong  as  rock   yet
soft  as  sand, always
growing  and  always  patient.

May   our  love   be  like FIRE
passionate, intense, and
energetic  with  a  flame
that  never  dies  and  as
radiant  as  the  morning
sun, as warm as an evening embrace.
                                                                      I want to feel the heat
May   our  love  be  like  WATER             of my own breath bounce
moving, constantly changing                   back and warm my lips
never still, never stagnant, as                   after I strategically place
vast as the ocean and as fresh                   them on my favorite places
                     as a spring's rain.                                             of your skin.
                                                                      I want to leave goosebumps
May  our   love  be    like    AIR                everywhere I have not yet
the sharing of dreams                                kissed and spend the night
,thoughts, and emotions,                           trying to read them like
always fragrant, always                                                                braille.
carefree, found in the breeze
of a whisper, of in the breath of a kiss.                          Jon York   2019

You may not have all of me,
for all I cannot give.

But you can have the part
of me only you know
was hid.

You reached inside my
darkness and gave me back
my light.

You gave to me so easily
and held me through the
night.

You washed away the
doubts I had with every
gentle kiss.

And brought the kind of
passion I never knew I
missed.

You may not have all of me
for all of me I cannot give.

But you can have the part
of me that no one ever did.                                            Jon York   2019

Shared laughter in sheets
says  more  of   ****
than   a   thousand
sensuous   sighs
stirring  across  the
softest  satin.

Let us make
quiet   love,
soft   sighed
ans slow stirred;
glancing grazes
and beautiful
gasps.

Swallow
your loudest screams
and yell instead
with squeezing
    hands.

Do you think it possible
that some people
are born to give
more love
then they will ever
get   back
in   return?
                                                         ­                     Jon York   2019

Time lost  
its    way  
when    I
  found
  myself
with you.

Always
remember
my   heart
holds   you  
when   my
arms cannot.

It beats,
it breaks,
it loves,
it aches,
for you.
Only you.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

You can't skip chapters
you have to read every
line, meet every character
or you won't enjoy all
of it.

Hell,
some characters will
make you cry for weeks.
You will read things you
don't want to read, and
you will have moments
when you don't want to
the pages to end.

Stories like ours keep the
world revolving and we  
learn that the best things  
truly come when you have
the patience to endure.
                                                         ­          for  introduction
I am lost                                                    and I fell in love
in your pages                                           with the strength
and fumbling through                            of   your   spine.
the chapters of you.                                 I will turn them,
You                                                        ­     now, still,
came without                                            but promise me
prologue                                                    yo­u will never
and no need                                              end.
          ­                                                                 ­                   Jon York  2019

Be the person
   your dog
     thinks
    you are.

The mountains
that I am
carrying, I was
only supposed
to climb.

I know my worth
I've paid dearly
for every ounce
of it.

Rock bottom will                                          If you Fail, never
teach you lessons                                          give up because
that mountain tops                                       fail means:
never will.                                                    "First Attempt In Learning"

Expect the *******,                                      End is not an end, in
but never accept it..                                      fact End means:
                                                                       "Effort Never Dies"
If you get "No"as an
answer, remember
no means:
"Next Opportunity"
                                                                                          Jon York  2019

I
     myself
    are made
     entirely
          of
       flaws,
     stitched
     together
        with
        good
     intentions.

I don't need much,
but  what  I  need
    is everything.
I don't need things
because they often
distract from what's
real.
I   just   need   you,
and  to  hold  your
hand  on  this path
that  only  we   can
understand.
                                                                     Jon York   2019

Real love                                                               I'll
doesn't care                                                    let you be
about money,                                                      in
your age,                                                         my dreams
your looks,                                                           if
your past,                                                         I can be
your religion,                                                   in yours.
your house,
your reputation,
the mistakes
you've made
or any so-called
obstacles that                                                        You              
appear to be                                                      can't be wise                    
in the way.                                                                 and in love
It just is.                                                                      at the
                                                                                      same time.
What is unconditional love?
It's a love that exists no matter the conditions.
Nothing can change this love, not even time.

The recipe for                                                Every pleasure's
a good life:                                                      got an edge of          
hug more.                                                  pain, pay your        
love more.                                                     ticket and don't
kiss more.                                                                complain.
**** more.              Jon York   201'9

Stop Thinking So Much,
          You Are Breaking
           Your Own Heart.
                                       Jon York    2019


                                        



      3 word short story

             I'll Never
               Forget.
                                         Jon York    2019

No matter
         how many
           people
        believe or
     don't believe
       in you, you
        must be the
          ultimate
        believer in
          yourself
             first.
          Pain is
       temporary.
             But
         quitting
            lasts
          forever.
        Learn to
           trust
      the journey,           Good things come to those who believe,
      even when                                      better things
      you do not                        come to those who are patient,
     understand                                    the best things
             it.                             come to those who don't give up.            
           Be                                                        
     ungrateful                                    
     for nothing                  
          and                       Good things never come from comfort zones.
      thankful                                     If we want success,              
         for                                    we must get comfortable with being
    everything.                                uncomfortabl­e.                
                                                                ­                                     York  2019

Lets keep
             it
        simple.
      Respect my
    time, match my
          efforts,
       keep your
       word and
       always be
           honest,
              stay
          constant.

         The older                     And if you've never        
            I get,                                felt your soul being
              the                                    torn apart, you've never
       more quiet                                  loved anyone with all your heart.      
                I                                   ­   
           become.                      Only the broken                              
              Life                              will offer a piece of their soul to you,                      
           humbles                                           for they know
            me so                           what it feels like being shattered
         deeply as                                              into pieces.
                 I
           age and
           I realize
          how much
           nonsense
              I've
        wasted time
                on.
                                        ­                                                  Jon York   2019

Find
         a place
         inside
          you
        where
        there's
          joy,­
        and the
        joy will
          burn
           out
           the
          pain.

         If you
           like
           me
        tell me,
         if you
       want me
          show
            it,
         if you
          love
           me
       prove it.
                                                             ­                         Jon York  2019

Burn out
      the
   stars
   with
     me.  

And in
     every
      life
     we fall
    like
    stars
   into each
\    other's
skies
     and we
     dream
       our
   way into
       each
     other's
    destinies.              
      The whole                     I exist too much,
     world                                  I feel too much,
      is built                                   I think too much,
      on                                             reality is crushing the life out of me.
    two words:                      
                                    ­           And in the end I will seek you out
    " what if "                                                                ­  amongst the stars.

                                              The space dust of me will whisper
                                                         "I love you" into the infinity of the
                               Jon York   2019                                             universe.

You will
           never
             be
          able to
           escape
        from your
            heart.
               So
              it is
             better
                to
            listen to
             what
            it has to
               say.

          The heart
            of man
             is very
              much
          like the sea.
            It has it's
             storms.
            It has it's
               tides.
                and
            It has it's                  People who love passionately,
              pearls                               ­             are meant to be loved
                 too.                                                             ­           passionately
                         Jon York   2019.

LOVE
     there is no
        falling
          "in"
        or "out"
          of it.
     When you
          truly
        love, it
      never dies.
           Love
       is eternal
            it's
       sacred, it's
          a way
       of life..not
           some
        temporary
           feeling
      that loses it's
            truth
        over time.
   People only fall
        "out" of
     love when they                    I'll see you when the road
        never truly                                           decides it's time for our
            loved                                            ­                 paths to cross again.
     to begin with.                                                            ­    Jon York   2019

In the end
it's the smallest
of touches that move us
in the biggest ways.

It's the shared heat of unspoken moments,
the grace of skin on skin,
the audible beat of your heart,
like bass drums that fill with sound,
the emptiness we hide ourselves in.

It's the desperate search for fingerprints
you left behind on my flesh,
the echoes of your fingers.

It's the single kiss on a surprised neck
and the pulse of life under lips,
the goosebumps that always stay.

The sparkle in your eye,
the warmth of your skin and your breath
on my neck and the strength of your stare
those blue eyes so fair.

It's the roll of those eyes and the inhale,
because it's the smallest of touches that
move us in the biggest way.
                                                                       Jon York   2019

I  won't  let pain
turn   my   heart
into    something
ugly. I will show
you that  surviving
can  be   beautiful.

Always remember                                  
that you are free to                                  
do what you want                                      
but you are never                                        
free    from   the                                            
consequences    o­f                                        .
your   actions.   So
always choose to
do good.

You     only     have                                     There are three solutions
control  over  three                                   ­  to every problem: Accept it,
things  in  your life -                                   change it or leave it. If you
The  thoughts  you                                      can't­ accept it, change it.
think,  the   images                                      If you   can't   change  it,
you  visualize,  and                                 ­    leave it.
the action you take.

Your  words  mean
nothing when your                       Society has become so fake
actions   are    the                                               that the truth actually
complete opposite.                                                        ­    bothers people
                                          Jon York   2019

Falling   in  love   is
easy. Having ***  is
easier. But bumping
into  someone   that
can spark your soul,
that   ****    is   rare.

I   no   longer   force
things.   What  flows,
flows. What  crashes,
crashes.  I only  have
space and energy for
things that are meant
for me.

Life is not about being
rich,   being    popular,
being  highly educated
or  being   perfect.   It's
about being real, humble,
and kind.                                                            ­            

Respect is for those who
deserve it, not for those
who demand it.

Some  people  say  they
can't see anything good
in  you.  Hug  them and
and  say  life  is difficult
for the blind.                                                                Jon York   2019

Life is
           like
            a
          ****.
     Sometimes
         it's up,.....
      sometimes
        it's down...
          But it
           won't
         be hard
         forever.
          If they
        need you
       temporarily
          ignore
           them
      permanently.
        Life has
      taught me.
     Never expect
    anything from
          anyone.
Don't love too much.        
Don't hope too much.
Don't trust too much.
Because that too much                           Temporary people
is going to hurt you so much                          give permanent lessons.

                                                      T­here is always hope. Always
                                                          ­                                   Jon York   2019

If
    you're
     going
        to
      stay,
      stay
    forever.
        If
      ­your
     going
        to
     leave,
      then
      do it
      today.
         If
       your
       going
    to change,
    change for
    the better.
      And if
      you're
      going
      to talk,
       make
    sure you                   Of all the things I needed to learn
   mean what                                          in this life you are my favorite.
      you say.                                                             ­          Jon York   2019

I want  to  kiss you
in   all   the  places
your   pulse   beats
beneath  your skin.
I want my fingertips
to  trace  your  neck
as  I  slowly breathe
you in.
I  want   your  kisses
on  every inch of me
so  that   your   lips
leave me with stains.
I'll press   my  body
against   yours  and
feel  the  blood  rush
through  your  veins.
You found parts of me
I didn't know existed
and  in  you  I  found
a  love   I  no  longer
believed   was   real.
Love is a commitment
to  protecting  another
person's   heart  with
the same  passion you
use to  guard your own.                                                                          
                                                                                     Jon York   2019

Love
       who
   you love,
        like
  what you
         do,
        feel
      free to
        feel,
         be
   who you
        are.
         Be
      strong
         in
       your
       faith
        and
     believe
          in
       your
     dreams.
  Love makes
         us                    
  invincible.
     always
       be in
       love.
                               Life is not always about winning
                                                   it's about never surrendering.
                                                   ­                                          Jon York   2019

Love
   is the
    sole
  reason
       I
  feel like
     I do
  and with
     each
   passing
   morning
         I
  am reborn
      anew
   and with
   the colors
         I
      paint
         I
  can't quite
     capture
        the
        hue.
                                ­       Why  poetry, you  ask?
                                                       ­ because  of  life,  I answer.
                                                         ­                                     Jon York  2019

I love the build up... when
touching  turns   into
grabbing. Soft lips into
passionate   tongues.
Your heart beating faster &
faster...with me longing for
you, your pleasured sighs.

"Push me up against your
mind and rip naked my soul
and I  will willingly concede
the rest to you" she whispered
in my ear and then she looked
at me and said, "the very thought
of you sir, makes me squirm."

You ******* lips as you straddle
me ready to be mine and slowly
you slide down on me taking in
every inch you can, closing your
eyes, you throw back your head
knowing  that soon  I  will  be all
inside  you.

That   wasn't  ***,   it  was  naked
poetry I told her, me being a poet
and  all,  "and if  you  just  wanted
to   talk  you  would   have  wore
underwear" I said, and then she
whispered in my ear, "I want you
inside my mind."
                                                          ­                     Jon York   2019

You  walked
       into my life again
                   and
       this time it was like
                you had
        always  lived  there,
          like my heart was
             a home built
              just  for you.

        I didn't fall for you.
              It wasn't a
            falling feeling.
          It was more of a
          wandering into
         a quiet room and
      knowing  I  was  home.

           I am not going
                anywhere.
             The  only  time
               I'll let go of
             your  hand  is
          to  grab  your  ***.

           And  I  need  you
            not  in ,the  ways
             to survive, but
          in  the  ways  that
            make life worth
                    living.
                                                                   Jon York    2019

This may well destroy me
and I am entirely,
completely,
and magnificently
alright with that.

I am haunted
by the things I miss
and all the times my name
doesn't fill your mouth.

I need a word
for the way that feels,
for all the combinations
of all the letters, don't
seem to say it properly

I know the way
to your toes curled
and palms filled
with sheets squeezed.
It matters not
that I did not build
the roads, for no one
can drive them
like me.

Will you come
and roll yourself
carelessly in my bed?
If leave you must
then leave you must,
the scent of you
behind.

                                                    ­                                    Jon York   2019

She   put  her  hands  on  either
side of  my  face,  and the  little
room falls away.  I  have  never  
gotten  so  lost in  a kiss before,
and then the space between us
explodes.

My heart  keeps missing  beats
and my  hands  bring her  close  
to   me  and    I  taste  her  and
realize  I  have been  starving
for a  very  long  time.

I have kissed before, but feel
like I am lucky this one didn't
burn me alive.  Maybe it  lasts
a minute and maybe an hour.

All   I  know  is  that  kiss and
how  soft  her skin  is  against  
mine, and  that even if I didn't
know it  until now,  I've  been  
waiting  for  this person forever.

And sometimes the best thing
you can do  is  not  think, not
wonder,  not  imagine,  not
obsess.

Just  breathe,  and  have  faith
that everything will work out
for the best.
                                                                              Jon York   2019

I  want  your  soul
breathing heavily against my collarbone,
I want your thoughts
nibbling on my ears,
your passions
pressed against my lips,
your hopes
naked on my skin,
your opinions
wet in my hands
and your desires
letting out soft little moans
against my soul.

I want your body
pressed up against my heart,
I want your hands spreading my
thoughts,
lingering over the curves of my
passions,
gripping my
hopes,
stroking my
opinions,
and rubbing my
desires.


I want you to remember
one thing. Wherever you are and
wherever you go
you will always be loved,
until my last breath and beyond,
you will be loved.      
                                                    ­                                         Jon York   2019

It's not what you do,
it's how you do it.
It's not what you see,
it's how you look at it.
It's not how your life is,
it's how you live it.

Start where you are,
use what you have,
do  what  you  can,
    get  it  done.

You are the
artist of
your life.

Don't give the
paintbrush to
anyone else
and if there is
no  way,
create  one.

Some people want
material things,
           me,
I just want peace,
happy times and
people who love me.

Knowledge is learning                  have: new dreams
something everyday                                 new days
Wisdom is letting go of                            new desires
something everyday.                                new ways
                                                            ­         new years
                                                           ­          a new you
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

Someday,  I'll   no  longer  ache.  
The day when  space no longer  
separates  us, and  our  worlds  
will  collide,and love will have
the  final  say. That  day you'll
be back  in  my  arms, no  more
sorrow,  and  no   more   pain.

The first day  of forever.  On that
day,  all   of  the   years   of   pain,  
all  of  the  compartmentalization,
all the excuses, all  the  cover  ups
when the tears won't stop flowing,
all of the days of barely being able
to  move  under  the  weight  of a
shattered heart...

All of those days will vanish.
They'll fade away. Grief and pain
will be no more when I can once
again see  your  face  search  for
mine.

Love  is lightening  disguised  as
a  sunset.  She will  strike  twice.
That  *****  will burn  you  alive.
 
The soul always knows what to do
to heal itself.  The  challenge  is to  
silence  the  mind.
                                        ­                            Jon York  2019

Tell me if I untied you

                                    and left

                           you blissfully

                 satisfied, your body
                                                            ­               And you stir as if
                         and limbs tired.
                                                          ­              from a  dream, a dream              
            Aching and sore a river                  you had about somewhere
                                                                ­            
         of pleasure flows through                  between now and then...
                                                         ­                 
     you laced  with  an  exquisite                
                                                                ­          Tell me...
sliver  of pain that both controls
                                                                ­          do you have the courage
and  heightens  your  body  and
                                                                ­          and  strength to ask and
mind  both  inside  and out  so
                                                                ­          to  beg  me  for  more or
beautifully, brutally used.
                                                           ­               will you just say " make
The fragrant mix  of juices  fills
                                                   ­                          me  wet.  make  me
the  air,   the  sweet  scent  from
                                         ­                                  woman. make me yours.
the   most   delicious  of   fruits.
                                                                ­                            Jon York  2019

Poetry is a way

                      of saying

*** isn't  the  only way

I want to be inside you.
                                                 Jon York  2019