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Aizen Knaik Apr 2017
You used to be my everything,
now you ain’t even anything.
I used to cry before I fell asleep,
but those memories already slipped.

Like a dandelion in the fall of Spring,
beauty and joy are all they bring;
But when the wind starts to blow,
one by one they’d drift in a row.

When I saw you the other day,
millions of words I wanna say.
But you always left me hanging-
and act like I am nothing.

Just like a clock ticking the opposite,
as the pain creates a huge slit;
Searing this vulnerable heart,
and tearing my love apart.

I remember the first day we met,
clueless as to how you set-
In my meticulous eyes and ego,
your presence I can never let go.

The day you painted a smile-
the thing I’ve missed for a while;
Mending these broken pieces,
as memory of my past ceases.

I needed you in my daily dose,
though we were never close;
A glimpse of you completes me,
like the rhyming of this poetry.

Who would have thought I’d fall,
for someone I can never call-
“My love”, “my other half” or “mine”?
Love, after all, is indeed blind!

We were taught to return a favor,
to show respect and good behavior;
But even if your love is overdue,
I’d always fall for someone like you.

In my orchard full of dazzling green,
you are that special tangerine-
so special that I can never pick,
when I harvest you’re unripe and sick.

Many tears have been wasted,
pains and misery I’ve tasted;
All for one person I always admire,
from afar I can never acquire.
Dedicated for someone I can never call mine. :)
rose Apr 2017
I live between contentment
and
adventure
it is the perfect space
for me
:)
Don Bouchard Apr 2017
Growls or barks me from my easy sleep,
Dragging from my lips a groan, or sometimes worse,
Because a wind-blown branch is tapping at the house,
Or the neighbor dog is yelling out his worries to the moon.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, the dog
Moves from his place at our feet
To the valley between you and me,
Settles atop the comforter,
Lays his shaggy head upon my chest,
And sighs a deep, contented sigh
To say he is part of the pack, happily at rest.

Sometimes in the middle of the night I remember
That humans aren't the only family members.
Carlyy Apr 2017
Drive til you see mountains
Minutes will pass,
by thousands.
Keep going til you smell the ocean
Exhale at last
No more commotion
I wanted to try actual rhyming with this poem. I did it! Finding peace is one thing I wanna do in my lifetime(:
Francie Lynch Mar 2017
If I am happy
To be content;
Am I still content,
Or must I now strive
To maintain
happiness?
So many words,
So many meanings.
But not
Love and Hate,
The simplicity
Of strong emotions
That need no delineation.
Christian Bixler Feb 2017
small flowers
clustered, at mound's base
ant's garden
Christian Bixler Feb 2017
as sweet water
falling, in the first month
when glad my soul
Debbie Ogenyi Jan 2017
Here I am sitted again  
Options laid before me
Another path so enticing
Too many meals before me
All these calling out my name

How do I choose just one
My feet longs for every path
My tongue waters for every bite
Just then  heart whispers contentment
So I followed my heart  and found peace
Beau Scorgie Jan 2017
Contentment?
Who needs contentment.
Let's burn this fxckxng house down
so our skin swelts from the heat
and our egos can cry for our lost possessions.
Who am I without my Things?
Who is Sisyphus without his boulder?
A man now content with only himself?
Gxddxmn Absurdism.
Cedric Jan 2017
Contradictions that we agree upon,
Morbidly humurous situations,
Fictitious reality's dreams of truths,
And how we hate the things we truly love,
It's all so fake yet it also exists!

Inconsistency became consistent,
Change has always been unchanging, constant.
Reality has become vaguely clear,
Bravery has brought about many fears,
We wail with a smile as we cry our tears.

Living in a state of peaceful conflict,
Accepting that we're all clearly confused,
Dying as if we're living and breathing,
We open our eyes, sleeping and dreaming.
A sonnet of contradictions, oxymorons, confusion and instability.
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