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ab Sep 2017
i have known you for years
and when i say years
i mean it feels
like eternities

i mean the sketches i have
tucked away in an old journal
feel like they were formed
in mountain ridges

i think the edges
of our friendship
are tucked away in the corners
of your favorite jacket

and are protected

from the harsh winds

of chance

i like looking through old
yearbooks
and of all the students throughout
history
never have i found one
like you

you are unique to those
who know you
and to those who don't

and yet those that don't
can't see how

your eyes
lower when you smile
but even
nightfall
couldn't dull their shine

your hands
grip
a sketchbook-
your child, i presume

your face
lights up
and becomes an autumn
sunset
when you remember
that thing you meant to say

but wait-

never mind

you calculated our reactions
and though i insist
you do not budge

but the
mischievous glint
remains

and i must ask

am i allowed...

is it okay if...

would you mind if i...

but i cannot
say

how being near you
overwhelms me
with this energy

perhaps

the warmth
will burn me
from the inside

and

perhaps

you will flash me
that smirk

and i will melt?

am melting?

have been melting?

i cannot explain except
that you are the reddish-gold
of crisp
air

you are
the
bubble
of
chills
in the crook
of my neck

i see you
in dreams

you don't act
like you would

but i know
it's you

i do not stand
a chance with you

i cannot
breathe
my heart
to you

i am afraid

you are

too

perfect

~

although

you

cannot

see

it
~i haven't felt in ages, and then he comes back around
Dallas Sep 2017
I shouldn’t be writing to you. I promised myself, I promised myself I wouldn’t put words to paper. I promised myself that I wouldn’t translate this feeling in my chest into something that makes sense.
I blame you.
You are just too much. Everyone warned me not to get to close. Because, you are like a rose. Thorny and twisted but oh so beautiful. You are so beautiful. How did I think I could ever stand a chance? You shine like the brightest of stars, you burst with such a brilliance that wipes out everything in your path. Your smile tears down cities, and your laugh moves mountains. Flames dance in your eyes when you see how bad you destroy me, and I love it. You are wild, you are free, you are everything I want to be. You move like the wind blows under your feet and you speak like all the words in the world lay perfectly on your tongue. God I’m falling into the trap. I’ve fallen for the way you smile like everything in the world is beautiful. I’ve fallen for the color of your hair, bright and vibrant like a sunset. I’ve fallen for that glint in your eyes when you look at me, as if I am beautiful too.
Scarlet Niamh Sep 2017
Why can't I sing like they do,
the way I'm supposed to?
There are a million melodies
trapped within me,
like golden dust of darkness
blazing with gilded sparks
in the depths of my bones.
I've had enough
of this wretched game,
where I follow the line
leading to the bullseye,
trailing steps bigger than mine
and falling into dusk
with nothing left in me.
It's time for me to open the doors,
for me to shine with a light
as bright as yours.
I can feel it in my chest
as it tries to force its way out,
craving the best
sounds I could make before,
when I was alone.
I need to sing like they do,
to sing like I'm supposed to.
I know within
that it's what I'm fated to do,
to consecrate this ground
with music only I can make.
~~ Nothing is coming out of me, no matter how hard I try. ~~
Aislinn Miell Sep 2017
I observe the current of clamour from the far corner, over there
wishing I would blend with the limp air
And soak into the absence far away.

So, don’t ask me why
It’s in my nature to be shy
Just leave these flawed bones to decay...

even so, I didn’t ask for your kindness
It’s just an act muffled with blindness
I know it could never be true.

I have learnt not to trust those who are nice to me
Eventually they will push me away, out to sea
waiting for the waves to break through.

Yet my body tingles with this burdensome  feeling
This sensation blooming inside is unappealing...
all I can do is blame it on you.

Blame it on the way you walk
Or the way you stumble when you talk
Or the way your hair sits on your forehead.

Blame it on the way you smile with your eyes
Or the way you stare up into the skies
Or the way your ears can turn bright red.

But by all else above,
Blame it on the way you made me fall in love.
Aislinn Miell Sep 2017
With the familiar blur of familiar frames -
Wearied, we wait discrete
Worried that we cannot breathe
for the wind is yet to take us away…
do you think much longer?

We blend in to the scene
like a sail in the overcast,
lingering in our subconscious -
striving, aching for the sting of summer to melt us in the sun…
when is it coming?

The frost bits our lips,
Fastening the deadly silence
A fascinating mind, hidden in fearsome chambers -
Collapsing with the dead leaves of our own trees…
How much longer?

We hesitate to bloom,
Blinded to our own beauty.
Another day, another season
Believing we are better by ourselves, the world is bitter…
Spring is shunned by the silence -

But we are fine;
The wind will take us away,
Summer’s sun will melt us,
The leaves will fall, and nature will bloom.
But we are more than we seem…
we breathe.
Madelyn Landis Sep 2017
It clings to me when I walk
It's noticeable in my voice when I talk
It holds me back from my dreams
It takes away the gleam
From my eyes
And makes me despise
My own voice
My own face
Myself

It's inevitable it seems
These feelings, they deem,
Control over my mind
It's becoming so hard to find
Out how to make it stop
So I am no longer a prop
No longer a toy
No longer a victim
Finally free.

I'm learning to let go
To make it bestow
All it's false power upon me
To not let it change the way I see
The stage light shining down
And my voice that never lets me down
hazem al jaber Sep 2017
No shy ...

sweetheart ...
do you desire me ...
long for me ..
as i desire you ..
and long so for you ...
do you wish us to meet ..
as i dream always to meet you ..
say it sweetheart ...
with no shame ...
take off all your shyness ...
be brave to yourself ...
and clear with your feelings ...
and say it ..
if you really need me ...
take off those shyness ...
don't feel hesitate ...
this is just love ...
it's our love ...
created for us ...
with no shame ...
created with a craziness ...
to feel happy both ...
to get the peace ...
and happiness ...
through our love ...
our madness love ..
which we both created for ...

come sweetheart ...
with no shame ...
let's be brave ...
with no shyness ...
let's meet ...
to give one to the other ...
this sweet love ...
with our crazy feeling ...
our craziness ...
yes my angel ..
let's live this madness  ...
let's make this love ...
as we both feel ...
as we really need ...
because we both ...
need this love ...
and it's craziness ...

come sweetheart ...
let's make our dreams ...
comes as true ...
as we always dream to ...
come let's enjoy ...
come and dance here ...
here with me ...
into my sweet warm bed ...
to feel a happiness ...
while we making our love ...
with no shy ...
and with a proud ...
that we make what we feel ...

sweetheart ...
i really need you ...
as i know also ...
that you need to share me ...
what you feel about me ...

come babe ...
let's be together ...
let's meet ...
to make what we need ...
don't be late ...

hazem al ...
Carlyy Aug 2017
I may have made myself a nobody,
Almost invisible to the world,
But I see the theivings and decievings
Better here, on the outside.
I could tell you what I see and hear,
But should I ask for something in return
Just show me what's on the table.
We'll be strangers until your hearts content.
I don't lead nor follow.
I stay here on the outside.
I see and hear plenty to keep me aware.


                                                «c.h.b.»
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