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Feb 2019 · 243
Fantasy
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Elves
Dwarves
Wizards
Magic and adventure for all

Hobbits
Fairies
Pixies
Dragons
Magic and adventure for all

The imagination is a wonderful thing
The imagination is awesome

Imagination is as real
Or
As false as you make it

So join the quest
Have some fun
And let your imagination guide you
Feb 2019 · 98
Let's go
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Let's take a journey
Let's have an adventure
See new place
Greet new faces
Try new things
Feb 2019 · 315
Lifesaver
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
How many times
Has poetry saved my life
Over the years
Feb 2019 · 130
Bully
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Try walking in my shoes
Try living my life
Try having my problems

Guess what
I bet you wouldn't last
5 seconds

So until  you have lived my life
Walked in my shoes
Or Delt with my problems

You bully can just shut your mouth
I don't want to hear it
Feb 2019 · 159
Brother and Sister
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
They came from a broken family
Violence
Drinking
Child abuse

Their parents fight all the times
Father wants "special" treatment
From his daughter
Sometimes he hungers
For his son
And when it is not father
Mother wants these special times
With the kids

Why
What have these children done
To be treated like this

Brother and Sister
Wish to run away
Leave and never return
To this dreadful place

But for now
They must hang on
As best they can
Drawing strength from each other
Feb 2019 · 202
Footprints
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Footprints in the sand
Showing me where I've been
All I have been through
To become the person I am
Feb 2019 · 747
Jesus Christ
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
You are my life
You have brought me
Through life's greatest strife

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
You are my Lord
You are the one
I'll praise and adore

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
You are my king
When I have fallen
You lifted me
Feb 2019 · 198
Bind us together
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Bind us together Lord
Bring us together as one
We are a broken nation
We need you

Your Love
Your mercy
Your grace
Bind us together Lord
So we may love you
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Goodnight
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Goodnight
Sweet dreams
May nightmares pass you by

Cuddle up
Close your eyes
Drift away in slumber

Dream of good thing
Flow upon the river off the mind

Goodnight
Sweet dreams
Dear child of mine
Feb 2019 · 223
Tide
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Adrift upon this emotional tide
When will I hit land
Feb 2019 · 125
Tender kisses
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Tender kisses
A heart warming gift
Feb 2019 · 108
Stop
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Stop doubting yourself
Start believing in yourself
Stop holding yourself back
Start letting yourself fly

For there is no telling
To what great heights you can achieve
If you never try
Feb 2019 · 184
BBQ steak
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Steak on the grill
Corn on the cob beside it
BBQ sauce to be spread on
Potato salad in the fridge

Beer
Friends
Lots of fun

Family
Neighbors
Folks from down the street

BBQ time
Is fun time
Feb 2019 · 146
Untitled
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Don't follow me
I'm already lost
Feb 2019 · 107
Expose yourself to me
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Expose yourself to me
Share with me  your hopes
Share with me your dreams
Your joys
Your thoughts

Expose yourself to me
Let me know the real you
No holding back
No hiding

Expose yourself to me
Share with me your love
Your heartbeat
My heartbeat
Beating as one
In tune with all creation
Feb 2019 · 87
Flowers
Tony Anderson Feb 2019
Flowers grow upon
The graves of the fallen
Those who gave their all
To shine a light
Into the darkness of this world

Flowers grow
Their blood stains the Earth
They fought
They died
For a higher cause

Now they lay
Sleep the eternal sleep
Now they lay
The flowers marking their spot
Now they lay
Gone but never forgotten
Jan 2019 · 197
Biscuits and Gravy
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Biscuits and gravy
Heaven on a plate
Jan 2019 · 181
Child
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Down a dark cold alley there is a child waiting for help
Do you venture to help the child not knowing where it will lead
Or do you pass by and think nothing of it at all
Jan 2019 · 131
Bullies
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
There they are lurking in the shadows
Haunting me
Awaiting with a sadistic grin
Following me
Awaiting for me endure my immoral actions
I tell you cannot control me
But what they do is touch me with their filthy hands
Capturing me
In the perfect frame of mind
Were say
"Don't run cause you cannot hide
Be afraid cause it is you who will die "
There I am beaten, scar by scar it adds
But it will never end. Bullies
Jan 2019 · 168
Jesus
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Jesus I love you
I need you in my life
Your live is like the ocean tide
Overtaking my din
And letting me come in
Your forgiveness is truly out of sight
Jan 2019 · 518
My teddy bear
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
My teddy bear
My companion
My friend

My teddy bear
Never tells me I"m wrong
Or criticize me in any way

You take away my fears
Calm me when I have bad dreams
You never laugh at or tease me

My teddy bear
I love you
Jan 2019 · 122
Get up and move
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Get up and move
Life was meant for action
Jan 2019 · 210
Addicted to you
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
I am addicted to you
Your beauty
Your personality
Are so so so
All right so I can't explain it
I just know
I need you in my life

You are my drug
You are my fix
I love you more
Than my own life
Jan 2019 · 137
Your Love
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Your love overtakes me
Like a tidal wave
Jan 2019 · 256
Your eyes
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
My heart beats a thousand times
When I look into your eyes
Jan 2019 · 141
Untitled
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
My soul screams for your love
Can you hear it
Jan 2019 · 274
Story
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Every life tells a story
Will your story motivate
Or
Will your story destroy
Jan 2019 · 1.7k
Define yourself
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Don't let others determine
Who you are
Find your own path
Find your own way
Define yourself
Jan 2019 · 190
Beer
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Beer
Beer
Tangy and sweet
Beer
Beer
With the food I eat

Beer
Beer
Bubbly foam
Beer
Beer
Store bought or made at home
Jan 2019 · 203
A spark
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
A spark is all it takes
To start a mighty blaze

May that spark be in you
May that mighty blaze
Burn with the passion of life
May that blaze never die
Jan 2019 · 90
Come Sail Away
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Come sail away  
To points unknown
Come sail away
Adventure behold

Come follow me
Chasing the wild wind
Your hearts desire
Is your command

Come sail away
Open yourself to something new
Open yourself fully
To your imagination
To your whims
To anything at all

Come sail away
For the adventure of your life
Jan 2019 · 114
Love
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Love is not just a four letter word
Love is emotion
Love is passion
Love is life
Jan 2019 · 289
People only see the outside
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
People only see the outside
But I am dying inside
Drowning in this ocean of emotion
Drowning in a river of tears

People only see the outside
The don't know
My internal struggle
The torment
The pain that hides behind my smile

People only see the outside
They don't see
That I want to **** myself
That don't see that I want to die

People only see the outside
Jan 2019 · 103
Mind Games
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
If you want me in your life
Tell me
If you don't want me in your life
Tell me
Stop with the mind games
Jan 2019 · 333
That Flower in her hair
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Went to the funeral
Of a woman I knew
As I approach the coffin
I notice a flower in her hair
This brought back memories
And brought me to tears

This woman I had known since grade school
She always had a flower in her hair
Field trips
Lunch time
Class time
That Flower was always there

In middle school
It was the same
At dances  gliding across the floor
Flower staying in place
Even when she started playing sports
She wore that flower

In High school
That Flower went along
Dances
Spirit week
Prom
Even at graduation
That Flower was under her cap

So to see a flower in her hair
After all these years
Should not shock me
Jan 2019 · 152
Miss you
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Tears stream from my eyes
For my heart aches
When you are away
Jan 2019 · 146
Jesus
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Jesus you're my saviour
I will praise you Jesus

Sun shines at the dawn
I praise you for giving me one more
No matter what how hard
The darkness tries to shut me up
I will sing your song

Jesus is my savior
I will praise you Jesus

I praise you in my joy
I praise you in my pain
Because you know
To truly grow
My life needs a little rain

Jesus is my savior
I will praise you Jesus
Jan 2019 · 105
Hot chocolate
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Hot chocolate
On a cold winter day
Hot chocolate
Toe warm the soul
Jan 2019 · 429
Hurt
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
I sit with my head in my hands
Crying an ocean of tears
Life has hit me
Has hit me hard
Feel I will be torn apart

I sit with my head in my hands
Feeling shame
People laughing at me
People calling me names
Why must some be so mean
Why must they hate me so
Jan 2019 · 139
Dim
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Dim
I have aged
My sight grows dim
You have stuck with me
Through thick and thin

My eyes may be dim
But I can see
By the light
You show to me
Jan 2019 · 111
I Am Broken
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
I am broken
No, shattered
Like a mirror
Splintered into a million pieces

I call out of loneliness
The world turns away
leaving me in the cold darkness
Shattering any hopes and dreams
Of ever fitting in

I do not wish to be a loner
I want to have friends
I want to belong
The world however destroys those dreams
Time and again

Splintered like a mirror
Millions of me
Sad
Lonely
Depressed
Why go they not let me in
Why do the shut me out
My emotions
My thoughts
Shattered into millions of pieces
Looking for one gentle heart
To take this broken soul
To make it whole
Jan 2019 · 208
FLY
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
FLY
I believe I can fly
Nothing to hold me down
I spread my wings and go

I believe I can fly
Up into the highest heavens
Far above the clouds
With the Earth far below

I believe I can fly
Just untie me and let me go
Let me run
Let me be
Nothing to keep me grounded
Nothing to oppress me

I believe I can fly
Let my spirit soar
To go as it pleases
Chasing it’s fancy
Chasing it’s dreams
Jan 2019 · 74
WITH MY WORDS
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
With my words
I can topple governments
Bring down those in high places
Destroy our very way of living

With my words
I can bring healing to those in need
Comfort the lonely
Whisper a kind word into hatred

With my words
I can bring forth knowledge long forgotten
The knowledge to help all mankind
The knowledge to right wrongs
The knowledge to heal
Mind
Body
Spirit
Knowledge that can open doors to
True freedom
True peace
The very truth of humanity

With my words
I can speak the truth so bold
Truth whose true knowledge is yet untold
Truth to listen
Truth to understand
Honest
Nothing held back
Open for all to see
Naked as the day you were born
Kind of truth

Truth of joy
Truth of love
Truth of life
My words speak them all

With my words
I speak of life
Life fulfilled
Life lost
Jan 2019 · 319
Dodgeball
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Two teams
One on each side of the court
***** lined up on the center line
We stand focused
We stand ready
Waiting for the GO

The Whistle blows
Off we run
Like bullets being shot from a gun
Run to the center
Grab a ball
Then throw

Grab the *****
Throw them about
But do not get tagged by an opponents ball
Or else be called out
Jan 2019 · 106
FFA
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
FFA
I consider My time in the FFA
(Future farmers of America)
The best part of my High school years
The friendships I made
The leadership skills I gained
The fun of the contests

Those blue and gold jackets
Were beautiful and comfortable to wear
Even if a tide warm at times

The trips were a blast
All of us laughing and joking
Riding on the bus

Yes my time in the FFA
Is among my favorite times
In my life
Jan 2019 · 548
Treasure
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
The greatest treasure
Of the greatest worth
Is believing in yourself
Jan 2019 · 240
Ice cream sundae
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Ice cream sundae
Ice cream sundae
What a tasty treat
Best way to beat the Summer heat
Jan 2019 · 143
The confrontation
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
You and me
Me and you
Eye to eye
Toe to toe

Tempers high
Fists about to fly
Blood may be spilt
Teeth may be lost

The heat rises
As we stand nose to nose
At this moment
Sizing each other up

You and me
Me and you
Eye to eye
Toe to toe
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Jesus loves me
This I know
Though I'm just a little toad
Sitting here upon this log
Eating flies all day long

Jesus loves me
Though I'm a deer
I know he keeps me very near
And when I've gone astray
He will bring me back again.
Jan 2019 · 266
Lean on me
Tony Anderson Jan 2019
Lean on me
I am your friend
When troubles arise
I'll help you defend
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