Post your own Poetry.

[./freelancer]

This thread has been dead long enough.

Me
The night is over
It's morning, again
Seems sooner than before
just like last time
Parents are home
I put on my mask
Just like I always has
Just like I always will

Time hits eight
I'm off for school
Barely enough time
to change my mask
Meet up with my friends
I'm just like them now
They all think they know me
They have no idea

Home again
Safe in my room
Barely breathing
I take off my mask
No one can know me
For who I really am
No one can know me
They would not understand

[jebus]

When Cows Eat Beef

When The Cows Eat Beef
These Cows could get really Sick
Lets Have a burger

*must resist quoting a roses are red style poem involving rake

[./freelancer]

You read too much bash

[jebus]

Self Reference

reading old poetry
can be depressing
but then I realize
this is sort of self referential
then laugh a little
this is a bad poem

[Otera]

Defeated fears

I have learned
These recent years
That while they influence us so much
Nothing is so insubstancial
As defeated fears
Once you find something to not be scary
And accept it as it is
You soon cannot remember being afraid
And you start to wonder why
You once were leary
Because the memory of a fear defeated
Is as insubstancial as a dream
So, my friend, find something that you fear
And learn about it
You may just see
That it's not as scary as you thought it
I know it can happen
It's happened for me

[Otera]

Betrayal

I knew you,
Or at least I thought I did;
You were my best friend,
Once upon a time.
I knew you like none other
and you knew me the same
And now I can't help but wonder
Because everything has changed
I sit here and wonder who you are
Because you sure aren't my best friend
I KNEW her.
You're not her
She abhored what you are doing
Because it killed someone she loved
Because it made her ill
Who are you?
What is that you say?
Things are changing and we must change with them?
Are you changing with them?
Or are you just sinking into the mold?
Are you changing with them?
Are you keeping up with the times?
Or are you being dragged into the same trap
That has destroyed so many others?
I thought you knew better,
I thought I knew you.
I thought I did, but I guess I was wrong
Because I never thought you would betray me
Nor did I think you'd betray yourself
But I guess I didn't know you as well as I thought I did
Because I thought you were smart
I thought you cared about life
I thought you didn't want to die
I guess I was wrong,
I guess I never really truly knew you
And I'm sorry
I guess I wasn't a good friend
If I was, I would have known
And I wouldn't feel like you betrayed me

[jebus]

Struggles

Everywhere, struggles
A war of creatures
All against all
Forced to kill to survive
A constant game
Of hide-and-seek
Seeking food in others
Hiding prevents becoming food
And casualties of carelessness

Flattened squirrels in the road
Baby birds fallen out of nests
Cheetahs killing zebras
Big fish eating little fish
All of these casualties
Of this never-ending war
No side can win
As no two are the same side
Only one end to this war
More casualties

[Nutari]

Betrayal

I knew you,
Or at least I thought I did;
You were my best friend,
Once upon a time.
I knew you like none other
and you knew me the same
And now I can't help but wonder
Because everything has changed
I sit here and wonder who you are
Because you sure aren't my best friend
I KNEW her.
You're not her
She abhored what you are doing
Because it killed someone she loved
Because it made her ill
Who are you?
What is that you say?
Things are changing and we must change with them?
Are you changing with them?
Or are you just sinking into the mold?
Are you changing with them?
Are you keeping up with the times?
Or are you being dragged into the same trap
That has destroyed so many others?
I thought you knew better,
I thought I knew you.
I thought I did, but I guess I was wrong
Because I never thought you would betray me
Nor did I think you'd betray yourself
But I guess I didn't know you as well as I thought I did
Because I thought you were smart
I thought you cared about life
I thought you didn't want to die
I guess I was wrong,
I guess I never really truly knew you
And I'm sorry
I guess I wasn't a good friend
If I was, I would have known
And I wouldn't feel like you betrayed me

omg otera is this me? if it is help!!!!

[./freelancer]

The Chase

I'm running from everyone
Trying to get away
Always running, never hiding
Running without a purpose

I like the chase, it's all I know
Until they get too close
That frightens me
Why, I do not know

They must not catch me
I must keep running
Though the reason eludes me
I just don't know

[Otera]

I don't remember what poems I've posted, but I'm going to bump this thread a bit!

ein Nocht allein

Sitting alone,
She gazes at pictures
Losing herself in the past
As the tears fall unheeded
Down her face
The music plays, soft and haunting
The tears fall faster
As the chorus comes
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
The scenes flash before her eyes
Her mother - weak, ill, dying
Lays on the bed once more
The gentle hiss of oxygen
The cold sweat on her pale, pale face
The silence overpowering
When she returned home that night
She sees the face of her mother
Calm, quiet, at peace, pale, white
Dead
Tears fall faster yet
But no one sees
The song ends
The tears dry
No one saw
No one will see
Tears shed not for a lost life
But for innocence lost
Now scarred
That lonely girl is me

[WingedPegasus]

My dog is a lazy, fur-covered beast,
Who never takes heed of my words in the least.
I find it annoying that she never obeys,
But she will not be changed from her villainous ways.
What can I do to combat such rebellion?
How can I convert this relentless rapscallion?
When she gets that mischievous look on her face,
I find myself giving her more and more grace.
Her eyes are so bright, her fur is so soft,
Her tail so regal when she holds it aloft.
She looks at me lovingly, yet ever she's scheming,
While she sleeps at my feet, it's of mischief she's dreaming.
She waits by the door when I am away,
And greets me joyfully at the start of each day.

You may call softhearted, and I fear I must concur,
But I can't think of a dog that I'd like more than her.

[Pharaoh Atem]

Darkness has come
I'm alone in the night
Hiding my feelings
Out of everyone's sight

Despair fills my soul
Which as a fact is quite strange
Cause inside feels empty
My feelings have changed

When you left I felt good
Like you wanted me to
I looked deep inside
And there I found you

It felt like you were here
Living in me
Giving me strength
To live life and just be

I felt honored and proud
That you were my friend
That I was there your last days
All the time that you had

Brave and determined
To get through this with pride
To keep the promise
That I made as you died

Forgive me if I fall though
I know there will be bad days
Cause I loved you so much
In so many ways

As a friend and lover
Counselor and adviser
There never lived a women
Who could have possibly been wiser

I'm so sad and confused
Like a lost little girl
I feel like an oyster
Without its precious pearl

Cause that's what you were
All shinny and bright
Who brightened each day
And chased away night

I'll never forget
And I'll always miss you
But we'll meet again
This just has to be true

With a love as strong as we had
Not even death can keep us apart

Where are you?

R.I.P. Julie

PA

[Muh_tuttles]

PA, I would love to be able to tell you what that poem did to me, but I can't. All the words I usually use are bland.

I had tears in my eyes; it conveyed such strong emotions.

You have a beautiful talent PA. A really amazing talent.

20 greens wouldn't be enough for this and nothing i can write can convey what I feel towards you and so many other people like you.

So here's my contribution. If any of you who read this know me and are close to me then this poem is for you.

I wrote it several years ago.

So Precious

You do not know, you never will,
Know how much you mean to me.
You cannot think or ever feel,
The joy you give to me.

I do not know, I never will,
Know how to tell you this:
The joy you bring where ever you go,
Brings more than happiness.

God already knows, and always will,
Know what you mean to me.
He planned it so, because he knew,
I needed someone like thee.

Keep this with you, if nothing else,
The love I give to you,
And remember this, if nothing else,
God loves you more than I do.

Muh_tuttles

[Otera]

*hugs Atem tight*

[Col.Foley]

Lament of the Moth.

I am Moth
You are a Flame.
Burning
In my soul and essence
With passion
And desire.
But when I approach
Say something
You burn me.
Or I you.
Driving a distance between us of a thousand miles.
A chasm that is getting harder and harder to jump.
Filling up with darkness in between.
Dividing further
The moth from the flame.
You cannot possibly imagine what you do to me.
And I can only dream of what I do to you.
Or is it a nightmare?
Of fear,
Loathing
Hate
Terror,
And rage
For after all aren’t these all-reciprocal emotions.
All sprung from the same source?
But yet there is always that small slimmer of hope
Some miracle that could yet happen.
For us to understand one another.
My intentions
And my
Feelings.