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I spent so long worried about what I could give
Whether I was giving enough
How many people I was giving to
Pieces of myself
Breaking apart
Little by little
Piece by piece
Now If THESE WORDS Are TRUE... ???
And The NEEDS of The MANY...
OUTWEIGH The Needs of The Few...
All I am is a shadow
A whisper of smoke in a dim room
The smell of gasoline on couches and chairs
I am the match that calls from the box
in the drawer
in the kitchen
in the home you forgot was yours
I need a reason to fall in love again.
To let gravity take me without catching myself.
To believe that I deserve more than I let myself take.
After all, how can a heart be broken if there is nothing left to break?
It's crazy how it is
YouR my Friend
And then The Next your gonE`
Our Love is Like a Circle of Energy
that connects us
its Like your right in front of me
And then your..😒 ..😯.
Ya Know You'd Be SURPRISED ... !!!
By What You FIND Resides Inside Some Peoples' Minds ... !!!!
In Some It's CLEAR Their Thought Waves Steer ...
To Fallacies Hypocrisy Thoughts of GREED or Cash Money ....
Where are you baby
Where are you when I'm calling
Dreaming
Wishing
Where are you when I'm mising you
Baby please call, don't let me down now
Carry my dreams and tell me what they're made of
The sounds of joy during the holidays The warm climate, nothing like the cold december i know Music bounces from walls to walls Kids laughter laced with nothing but joy They who don't know what a christmas dinner is What christmas presents are or
I don’t need youI don’tIt took me 8 long monthsBut it’s trueI don’t need your smile or your laughI don’t need your hand tangled in mine
When I would go to the store as a child I would always grab something off the shelf and my mom would have the same conversation every time. The same patience in her eyes. The same faded smile.
I understand not what goes through their minds
The hateful, the wicked the all holy divine
They speak of God's love and say they will pray
if you listen closely they cackle as you walk away
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
you’re gonna miss the way I loved you
you’re gonna miss the way I let you hurt me
you’re gonna miss what I let you get away with
you’re gonna miss the way my hair shines in the sun
There’s a billion stars in the sky
And only one moon.
It’s a gift to be alone,
But a price for solitude.
The people in my class analyzed poetry
With finely sharpened pencils
And color coordinated pens.
I don’t understand.
You are what made me.
You are what brought me to my knees.
You are what rose above me in triumph.
You are my downfall.
I am what made You.
I am what made You able to tower high above me.
Life is trying to find the light
Throughout the years we learn to fight
At times we all may frown
We all have an up and a down
Finding themselves searching for more
Hoping for another open door
Dear me, You’ll regret this you know.Letting time slip by;it’ll pass in a flash.You’re leaving soon. You’ll hate this you know.All these hours you workfor a chance at more school.You’ll be there soon. You’ll doubt this you know.The path you have c
Tell me what you want,And I promise I won't give it to you.
I know, it's harshI know, it's not what you thoughtI know, I love you
The earth sits, bare.
How it wishes for there to be
One to bring water to the deserted field.
Let the seeds of the beautiful flowers and trees
Grow and grow until the bareness
can no longer be seen.
There is a girl sitting in front of me
I have known her for years and
Though we are not friends we
Are not acquaintances either
She is talking about something
love. can i fall? you make me feel all these weird things in my stomach and then i wonder if there's enough time to form this bond.
It's 20 minutes to sunrise
I'm watching the sun kiss every inch of your skin
as it awakes from its slumber and peers through the window
Skin that only God could have molded with red clay from the earth
She felt my thirst.Grabbing my legs lifting me in the air.I had no idea what was about to happen.The plastic removed from my face, the breath of life.I felt comfort in her hands.
Kids come in like snow on a winter’s day
All their smiles just light up my day
They come inside to run and play
Guns, death, anger at race Too many times have tears rolled a face To cry is to express pain and distress America seems to be in that state of mess
Heavenly father as I wake to this new day you have made;
I thank You and your Son for the price that was paid.
I know at times it may feel like I've hidden through my dismay,
Hate.
Intense or passionate feelings of dislike.
Feelings that rip apart friends, families, nations alike.
Today, it is a feeling of honor among this nation.
How can we say
we live in the land of the free
while the homes of the brave
are being taken away
How can we ignore
the illness and poverty
suffered so immensely
These words are a salvation
that flows from the need in my chest
through my arms
and out my flying fingertips
These words are a salvation
stemmed from the same feelings
and whirls of thought
It echoes through my mind
and feels glossy, shimmering
as if it were a woodland fairy;
with wings beating up and down in a
steady rhythm, a slow staccato but
Time
We need it
A 24 hour sequence
To keep moving, breathing, living
Time
What would we do without it?
7am Open your eyes
8am Out the door
9am I have arrived
12pm Lunch
All I need…
All I need is music
Music is everything to me
It keeps me calm I'm distressed
Its there to listen to me
She flips page after page, anxiously trying to reach the end;
Because there will be an end,
And it will be a happy one;
Hers? She's not so sure;
But no, she won't think of that;
When I was a newborn, it was Mommy.
When I was six, it was to be "a big girl."
When I was fifteen, it was freedom.
Now -
I thought I knew who I was.
I thought I knew what I wanted.
What the body needs
It needs to feed
It needs to feel
It needs to fail
Stuck on an island
Ain't no point in rioting
Because i'll have what I need
Some peace of mind
I am nothing without him.
For he is who has me all.
I climb trees, limb from limb
To hope he catches me if I fall.
They say he is not right,
What did he do wrong?
I've spent a lifetime in this room.Certain sources of light.Various lamps have come and gone,all lasting different times.Wherever they have been placedin the dark box that is my room,
If you ask Google “what are the most essential resources to sustain human life?”
Google will tell you that food, water, oxygen and a moderate temperature are the
basic necessities for human survival.
We think
we need
but we don't.
Another
false alarm
turns out
that we don't.
Then you
come along
your
little paws
and I do.
I could sit here and talk about
How all I need is an amount
Of money to make my life worth living.
But in the webs of subtle things
That this world of bustling
They say “you’re too young.”
How do they know?
They can’t see what’s in our heads; they can’t understand what we feel.
It’s all cliché, it’s all true.
I know the difference between a want and a need.
H20
By Bethany Hughes
Water.
On a deserted island;
water would be necessary to drink,
to survive.
Water.
Flowing throughout my body,
through yours,
A real person to keep me sane
A real joke to ease my pain
A real voice to open my mind
A real moment to kill some time
A real hug to lose myself
A real touch from no one else
A real soul to set me free
Something I can't live without isn't hard to choose
he is one of many I don't want to lose.
He spends his time loving and caring for me
all while hoping I set myself free.
He does not judge, he does not hate,
A hand
desperately craved
twisting and stretching
pulling my strings
Now, in this new land
To sense I’m enslaved
I guess the question is one thing I can't live without,
however there are many.
You see,
life is based on essentials and bare necessity.
Oxygen, food and water,
but these are mundane.
fire:your red and orange flames,keep me warm,cook my food,santize my water, keep predators away,be my light in the dark, your crackling will keep me company, the one thing I'll need to live.
We argue every day.
We argue until walls fall down,
Until the neighbors from downstairs look up at us
And say the next day “Please don’t slam the door. We hear you.”
Breathe in
Hmmm
Breathe out
Whooo
So easy
Hmmm
So simple
Whooo
In, out
.........................
Miss the beat
Hmmmm
Wh oooo
Skip a step
Hmmm
Silence.
With your eyes so deep blue
and the sight of your lovely pale face.
Oh, you don't have a clue!
It feels like I'm with you in space.
You've taken my heart.
I can't live without him.
I physically could, but I mentally can not.
He is my rock.
He is my best friend.
He is always by my side.
He does not judge me.
He encourages me.
He loves me.
I can't live without air.
Seriously.
That automatic pull that the lungs take,
that convert within themselves,
without us even thinking or knowing.
That creation of taking in and out what is around.
Happiness is elusive.
Sometimes it hides in the hands
of a boy,
his fingertips across my back.
And I need his hands
like concrete blocks,
to build up my spine.
And I need his mouth
Want and need. Simple words, but refer to greed.
What is it that you want? Money? Friends? Family? Solitude?
What is it that you need? Money? Friends? Family? Solitude?
I don't want to say you're all I need.That I can't live without you.
That when we fall asleepI match my inhale to yours.
I want to say that I exist on my own.That I can standwithout your arms around me.
Rakish reflections pass from an
Aging streetlight to grace your cheek;
The soft touch of that fragile golden glow
Compliments the green looking back at me
The smell of smoke is fast asleep
Everything is concrete
In a world where he loves me.
Laughter is more booming
And sun's rays zooming,
Burning, smiling on our peerless pairing.
I can now say I slept
Without knowledge of depth
What can't I live without?
My phone, my dog,
endless possibilities.
All things that make me happy,
none that fulfill my answer.
Laying under the stars, I think,
I cant live without...Love.
My soul to keep.
Attached not to my heart,
But to my ears.
My soul rings down.
Down to my heart.
I need your eyes looking back into mine
I need your love, your words, your time.
I need your lips and love divine
I' ve had none of this kind.
I need your secrets spilling from your soul
It is my conscious will
My want to always till
A world that never stays still.
It is my conscious awareness
My life I impress
On a world ravaged with tests.
It is my conscious emotion
S, Someone please explain to me how we define ourselves
U, Undermined, unloved, understood by none
C, Cease the stronghold on this white washed country
C, Cancel your freedom subscription the magazines void
All I need is the motivation,
the motivation to get up in the morning,
the motivation to keep getting up in the morning,
the motivation to get up every morning.
The motivation to make it
Thank you.
You changed my entire life with a simple smile.
You bring me happiness and gratitude,
and make me into a better women everyday.
Thank you.
I see people come and go,
I see people say goodbye and hello.
You cannot deny the feeling that grows, when
You and the people join paths.
It comes to stay and grow, this feeling.
The world is
Black,
A bleak balance beam, and I am blind.
The world is
Silent,
A plunging sense of destruction that makes one want to tear themselves apart.
The world is
Empty,
The world is
Black,
A bleak balance beam, and I am blind.
The world is
Silent,
A plunging sense of destruction that makes one want to tear themselves apart.
The world is
Empty,
My grandma is so close to my heart.
Without her, my life would be such a change.
I have loved her since the start,
If I didn't have her, my life would be strange.
My grandma helps me stay strong.
I am a dreamer
I look into the sky
I gaze at the stars and I think of you
You make me healthy
You have helped me grown in so many way
You relax me
You are there for me when Im sick
Smile, smile,
a world of smiles.
When you haven't seen your own in a while,
look around and you will see,
smile, smile,
a world of smiles.
What I need are my dreams I have while awake.
My ambitions that keep me foing forward,
Doubt I always shake.
Growing and succeeding for those whom I care,
Becoming a better person, becoming more aware.
There is one thing I absolutely need
A friend
Someone who is close to me
Someone to talk to, someone who cares
Someone who is always there to dry my tears
A friend
You ask me what I need
As if without air I can still breathe,
Without water or sunlight I'll be fine.
So
All necessities aside,
I guess I need the world.
It's a lot to ask, but
The reason I wake
The reason I live
The reason I try
The reason I smile
The one thing I love
The one thing I need
You.
All I need are books and pens
And study halls with all my friends.
All I need is the internet
To answer the questions i dont get
All I need is the library
And to cry when the stress is getting to me.
When I cannot sleep at night and nothing feels right,
I look to you.
When you guide me on my way and protect me as I lay,
I will thank you
I know when it's not there,But it's all I need.
I know when it's there,But I barely realize it.
I feel it.I crave it.But I never think to hold on to it.
Relax, man.
Whatever I need...
Is all I need
Whether it be the love of my life
Or a tiny flax seed
Whether the world on my shoulders
Or the sun's delightful rays
The love of my life, and his beholders
Your mind works in curious ways, like the sun only ever reaches it on the days when you let your guard down.Your optimism is much more rare lately.
I want to strip you to your bones.
Suck from you the marrow which gives you life.
Press the lungs that fill you.
Burst the veins that marionette you.
My world
My own chaos
Surrounds in ways that
nobody can feel but I.
My thoughts
My own ideas
provokes me in ways that
nobody can harness but I
My breath
Life we all need to be
Day 29:
I need her,
Like the waves need the moon to move
I need her.
I need her in every way.
She made the inevitable form of death not even cross my mind.
Who is her you ask?
"I don't know how," he says to me.
It's been 17 years and it only took three.
Three years of my life wasted on a process;
A process to let go of the one man who should promise,
All I need are the lives of my brethren,
given up for the ideals of the free.
Pressing forward with my dreams I've been buildin'
Seeing all these faces looking up at me.
Millin' in my mind,
all the time,
I need my phone.
Yes I'm addicted,
But I need it.
What if someone text me,
Or messages me on Facebook,
Or maybe sends me a snapchat.
I need it.
When there is someone you truly love,
You'll find that life before them was without consequence.
Without purpose.
You feel useless.
Before I met Her, I thought that what I couldn't live without was materialistic.
Need gets confused with want
You ask me about it, and I can’t respond
For need changes in time
To think. That's what I need.
Thinking is not tangible, but the product of it is.
Stranded, lost, and deserted. Tragic indeed, but with my mind I can accomplish anything.
All we own
All we want
We forget
What we got
This stuff
Not worth a penny
It’s all loss
See the reality
You can take my money
Take my stuff
there's this boy
and i love him like a letter loves it envelope
and my heart aches like too much christmas
when i see him
walking down the hall
and he
keeps
his
eyes
One time love
You're not
When I see you
I know you're the best
When we hold hands
We share so much
Our love is timeless
Our loving time
I want to be with you
I am a wave
Part of the ocean
Floating high, floating low
And sinking
When I crash
My highs are
So high
I give God
A high-five
My lows are
So low
I'm not even in existence
Free
From everything I used to be
Re-writing my history
Picture by picture I’m finding me
I’m alright
My hair plain brown, my face aged with time
Tick tock, goes the clock, as I'm just waiting
For your mind to click, realize, and see
I want you. I feel the bittersweet sting.
Wish you would feel the same way about me.
Love. One word. That has so much meaning and power behind it. I mean, I’m not even sure I know the value of it is anymore.
I thought I did.
I really need a job though I really need a good job There's nothing impossible for me But right now the only option the people like me is McDonalds Mexicans like me Colombians like me Cubans like me Peruvians like me Argentinians like me and some
they look at me and all agree
they think im a stuck up white girl
like, "she probably gets all her shit for free"
ive got blonde hair, blue eyes.
and my skintone is real white
Makeup is itchy
So I don’t wear it.
Purses are heavy
So I carry stuff in my pockets.
If it can’t fit in my pockets
Then I don’t really need it.
But what I really don’t need
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
Breathe in then breathe out
Pitch black
The smell outside
Is the smell of a future
Thrown away into the depths
vertiginous thoughts occupy space
in my head where there was none
each thought jets by my naked eye
shot from a smoking gun
lascivious intents spew words
So some of my friends recently asked me, want to go swimming today?
And I gave them a foul, foul look, and stated without delay
No.
I clearly don’t want to swim in the pool so you can go play
Gems and Dimonds
and most of the lot
are smeared and bruised
by life's dirty plots
so thus we gems
so thus we diamonds
work from dust
to bring new light
we are not perfect
He loved me once
Everyday he told me so.
Anytime of the day it didn't matter.
Right there beside me or
There in the middle of the day.
space between us grew bigger and bigger
Girls.
Overpriced makeup. It
Differentiates those who want to be from those who... Are?
they look at her with big bright eyes
little do they know she rages inside
they look at her like she's an angel sent from above
little do they know she's far from being jesus white dove
I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror,
To see who I am and wonder if I need to change.
The media shows us that we are inferior,
That without being slim and muscular we are strange.
I can see that you are broken
Liek a vase that's fallen off the shelf and was stuck back together with the biggest pieces
There are small cracks in you waiting to be filled with what you once were
Waiting for time to pass
Staring at a half empty glass
Who is right
Who is wrong
No one has the answer
She was jogging late one evening As every night she did Aware not of the treachery That falling darkness hid
"The horror, the horror!"
They cry; yet what does it matter?
They hide their faces even as the world
Did THEN.
It is rare that a man
Can come to terms with
Surrender.
It is in a unfair waisteland
that a man can make
sense of these thoughts that
will hinder.
Its uncomprehensible that
Is anyone on the other side of this silent phone call?
Anticipation stirs even the seventh time I dailed your number.
My hope returns when I hear your voice and drops when I hear the pause in the same word.
What is hope
Is it the illogical sense of knowing everything will be alright?
Is it stupid
Is it smart
What is hope
Is it wishing something that you want comes true?
Is it selfish
Oh, you hate men? Why would you be a feminist? All guys aren't like that..That's so unfair.
i hear your voice and i subconciously smile
and i feel your warm embrace around me as we softly giggle over the phone
"did someone just call your name?"
"no"
"oh. maybe it was my heart. maybe it needs you"
i hear your voice and i subconciously smile
and i feel your warm embrace around me as we softly giggle over the phone
"did someone just call your name?"
"no"
"oh. maybe it was my heart. maybe it needs you"
She takes flight.
All the light in those babydoll eyes.
Broken.
Soars away from these hardships.
Tender hands burned.
In this seemingly painless discuise.
Don't leave me in the darkness.
It is my serenity
My escape when reality is too much to bare.
Freedom among that unexplainable
And you are the guide.
You guided me here,
To this vast wonderland of beauty.
Nothing sweeter than ice cold water to a parched mouth
The sweet nectar oozes into the throat
My dream job is not too popular, but one that completes me.
To feed the poor, clothe the naked, share some water if need be.
It calls me when I see the homeless.
It calls me when I feel hungry.
Where disease has left the mark of pain,
I can and must wipe out the stain.
Where the need is deep and most profound,
That is where I know I'm bound.
As a doctor trained with special skills,
What is a want and need compared to a desire?
i want money, need air,but you i desire
for you are the one i want to acquire
the one i want to see after work when im tired
When I first saw you,
Your head was down
Your eyes were stained red, and leaking
They were leaking, something that smelt like pain, or fear.
Lonely,
I can't remember reading the definition.
An emotion that I,I've felt in constant repetition.
My defense mechanism fits the repulsed
credentials of the God above.
When he tells you about their first date
And about how perfect that first summer was
He doesn't love you
When he explains to you in soft, hushed details
How he made love to her in the back of his jeep
Lord I like my life
But please give me a wife
For me to love
For me to care for
Rich or poor
From heaven to the shore
Of the sandy beach
Where I will teach
My son to fish
Staring into the shiny blue
The shiny blue enraptures me
Let it save me
Distract me
From the self-mutilation I impose upon myself
From the nightmares dancing above my head
I breathe better through a blanket
Let it circulate the air I take in
Let it suffocate me if in the end I’m pure
I rub its softness against my cheek
She cries into the nightAs she heads for the skyHer face is full of PainShe has nothing to gain. She cries herself to sleep
Do you know what you do to me?
The way your smile lights up my world?
Have you noticed your laugh is contagious?
And that you’re my remedy?
I check my phone constantly,
All my dreams, a thousand miles away
they lie nestled against him as he sleeps
too bitter and faithless to kneel and pray
the life that I wanted, I could not keep
I hunger for his voice, to hold his hand
Go on! Live that life. I dont need your love or hugs or your care and your money. I dont need you to observe my date to prom or walk me down the aisle. I dont need you to take pictures or give me life advice. I dont need you.
You who never cease, Breaking the heart of another
keep taking another piece, as if it wasn't a bother.
night and day goes by, as that child you bully,could very we'll die.
What if the truth,
was really a lie?
What would you say,
if I told you that's what I live by?
The lies are only there,
there to hide the pain,
the sorrow, the sad,
the everything.
I tried to write in a smile,
but it ended up a frown,
I tried to write it upside right,
But it ended up upside down.
I tried to write it in like summer,
but it ended up so cold.
I counted to ten,
I'm done! Where are you?
I can't find you...
Will you come out soon?
I miss seeing you,
Hearing your voice.
I miss being with you,
Hiding wasn't your choice.
The pain, the hurt,
the awful, the words,
the things that could come,
the things I've so carefully not done.
I'd let it all come flooding through,
Just to hear you say to me, I love you.
There's nothing I wouldn't give,
I'm still addicted...
But it's not really me you love,
It's my best friend...
There's nothing I wouldn't have done,
Anything for you...
You're all I've ever wanted,
a song's on repeat,
something's not right.
this time you're the reason
I cried myself to sleep last night.
moving on doesn't come easy,
at least not for me.
I know it's something I've gotta do,
This world
Governments rule over the people
People lose faith in the power
They lose faith in themselves
Someone rises up from the fallen
And leads the people
Fighting for peace and freedom
It's an insatiable need.
Hoplessly inescapable and all consuming,
with a pressure that builds until you take heed.
A final release of emotion,
expression,
a work of love and complete devotion,
When the light from the Moon shines down on the clouds,
And the glow gives a silver sillouette to the grass,
I cannot help but stare at it's beauty,
And begin my adventure back to the past.
If I wanted to die I would have swam the depths of your touch
And if I wanted to hurt I would have broken to the sound of my own cry
But with you there and I’m so far away,
There is nothing left for me to deny.
I used to believe in 11:11 wishes,
Used to dream of midnight kisses,
I believed in these things and much more,
But all that was in a time long, long, before,
Before the boy ripped at my chest,
They say that pain is
Weaknesses leaving the body
But I've forgotten how to feel,
Well most of the time,
But when I so be engulfed in emotion,
I've never needed you more.
Tattered and torn.
Beaten and scorned.
Rejected, neglected,
Abandoned when born.
Surrender and yield;
Potential concealed.
Abused, misused
Wounded, now healed.
Underestimated.
Dear God,
Where were you?
Sincerely,
Daughter of an alcoholic narcissist.
Dear Father,
Where were you?
Sincerely,
Daughter of an alcoholic narcissist
Dear Mother,
To which are you referring
The lines that you are blurring
The hands unheld and the tears untouched
Hungry, hurting, hopeless
Why do I write?
Why does it matter?
That the hands fly
to keep up with the mind that is faster?
It's a racing mind,
filled with stories and ryhmes
feeling like I'm running out of time,
To be crude,
To be rude,
Is something she never learned.
To be sweet,
To never cheat,
Was stamped into her mind and burned.
A perfect little porcelain doll waiting in an abyss,
understand me
don't overlook me
yet some people prefer to underestimate me
but i'm over that
she's misunderstood
she wants to be Ms. Understood
but she has really bad relationship issues
What might be okay today
won't be okay tomorrow.
When your mind allows impulses to take over,
it's like you're giving up,
you gave up your strength.
Strength is usually what helps me through,
Today,I am a poet.I can feel the wordsWelling up within me,LIke a smile I have not yet freed.
On the first day we met you became my reeve,
It was the color you had shown that was perceived.
It was a splash of green, a dash of blue and a bouquet of red,
You would have had me at hello, if that is all you had said.
Heart feels so overwhelmed
I look into your eyes
And see the unexplainable
Twists and turns of unexpected
Happiness and sorrow
All rolled into one smiling face
Oh! Trials! Tribulations
And terror in losing
Love in a race against
Anyone who's ever
Loved you; I loved
You first, as much
As I do, at least.
I need a woman! Not a girl. One that will have my back.
She will tell me when I’m wrong and pick up on my slack.
in highschool i’ve had this nagging feeling of inadequacy
I never have enough money to buy what i want
and there is never enough time to sleep
my licence is not coming quick enough
i think i’ve had enough
My best friend's name is Dorothy, we are happy as can be
Elementary school is fun, and pretty easy!
We play games, like tag and pretend too!
We'll be best friends forever
because i need you
i think the hardest part is quit being mad at myself.
I hate what I am.
I want to change but i feel like i dont know where to start
and i feel as if i will just regress
and go back to how i am.
Sometimes
Amongst a world of chaos, loss, anonymity, and pain
The thing you need the most is to be invisible
To no longer try to fit into it all
Into all the deceit,
The roles of society
Explosions of galaxies
fill the night air.
Prayers of a hundred hands kneel before the sky.
And I'm weary, Lord.
I need hope.
