starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled When.... 1 week ago
When someone said:
"If loving me still leaves room
for someone else, then maybe
I was never your first choice.
Real love doesn't make you compare.
It doesn't make you
wonder who matters more.
When someone truly wants you,
the decision is already... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled I MISS YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN HOLD 1 week ago
No matter how full my days become, you
never leave my mind.
I can be surrounded by laughter, noise, and people...
yet somehow, my thoughts always find their way back to you.
It's cruel how someone can be gone, but still be everywhere.
I miss the... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Crossing Over 1 week ago
Oh, please don't feel guilty
It was just my time to go.
I see you are still feeling sad,
And the tears just seem to flow.
We all come to earth for our lifetime,
And for some it's not many years
I don't want you to keep crying
You are shedding... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Thank You & Sorry 1 week ago
If we still had one last night to sit together
and talk face to face, I think I would only say two things.
Thank you... and l am sorry.
I am sorry if I loved you too deeply, if my heart became too heavy for yours to carry.
Sorry if my presence... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Your Words 1 week ago
Your words were what I needed
Your message meant to save me
Save me from tormenting me
With ifs and what's and maybes
I need some reassurance
And I don't know how to ask
Instead I struggle with my thoughts
Hiding tears under my mask
I'... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Neither smart, shouldn’t part 1 week ago
There once was a man named Bill
Who Trump thought would fit the bill
As Director of Intelligence
Bill, not the smartest of gents but it makes sense
Trump ever pick anyone qualified for a position he has to fill?
What happened is... [read more] |
pamschwetz posted a new Prose titled AWKWARD MOMENT IN TIME 1 week ago
I WAS WATCHING THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT PART TWO I THINK AND AT THE VERY END A MEMORY CAME TO ME THAT MADE ME LAUGH. I USED TO HOUSEMANAGE AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN CHICAGO ALONG WITH MANY OTHER THEATER JOBS THERE AND AT OTHER THEATERS AROUND... [read more] |
orishaman posted a new Poem titled Pressure 1 week ago
Pressure’s a strange bedfellow, it twists and it bends,
Pushes us to reckon with the demons we defend.
But the ones who know those shadows, keep ’em deep inside,
Face the storm with quiet grace, no need to run or... [read more] |
LittleLennonGurl posted a new Poem titled Mask Off, Freedom Found 1 week ago
Verse 1
Now the mask comes off
And suddenly
Your go to victim
Your favorite toy
And precious puppetNo longer wishes to playJust to have company today
And will no longer do
Anything you want Have found myself nowMy true self
Not the mask you... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Not everyone 1 week ago
"Not everyone who leaves your life was
meant to stay forever. Some people arrive
to teach you a lesson.
Some teach you how it feels to be loved.
Others teach you how it feels to be forgotten.
And a few teach you the hardest lesson of all: that you... [read more] |
Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Ban her, she spangles no more 1 week ago
Oh Satan you see
What a great idea
You can't, there's no light
Think, Amen the Dark Ages
Where stupidity rules
We're all played for fools
X, formerly Twitter
Perfect for preschools
Are we... [read more] |
Stephen posted a new Poem titled WETNESS OF HER EYES 1 week ago
I remember the wetness of her eyes
Resting softly like morning dew,
The blush of her sullen cheeks
Like a sunrise on the horizon.
I spied peering from behind her eyes
Soft emotions emoted from deep within
Beckoning to me softly with a... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled A Little Girl 1 week ago
A little girl was supposed to be asleep.
But every night, she sat quietly on the
stairs listening to the sounds
coming from downstairs.
Not the words. The tone.
She learned something adults forget.
Children don't remember every conversation... [read more] |
Stephen posted a new Poem titled ELYSIAN FIELDS, TEXAS 1 week ago
In Elysian Fields
I sat outside
for the first time in years,
faced with tall emerald trees
laced with lush green underbrush,
the occasional passing car
no disturbance to my serenity,
the birds chirping their greetings
from low hanging... [read more] |
starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled It Hurts So Much 1 week ago
When you went away
A lump formed in my throat
It was a tear I couldn't swallow
It was a suffocating choke
When you went away
I had to catch my breath
I screamed out your name
But you'd already left
When you went away
I fell down on... [read more] |
