Light and Dark

In everything there is light, and there is darkness. This includes me. This is what I'm going to explore.

[lightanddarkpoet]

How do I do this? How is it that every time  I think I’m finally okay, That I’ve recovered And that I know better,

Someone like you comes along.

You sneak your way  Inside of me and you Slither around my heart And you squeeze until That’s all I can feel.

Don’t do this to me. Please just let me go, Before it’s too late.

- Dark

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Love’s Logic

I’ve often tried To rationalize my way Into loving someone.

They meet all the criteria: Intelligent Kind Amusing Attractive

I carefully pick and choose My lovers so that there Is no risk for me.

And then there’s you.

There is no logical reason. No evidence to support Why I should care about you.

Yet every time you smile I feel: Breathless Enamored Unsteady Enlivened

Despite the hurt and pain I know will come, I can’t stop The way I feel about you.

- Light and Dark

[lightanddarkpoet]

Depths

I lay on my back As the deep blue blanket Weaves and folds beneath me

I close my eyes and allow The sounds of the depths  To still my ever racing heart

It carries all my worries Away into its unbounded world So that they may never again hurt me

One day this blanket will cover me In its cool embrace and pull me Down and down into its illumined depths

I will swim through its wilderness Free of the restrains of mortal lungs And of paper-thin hearts

- Light and Dark

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No one has ever really seen me Not at first

I’m not the type to stand out In the crowd

And I was okay with that until I met you

I just looked up one day and There you were

You smiled at me and I knew You saw me

I could feel in your eyes that This was different

With one look you knew you wanted To know me

And in an instant I knew I Wanted you too

- Light

[lightanddarkpoet]

When you love someone, You give them your heart And all the ups and downs  That go along with it.

Maybe that’s why I’m constantly Looking for someone to love. Because I can no longer bear The weight of my heart.

- Light and Dark

[lightanddarkpoet]

Begin

With a steady heart A calm mind And a free spirit

I look out upon The adventure resting  On the horizon And open my arms wide

I’m here I’m ready

- Light

[lightanddarkpoet]

I have to be careful when I think of you

All I have to do is call upon The memory of that night The way the music flowed through the air How you held me close Foreheads pressed together Hearts beating in sync The pure magic-

A horn beeping A song blaring A person shouting

I have to open my eyes and pull myself away

I get so lost in the memory of you Because that’s all I have left

- Light and Dark

[lightanddarkpoet]

I can't look people in the eyes. They give too much away.

Light and Dark

[lightanddarkpoet]

Useless

Words words words Always writing  Always typing Always speaking Always trying to erase what I’ve done

Words will never be enough Not enough to undo  The damage I’ve done And the pain I’ve inflicted

Words come bubbling out of my mouth Spewing apologies and pleas In an attempt to make things better In an attempt to take away the ache

Words can’t explain the guilt that  Is eating me alive But I will continue to write In my pointless crusade To find the right words

- Dark

[lightanddarkpoet]

Alone in a field of memories On a night of dread and dusk I went searching for a shooting star A guiding light in a dark abyss

I searched and searched and searched But I only found the moon’s glow Alone in the midnight sky Alone in the vast infinity of the universe 

Looking back I think the stars knew Having had my fate written in them Long before that desperate night That my wish was never meant to be

I was wishing for you to find me To free me from this prison of emptiness But now I know that my star was not you Waiting for me somewhere out in the sky

The only star I needed was me The galaxy knew this before I did And they wouldn’t let me waste A wish on a restoring star

- Light and Dark

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Let my world break

Let my foundations crack And shatter on the ground Let the Earth open up And swallow the ruins whole Let the dust cloud my eyes So that I am blind to the destruction

Let my world break So that I may rebuild

So that I can rebuild my supports Stronger than ever before So that the ground beneath me May keep me steady from now on So that I can look at my surroundings With clear, fresh eyes

Let my world break So that I may rebuild And create something better

- Light and Dark

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I’m craving New lips against mine New tastes on my tongue New fire in my veins To make me feel  Awake again

The once honey taste Of you has turned to ash in my mouth And I need a new way To wash it out

- Light and Dark

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I am dying to break

To shatter apart every Piece of me Every memory Every feeling Every ounce of pain And let the wind Sweep it away in  A million different ways So that maybe when It comes back together I will be someone That doesn’t beg for Such harsh punishments

I am dying to break So I may become Someone new

- Light and Dark

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He’s really quite amazing. When we dance his smile Lights up the room and The way he can’t do the steps Fills my heart with laughter And I feel as light as air.

By all definitions I should Be falling for him. But I’m not.

Maybe that’s because  I’m still falling For you

- Light and Dark

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I can’t help but wonder What will become of us

Will we dance among The midnight stars Or dive headfirst into The deepest ocean

Will we bask in the sun In the day we’ve been given Or curse as it slips away Behind grassy hills

Will we simply exist  Inside of our dreams Nothing more than a  Fantasy’s faded memory

- Light and Dark

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People always say That you’ll be alright

They don’t tell you that Things will be the same. That the sun will shine The same way and that The start will enchant you Like they did before. They don’t say the ocean Will sing to your soul Or that the earth will Heal and your restless spirit.

They say you’ll be alright. They never say anything more.

- Light and Dark

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I constantly find myself Waiting For you to return

Sometimes you disappear Into this shell that  Looks and sounds like you

But it is cold to the touch And leaves me feeling  Hollow inside

I hope you’ll come back Again soon

I hope this time You stick around

- Light and Dark