#beginner poet

[tabbycat7894]

The Ghost

To chase you is to chase a ghost,

trying to understand your thoughts and signs

is like trying to knit together fog

with empty hands.

I wish I had a manual

to understand your mannerisms and thoughts,

some way to know who you are

behind the false smiles and pleasant words.

I want to see all of you

the good and the bad,

the pretty and the ugly,

and to appreciate every part,

even the jagged edges,

even the shadows.

But I fear I never will.

For you are like a ghost to me,

always near, yet never truly here;

and no matter how closely I look,

how deeply I yearn,

I find that I can see

right through you.

[saucyparrots]

As I Watch the Lavender Grow

There’s times I often wonder

About what you’re doing now

Where you are and what you’re feeling

If I could talk to you somehow

These thoughts always come to me

As I gaze out my window

So I sit back and I wonder

As I watch the lavender grow

You don’t pick up the phone anymore

And you don’t reply to my texts

It’s not your fault, and I don’t blame you

There’s little else to expect

And as I replay memories

Or scroll back through my phone

A tear comes to my eye

As I watch the lavender grow

There’s times I took for granted

The bond we shared, you and me

The love, the warmth, the kindness

The biscuits and a nice cup of tea

Or how you’d cheat at card games

Or how your smile would always glow

These are things I think of

As I watch the lavender grow

It’s hard knowing that I’ll never

Get to speak to you again

That you’ll never hear my stories

And the birthdays you won’t attend

As I count your stolen hours

I’m grateful that I know

All the joy and love we shared

As I watch the lavender grow

[bethanymcsm]

A Breath Of Steam

Tornado, Tornado

Tornado, Tornado,

Why do you rush?

Tornado, Tornado,

All is not dust.

Tornado, Tornado,

You young beacon of light,

Do you not know?

You guide us through the night.

Tornado, Tornado,

Wild engine of hope.

Tornado, Tornado,

Help your elders' hearts to cope.

Tornado, Tornado,

They have suffered loss, you see.

Grief is ever so slow.

You are what might be.

Tornado, Tornado,

Run through the eve.

Tornado, Tornado,

What a tapestry you weave!

Tornado, Tornado,

Beautiful youth,

Tornado, Tornado,

They tell you the truth.

Tornado, Tornado,

Why do you rush?

Tornado, Tornado,

All is not dust.

[lavenderedkatagain]

"home team" by lavenderedkat

home team’s on t.v. losing

my dad’s drunk screaming 

mom tried talking

they started fighting

from downstains echoes into my room

wishing i could travel to the moon

sometimes i wonder what fatherly love means

was it spent rooting for the wrong home team?

[soakedinred]

Maybe I’m not meant to have nice things

Maybe I’m meant to bear burdens

To feel a constant crushing weight on my shoulders

To watch as others play with their toys while I sit with empty hands

Maybe I’m not meant to feel love

Maybe I’m meant to only give it to others

To feel a constant companion in isolation

To watch as others drink from their overflowing cups and mine runs dry

Maybe it’s my divine punishment

Maybe I was cruel in love in a past life

Threw my heart around like it cost nothing

Spat on the concept of companionship in favor of fleeting moments of passion

Maybe I broke so many hearts I didn’t deserve one in this life

So now I’m forced to watch as others feast

With my starving eyes and hungry hands

Praying

Repenting

For sins I’m not aware of

Sitting by the table like a begging dog waiting for scraps

Hoping maybe I’ve earned a treat or

Something

Anything

That will quell this lonely hunger in my heart

[misadventurrz]

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[bleedingophelia]

if you make me hate you, i will hate you so much you will feel it in your bones. I will be so cold to you that it will start snowing. Winter will come early, and she will bite. Bite like a snowstorm only can.

If you make me love you, I will open up my ribcage just for you to touch my heart. I will be my softest self, just for you to not hurt your hand. You will finally hear my real thoughts. You will finally know my real feelings. You will finally know what i know.

And the sun will shine with joy, for his daughter is freed from the cages of her self made winter kingdom.

[nr4tt]

The soul which filled my heart,

The blood that kept it beating

You still run through my veins,

You still live in my guts, my brains

Perhaps that’s why your name makes me ache,

Why my heart dedicates it’s every beat to you,

Why it’s left an empty crate

You’re my every pain, the reason i’m ill

The weakness in my legs, as it’s for you that I kneel