24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
In love with night, oh yes I am
through its dark I ran,
The stars are out, and I can’t sleep
I love the night its dark so deep.
In love with night with all its sounds
solace when I’m feeling down,
Tears dry up from all my pain
they now mix up with the night rain.
In love with night until no end
If only I can depend,
Upon the moon and all the stars
I love the night my love goes far.
We need food
We need shelter
We need to feel safe
We need to survive
We need money
We need jobs
We need education
We need careers
We need support
We need drive
We need passion
We need discipline.
hands are lead,
words are burnt:toast.
brain’s melted,
metre and rhyme lost.
But,
I can,
I will.
I do.
Symmetrically round
An orange-reddish color
Shining across the sky
When you arrive it is extremely beautiful.
When you leave it is extremely beautiful
In your absence,
You leave us with your soul mate.
Just as beautiful, but with a much different look.
This soul mate of yours shines only because of you.
Sometimes it’s bright white which helps me walk home,
Sometimes I see it turn into a yellow golden color,
Resembling Swiss cheese.
Both of you are great together,
Even though you live separately.
The bullying years they won’t go away
Laughter and jeers, that hurt every day.
Hard to forget wish I knew why
My sadness combined with tears that won’t dry.
It wasn’t me, I’ve realized that now
Never fit it in; I wanted somehow
On Sunday nights, I sobbed on in dread
fearing the weeks so inside I’m dead.
The bullying years, where no one showed love
To wake up in tears, completely shook up,
Still have no friends, afraid now to trust
I have stayed away, I simply now must.
Staring my way,
Just look away.
You green eyed freak.
Stay away from me!
I want to be happy.
I can’t be jealous like you.
I want to laugh and smile,
Not plot revenge.
I want to make sure he’s happy
“But he deserves you!” it told me.
Stop it you green eyed monster.
I don’t want him anymore!
I want to be over this already!
I can’t have you attached to my back
Get off!
Get out of the darkest parts of mind!
I’m just fine without him.
He can go love whoever he wants.
It doesn’t matter to me anymore.
You’re just an insecure emotion who feeds off of hatred.
I will not hold a grudge because of you.
You can’t have power over me anymore.
There she is again,
I saw her last week,
Taking the same bus as me,
I have my head phones on,
Music playing.
Do I say anything?
I probably shouldn’t.
She’d probably think I am some kind of freak.
But then again,
She does look smart,
She’s always so busy reading.
She is looking down at her notes,
With her hair falling against her hazel cheeks,
The crack of sunlight falls perfectly against her skin.
I don’t even think she has any makeup on.
My gaze can’t help but to fall on her.
Damn it!
I look away immediately.
I think she saw me looking.
I look again,
I see her big brown eyes looking at me,
She has the longest natural lashes I have ever seen,
She smirks at me and goes back to her notes.
Okay just play it cool,
Act like you didn’t notice that beautiful smile of hers.
Check your phone.
Change this song.
Look at the driver.
Do anything to stop you from showing her how you truly feel.
Why do I do this?
She’s just a girl.
I can talk to her if I want to.
No.
She’s seems out of my league,
I just want to enjoy this moment in time right now.
I just want to see her smirk again.
Oh no…
She pulled the cord.
It’s her stop.
She’s leaving.
Should I do something?
She looks again.
Smiles at me and walks out.
It wasn’t even a smirk this time!
It was a ten watt smile!
But I’m way too late,
I guess I will have to wait…
Maybe she’ll come on this bus again some day?
The driver is ready to close the doors,
But then a few people come running in at the last second.
I run out the back door!
I don’t know what comes over me.
I think I lost her in the crowd.
I’m looking all around…
I turn back to the bus stop,
It feels like a walk of shame.
I could’ve spoken to her.
Maybe we would’ve had a connection.
I’m looking at the floor,
Shoulders shrugged,
Looking down,
Kicking the pebbles I see.
I guess I gave it a shot.
Then I look over at the bench,
And there she is.
So this conversation finally begins.
In my life I sought to dream
Some made me happy
Others made me scream
But now I’m ready for the eternal sleep
The perfect destination for me, it would seem
She proposed
I accepted
We wanted to
Wait until graduation
To get married
I was willing to
Settle down with her
The girl I loved
Give up my future
But something ate inside me
That filled me with fear
Could this be cold feet
Was I having second thoughts
But I loved this girl
Perfect love casts out all fear