Closest to LoveI gave up on it years ago.Said goodbye to gazes from afar,Whispers in the playground,And beside school lockers,Butterflies making a meadow of my insides,Daydreams playing like a film.I was tired of the word getting out,Being looked at in disgustWith eyes that have many times drowned me,Or looking from far away one dayAnd knowing that it will never be.Unrequited love was not for me.Until now, I wondered what it felt like,How it could at all be possible,To let your heart choose for you.Surely your mind must have some say,Some choice in who you fall for,And even if your heart does choose someone,It's a person
A Different Identical WorldThe world as one is wakingAs the alarm clock rings.Each morning that they're makingProgresses to past things.Above them is the same skyThey saw the day before.As time so slowly ticks byThis factor they ignore.In unison they're passingPeople they've never met.Oppurtunities asking,Yet each they fail to get.As if one person they allReturn home from their work.Hints scream from inside each wallBut thoughts are failed to jerk.As each rest their head at nightAnd think back on their day,They think they could have just mightGone through a different way.The moments in front the sameAs each day left behind.Th
We Hardly Reveal Our PoetryThe reason people hardly reveal their poetry,Is because it is more than just words written,More than just a bunch of rhyming words on notebook paper.It's a way to take your heart out for examination,A way to see yourself and your emotions at every angle,To see yourself in a clearer way than you otherwise could.The reason people hardly reveal their poetry,Is because people reading your poem is more than just letters and lines,But instead giving them a lens with which to view your soul,A section of your soul they may not have seen before.Those who are unaware of the fact that you are revealing your soul,Who have never reco
TearsA gentle summer rain,Yet a wave crashing down.Pitter patter on the pane,Yet the ocean which we drown.Gentle yet violent,Nursing yet strong.An ongoing note,In life's epic song.