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leelee101
leelee101

Living, Together

We should be living. together. Instead we seem to live. apart. It seems that we. never. Have matching feelings in. our heart. You say potato, I say. to-may-to. Yet we pretend they're both. the same.

26 11 123 words
unsuitableguy
unsuitableguy

001-212.

Tell me what's going on with you, because I don't know. I've been making my way home, through this alpha dog rodeo..... My friend. Day strikes, I'm at quarter to eight and your quarter to four.

28 5 208 words
Vannah15
Vannah15

Why Don't You Understand?

Sometimes I wonder What happened to you and me. We were best friends at some point. Do you still have the memories. Why don't you grasp that I need someone to talk to.

4 0 139 words
Kathyc
Kathyc

The Perfect

The perfect boy, I know him well, He is my friend, As you can tell. His skin is colored caramel, His hair is a soft black, He's not the kinda boy you try on, Then hang back on a rack.

22 5 136 words
leelee101
leelee101

Dream A Little Dream

We'll take the morning by the hand. Though we're apart, I understand. I'll spend some time in wonderland. And dream a little dream of us. We walk alone, mid-afternoon.

28 17 97 words
lizzy15511
lizzy15511

Pointless Love

A face seen so vivid to the eyes. One can not just look away. As I take my first step toward it. I then pretend to ignore it. Alas it's beauty I can not keep. If taken another step it might flee.

10 0 113 words
Klaire
Klaire

Words From Your Mouth

There's a fine line between a crush and a love, There's a barrier between below and above.

14 1 74 words
pennygirl21
pennygirl21

No Strings

You're by my side. But you don't hold my hand. Whatever happened to you today. I'll never know cause you don't tell. Why am I waiting for you. To kiss me goodnight. If you never call me anymore.

20 6 200 words
jackalice
jackalice

Eliza & Jack

#acrostic challenge. [L]ove is Eliza & Jack,. [O]ur hearts in beautiful collision,. [V]iolently silent, lost in fusion,. [E]lementally combined. [A]lways and forever, I shall.

40 10 59 words
TaintedTulip
TaintedTulip

Title help please??

A good night hug . A soft, sweet kiss . Small to others . Yet also a bliss . . Not for I . Nor for me . He is my world . Yet we may not be . . Too far to love . Too close to leave . We love .

12 5 53 words
beergrylles
beergrylles

Drifting Apart

Why does my daughter try to avoid me all the time. It's not that easy to explain this in rhyme. She is 16 and has lived with her mother for 5 years. When we lived together there were often tears.

34 18 176 words
ninjamasterlauren
ninjamasterlauren

Why?

It seemed that just a day ago, we were doing fine. I held your hand, and you held mine. We hugged at dawn when you needed to leave All I knew was that I believed.

6 0 108 words
Bluegerbil
Bluegerbil

I'll Leave.

Alone again, I'll leave, you stay, Not like I mattered, Anyway, Turn your head, Like I'm not here, Silence screaming, Crystal tear, Like strangers new, Act like I'm dead, Though I'm right here, A...

38 8 113 words
naaviie
naaviie

Autopilot

We have the same conversation, Just circling around, About me looking up, While you stare down, It seems a lot about nothing, A fuss I create from thin air, But you say the same things, It's like...

64 10 122 words
were
were

Haunted

Every Day I miss her But had to go separate ways So Help me Help me see Why she had to leave Why did she Have to go.

8 2 82 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

A Dream Goodbye

It's been so long Since I heard from my dad It's been a journey To a place called Sad I tried to be there I tried to be strong It was not enough Am I just wrong.

32 19 190 words
were
were

She Didn't Have The Key

He hurt. So much. And it crushed her every day. She tried to ease the pain. To ease the horrible ache. But there were demands. And pressure. He used to be handsome. Now he looked tired.

8 3 89 words
leelee101
leelee101

Black Hole Heart

The galaxy between us. Means I tend a black hole heart. But if we're not together. At least we'll never have to part. This planet we inhabit. Is just too big and wide. Its oceans and its seas.

52 22 83 words
vieromero
vieromero

Left Standing

His features were softened as he slept. I watched his chest rise and fall with every deep breath that he took through his parted lips.

30 1 133 words
NoirSolace
NoirSolace

Want

I want to wake up and smell the cigarette smoke as you sit staring out of the window into the mist. I want to taste the metallic tang of coffee in the air as the mug sits steaming by my bedside.

14 0 100 words
MikoMiku
MikoMiku

Brother

Today he turns another year older, and I cannot be there for him. My heart sinks when I realize it may be 3 years before I see him again. I miss him more than any words can tell.

8 0 286 words
dzasoccergurl
dzasoccergurl

The Only Way

I don't let you know my password to my iPod, and you don't know why. I don't tell you my crush or if I have a boyfriend, you don't know why.

4 0 174 words
gocky
gocky

Birthdays

This year left me feeling completely empty. Sometimes my mind wanders back to when I felt perfectly happy.

14 8 126 words
dangerousfascination
dangerousfascination

Incapable of Love

"I love you" Is what you said. I cringed at the words. They rolled perfectly off your tongue. You smiled. A true & pure smile Your sweet dimples showing. I knew you were waiting for me to say it back.

2 0 139 words
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