Expectations
I've previously learned this lesson a while ago - the hard way, and that is to NOT expect much from people.
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The World That Goes On Behind The Scenes
Do you ever get that feeling in a tv show or a film where they have a question and then like you think but what about this?.
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Still Going
The moon brightens the night as a nightlight, white as snow on a good night. Goodnight, we say to the world, but how many of us are good in this world.
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A Promise...
As Hallowe'en approaches, one thing I know for sure This year I won't electrify the handle of my door I promise to join in and not pretend that I am out And I won't insult kids costumes if their...
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My Love Story
There are 3 words to summarize my love story: - naive - silent - fragile The tragedy is that I was so fool to recognize it was love.
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Ruined
There was a time when I thought that I would be your everything forever. We would be together, go anywhere, do anything. I was on top of the world. My eyes were bright and shiny, I saw perfectly.
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They Ask
People always ask what's wrong. Truth is I have no clue. Am I mad. Is it just me. I feel alone when its dark even if I have a whole crowd around me.
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Decisions Decisions
I hear people saying 'I would rather living on my own.' I listen to friends moan 'I feeling lonely.' On the radio musician sings 'I cant breath without you,' Inside my head I don't know what to do.
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Walking
Clear crisp autumn Day Blue skies and leaves red, gold and orange. Walking along the path of Life . Wondering about next step, does destiny exist. Or do we have control over all our movements in Life.
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Age of the mind
I don't quite know how old I am, But I have been alive for 15 years.
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Title Help Please?
I know you'll never see this And I know you don't care I know that you must be happy I'm no longer there I know I'm torn And I know you took the pain away I know you once cared Every damn day I...
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Like Don't Will Won't
Like if you like Don't if you don't The simplest of choices You will or you won't Poems or stories Or something to sing A host of one-liners If climbing's your thing Personally I like Pieces that...
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Candles
One more candle to the cake. One more year I've been awake. One more sunrise in the sky. Time has run and learned to fly. Blink of eyelids, decades gone.
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Tears
Oh, there you are tears. I've missed you. It's been quite a while since we've got together. I missed sitting in dark corners, curled up with my head on my knees.
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Shatter
I'm standing, tall, I'm ready to fall, I know no one can catch me if I do it all. I'm bathing in light, Overwhelmed by the sight, My heart, bobbing along in a river of night.
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A bad day
Much to my dismay I find I won't be writing much today. So many things to do and say. I've just had a really bad day. I really can't think. My mind's on the blink. And my writing's beginning to stink.
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Maybe Someday
Maybe someday I'll rule the world, With a sceptre in my hand, Maybe someday I'll be the king, Of each and every land.
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Burnt Bridges
You thought I'd gone, I thought so too But something pulled me back Dancing on the edge of hell Peering into black I thought I'd gain my other life At the expense of words But poetry has drawn me...
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Selfish?
Lies. That's all I get nowadays, and it's not just a little white lie every so often to save my feelings. It's daily lies, so blatantly obvious to everyone, including me.
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Thinking
I am writing this, because I haven't simply written for a few weeks, Maybe months. I've lost track of time. I'm writing to thank someone, a friend, in fact.
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High Milage
Just another chapter In your never ending story A phrase that will haunt me Until the day I die For the beauty we shared You jot down for all too see I'm glad I could provide you With an exciting...
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If Everyone Forgets
The line between dreams and reality. Blurs everyday. I don't know what's real anymore. These eyes have seen too much. I don't go a day without. Questioning. Who I am. And what do I stand for.
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Carnival Mirror
In my dream I'm sitting in a room, The claustrophobic walls resemble a tomb, For as far as I can see there is no door, So I sit aimlessly on the concrete floor, In the deafening silence I have room...
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Here I Am
Here I am, I am the one that fell in love since the day you called, I am the one, that would called to you, just to talk, I am that boy I am the kid down on his knees, praying for mom and for dad,...
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