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A million times You made me smile A million times You stole my heart A million times I fell in love as A million kisses Were given in the dark... - Poetry > Free VerseOne more neighbor, in the house next to me One hidden smile, from a spy in a tree One more cat, for me to chase One more excuse to see your face One more day I see you smile One more time, my heart beats a mile One more memory, made just right One more confession, under the moonlight ...
- Poetry > Free VerseOn these hot summer nights I wait out on the porch for you For I know that you will come Laden with nets and jars Ready to drag me through the woods To that secret meadow That I can never find again in the day And when I tell this to you You respond, smirking That it only exists at night S...
- Poetry > Free VerseIt’s not you, it’s not me It’s us Separately, we’re unstoppable We glow and are happy Together, we cause chaos For both ourselves and anyone around us We’re so alike we repel Dimming each other Because we shine in the same places We’re constantly fighting About useless thin...
- Poetry > Free VerseI fold a paper crane My fingers dart Opening a fold here Making a crease there Until at last I finish, and I hold a crane in my hands All jagged angles and sharp edges But a crane nonetheless I pencil in a number On the underside of its wing: 532 A legend says that 1000 pieces Of folded...
- Poetry > All PoetryI’ve got a secret I keep it under lock and key I’ll tell it to you After you promise me Cross your heart and hope to die Twisted fingers mean you lie Swear that you’ll never tell Secrets are meant to be kept, you see Come here to be closer Then I’ll tell you softly Shh! D...
- Poetry > All PoetryIf I could control The ticking hands of time I know what I would do With these hands of mine I’d command them to stop Freeze in that second A moment made eternal When I held your hand Cease movement forward When I was in your embrace The warmth of your body Making my heart race G...
- Poetry > Free VerseI’ll live in darkness Cloak me in sin and Stain me with blood Inhabiting the shadows I will be the knife that stabs Silently, then vanishes Leaving no trace behind I’ll be the spy The sword of justice wielded By a grim reaper Because you’re the light In my eternal night I will ...
- Poetry > Free VerseFull of mystique, wonder, the mythical and supernatural, Filled with creatures from both dreams and nightmares Home of the winged horse, Pegasus, And it’s cousin, the Unicorn The time of secrets and mysteriousness When witched make bubbling potions When wizards conduct arcane experiments ...
- Poetry > Free VerseTick-tock, tick-tock Relentlessly counting down The time I have left to live Inside my chest, I no longer Have a heart, instead inhabited by A clock and I know how Long I have left. 3 days 7 hours, 9 minutes, and 21 seconds. Tick-tock A ticking time bomb Hidden in my chest Telling m...
- Poetry > Free VerseTasks never started Stories never finished Words never said Especially to Your best friend, who you Had an argument with the Day before, about some Stupid thing, and you said “I hate you” and today you Were going to say “I’m sorry” Does she know you didn’t mean it? You...
- Poetry > Free VerseAll I remember now Is the endless darkness And a feeling that my Plummet would never end A burning pain from The blood pouring out of me as The muscles strained to Lift me up with wings Ripped out, I could no Longer fly. But I couldn’t Stop myself from trying As I fell down forever ...
- Poetry > All PoetryDreams drifting in the wind Moonbeams dance, and mermaids sing The Night is filled with many things That go bump, and make bells ring The werewolf stalks his clueless prey Under a light pearly gray Their stories disappear by day Only in Night may they play Snakes locked in eternal fight ...
- Poetry > Free VerseI do not speak But I still have something to day The very rocks have voices If only someone would lend an ear The sea murmurs promises But no one understands The deer leave messages in their run We haven’t cracked the code The river sings songs And no-one stops to hear The tree...
- Poetry > All PoetryYou seem happy, but you scream You want to hunt, want to scheme Inside your head, a snake’s eyes gleam But settle for a smile that beams Pushing down thoughts that stream Acting as pure as cream I promise you, those thoughts will teem I just want to stop your scream You’ll forgive me...
- Poetry > Free VerseHolding on to reality With bone-white knuckles And trembling fingers Too tired to hold on, but Too afraid to let go of The last anchor that Keeps me sane. Delicately Balancing, always On the verge of drowning, yet Still wanting to swim Deeper, and never Come back up Mesmerized by ...
- Poetry > Free VerseSometime after midnight on Midsummer’s Eve, A witch dances around her cauldron Twigs break under her feet Leaves blown by an unseen breeze Animals run to take shelter Scared by the frenzied dance around the cauldron The clouds part, sending A single ray of moonlight down Into the grass...
- Poetry > Free VerseThe gates to the castle are Thorned and tangled, with Swords ready to stab Thieves enticed by the ephemeral scent Warning that the jewel inside Is not easily sought Velvet curtains, dyed red Dance in the breeze, revealing Glimpses of the treasure are Its last defense At the very center lie...
- Poetry > Free VerseBy the sea, there is a cliff Riddled with caves, intricate And complex, wild and unexplored A single beam of light Illuminates the interior Bringing light into the dark It reveals flashed of color White, and red, but mostly Black and deep brown Thick vines, prickly to touch Form a de...
- Poetry > All PoetryI’ll give words A spirit and soul Build them up, bone by bone Sew closed their clothing’s holes Craft them shining thrones Teach them to talk from paper scrolls Pretty them with dark kohl Make them castles hewn of stone While locked in place, let them stroll I will Give them voic...
- Poetry > Free VerseI’m sorry for never saying this To your face, but I want you to smile. You probably hate me, and Hate yourself for hating me I’m sorry But I couldn’t stand Being the one that Made you stop smiling, that Stopped your chiming laughter So I’m not going to say goodbye Because go...
- Poetry > All PoetryAs I walk beside a stream In a meadow, I spy a gleam I follow the faint glow Anxious to see what it might show I find abandoned, yesterday’s dream Fell from the heavens, it once beamed Thrown away once too high It must have sobbed, its end was nigh In a meadow, beside a stream I b...
- Poetry > All PoetrySharp of tooth and fleet of wing Gleam of eye, and death it brings Flame of rage and useless shield Yet another knight, to fire yields Fleet of wing and scream of fear Victim in claw and home it veers Skulls perch on gleaming gold Reminders of men once bold To kill, many try and all ...
- Poetry > Free VerseA bow to greet A curtsey in reply A hand to ask A smile in answer Feet, two pairs, both Keeping time to the music Flowing around, giving New depth to movements A twirl that lifts Showing lace, and A dip that seems To defy gravity A step takes them Close enough to kiss Another mov...
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