OPEN MIC - PART I
Up-dated March 4, 2003

OPEN MIC Part II

OPEN MIC - Part III

 

FOR MARC
 Dawn Bozanich
 
I wish that you could see the snow
Coming down in steady flow
Drifting into fluffy mounds
As it falls in leaps and bounds.
 
You should see the huge fir trees
Covered in the icy freeze
Heavy with the snowy load
That Nature readily bestowed.
 
Maybe one day you will see
The snowy sights along with me
And then before the day is through
I’ll have a snowball fight with you!
~*~

STEPS
Veronica Bessinger
Stop being scared
Let your feelings show.
Let him know he matters
Forget everything you know.
 
Make a decision
Clear your mind.
Tell him that you love him
And leave everything behind.
 
Be ready to fight
Hes not yours anymore.
Prepare for the pain
Nothings like it was before.
 
Im ready to go
To start something new.
Im ready to love
But only if its you.

~*~

Wings Of Love      
by Michael Salazar
 
Gently place me in your palm
Towards the sphere of inner space
From evening dusk to early dawn
I am a distant turn of phrase
 
Perhaps in thought or passing whim,
I am a portrait in the sky
A voice that whispers from within
And leaves its teardrop for your eye
 
I am pure gold upon the wheel
My fiber, silken to the heart
Spinning round and round until…
Emotions stir and soon depart
 
It is through memory, so admired
That stars and moons reflect my dreams
Upon an ocean of desire
To far succeed these earthly things
 
I come to pass, but not before…
I leave my message for the world
To find its peace behind my door
And let the wings of love unfurl

~*~

the feelin, the feelin inside
every time i think of you, you take me on this ride
it hurts to think i won't see u for another day
but i guess that's the price that i have pay
if i wanna be with you
my love is most defiantly true
 
it feels like an emptiness and fullness at the same time
u make me feel like an athlete in his prime
it's hard explain and only can be done with one word
one which from me will much be heard
love
 
anything from you i will cherish forever
anything from me i hope u throw away never
i love you
i hope u love me too

Sam Amaru

~*~

My Lover's Poem

Jenna Rae Rogers
There is love that breathes
Your silent shadow's sacred dance
With every touch of whisper's winding thoughts
Of true romance
And beating parallels that often try
To fly and act as ruler's of a distant sky.
 
The urges that a soul can bring
Will scratch the surface of a sightly thing
And all that carries lost regret
With foolish rhymes I've made and yet
I count my words on icy faces,
Fire-lies that come from places
Never walked or touched the sun
A day that never has begun.
 
We dream of paths that others take
And we would follow by mistake
I know that if I danced with you
A dance with love
Yours and mine
Something new.
 

~*~

It's so hard to fall asleep
I feel so uncomfortably light without
Her body pressing against my side
Her head tightly snug against my chest
The hushed whisper of her breath growing slow
The flowery clean smell of her hair teasing my nose
Stroking gently the thin strands behind her ear
Fighting the urge to squeeze her tighter for fear she'll wake
Dozing with a smile, grateful for the company
Waking in the middle of the night just to watch her sleep
Butterflies tossing as I thank God for her again

scotthoffman

~*~

                               CHILD OF GOD
                              
                        You are the Lord of my life,
                    You care for me when I'm in strife.
                       May I never forget Your grace,
                        may I keep seeking Your face.
                      I love You with all of my heart,
                     thank You for the brand new start.
                         I pray to You everyday,
                     for You to guide me in Your way.
            You have tamed me after bringing me out of the wild,
                       I am proud to be Your child.
                       I was blind, but now I see,
                        thank You for adopting me.
 
                                                     Julie Minor
                                        

~*~

 " .... Why don't you change it ?"
Josie
"No more excuses"
She said to me
On and on
There she goes rambling
About that mumbo jumbo
It's going through one ear and out the other
 
Another day rolls by
Another day of, " Oh, I hate my life"
Well, if you hate it,
Why don't you change it?
 
People today are so close-minded
They just don't take a good look
In their mirrors
To see who they really are.
 
If they don't, their just gonna have
Another one of those Mondays
Hating their 9 am to 5 pm job
Well, if don't like it,
Why don't you change it?
 
Mama always told me
You're the director of you own show
If you don't like something then change it
 
Oh damn,
Another long day at school
Coming home realizing what she told to me
 
I am my own person.
I control my own life
No one else is gonna do it
Only myself.
If I don't like something,
Why don't I change it?
It's my life
And I will take control.


~*~

Missing You
AMANDA SMITH

 I miss you more and more everyday and night , our love was out of sight, when we drift off into the night, it soars just like a flying kite, a mans body a baby's touch, lord this is a little much, the sky above looks like a dove, and i can tell that im in love!

~*~

Only you can save me,
from being in this life all alone.
Do not let our hopes and dreams fade
love me like your own
 
I am yours to love always,
you have made me yours forever.
As you have lifted me up
filled with happiness, let's always be together.
 
Lorrindah Diamond

~*~

GOODBYE
reuban lespoir 

the December's zephyr sweeps across tenderly
caressing the naked ground
dead leaves lie dry
as he whispers goodbye
 
memories arise from the ahses
while aging dust silently falls
clearing the cobwebs ... he ponders
had it been that long?
 
so had she gone
and gone had his will to breathe
but time heal even the deepest wounds
and love has sprung anew
 
now he buries his heart
along with all of their past
days that shall be kept like treasures
in the field where sleeps her uncrowned queen
 
but soon the rain will fall
and all will be forgotten
but though this is goodbye
their love will never part.

~*~

YOUR MAKEUP
Aida Tavakkolie
Pockets dripping
with gold coins
as nightfall gathered.
I found
at the end of
a silky net,
your will
to chortle desire,
               and love.

~*~

Hope
James

Three weeks are near.
People think I should move on,
But I say not,
Because of there is still a small hope inside.
One last hope,
A hope of love,
A hope of romance.
That hope will be there forever.
Even after girls have come and gone,
I would have that hope for her.
So I sit here and wait,
For that hope.
That hope to come out.
That hope that I have.
Saying that we’re mint to be together.
A hope of love,
A hope of romance,
A hope of me and you.

~*~

Seasonal Pause (this moment)
 
MY FINGERTIPS COLD AND HESITANT
TEN FRAGILE SNOWFLAKES
RED WINE IS GOOD FOR THE HEART

Seasonal Pause (Remembered)
 
IT'S DEAD OF WINTER
WIND BLOWING, TREE BENDING
NO TIME TO RUMBA

by Cate Espener

~*~

My heart belongs to you.
Dusty Dockery
When I am with you I feel free.
My heart now belongs to you.
Chains and shackles unlocked with your key.
My heart belongs to you.
 
A tear is shed.
But not a lonesome cry.
A tear of joy landing on my bed.
For never will I be afraid because your by my side.
 
When I dream.
I see you.
Your Beauty glistening like a sunbeam.
When were alone, just us two.
 
My love was gone.
But renewed with your heart.
Your faith lending a hand in the dawn.
And we will never part.

~*~

LATE EVENING, EARLY MORNING LOVE
jeremy clayman

Early in the evening I love to drink the warm red moon like fresh Boujelais Nouveau.  I love to wear the breeze as a scarf at midnight while close enough to hear your earrings whisper tunes sexy as jazz riffs- black and white keys tickling each other and laughing in harmony, more in tune than the skyline at dawn.  Trembling in warmth my grin is infinite and swallowed by puckered and poised lips, soft and intense like the clouds that form a hurricane.  A bass cleft rises from the east and the beat dances behind echoes of your laughter from the other room.  Sunlight and streetlight argue and scuffle stretching into your window panes trying to lick my back, your hips, my thighs, your belly- roots of joy all planted and twisting around each other.  A smirk from you reminds me why I don't chase faithful solitude anymore.  I know why the skinny candle smoke runs to dance in your face before it dies.  The morning chirping is a reminder that they on Mount Olympus are jealous because !
you stayed with me tonight.  Your taste sculpts my visions of happiness and your absence traces the contours of our faces sharing time and space while centuries are gained in seconds and are lost where you're gone.

~*~

VISION OF LOVELY PAIN
jeremy clayman
 
Your eyes paralyze
and more deadly than any venom,
I'm feelin' only comfort and pain
when I catch me lookin' in 'em.
With enough glimmer to make
diamonds envy and iceburgs shiver,
Mysterious is the glare
to turn a pillar into bended knee-
The collaboration of beautiful lips
and an infamous smile
melts the armor that has protected
so long every conscience I know...

~*~

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Nicola Fry
 
That cheerful greeting
A happy meeting
Just in front of you.
There's something strange.
It's not quite right.
There's something else there too.
 
That beggar boy,
Acting coy.
Not saying a word to you.
He wants your cash,
Just for some hash.
A couple of notes will do.
 
A tender kiss.
What is this?
Your bubble's just been burst.
He said he loved you.
What a lie.
Love, it really hurts.

~*~

You are sitting in my bed,
Telling me all the things that I don’t want to hear,
All those things that I so desperately feared,
I run away,
Reality or a dream,
I cannot decide,
Feeling my life dying inside,
Can’t stand the view from the ground,
 
You say time will heal, patience will bring fruits,   
I still remain a plant with no roots,
My broken reality,
No place for me in your humanity,
My hope is lost in my insanity,
You say its getting harder and harder,
So why the f#ck should you bother,
The first time,
it ended so fast,
The second time,
 I truly thought it would last,
The third was too good to be true,
You finished it too.
 
I cant hear nothing in your voice,
This person is not who I thought you were,
Still, this song won’t end without you,
Writing songs now alone in my bed,
Trying to interpret all my thoughts and feelings, into words on paper,
this is what is left, of the love that we had.

Idan Elbaz

~*~

Crippled For all
Glenn Thomas
I'm Blind, for you were my only light
Only darkness engulfs me, like endless night
I'm Deaf, for your voice was my utmost pleasure
Not once, since then, has there been greater treasure
I'm Weak, for you were my inner strength
It seems all my ambition and goals have gone away
I'm Lost, because I'm nothing without my boo
I never knew that, you were me and I had become you
I'm Hollow, for you were my heart and soul
Two souls, once one, until mine was stole
It's been three days now, and my pain only tripled
Ever since you've passed I can't help but feel crippled

~*~

LOVED YOU SO LONG
Ashlyn
 
How do you do you do it?
Treat me so bad
Yet I still love you
No matter what is said
 
I've loved you so long
Couldn't you tell
The way I'd sit in class
All day and stare
 
You said yes
But only because you wanted some rest
She bugged you so long
I told her not to
Yet she kept nagging on and nagging on
 
You said yes
I cried and cried
To only find out that you were just tired
 
You said I stalked you
Why I just loved you
When you said I bugged you
I wanted to hug you
You said to not call
But still I would fall even more in love with you
 
Words can't explain the way that I feel
I've just loved you for about three years
Though you love her
Can't you see
She's doing to you
What you've done to me

~*~

MINE
Sally Mendez
 
hiding all my dreams from you
standing beside you laughing speaking your picture
never revealing who i am
never letting you crush what remains
keeping my soul
safe
secret
all the rest is trampled
ruined and shamed
tearsoaked
muddy
but i am hiding

~*~

Lonely
jason2voorhees
I hunger to feel your touch
Tears i bleed hurt so much
i journey alone in a world of loneliness
no one to hold me
i feel so lonely
in my time of need
i crave you to hold me so tenderly
I journey this world lost and lonely
emptiness draining my life
drowning me in darkness
i feel your love so warm to the touch
i cradle your love
hunger for your touch
hopelessness draining my heart
getting worse through the years
loneliness hurting I bleed the tears
please rain love upon me.

~*~
I understand that u don't want me
I can see it in your eyes
I understand that u don't want me
You don't have to lie
I understand that u don't want me
So I'm letting go of all ties
I understand that u don't want me
I can't continue to cry
I understand that u don't want me
You can't help the way you feel
I understand that u don't want me
You could've let me know the deal
I understand that u don't want me
My feelings for you I refuse to deny
I understand that u don't want me
When all I wanted was to give us a try
I understand that u don't want me
Now the truth is exposed
I understand that u don't want me
Nothings going to happen between us- Case closed

angela 

~*~

Poem for Mike
by Nicole K.
 
maybe you should move along now
don't wait to "settle down"
don't know if I could be
the one you find
don't know if I should be
the one laying in your bed
or in your backseat
don't know just about anything
I'm sorry I can't be
what you want me to be
I don't know why
I don't know what's wrong
you call me sexy
but just sex
bugs me
but you...
you are someone
I feel falling
me falling
eventually
and hurting
me hurting
the risk is too much
and I can't
I won't
I don't know how
to trust you
so maybe you should move along
now

~*~

 For Ever, My Love For You
Carolina

   You are the one for me. You brighten my days, you lighten my soul, to hold you or to kiss you would make me so happy i need you in my life, just like you need me. I'm not perfect but i am just right for you. As I sit here thinking about you and of all that we had gone through makes me think of how good it would be to have you right here next to me. You are my all and every thing in my life, and if i would ever think of the thought of loosing you, just brings tears to my eyes, i would never want to loose you and if it ever came to that point i just wanna say that For Ever, My Love For You.

~*~

RAINDROPS
deanna-
     You say you do not love me, and still, I can live with that, but yet you come to me with feeling. I say I do not love you, yet I come to you with pride. When we're together with both give with love, so if you don't love me nor I you, then what really matters? Everytime we meet it's with tenderness and passion and with that my complete being grows. I watch as you watch me and maybe only I can see the joy and affection those warm eyes bring. Yet I dare to tell anyone what I see. For what I see is boundless, timeless delight. That's when I wonder what does love matter. For the moment we are like raindrops, suspended between the sky and the earth. We all come to give and to share. With you I soar beyond feelings grown familiar to my soul, carrying with me the destiny of lifes cycle, such as life, is suspended in air, like raindrops.

~*~

I Want To Shout, "I LOVE YOU!"
Mark Anthony Moyano
Every day that I’m with you, I feel like I’m a superhero.
I feel like I can fly up in the sky, and eliminate different kinds of sorrow.
I feel like I can navigate the universe all by myself.
And there’s no one can stop me even the most powerful elf.
 
Every hour that I’m with you, I feel that I am perfect
And all bad luck for me has no effect.
I feel like I can make you the happiest woman on Earth,
Even though I am not handsome at birth.
 
Every minute that I’m with you, I feel like I am a King,
And that whenever you are near I am floating.
I feel like I’m the most appealing man ever walked the planet,
While you are the most wonderful woman I have ever met.
 
Every second that I’m with you, I want to shout, “I LOVE YOU!”
But I am afraid what might happen if I do.
I might regret it for the rest of my life,
Or I might kill myself using a knife.
 
Every moment that I’m with you, I want to say, “I LOVE YOU!”
But I know I’ll never like what will happen if I do.
How I wish you could feel what I feel,
So that from now on I’ll never ever get ill.
 
Every time that I’m with you, I want to shout, “I LOVE YOU!”
How I wish you felt the same way too.
But even though I cannot say it in front of you,
In my heart I always do love you.

~*~

THE LONG NIGHT
Erin Harte

the long night
empty space
between us
cloudless sky
moonless night

~*~

"Last Night"
Jess 
 I'm so emotionally dead
And I can smell you on my fingertips
Maybe it's all in my head
But I was kissing your lips
 
It feels so unreal
But it's impossibly true
I'm not sure how to feel
About me and you
 
I think it was right
And I don't feel pain
It was last night
That it stopped to rain
 
I'm emotionally lost
I don't know who I am
A friendship at cost
And I've done what I can
 
If it's you that I'm losing
Then I take back what we've done
It's you that she's using
It's me that has won
 
No more reasons to fight
Over unimportant things
I miss last night
As I wait for the telephones rings

~*~

All I ever wanted was to be part of your heart
And for us to be together, never apart
No one else in the world can even compare
You're perfect and so is this love that we share
WE have so much more than I ever thought I could
I love you more than ever thought I could
I promise to give you all I have to give
I'll do anything for you as long as I live
In your eyes I see our present, our future and past
By the way you look at me I know we will last
I hope that ONE day you'll come to realize
How perfect you are in my eyes.
                    By: Nikki Bradshaw

~*~

I told myself not to fall
I told myself to hide it all.
I did real well in the start.
I told you we should stay apart.
But that's the hardest thing to do.
When you find someone as understanding as you.
I started to fall more each day.
I was falling for you in every way.
I told myself don't be scared, stand up and face your fears.
take a deep breath, now wipe away those tears.
So I got brave and told you how I feel.
And hoped what you had said was real.
You said I Love You.
I said I Love You too.
That's when it all started to change.
It all started to rearrange.
You told me it's cause you feel bad.
Well I want you to know it makes me sad.
I know if I would have stayed away.
I never would have felt this pain.
There's one last thing I have to say .
Before I say good-bye today.
stand up and face your fears.
Take a deep breath, Please help me wipe away my tears.

Lauren 

~*~

MORNING
by Sarah Spears
 
Trouble comes without warning,
Pain comes without thought,
Sadness may cover every spot,
But the sun comes with the morning,
Happiness overcomes the trouble and pain,
The sun stopped all this madness
    through the rain,
Now that there is light,
I have regained my sight,
All has happened without thought,
And in the end love covers every spot.

~*~

OLD BLACK JACKET
  MARCIA E. SCHECHINGER
 
An old black jacket sits on my bed
Small strings hang down like golden threads
Tattered slightly but beauty found
The thought of you keeps it well bound
 
Touching coat the memories find
Football games with your arm in mine
A boyish grin with sharp gray eyes
A crisp fall night when we entwined
 
Holding close my true loves cloth
The smell of you no fragrance lost
Life is gone but memories clear
The days are long without you dear
 
Selfishly I want you back
I'm sorry for the time I lacked
Stoking hair or kissing cheek
Time too short and now I weep
 
The old black jacket tells this tale
Love your mate each day you share
Never have regrets to face
Or wish for one more yesterday

~*~

ALL BECAUSE
gaps
YOU ARE THE PATH I SLOWLY TREAD ON, THE PATH I OBEDIENTLY FOLLOW;
THOUGH SOMETIMES IT MAY SEEM HOLLOW, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE ONE DAY;
THIS HOLLOWNESS WILL DISAPPEAR FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN,
JUST LIKE THE EVENING SUN SETTING IN....
   ALL BECAUSE...
IF YOU'RE THE DAWN, I'M THE SUNSET;
IF YOU'RE THE RIVER ,I'M THE TRIBUTARY;
IF YOU'RE THE MOON, I'M IT'S MOONLIGHT;
 IF YOU'RE THE STARS, I'M IT'S SHINE;
IF YOU'RE THE SUNSHINE, I'M YOUR RAYS.
IF MY LIFE'S A FULL CIRCLE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITHIN.

~*~

Dream
Steve
As I wake this morning with the memories of the sweetest dream,
As the dawn light fall across your beautiful face the vision of perfect beauty overwhelms me,
My heart skips a beat, as I try to catch my breath,
Before me the goddess of my dream is holding me in passionate silence,
For together we are in perfect harmony, were only true love embraces you and me,
Together forever true love is our if we want it to be.

~*~

"THE PAIN OF A LOST LOVE"
In remembrance of Lory,
Sean Byrd
 
The gift of true love is like a gift from heaven.
You can't physically see or hold it but you know it's there.
But when you decide to love you unknowingly also decide to lose it.
Like a balloon in a storm, it can leave your grasp.
The loss of a loved is one is like a sharp pain that never goes away.
But you still know it's true love from heaven above.

~*~
One night's work
Warren tarus smith
if what i believe is really true then we belong together forever
lets let our two passions collide in a world of endless pleasures
many women wait a lifetime to experience this bliss untouched by so many before
but in one nights work i can give you all the pleasures you adore
like the morning sun, i will show you the light that you so desperately yearn
or maybe i'll be the moon that comforts you at night to stop your twist and turns
awaken my angel and stand strong with no flaws...
this love that i speak of could only be yours!!!

~*~ 
That thing you do
Sarah
What went wrong? im gonna sit here and try not to sigh,all you ever did was make me cry,i tried to hold it in,i tried to
be strong but then something always
had to go wrong,we looked so in love
and all this time it had been wrong
,you hadnt loved me,you didnt even
 like my smile,but maybe everything
will be alright,all i have to do is
 try,You make me want to hate you,You make me want to cry,you make me want to rip my
heart out and you make me want
to lie,i hate the way you treat
me,i hate the way you smile,
but the sad part is i dont even
hate you at all,i love everything
 you do,even if what your doing
is tearing me in two,all i can do
is wait and maybe one day you'll
love me like the way i love you.-

~*~

  Just one more time
Ashley   Enloe

      Time is turning going so fast
      people that loved me are turning their backs
      My worlds turning upside down, My worlds gone black
      I can't see the light
      I'm all alone people are leaving me behind
      All the loved ones of mine are dying
      My hands start to tremble, My heart starts to jump
      I can hardly breath, I'm gasping for air
      tears forming in my eyes
      I'm begging, I'm pleading Please don't leave me
      just give me one more day, just one I'm asking
      so I can hold and kiss you one last time  

~*~

My dogs name is
                             SAM!
My friends name is
                                 SAM!
the only difference is that my dog is a male,
and my friend is a female

they are both~
~however,
                                       really nice
                                        and kind
                                         and sweet
my friend-sam is very funny
my dog-sam is very cute

                  both of them are friendly
 and both of them are sam!

brittany

~*~

Lonelier than ever,
I fell into the darkness of the desert,
with no water with no season of spring,
I supported my hopes to the darkness of the nights, but my hands did not reach the moon and stars to get my wishes.
At this moment of loneliness
my eyes are in the illusions
my heart is as softness as the rivers
my cry of yearning is with no voice,
my heart is still without you.
Lonelier than ever..... maybe it was the curse of a bad spell
that did not reach me into your arms,
lonelier than ever..... maybe i ll remain into my dreams and thoughts, or maybe even i ll travel alone watching the illusions
If for my own benefit i ll tell you i am in love,
where will you take me? to my desires or will you still remain in my wonderland, where you still are my mirage.
At this moment with no answer my tears are the amount of the sea, and
my eyes are lonelier than ever........

Shila Saidian 

~*~

WHISPERS
Leslie Yo
 
Whispers in the world
What do they mean?
Little Boys and Little Girls whisper their dreams
How they sit on the clouds and eat ice cream, riding on ponies and carosuel machines
Oh if only the whole world could make whispers so innocent like the children
But there are some people
Who's whispers we fear
Those people's whispers break out glass hearts and shatter our hopes and dreams
though WE never really know what a tiny whisper can truly can bring we surely know it can bring
GOOD
or
BAD
THINGS

~*~

EMPTY
By Shirhia Cowan
 
I don't know why you put my heart to the test,
You're just a guy like all the rest.
They come and go, do as they please.
They make you cry, fall to your knees.
They lie, they cheat, they lead you on.
Sometimes I wish you'd just be gone.
You think you're the best, I can't do without
And in my mind there is no doubt.
You're a jerk and a pain, but this one thing is true-
My life would seem empty without you.

~*~

I see no beauty
angled ‘neath your smile
Nor warmth in your eyes.
 
And anger, I dream
concealed ‘neath your guile.
Transparent to me
 
The depth of my rage
you bathe and defile,
to assuage your guilt
 
You reek of distaste
claiming love all the while.
you look down your nose
 
And traces of heat
that held back the bile
I save for your lust
 
No quarter given
though we’ve gone the full mile
Left only at rest
within something so vile.

Debra Herrington 

~*~

THE MOMENT

KNYTE
My tears gave birth to tears
My knytemares had knytemares
My fears… feared their worse fear
My permanent smile disappeared
The very moment…. You let my ears hear…

          YOU NEVER LOVED ME .

~*~

Brass Premiere
Timothy McNeal
In the evening then
her slender figure in that long black gown,
her fair plait glimmering,
her trumpet pressed against
her breast,
her belly breathing and
her baby blues
promising.
            

~*~

There are worlds inside my mind that you may never see
Secrets deep inside my life that play out again in me
I always seemed to find a light where none should be found
But every time I see your face the light turns upside down
So remember me and how I am and how I've always been
Because every time you see me now My beginnings now my end.
 
So Think about the past
Think of all you did,
Think of everything that was and could have been.
 
Can you even say you were telling me the truth?
The next time I hear " I love you" its not going to be from you.
Just remember that the next time you kiss someone else's lips
You ask me before I turn away for one final kiss
I know you may not know this but it is very true,
The last kiss you gave was on someone else's lips to them from you.
So Think about the past
Think of all you did,
Think of everything that was and could have been.
Remember what I say and every word You hear,
When the next emotion sneaks up on you, all it will be is fear.

Kathryn Wiley

~*~

SATIN AFTER MIDNIGHT
M Freeland
 
Crimson lips
drip
sweetly down alabaster skin
trickling
silent moans flow forth from nape,
fading in and out of
submission.
The tongue seek s razor s prey
And all that s left of pain
Is want.

~*~

I AM FEELING LOVE
Doreen Moore
 
Like pen to paper indelibly each line was burned in my memory.
Each though had flowed like a river uninterrupted as I rode on the coattails of every
ending word.
I remember being on the mountaintop; at my happiest being so high
But as life passes so shall the happiness.
Am I happy? Why am I not smiling?
Now I have to feel every other  emotion that living has to offer.
I am walking towards the valley--- where I frown…where I cry…where I am afraid.
Sometimes the sun is shining on the path which is not really there.
Other times the clouds darken the trails I’m blazing.
I trudge on.
Alas, I come upon yet another mountain
But this one is grander than all others; quite possibly the grandest of them all.
I am taken over by something I can’t name.
What is it that I am feeling?
I am happy. I am smiling. I no longer frown. I am no longer afraid.
The sun is always shining.
I am feeling
Love.

~*~

Be calm, little one
Think not of the night
Think not of the beasts
Or of things of fright
Be calm, little one
Lay your head down
Fear not my darling
And sleep sound
Be calm, little one
And think not of harm
Think of me
And you’re safe in my arms

Ariel Garman

~*~

Love
Mary Alice Barnes
Love is soft like a petal from a flower,
It looks so delicate ye, it has so much power.
Love is something that can never be bought,
it's so easy to learn but, it cannot be taught.
Love is not to be blamed for treating someone else wrong. 
Love is perfect, willing and, strong.
Love can never be destroyed nor, taken apart,
love is something you can never get out of your heart.

~*~
THE GHOST-CHILD LAUGHS
by Jacob Albaugh
 
Existing next to you wasn't worth it
Hate and fear permeated the air around me
You told me it was alright if I died
I remembered almost everything that day
Especially the fact that you didn't even cry
So what does that mean to me?
Just because I'm freed of the grip of your shadow
Allowed to dream like a normal boy
Laughing and playing with the friends in my head
Occasionally I'd like to watch over you
Seeing the real world in negative tones
Realizing your heart was truly black
Able to see where you'll end up
Wondering if someone will be there to care
When you end up like me

~*~

We see The Thing We love most With shaded eyes And Utmost conviction.
William Nippress 
We love with obsessesive certainty
With shaded eyes and utmost conviction see
Our fixation constant unheeding lost.

~*~

 A story about feelings
Rositsa Kuneva

I still remember the eternal day,
when walking with him through the bay;
Blue haze obscured the sinking sun
and the dusk was falling like a ton,
leaving warm enchanting colours,
shading off for many hours
The sand was warm the water too
But his hand was warmer than those two
It was all, the sea, the sky, so nice-
it was like an earthly paradise
But nothing pretty lasts too long,
it had to go somewhere wrong
Instead of saying that he loved me
He said he loved somebody else but me.
 Ho stood up then and went away-
there was nothing he could say…
Now I’m looking at the sky- it’s black,
the sun is gone and it won’t be back

~*~

TEAR STAINS
By: Rayne Britt
 
Tears coursed down my cheek
Kissed away by your words of gold.
The way you kindly speak
Makes my heart unfold.
 
Tear stains left by the last
You easily washed away,
Erasing the chalk-written past,
And writing in ink a brand new day.
 
You give me newer tears:
Tears that flow with joy.
You relieve my fears;
My hate destroy.
 
These new tear stains stand
As a testament to my happiness.
Here in the palm of your hand.
All is bliss

~*~

MY ONE TRUE LOVE
 PAMMY WEVERS
 
His voice as soft as a snowflake falling from the sky,
His touch as warm as a fresh baked pie,
He makes me feel like the happiest person in the world when hes looking into my eyes.
 
His eyes are as beautiful as a sunset,
His smile glows like a thousand stars lighting up the sky after the sun has set.
 
His hair is the most beautiful brown,
When I see him he always makes me smile I never have a frown,
Since the first time I laid eyes on him he stole my heart now it will always be his, forever to him my heart is bound

~*~

THE BLUE IN YOU
by Evan Wolff
 
Blue as the sky
that sets in her eyes.
Blue as the boy
who has lost his favorite toy.
Blue as the ocean
that sets you in motion.
Blue as the jeans
that say what they mean.
Blue as the balloon
that sailed to the moon.
Blue as the berry
never mistaken for a cherry.
Blue like the note
that Ray Charles wrote.
Blue as the bird
that said not a word.
Blue as the light
that shown through the night.
Blue as the color
forever to be discovered.
~*~
LANDFILL
jessy mills
 
My heart is a landfill
Cracks and tares through the layers
Pieces of broken confidence
It seems to have built up a barrier
Thick walls shatter at night
My heart breaking seeps out my eyes
Take a hammer this barren land
Build another layer onto my life
A numbing sound, like a drum
Is this life? Am I alive?
Holes in the wall from stress
My head aches from your life, now gone
Another layer is beginning to form
A ray of sunshine beams onto the landfill
Here and now, blossoms grow.

~*~

YOUR EYES
Christopher DeJesus
 
Love looks you in the
eyes everyday,
stares you down,
and leaves you wondering, "What
if?"
What if I could be with you
right now?
What if we were together every
minute and
second
and we were never able to
separate ourselves from one another?
Would it be heaven,
or would it be happiness?
Could it be both if we feel like it
should be?
I wish it were and I wish I was with you.
Hey look...
The man is walking his dog down
the street.
They are together.
I'm not sure how this reminds me of us.
But they are together.
Sometimes I write like
this and people say its
weird,
but define weird.
My definition:
weird is love.
Love is a liking.
A very intimate and emotional
and physical, trusting kind
of liking.
The other night I talked on the phone
with
you.
I heard your voice,
and I started to fall in love.
with
you.
And now when I think about it,
I feel that even though its
against my damn philosophical
ways,
I love
you.
Already.
What if I could look you
in the eyes?
What if
Love could look you in the eyes?

~*~

Without You
Rich
Sometimes I lie in bed and wonder where I would be without you.
You have given me such much to live for and this is so true.
In my heart you’re perfect in every aspect.
Because of this I will always show you the utmost respect.
This is what you deserve, the very best.
Sometimes I feel as though you doubt me but girl I’m always gonna be there.
Trust and honesty is what I’m all about, this I swear.
I want a chance to prove myself and be your everything.
If my dream came true I would give anything.
I just want to hold you in my arms and be with you through the night.

~*~

I shouldn't have looked at you the way I did tonight.
Why do you have to be so beautiful?
You shouldn't have touched me the way you did tonight.
We both didn't want to let go.
and what if we didn't?
What if we don't?
So you'll go drink this away tonight.
I will write.
Your fake smiles will do for tonight,
and my sadness will.
at one moment we will both think about this,
both of us will wonder what is next,
or what went wrong.
I know, you know, but we both may know differently.
It scares me,
we possess much fear.

nickol

~*~

As I sit here and wonder
of what has happened in the past,
Your face comes in my mind.
As the tears stream down my cheeks,
I can't help but wonder why.
"Why did you do what you did?"
But you can't answer that now,
Because you are so far.
So it must remain a mystery,
That will stay unsolved.

Laurette Strausser

~*~

Friends
Dominika
What is a friend?
No one knows
but, they can feel it
inside in their hearts

A friend is your smile,
your laugh, your tear,
your biggest gift from God.
Somebody who has a friend is lucky,
because your friends are you !

~*~

From my mountaintop
I cannot believe my view
Of beautiful you

              © Jay Russell

~*~

LET LOVE
     Michael P. Johnson
        
Let love my God with me reside
Let love precede my goal
Let love turn back the evil’s tide
And bless my heart and soul
 
Let love restrain my worldly stress
Let love my life adorn
Let love my aching heart caress
Let love in me be born
 
Let love persuade my every thought
Strengthen my days when weak
Let love flow through the true report
Each day my tongue would speak
 
Let love all hate in me restrain
Let love be always pure
Let love look through my window pane
And in and out my door
 
Let love’s true Flame inside me burn
Let love inside me thrive
Let all the world my God soon learn
True love can all survive
             

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