Encore II August, 2002

OPEN MIC ENCORE II
August, 2002

"Understand"
Rachel Renee Rodriguez

Don't tell me that you care

That you will always be there

Don't tell me that you will stay

And never walk away

Don't tell me things I want to hear

Just to keep me near

Don't tell me sweet lies

To keep me satisfied

Tell me that you want to go

And you feel you have gone astray

So I can learn to let you go

And I won't wait another day

Don't tell me that you love me

When you really want to be free

~*~

BLACK!!
AARATHI RANGACHAR

the color of depth,

of unfathomable darkness.

searching thro it

to behold something,

delving deeper and yet

finding nothing:

it is inviting

with a spark here

and a gleam there,

dominating

displaying nothingness

and yet subtle

with it's silence,

challenging

and hiding all the colors

of life within,

a beauty to behold!!

~*~

Dancing Among The Stars
Aaron Baity

When I look up

at the sky at night

My dreams seem

to come to life

After a day

of work and stress

I lay back

to put my thoughts to rest

and see her

dancing across

the Milky Way

She glides through the galaxy

on her steps

Dancing among the stars

at night

Dancing across

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn

wearing Orion's belt

Venus must have seen

this beautiful dancer

only in a dream

Dancing among the stars tonight

~*~

I DIE
Alvene Vanita Appollis

Like the white petals of the white rose,

a piece of me fall to earth every day

and the more I fall, the more it hurts,

but your beautiful, brown eyes seem so blind

so distant~ so faraway...

Time is fading and soon it will be nothing,

but white mist

and the inner-me seeks the inner-you

and returns with nothing, not even your kiss

I run up to the mountains,

to get you off my mind

just to find

that I'm caught up in the ropes of love

not even the angels up above

could untie me

and the hours are ticking by...

The moon has risen from its depth

and returned a thousand times before

the ocean was a storm

still-I'm standing on the shore

waiting for my angel

to let my wings grow

so that I may know

how to spread them and fly

instead, I die

little by little and bit by bit

I'm becoming a soul wandering on the earth

So lost without you

one bundle of emptiness

wishing for completeness

needing you more than I need myself

Always remember-never forget

That Time is near to white mist

and I?

I die...

~*~

Sleepless & Paranoid
Vicki Pinderski

My stomach turns when I see you. The lights grow dim , I act like I can’t hear you. The thoughts of then, I dream in my sleep. So can you leave alone for just one night. I wake up sweating, I can hear my heart race. Stumble to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face. MY thoughts run deep and I can’t get back to sleep. I try to forget you, but something holds me back. I’m trying to loose you, but I only loose myself. Don’t think, can’t sleep. I’m tired but I can’t shut my eyes. Paranoia runs through my veins, into my brain, Y do I feel your right behind me, just waiting for me to turn around? You don’t need me, you never did. I was just here waiting for something to come along. Patience is killing me. Get out of my head and leave. Cuz all I want is a good night's sleep.

~*~

I SHALL LEAD YOU INTO THE SHADOWS,

AND EMBRACE YOU WITH THE MISTS OF MY PASSION.

SHALL LET YOU FEED UPON THE FRUITS OF THOUGHTS AND THE POWERS OF MY DREAMS...

HOW STRONG THEY ARE...

YOUR POWERS!

EXHAUSTING MY RESISTANCE,

AS MY WILL BECOMES YOURS,

I LIVE YOU AS MYSELF.

AND AS ONE WE BECOME, LIVING THE UTMOST OF OUR LIFES, POWERS TO THE FULLEST.

OUR THOUGHTS WONDERING THROUGH DREAMS...

LEAVING US LOST, BUT IN THE END, OUR FEELINGS AMOUNT TO THE ELEMENTS OF LOVE,

WHICH LEADS US TOGETHER...

ELEMENTS? EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER, LOVE?

EACH NEEDING THE OTHER TO SURVIVE!

SERENA

~*~

PAINFUL HAIKU

by Sarah Tracy

Hail Kama Sutra

Shit,I'm stuck in position!

Please call 911.

~*~

CHEATED OUT OF LOVE
Tina Maria Brodbeck

I stand alone to fight

against all that you stand for

You think your always right

I'm pushed down to the floor

to you I'm never worth the site

so why don't I show you the door,

Like you even care

you made me feel low

and yet you dare

to torture me slow

it isn't fair

for you made me unwhole,

Why do you hate me

why must you beat me down

you never let me be

and you managed towards me always to wear a frown

you won't ever see

you try to make of me a clown,

Why doesn't anyone love me

Lived by,

Dragon's Tear

~*~

I AM WHO I DON'T WANT TO BE

I AM THE GIRL WHO JUST WANTS TO ONE LIKED

I AM THE ONE WHO IS DISLIKED

I AM WHO EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO BE

I AM IN LOVE WITH A GUY I CAN'T HAVE

I AM WISHING WE LIVED CLOSER

I AM WHO I DON'T WANT TO BE

-MALERIE MOORE

~*~

Everlasting Fight

By: Zero K

Years have passed and I continue to fight everything that crosses my path everything I come in contact with and I manage to barely survive but I do and still continue never once giving up never once accepting what I was given, always fighting always surviving what life has put in front of me, doing it alone without help without anyone to show me love or care, no one to tell me about myself or life.

~*~

late night loneliness

mandalina stonier

so does he mean it

when he reaches out

am i the only one

and if yes

why then, cant i be the one

flying out here

needing to feel you

against my skin so dear

against rain

falling in streams

down my window pane

~*~

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

ROSAURA

You thought I didn't care,

but my love has always been there

So you say you're going back,

What do I think about that?

I just need you to know, I don't want you to go

I'll miss you so much,

I can't believe it'll be such

Why couldn't it be, you and me

I'll never forget, I'll only regret

Now I'm going to cry

because I have to say good-bye

You will be no longer

and I will always wonder

Because of your absence I will be sad,

I didn't know what I had

If wished came true, I'd still be with you

Your dimples and smile, made it all worth while

Can you hold my hand for one last time

and pretend to be mine

I hope luck knocks on your door

and you find what you're looking for

What other way, can I say, I'll love you till the last day!

~*~

A YOUTHFUL EMBRACE

(Lucas Herr)

I'm growing old and less vibrant now,

I've noticed sometimes i'm just not loud,

and loving of the life that god has given me.

I've always lived in pain but this time there

just seems to be less to gain, or feed from these

experiences played about me. Like the worlds coming down

slowly upon my shoulders, creaking, cracking from

heavy boulders, can't seem to stay focus on my freedoms,

just my capture, seeing my world slowly rapture, passion

is becoming a dying embrace, sad to me 'cause it was a faith

for me to live by, it was my very face, a place to hide,

a place to die, and a place to cry. The youthful eyes I

remember me by.

~*~

Intangible Reality

7/22/02
Matthew Timmons

So Far, yet distant you remain.

The slightest of words, are daggers through my heart.

Oh thou wants me close now. Only to walk away?

At my side you lay, all unanswered questions dorment again.

Peace for the moment, until I awake upon dreams end.

Cruelty of dreams, those pictures in your head.

The ones that bring you closer to me only to be torn apart by reality.

Yet in days light, you are.

The one whom I dream about, the one who is real.

But what is real?

~*~

WHAT DIFFERENCES?
(Bengie)

Excuse me Mommy and Daddy!

Why can't I play with Patty?

You say she's not like me.

But that's something I just don't see!

We both see the world through two eyes.

Know the trouble caused by telling lies.

We both talk the same way.

Listen to what our elders have to say.

We both hear the wind in the trees.

Cry when we fall and scrap our knees.

We both have been taught wrong from right.

And say our prayers at night.

We both don't understand our parents behavior.

So please do us a favor.

Remember we are all part of the human race.

Not just a color on a face.

a person shouldn't be judged by the color of their skin.

But what lies within!

Mommy and Daddy if you really try.

You could learn from Patty and I!

~*~

Could it be me,

The one I need to free me from my misery.

Could I be the one?

Because its all about me when its said and done.

Was I wrong for leaning on you?

No, that is what normal people do.

Was I wrong for trusting you?

No, I just shouldn't have done it so soon.

Enough being sad.

Its time to be glad.

Its my time to smile,

I haven't done that in a while.

I finally understand,

That I can be happy without a man.

You serve no purpose,

Yes boyfriend you are worthless.

No longer will you stop my shine.

Now the choice is mine.

I choose to live, not die.

I choose to smile not cry.

Kenya Jones

~*~

CHOICE

WILLIAM REICHERT

YOU SAY THAT YOU "LOVE THE MAN",

THEN YOUR LOVE IS THE GENERAL BRAND.

YOUR PLEASURE IS THE COMMON SPREAD.

IT WILL KEEP THE KIDS, CLOTHED AND FED.

AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE DAY YOUR DEAD.

IF YOU LOVE A PARTICULAR THING,

THEN LOVE HAS A DIFFERENT RING.

HIS EYES, HIS NOSE, OR HOW HE WARES HIS CLOTHES.

THIS IS WHEN A VIOLENT PASSION SHOWS.

AND A BROKEN HEART IS ALL IT KNOWS.

~*~

The Feel
Kaleekoh

When your legs entwine with mine, my heart is filled. When you touch me, my body fills with joy and pride. When you kiss me, my mind is filled with thoughts of you. When our bodys become as one, I know that you are the one I am to spend my life with.

~*~

FROZE
BOB WILLIAMS

I pulled up this by mistake read some looked fun then froze

who if not me has a story a poem a song a dance I suppose

many a pen will write, where is the pen that will bleed

that will pour freely all that is in the heart I can only

wish I held such a pen yet until the thaw i remain froze

~*~

Annie Nelson
morgaina crowe

little rag doll with a tear in her eye

crying for all those times, she's broken inside

miniature pieces of the dead soul she carries

wasting away to nothing, hopeless and buried

cannot feel a thing- tattooed on her heart

soaking inside her to pull her apart

of everything she's done, and everywhere she's been

one life can't hold light to another, just lies bottled within

my little rag doll with no more tears

numbly hurting for all my sins.....

~*~

Friends for Eternity
Ice Zorn

We are friends

For eternity

Everlasting, never changing

We have grown so much together

The bond between us is like a rose to a bee

Eternity, forever, always changing faces

but we have always been true to each other

Society tried to tear us apart

Like it does to so many

But we stuck together like super glue

Through the trials and testimony

They knocked one down the other lifted her back up

They thought they could destroy us but we became like on

Everlasting, though I may die our Friendship will never

For we are Friends for Eternity

~*~

Inside of Me
Kaitlyn Salvatore

Bottled up inside of me

Are the words I never said,

The feelings that I hide.

The line you've never read.

With memories that linger-

Won't seem to go away,

Why can't I be happier?

Today's a brand-new day.

Yesterdays are over,

Even though the hurting's not.

Nothing lasts forever,

I much cherish what I've got.

The hurt I'm feeling now,

Won't disappear over night,

But somehow, someway,

I know everything will be alright.

No more wishing for the past,

It wasn't meant to be.

It didn't seem to last,

So I have to set it free!

~*~

The Room
Nikki Guarnera

The rusty pipe I lean on

will only hold my fear

The cruddy floor i sit on

Is wet with my lone tear

The dirty wall I'm watching

Has about a million faces

the clouded memories I have

start to show up on those traces

The moldy ceiling over me

is corroded and is leaking

I'm out of touch with senses

the roof protects my feeling

The room that i'm inside

lies within the place I dread

The keyhole on the door

locks the room inside my head

~*~

"Calvin"
(7.25.02)
Sara (BloodRaven)

I hate myself for loving you,

You make me feel empty, untrue.

I hate the way you look at me,

Your eyes so real, and made of sea.

I hate the myself for needing you,

You make me feel like I need to redo.

I hate the way you smile at me,

Your face curls up…

You laugh at me.

-I’m not sure if it’s a sneer

Or if you’re happy to see me…-

~*~

ICE STORM
Russ Palmeri

Pine bough breaks

wakens me

this winter's night.

~*~

FEELINGS
James

I HAVEN'T KNOWN YOU FOR THAT LONG,

BUT WHEN I SAY IM IN LOVE WITH YOU, DON'T THINK IM WRONG

YOU ARE SO PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL NIGHT AND DAY

I MISS TALKING TO YOU AND HEARING YOUR VOICE

MOVING DOWN HERE WASN'T MY CHOICE

I MISS YOUR FACE, THE ONLY PICTURE I HAVE OF YOU IS IN MY MIND

YOUR SO SMART, SEXY, FUNNY, AND KIND

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO KNOW WE ARE APART

WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I KNEW IT WAS LOVE FROM THE START

TIME WILL GO BY FAST, THEN WE'LL FINALLY BE TOGETHER AT LAST

I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOU AND I HOPE YOU NEVER FORGET ABOUT ME TOO

WE'LL BE TOGETHER FOREVER IN TIME

JUST KEEP THAT THOUGHT ALWAYS IN YOUR MIND

I LOVE YOU

~*~

I'M ON PLANET MARS

by: lizzy

red red exterior hides a dark chocolately interior on the outside though how its brown i cant understand upon its face i fell and i began to munch and i ate its rocks and waterways gave way to my supreme exterior and i fell victim to what was then hysteria and now looking back i can only see black and for how long i was gone i have no recollection i only felt better munching the rocks humping its waterways fuck the planets and shit on the galaxy i am here and i am now i am on planet mars and you can see how far i can go without delaying i lived it twice a day until i was put down on the floor the dark brown floor put down there away but i never gave up i ate the rocks mars rocks and i lived them all and all over again until until... i was back again now im on planet mars and im living like a person a mars person on greedy chocolate outside no inside i mean inside im on planet mars

~*~

Across The Miles

Lesley Hughes

Across the miles, where do I go?

Looking for one that I do not know.

This way or that way, I don't have a clue.

In hopes that one will lead me to you.

How can I find you when I don't know your name?

How can I be sure that you will feel the same?

If I told you that I've been waiting, what would you say?

Would you take me in or would you turn me away?

Do you even exist or are you make believe?

It's a funny thing how the heart can deceive.

How will I know if you were meant to be mine?

Will our love come easily or only in time?

Discouraged is the one thing I try not to be.

Am I alone in this journey or are you looking for me?

~*~

The Rulo Ferry
Bill Albright

yep, goin west there's lots'a water ta cross

cricks, 'n streams, 'n muddy slops

like this here Missouri, there's no way ta 'void trouble

'cept ta find a ferry to carry

the wagon, stock, 'n can't leave the woman 'n kids

look at me ya dang ole coot, need dat ferry - wake up

and get on over ta here ta make a deal

got a chicken or two sum eggs, strap and cud be

sum coin ta git us 'cross

y'all tke us 'cross fer a fair offer

yep!

those ox'n a your'n pull us across

yep!

suppose'n ya don't help us load

yep!

only ferry for many a mile

yep!

people at St. Joe said ya'd be here at Rulo

yep!

current ain't so swift but sure looks deep

yep!

lost anything off'n the ferry whil'st crossin

yep!

takin longer'n I thought, those ox'n sur' slow

yep!

git only a few folks goin' back east, I bet

yep!

ya hit the bank just right, ya guide it gud

yep!

wee'l be gittn ever thing off then head up the trace

yep!

well, surin nice to talk ta fella not'n the family

yep!

~*~

'Redemption'
Matt Owen Rundle

Beyond iron shackles

That closed out the secular world

Of materials, onlookers

Stood. My feet stepped upon the shelter

Of souls, entering the house of a slumbering god. Slipping

Off wool from my head. My chin slightly dropped. I passed

Visions of Charlemagne, Saint Louis, and Hugo;

My hands reached for the altar. My knees shook

Against the marble floor.

The public display of death, a model

Of glorified guilt, hung

Over humanity’s head;

A halo. My

Struggling body whimpered. Like Don Quixote

Charging with his weapon of purification,

I left blessed.

~*~

"GLASS COFFIN"

Sammie xxxx

I sit around waiting for my prince charming,

Someday my prince will come,

For My Romeo

To ride up on a

Gleaming white horse

And drink poison because

He can't be with me.

Fight a dragon,

Wake

My senses with

Adventure and mystery,

I sit in a tower with my

Hair

Hanging down

To be pulled out by

The first prince to care

And fight the poor old woman

Who locked me

There.

To break the glass coffin that i

Lived my life in

While the rest of

The world

Mourned in silence.

To give me the

Dagger

That will let me

Reclaim my heart back

As my own

~*~

Unbroken to Remain Unspoken
Lacy Phillips

There’s something I must tell you,

Something I cannot hide,

It’s about you and I becoming one from two,

This has gone on far to long,

What I feel for you can’t be described,

I don’t want to hold these feelings back,

But I do,

For what I may lack…

To hear you say you feel the same,

Or the time we spend together to become untamed,

So I don’t speak the words,

And I continue to hide all my emotions,

To keep these feelings unspoken,

And a friendship to remain unbroken.

~*~

Temptation
Katariina Siimes

The knife is calling

Whispering my name.

It's voice seductive,

Promises there'll be no pain.

“A cut on skin

Makes you alive.

The bleeding blood

Helps you survive.”

The slit is made

But I’m not afraid.

I’ve been promised

With a voice so honest:

“You will be fine,

You mustn’t decline.”

I see the stream of red

But I still feel the pain

So I see I was misled

Or was I just insane?

The voice of seduction,

A way to destruction.

~*~

A cat chews feathers.

Angry cries at springs first storm

bring repercussions.

Dylan Clarks

~*~

My Feelings For You Over Time
Ashley Montanye

Anger is black tar

It smells like fresh blood

Anger tastes like scorpian poison

It sounds like guns firing

Anger feels like a sunburn

Sadness is blue

It smells like sour lemons

Sadness tastes like bitter blueberries

It sounds like me crying for you

Sadness feels like a dagger piercing my heart

Love is a red sunset

It has the aroma of blooming roses

Love tastes like sweet strawberries

It sounds like singing doves

Love feels like a bed of soft rose petals

~*~

I never knew what could of been,

but i think it over now and again.

What i did to separate or paths,

for when i got that feeling i knew then it would never last.

For what i was searching for was more then can be given.

for now i feel i lost a peace of heaven.

For he stud tall and graceful in the moon light.

the way he grab my hair so tight.

Pulled my head back and kissed my neck..

wow just thinking of that i now regret!!

Those times i held him as we road.

my body fitted his like the perfect mold..

The scent of him got me going wild.

o lenny my daring, i miss your smile..

But as time goes on and i sit here.

Thinking of you, thinking of when ,we had sex. not once not twice I got lucky that night.

I know now that i was wrong..

heavensthorns

~*~

Under Stars

David Bielicka

The warm summer night breeze whisked away our feet as we walked together

Trees dancing amongst the moonlight as crickets serenaded our night

The river was calm and the stars, which here are rare, were bright

The path was dark yet all I needed to see was right there in front of me

Lit up by the lights reflecting off the water and the pale blue moon

That which surpassed the beauty of the night, which is all that is you

Your dark eyes, like the space amongst the stars

Yet they shine and possess far more brilliance than any star in the heavens

Your angelic voice, which sings of truth and honesty in every breath

Being in your arms, how safe I am there and yet

There is more to you my dear than this

You listen to the words I speak, and I feel better with you, no longer meek

My heart broken before believes in you and opens its doors

I am here for you, to listen and more

To be lost in your eyes and held in your grasp is where I would want to be

Under the stars, will forever be our night this is what I wish you to see….

~*~

"Hamburger"
--Rob Cobb

Cow

Big, Fat

Mooing and Grunting

Gives us delicious milk

Beef

Encore I for August, 2002

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OPEN MIC ENCORE II August, 2002

OPEN MIC ENCORE II
August, 2002