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The ThingI lay still in my bed,
Mr. Ted by my side,
And listen hard for the thing
That crawls around outside.
He'll start with the scratching,
It's always the same,
His claws carving the face
Of the wooden door frame.
Then he'll move onto the blood
Seeping beneath my door,
Dripping from the walls,
Covering the floor.
The wardrobe door will squeak,
Those green eyes appear,
Voices will whisper
Dark words in my ear.
Their dead hands will tug
At the edge of my sheets
And insects will crawl
All over my feet.
I lay and wait
For their games to begin.
But tonight will be different,
I whisper with a grin,
Tonight I will show
Those mon

SilenceThey say speaking is silver and silence is gold,
In some cases it might be true.
But there is also a truth that goes untold,
Even if it might be quite blue.

Silence is sometimes bad,
Not always so don't get upset.
Some things that are evil can make us go mad,
Some things that are even a threat.

Even if your enemies will make your blood boil,
The silence of your friends will be what hurts you more.
Words might hurt us, but silence can torment us.

FeelI hate you so much,
'Cause one fact remains true:
I can't feel my heart
When I'm close to you...

RunI need to escape,

I need to be free.

I must surely run wild.

I long to laugh and see.

Run, run I shall run out of fear.

I will flee from the threat.

I shall go far not near.

A place that is safe,

That is what I need.

I need no familiar face

So, I take off with speed.

Forget what I have left

For it is surely gone.

Time is running out,

They will be awakened by dawn.

So, I gather my things

And swiftly go away.

There's nothing left for me here

And no reason to stay.

But I'll admit, I'm glad that I'm free.

After years of being controlled, I can finally be me.

&#

PleausreThe thought of you hunts me day and night
When I close my eyes
All I see is a smile and those two beautiful eyes
Your hand in mine
The feeling of your bare skin against mine
It shoots sparks through my body
Not knowing if you feel the same
Or even know what I feel
It's a slow death inside
Every time I have to meet you
And not be able to taste your lovely lips
Or feel your body against me

...It's like a thousands needles over my body

Meaning In Tragedy"Meaning In Tragedy"

The bells are ringing by the old broken-down church
The crowd starts to assemble as the casket is in suspension
Nestled above the bells is a nest where hidden crows perch
The crows start to tremble for even they can feel the tension
The flicker of my cigar burns out as I throw it on the pavement
Walking into the church aside a crowd so depressed
My cigar rolls onto a stone slab of another soul's engravement
The crows have flown away for they have left their nest
And the body in the casket the priest has just blessed
And one by one the guests offer their best blessings
Into an eternal slumber this body will n

Our Romantic CompositionSitting on the rooftops-
We watch the others run:
Our race is a different game.
Not as much a contest,
More of an art

So take my hand in yours
As we begin this masterpiece;
Without opinion -
Pure beauty
Pure love.

SeptemberI don't know why,
I still break down and cry,
At times I find myself,
Wanting to shout out for help,
I want to tell you that I love you, but I don't know,
I just don't know if what we had before is possible,

I hope that you'll always remember me,
And the good times that came to be,
Forget the arguments and the fights,
Step out of the shadows and walk into the light,

Maybe one day we'll talk again,
Forgive each other for our sins,
Until then I'll hold it all in,
Because sometimes it takes two to begin,

Honestly, I just want this month to be over,
As days go by I can feel my heart grow colder,
This would've been two years togeth

The BeingWhite noise, white light
Moonlight, sleep tight
Pick up your pen
Your notebook then
Let your body loose.

They're all sleeping
But your heart is keeping
Inventory
Of all the cracks
Rips and craters
Sanity- see you later.

They're all sleeping
But your mind is beeping
One new message
To be played
How it wants out!
What's it thinking 'bout?

They're all sleeping
But your soul is creeping
All around
Must you meddle?
Only want to see
Ancient history?

Smothered
Quilts and inquisitions.
Conspirators come out.
Heart mind and soul
Ready to shout
Everything you are about.

Do you want to risk a dream?
What might they show?
T

FallingFalling

I feel like, I feel like I'm falling...

From a ten story building
to your arms without willing

Yes, I feel like, I feel like I'm diving...

From a fifty feet springboard
into your caramel whirpools

I feel it, I feel gravity...

Loosening its grip on me
my heart flutters near the ceiling

Heck, I feel like, I feel like I'm drowning...

Whenever I'm surrounded
surrounded by your addictive laughter

Oh, I feel like, I feel like I'm burning...

With yearn and with longing
your smile, your voice, both are so seductive

Yeah, I fall, I dive, I fly, I drown, I burn...

I love for you

But oh, falling in love is a free fall

Sounding BellI will not ask for that

Which you do not wish to tell

For I am only your sounding bell

You can tell me some

You can tell me all

And I will never, to anyone, tell

For I am only your sounding bell

Whether nice

Whether horrible

You do not have to fear I tell

For I am only your sounding bell

Judge you, I will not

Help, I will always try

You do not have to fear I tell

For I am only your sounding bell

I will not ask you to divulge

Anything you do not wish to tell

For I am only your sounding bell

So tell me what is in your mind

so tell me, no you don't have to be kind

I swear I will never ever tell

For I am only your sounding be

Because I Could NotBecause I Could Not

Because I could not say,
such trite retorts.
To the summer tides
Which were your eyes.

Because Madame Sosostris
Played your tarot, The
'emotionally hanged
Pyramus' (who actually
believes such tripe?)

Because Orans's prison
Set you loose, & I accepted
The tender disguise. That was the
summer tides, which were your eyes.
You said smugly (back then, 'cutely'),
"Oed' und leer das Meer"
(I thought I could delude the situation;
"you love Eliot as well?")

Facing the cruelest month, who is
Always breeding and leaving
mixed memories of lilacs, of dreary
Rain, and gray attempts to
Bring an end to such cere

Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel

Held within such tender arms
Warmth I'll forever hold...
Stars shine like a thousand charms
You smile a smile so cold

You locked your own heart
With a rusted key
You're breaking apart
With every feigned glee

A flower without sunshine
Is doomed to die....
A love without sorrow
Is merely a lie

Clutching on to me so tightly
Screaming out in pain
Your voice at the peak of breaking
It's driving me insane

Within the silence of this room
I whisper wishes to the moon
And in my dreams I see your smile
Let's just stay like this for awhile

There's no such thing as forever
But even still let's be together....
An

The Dead of WinterThe Dead of Winter

Winter's come; the snow has fallen,
Dead silence --- land full of forgiveness and pardon.
Tranquil peace. Time stands still,
With waters frozen and birds flying nil.
This tranquil scene, this beautiful place
Holds a nightmare yet unseen,
Of light catching, metal gleaming,
Of horses trotting, of mail clinking.

For men's minds not easily forget,
Of past grudges, insults, and threats.
Blanket the snow like ugly ink upon fleece.
The stage is set for our great tale,
Of men sided with belief; anger that seethes.
A stage with full flags of glory,
Of arrows turning to hail,
Of metal bashing against mail,
Of quick r

i want you because i shouldn't want you at all
i want you like i want succulent strawberries dripping over a white lacy dress,
i want you like i want complete silence on a sweltering august night,
i want you like it's dead rats melting over hot gutters and then it's your hot guts on my body.

i want you and your collarbones tied to my strings of saliva,
i want you smelling like you're some wild wolverine with incisors as sharp as rose petals,
i want you broken and bleeding just so i can nourish your wounds.

i want you dangerously close and always so,
i want you angry as you are passionate,
i want you in ways i don't even understand.

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Comic Book Hero

by =Caylee-Slansen, Jun 30, 2012, 11:26:53 AM
Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

We met in the Summer, I was single and free,
So fragile and sweet, he took care of me.
He was so much fun, exciting and new,
It was all so amazing, too good to be true.

Like a comic book hero, he swept me away.
He promised me the world, the night and day.
But his heart was untrue, his words were lies.
No comic book hero, but a villain disguised.

Our romance was deep, like Superman and Miss Lane
Iron Man, Miss Potts, Spidey and Mary Jane.
He impressed me with gifts, and words sublime,
Affirmations of how he would always be mine.

Like a comic book hero, he swept me away.
He promised me the world, the night and day.
But his heart was untrue, his words were lies.
No comic book hero, but a villain disguised.

As time went by, his promises were lost.
His stories grew grander and my heart was the cost.
The hero, he ran. Where to? No one knows.
But a path of heart ache will follow where he goes.

Like a comic book hero, he too wore a mask.
Promises broken, our love not to last.
And his heart was untrue, his words were lies.
No comic book hero, but a villain disguised.

Comic Book Heroby =Caylee-Slansen

Literature / Poetry / Emotional / Free Verse

So this was an interesting one to write, my best mate went through a rather difficult break up earlier on in the year and just having passed what would have been their anniversary she wrote herself a poem. Knowing how much I love to write poetry, she passed her version onto me and asked me to re-write, and this is the result.

I picked out my favourite lines and stuck with her "super-hero" theme, but other wise I wrote this from scratch. She's pleased with the final result and so am I

Critique by ~ryshufyrekat Jul 13, 2012, 10:04:10 AM

It's quite amazing really the good points on this are that it really cuts you deep and so many can connect not only to what happened to the character in your poem but knowing who those specific hero's are and how you can compare to how some lovers are. I also enjoyed how you changed the last stanza to make it that much more of an ending. Particularly I loved all of this poem and wouldn't change any of, it's all one wonderfully sad package of true beauty. Lastly i do hope you found this critique fair and i also hope you will continue to write such lovely poetry in the future.

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Critique by ~Michel-le-fou Jul 1, 2012, 7:30:07 AM

So I am undertaking my first detailed criticism of your poetry. You can relax, I am never negative, although professionals may be. You are developing the skills very steadily and I am impressed with your use of rhyme pattern here. I studied this all through university, the Classics, The Romantics etc. The use of rhymed couplets is a long-term tradition and generally effective. So you made a valid choice. The more interesting part id your reference to Comic Heroics-Superman and Lois Lane, etc. I believe that this is the first poem that has made this reference at this time. The comparison is valid too. Altogether,it was very amusing and well-written.