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TrappedI feel trapped like a bug in amber,
Trapped like a bird in a cage.
I never wanted to be here,
So turned around at my age.

I thought I'd be somewhere lovely
Where the sun shines and the rain pours.
Not here in the middle of nothing and nowhere,
Here I can't feel anymore.

I feel so lost in the woods,
So lost to myself.
I never wanted any of this.
Like a child, my world's on a high shelf.

I thought I would be there with it.
In it things would happen; would exist.
Not like this with no-one and no way.
My world like smoke in a fist.

RedStrawberries and rasberries,
sweet and tart.
Christmas and holiday cheer,
happy and grand.
Leaves hanging onto trees and crunching beneath our feet,
bold and crisp.
Roses and romantics,
beautiful and full of love.
Anger and madness,
crazy and insane.
Blood and death,
chilling and cold blooded.
Revival and rebirth,
redemption and rejuvenating.
Red...

CreedDo not tremble when you speak his name.
Do not grasp at crumbs like a starving stray.
Do not be fazed by the weepies.
If you allow others in,
Do not allow them to be harmed by your darkness.
Do not forget you are not the only you.
Be stronger than the ones who came before.
Stand on your own.
Stare down adversity and triumph.
Do not fear vanishing.
Do not seek to disappear.
If you cry,
Remember to wash tears away and smile.
Even when you are alone,
Seek the strength to persevere.
Do not give in.
Do not give up.
Accept things with grace and dignity-
Except defeat.
Never accept defeat.
Fight until you win,
Even when it hurts

Why can't we be equals?Why can't we be equals?
People shouldn't be so cruel,
it shouldn't matter who you are.

It doesn't matter if you're gay,
because God made you that way.

If we look different, it's okay,
I like it better that way.
If we were all the same it'd be boring.

Bullies, you should be ashamed.
Why would you make people feel so helpless and small?
It doesn't make you strong at all.

People shouldn't act so mean to others.
How would you feel if they did that to you?
They may be different from you, but you're
different from them, too.

FlightLight as a feather
Gliding through the air
Swimming in the wind

HealingI saw the truth when I loved you
I saw you in me and me in you
There is only one motion, everything else can wait

You can't erase your fate when you are loved by one
You would have to erase them both and this can't be done
The climb up the mountain is long and treacherous
Of course you'll take a few falls along the way

Nothing is all there is, look up above and you will know this true
The choice is whether you accept or yearn for something more
Once you realize you have everything there is nothing more you need
So follow the finger but look at the moon

The truth is I could never and would never let you go
Read between the lines an

Tornado Of HellWhen it rains it pours,
Our brittle souls can't take anymore.
Death pounding at the door,
As if it was an angry neighbor.
Gradually it busts the door down,
Not making a scene or sound.
Escaping out of your chest,
Doing the best,
To be a tornado made of hell.
Doing well,
At hurting the surroundings.
You're running,
Meaning to show the scars,
But it has gone too far,
As you begin to burn everything in you path.
Other's still can't do the math.
They blame you,
Everything you do,
An excuse,
Can't be made.
The scars....Do you even want them to fade?

A Poet's PrayerMay peace instill this poet's soul
whose open eyes and heart

do see the one who makes the whole
and graciously imparts

a voice by which the song is sung
the heart that beats in time

with one who lacks a poet's tongue
but pens the metered rhyme.

The Vows

We stood at the altar
In the fresh aesthetics of spring
You took my hand in yours
And slid on that fateful ring

I wore a fair dress
Clothed in a flurry of white
The poison smile
On my wedding, the only blight

So beautiful it was
My dress stained red
Our passion unbidden
I took off your head

We promised love
Till death do us part
And it shall
For your head, take my heart

My dear, my darling
Forget me not
Honor our righteous vows
And love me till I rot

Blissfully content
We vowed forever
Let my love
Bury us together

EraserAnd I,
with my winded memories
gasping for breath and clarity,
stand unbeknownst to you
‘til you fade away
and my memories
are without oxygen.

*Blood Moon*Blood red moon reigns this night
Eyes look up filled with fright
Paranormal feel to dark
Shadows stalk, bloodhounds bark.

Magnetic night filled with fear
Senstitive to sound our inner ear
Count the hours 'till blood moon dies
Relief will engender thankful sighs.

2013 Delice1941
24th January2013

Texting Texting

'You have a new message'
My phone screen is lit
"I'm bored, wanna talk?"
"I guess i can for a bit"

Before i knew it
our conversation lasted for hours
What marked the end
was our phones running out of power

It felt like time
had a mind of its own
Going by fast
and adding to the bill of the phone

Justin Sanchez

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HeldWhen you took me from my petal
and cupped my frailty
between your hands,
it was like my chrysalis was back
and I am changing again.

It was just as warm as I
paintbrushed your palms
with my monarch wings.
You opened up your smallest fingers,
and I saw five hundred facets
of your child's eye.

I saw every angle of your innocence,
I saw the sheen on your corneas
when you flitted those threadbare wings.
I saw the shoebox with corners
like a prism.

And your call was so loud
when you carried me home.
And I witnessed
your five hundred pins,
and five hundred books.

With five hundred fingers you
pinched me out,
and held me to bru

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CastlesLong ago and far away,
In a castle built to stay,
Nothing left, and nothing right.
Nothing but encroaching night.

At the dusky death of day,
In a castle built to stay,
The dark is eating me alive,
The dark is wanting to survive.

By the curve of azure bay,
In a castle built to stay,
I'm alone, and I'm afraid,
I wish that I had never prayed.

On the sun's last saffron ray,
In a castle built to stay
I will live and I will die
Both while dreaming I can fly.

Last StandThis is a grand land to take our last stand
Shade your eyes, and hold my hand.
We were a long song, and now we'll be strong,
Take comfort in the fact that we were not wrong.
I had some great, late thoughts on our fate
But as with all endings we only have to wait.

FoolThe wise don't fear the unknown
A smiling fool said.
But he was a hypocrite because
He feared the dark beneath his bed.

From FreedomYou hide behind me,
The better to stab me in the back.
You invoke my name,
While it's me that you attack.

You scream I'm being stolen
To distract from your guilt.
You lock me in this cage of laws
That you so shrewdly built.

You send me over seas
To get me away from home.
You hoist me like a flag
As you fall like Rome.

I will still try to help you,
That's who I am.
I will always be here
Next to Uncle Sam.

TogetherWhen I'm with you it looks like
things are getting better.
But when I look outside
black clouds are raining fire.

When I look in your eyes
this world just slips away.
And all the nights' wars and famines
can't touch me in my Utopian day.

Hold me in your warm embrace,
I've found a place to hide.
Let's just be our own world,
and never look outside.

Let us be together
when it seems that we will die.
Let's hold each others' hands
while the clouds are raining fire.

Journey's EndBy fire born, by fire bred
By fire will you soon be dead.
And this is all I'm asking for;
Just some time, an hour more.

Water thoughts flood your head,
Of the fate you've been force-fed.
So crawl back through your door
Remember the face that you once wore.

By ice followed, by ice lead
By ice will tears soak your bed.
And this is all I'm asking for;
Just some time, a minute more.

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My first visual poem, forgive it's simplicity.

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*MabusTheDark Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Quite a nice poem, and the spiral only makes it better. ^^

*Everlasting90 Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Beautiful and fun to read. I like the way you presented it!

*roselynedwards Jan 26, 2013 Student Writer

Wow I'm impressed, it's very elegant and the word picture is well portrayed.

~hypermagical Jan 17, 2013

Gorgeous!!! The simplicity is part of what drew me in...

~tommyboywood Jan 16, 2013 Professional Writer

unique and cool

~thedreamer79 Jan 16, 2013

The words are beautifully written; it would still be just as lovely as a traditional poem. That being said, I love the spiral. Nice job!

~Phoneix14 Jan 16, 2013

It is simple but there is a beauty to it

~VicariouSoul Jan 16, 2013 Professional Writer

This reminds me of something similar I did long ago [link]

Although your version (this spiral) doesn't directly relate to what you're talking about, it is still neat. However, there seems to be a common misconception when you categorized your poem as 'Visual & Found Poetry.' What you have here is visual, but it's not visual within 'Found Poetry.' It is a 'Concrete Poem' via a visual/design made completely out of text to relate to what you are talking about. That's the challenge of a Concrete Poem, and I cannot really say this one overcame the challenge. However, it did achieve a story, even if it is a common one, then again, not exactly in the way it was told in some areas. Perhaps it's not the poem but the title itself could have used a touch of mysteriousness than a title that sums everything up in a single line.

I think the most stunning and original bit of this poem is the beginning, Quote, "The sunlight pours through the leaves high above me." End of quote. It is a simplistic line when read or said aloud, but required some deeper thinking than usual on how to word it in such way. A deep-thought quality is something I look for in the written word and it seems you ran with it.

Anyway, continue with your writing and don't let up. You'll only get better.

~BlazingMalice Jan 12, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I love this. Very well written and displayed amazingly.

=wdnest Jan 11, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Wonderful - I started reading the wrong way - but soon figured it out.

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