Got Poetry?

[starcrossed]

Bostongirl,

Thank you for sharing this work. It is a very emotionally strong piece, and every word I can feel in my soul. I know what you said...that is why this piece really does mean so much more to me. Thank you.

[bostongirl]

Thanks Star.
BTW - love your new avatar

[Cheza]

I may have to dust off some of my old stuff...it's been a while since I wrote poetry

[starcrossed]

Feel free to join the poetry thread Cheza, anytime that you want. The posts are open to anyone who would like to share.

[starcrossed]

Perfection in Flaws

The brilliant stars dance across the night sky...
The image of perfection.

Dancing stars fall to the earth...
Crash and shatter into a million pieces.

The brilliance is lost to the reality...
Just pieces of rock.

Pain felt by a thousand hearts...
Emotions that can't be explained, nor can they ever be understood.

Perfection isn't a truth about reality.

Airbrushed woman.

Perfection is a image made by the media masses...
Be thinner,
Be younger,
Be a clone of beauty.

Perfect beauty.

Spinal column clearly defined through thin skin?

Walking skeletons?

Body lift at 25?

Why do you hurt, trying to become what a stranger wants you to be?

We are not perfect.

The image is not real...

We are human.

There is perfection in flaws..

I have flaws...

You have flaws...

We have flaws...

Why can't we see perfection in flaws?

[FlyIntoOblivion]

Nice work, everyone! I have a few poems, but this is one of my favorites so far. The only problem is I can never figure out titles for half my poems. Its like my children are running around naked.

He’s so young
Too young, it seems,
To be in my bed.
Lips are still soft
That harsh real world
Has yet to kill his hope
While he sleeps.

Yet waking
He looks so old
Grey and worn
We both do
Hardened faces
Against the smog and concrete
Palaces for the modern.

His bare back
So inviting
His calm, child sleep breathing
A steady beat.
But obligation
Has made this bed
Miles wide.

[starcrossed]

I like it Fly...thank you for joing the poetry thread. It is always wonderful to read other's works. As for the names for your works... I believe when your heart is ready, the names will come for you. Your children are not naked...just being free.

[starcrossed]

Ice Queen

The darkness rises from her soul,
Ghosts of a haunted past fly free from the ruins of her eternal soul.

The Ice Queen walks a lonely path...

Once so filled with a burning desire and love for all things,
She walks like a ancient corpse bride...

Tainted,
Is her heart.

Glass falls
Like tears from her eyes.

She recalls all that was not meant to be..
All that will never become.

Wicked do they all think her,
For she is nothing like them.

Tainted,
Is her thoughts.

So many years of sadness,
Have created a frozen pillar of beauty...

Breaking free from the disaster of her life,
She yearns to be more.

Brilliant Knight...

His heart is hot passion
and wicked desire.

His thoughts are not of lust,
But of a love for that which he deems is his one true love.

His beauty is that which is his pure soul.

He walks alone in his journey,
In search for his other half.

For the one that he must love.

He comes to her gently,
Touches her face with a warm caress
And captures her still and frozen heart.

Melting ice..
That once took control of her soul.

Flooding into a lake of tranquil waters,
She is set free into a new kingdom.

The Ice Queen leaves behind he crown,
And becomes a simple commoner...

She lives the simple life that she always dreamed of,
content within the embrace of her love.

She is no longer a corpse,
But the woman she was always destined to be.

She has been set free...

[iwo]

Fly and Star, I really enjoy your poems. For me they are like life-stories wrapped-up in precious boxes to be kept with your other family heirlooms.

This is one of my oldies

I Think

When I think of you now
I think of anything
Any place, any life
I can think of every summer
I've missed
Every beach I forgot
To imprint my steps

I can think of energy
All the unplayed tunes
In my mind
All the road trips
Not being aware

The screams in empty places
Full of people
Holding their tears in conducting
I think

[starcrossed]

I am trying something different. Please bear with me...I hope that you like this one.

Beauty

Standing in the silence of a forest,
I can feel nature all around me.

The soft breeze lifts the locks of my hair,
Gently off my shoulders
In a playful gesture of friendship.

The rustling of the leaves
Can be heard above me.

I walk down a dusty path,
Finding life all around me.

The mornings air is crisp,
Like pins on my delicate flesh.

I pay the feeling little attention,
As the vast and seemingly endless beauty engulfs me.

I am one with everything around me.

I am nature...

No longer in human form,
I feel as free as the spirits that linger in the depths of the ancient trees...
They tower high above me like skyscrapers reaching high into the sky.

I am a bear..
I find a strange comfort in my surroundings.

I begin roaming free and unafraid .

The forest continues to change all around me,
Until it is no longer day.

I am a wolf...
Howling at the night sky.

My voice is clear,
As I begin calling to all my brother's a sweet symphony of love
Within the stillness of the night.

Stars fill the blanket of heavens dark embrace above me.

A million stars,
So many that it is impossible to count...

So many that the night is almost completely illuminated by all there glory.

I am life..

Learning.

Growing.

Becoming something more than I thought I could ever be...

Beauty.

[iwo]

Star ,I absolutely love it, there is a definite twist to it...

[starcrossed]

Thank you Iwo. I just read your's....another great work!

[iwo]

Thanks Star, my stuff is like a miniature version of a poem lol
Maybe later I will post a song, it's a bit longer and I wrote music to it, so you will feel a rhythmical beat in wording

[feather]

starcrossed I love your "Perfection In Flaws"!! It's well timed too. I'm watching an Oprah rerun about 6 women over 54 who posed for Dove (in the buff) on a billboard in Times Square, NY! It was so well done, just classy. The Oprah show was yesterday 2/5 if you want to take a look see. O.K. here I go.......

UNTITLED
No belief to share
no wisdom to impart
no hope to offer
insufficient substance
to sustain myself
let alone, another

one more:

Hope is a bird that always flies,
the light that always dies
A stone that crushes
when it can't be carried any further.

My poetry may feel dark, but actually it is healing for me. I have mental illness and take any opportunity to advocate for de-stigmatizing mental illness. "I am just like you" MXC

[starcrossed]

Feather,

Your poetry is not dark. Your expression of words is a perfect light.

The wonderful thing about writing (in any form) is the chance to be free, to create a picture through words only. Your voice and vision is clear. I love your work.

Moreover, thank you for sharing and advocating for the de-stigmatization of mental illness. You are a wonderful soul to share this with us. I thank you sincerely. Your courage will make a difference in this world.

Thank you for your kind words regarding my work...I hope that you will continue to post on this thread. I really would love to read more of your work.

Star

[feather]

Thank you Star for your kind words. Thank you for validating my choice to disclose with my poetry and for my advocacy work. A lot of things I'm not, but one of them is not afraid to take risks. I'm glad I did here. Here, let me give you one of these

[starcrossed]

Thank you for the big hug Feather...you are always welcome to post your beautiful work here anytime. I send you a big hug right back!!!

Your friend,

Star

[oceancat46]

oh goody - more poets!!! I'm so glad y'all are sharing - there is a lot of talent and raw emotion here!!

This is my latest piece - for my sweetie - I thought up the first few lines while driving back from the Valley last weekend, then finished adding lines for a couple of days - then read it to him - he says it is his favorite so far!!
February 2007
For John and me

You have filled my life with love and laughter
And though you may not believe in happy ever after
Let’s share the joy of this moment, this day
Spend time together in our own very special way.
Listen to the music that we both love
Revel in the beauty of the ocean or the clouds above
And know that together we can face anything
Special friends ready for whatever life will bring.
Through lows and highs, natural or otherwise
We will be stronger together, will see through any lies
And find a way to live happy and proud and free
Knowing that whatever will be will be.

[iwo]

I love reading all the poetry!
For me as a musician I see them as a perfect lyrics to a songs.
Feather, welcome aboard! Thank you for sharing !
Everybody, your creations here are deeply personal, but yet very universal and timeless...

[Ayesa86]

All right. I suppose I'll take a gamble here. I don't usually do this kind of thing, mind you, but hell, why not.

Terra Firma
Falling into
Supple
Righteous indignation
Tu-tone eyes
Ground into powder
Simple
Hellfire lust
Pulling back the membranes
On alien hearts
Just a moment
Pleasure
Sin
Whichever
Turns to ice
In a flash
Of light
Sans smoke.