The girl who smiles
As she hands you your change
Had been abused as a child
But now she's a young woman
Grown strong and proud
She escaped from her cage
The teenager who helps
The old lady cross the street
Was involved in shootings a year ago
Someone helped him escape
That life filled with hate
And now he strives to be free
The young mom who lives next door
Cut herself as a teen
Convinced she couldn't be loved
But a guy proved her wrong
He loved her and her scars
And they've been married for years
Where are the demons in your past?
Tears in the Oceans by shadowed-poetry, literature
Literature
Tears in the Oceans
All the tears of the world
Make up the oceans
A piece of my soul lies here,
Yes,
Some of everyone is here
In the oceans
Gentle winds sweep along the waves
Occasionally
A storm breaks
And there is much rain,
Many tears
Tears in the oceans
But after the rain comes the calm
A short time of peace
Then my heart is torn again
And the calm is shattered
Gone again
And one begins to wonder
"Will it ever return?"
For some lost souls
Their life is a life of storms
Hearts betrayed
Souls destroyed
For others, some like me
There is some calm
Not a life without storms...
I laugh if someone suggests such
Nay, my life is not free
A fear, an uncertainty
Where are you going?
When your life ends,
Where will you be?
Eternity
A dreaded word
Yes, inevitable
Though some try to say that's not true
That there's another way
Eternity
Fear for yourself
Fear for your loved ones
For those you'll leave behind
You'll make this journey alone
Eternity
You're the only way, Lord
Is that the reason for uncertainty?
That some don't realize
That some are blind to the Truth?
Eternity
Or is the fear caused by something else?
A fear that you're not good enough?
That you haven't done enough,
That you're going to hell?
Eternity
The word strikes fear into a heart
Yet
I look into your eyes
I try to read the thoughts
That rest behind them
What are you thinking?
I know that it's there
Maybe I could find it
But I need to know
Would you tell me?
I have given you all I am
I try not to ask for more
But I've given you my heart
Will you give me yours?
I hate to ask for more
I don't want to sound selfish
But I need human love
Can you give it to me?
You make me feel happy inside
You make me feel whole
When you're standing by my side
But do I do the same for you?
I need to know if you're
Really serious about this
I want this to last forever
But is that just a fantasy?
I want this feeling
To go away from me
I want to be numb
Not let anything hurt me
Anymore
Can't let antone near me
Because it might hurt again
I want to be able to
Become as ice
And not feel a thing
Watch the pain flow over me
Like water droplets on a stone statue
But you're getting close to me
You've begun to invade my heart
No! Don't come any closer!
I don't want to cause you grief
I don't want to feel this pain
Engulf me again like a tidal wave
That surrounds and threatens to drown me
Why are you doing this?
Why do you offer to love me so?
I think longingly on numbness
Of the thought of no pain
Should I build the wa
She sits, swinging her legs
In time to the beat of her inner tempo
Wondering idly what her life will be like
Will it be meaningless drivel in the streets
Or something to be remembered throughout the ages?
She cannot see ahead, though she'd like to
And can't foresee the direction her life will take
Though she's not sure
She likes where it's going right now
She's one of those people it's hard to get real close to
She doesn't like to let many near her heart,
Knowing it is the wellspring of life
Romance was nearly nonexistant
Until a couple months ago
But now she's unsure of what to do
He asked her to be his but now she's not sure
Darkness surrounds me
And I can bear the light no longer
I am in a prison
Not of my own choosing
I don't know how to get out
How to bear the light again
The darkness claimed me
Though I didn't give it permission
I didn't let it in
But now I'm filled with myself
And the light cannot get through
It is a ring of light
That I am outside of now
Non-linear time that stretches in all directions
I want to step over
Become a light-bearer again
This prison made of darkness
I wish to escape
But now the light burns down on me
As I am brought outside
They search for a cure but it's too late
I am now one with the darkness
Life sits on a teetering edge
One we cannot escape
We look for ways to survive
But is this dark our fate?
I look out on this world and see
That horror surrounds us all
You see it in ev'ryday hate
Or in a plane's fateful fall
Children die and people kill
And yet the world goes round
A way to bury the war axe
I wish that we have found
Though there is much light
Darkness is a part of life
And sometimes I wish in vain
It didn't add so much strife
I know this is a futile wish
Wars happen and we fight
There is bloodshed, death, and tears
But yet there still is light
Memories and Photographs by shadowed-poetry, literature
Literature
Memories and Photographs
I'm not important to you anymore
I've become nothing to you
When I look into your eyes
I'm reflected, not absorbed
Sighing, I turn away in pain
Knowing it's too late
I've been put away
Put in a box like an old photo
One of those you find every few years or so
You laugh at the happy memories
Then tuck it away again
But right now you don't even realize
What you're doing to me
I'm going through the pain,
Working hard to survive,
Though now I'm just a faded photograph
But you don't know that yet
One day you will, oh yes you will
And I don't envy you then
You'll look around and search for me
But you won't be able to find me
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