Feelings Into Words

Abstract
Thoughts,
Crazy
Connections,
Collide to
Form
Something
Meaningful,
Pen to
Paper it all
Flows out

My Heart and
Soul so
Simply Stated on the
Page
Yet so
Complex in
Underlying Meanings

The Multifaceted
Words
Saying so
Much,
Shouting my
Feelings
to the
World

This is my
Outlet
My
Release.
The only way to
Express
Who I really am

That is
What my
Poetry
Means to me

Realties

We have
Created a
World of
Our Own.
Our Own
Individual
Worlds and
The World
Society has
Created for
Us

We get so
Caught up
In this
Fabrication
We don't
See the
Real World
Around us

The Real
World He
Created for
Us

Nothing we
Can do will
Come Close
To His
Masterpiece

Nature is
Real.
The Cruelties
and Beauty of
Nature more
Real than
Anything
Else.
Unfathomable
In it's Majesty

The Fast
Pace of
Humanity
Suffocating,
Crushing, and
Destroying
Our Sense of
Being

How have we
Diverted so
Far from the
Path?

How do we
Get Back?

What will it
Take to
Knock some
Much
Needed
Sense into our
Heads?

The Connection

I can't
Find the
Words or
Courage to
Tell you

Growing
Stronger with
Every
Word,
Look, and
Touch

I've Never
Felt Anything
Quite like
This Before

Do you
Feel it too?

The Look in
Your Eyes,
The Smile on
Your Face,
The Way you
Respond to my
Touch
Tell me
All I
Need to
Know

A Special thing

Something so
Real it's
Almost
Tangible

Wake Up to the Beating of Your Heart

I did not
Realize but
Now I do
How much
This has
Hurt you

It Brought me
Joy, at first,
But that
Shadow of
Doubt was
There.
More than a
Sliver,
It tore me
Apart.

That soft
*Thump Thump*
Deep inside...
I Shut it out
Locked it up and
Hid it
Far away from
Me

I knew it
Wouldn't be
Long before
It found me
Again,
Telling me
"You're not
Where you are
Meant to be"

I Lost that
Guide,
I chose my own
Way, and
Only when It is
Gone do I
See how much I
Need it.

My eyes are
Open,
My ears can
Hear,
The way is
Clear to me, and
I know what I
Must do.

Goodbye

What do You Admire Most?

Everyone has their
Best and
Worst
Qualities
With some
In Between

The most
Admirable
At times the
Least
Noticed.
Purpose,
Self Discipline, and
Respect
Creating an
Immovable
Base for
All others

Knowledge of
What you
Want and a
Strong
Desire to
Get it.
That is
Purpose

The Ability to
Work as
Hard as
Needed to
Achieve your
Goal.
That is
Self Discipline

Acknowledging the
Differences in others
Without
Judgment
That is
Respect

It is
Hard to
See These
Qualities in
Yourself
Sometimes
But others
See them,
Or Lack of,
In
Everything
You do.

Pictures of Me

I know a
Certain me
That others
Can't see

Pictures
All in
Perfect
Order
Reminding
Me of
Who I
Am

In Places
There were
Gaps I
Would have
Never
Seen
If it
Weren't for
You

You Gave me
The Snapshots
I needed to
Complete the
Set.

Each New set
Showing me
Something
I haven't
Noticed.
Giving me
A Glimpse of
What the
World sees

Sometimes
Horrific
Sometimes
Fantastic
Always New
Insight
Into the
Real Me

Opportunities to
Grow and
Progress from the
Photos I
Receive

Adding Pictures to
Make the
Me I
Want to
See

Breakup Lessons

Diamonds
Slowly roll
Down the
Soft Contours of
Her Lovely
Face and
Shatter on the
Floor

Many Promises made
All of them Broken.
Promises that
Couldn't have been
Kept in the
First Place

Telling you what you
Want to
Hear to be the
Guy you think you need.

Falling
Deeper and
Deeper
Thinking they
Feel the
Same.

Giving them a
Piece of you,
Trusting them
More than
Anything.

That most
Important
Piece
Returned in a
Condition you
Didn't Expect.

Scuffed up,
Torn up,
Jagged, and
Broken.

But it's
Fixable.
It can be
Put back to its
Original Luster
With a few
Small Marks.
Reminding you,
Teaching you, and
Most of all to
Give you
Hope.

Hope that
Next time
You can be
A little
Smarter.
Hope that
You'll see
Through the
Liars,
Players,
Cheaters, and
Users to
Find the
One you
Really do
Need
The one you
Can't live
Without.

Nightmare Island

That fateful night was dark and stormy. The boat was supposed to be indestructible but it obviously wasn't. It was the end of life as I know it and the beginning of my nightmare.

My name is Sam and I'm a normal 17 year old boy. I'm from California and just love chillin' on the beach with my friends. My mom just had to go and ruin all my summer plans by planning a family trip. Oh joy. Shoot me now. Anyway, she decided that we should take a cruise. Seriously? A cruise? Oh well. I guess I'll suffer through it knowing that all her other schemes to ruin my social life haven't worked... Yet.

The soft sound of waves crashing against the boat, the gentle rocking, and the low whistling wind all seemed to grow in intensity. Slowly the sound engulfed the ship and became louder. Suddenly alarm bells started ringing. "What's going on?" whined Secily, waking up to this ear piercing sound.

"I don't know sweety." my mom cooed trying to keep my little sister from throwing a fit. "Grab your jacket and we will go find out."

When we walked out into the corridor everyone was running and we heard jumbled screams.
"What's going on?!"
"The ship is sinking!!"

"Sam! Where is your father?!" panicked my mother
"I don't know mom!" I shouted above the noise as I started looking around for him.
"Sadie! Sam! Secily! Here I am!" I heard my fathers voice. "I got us a life boat! Hurry!"
"Oh Steve! I'm so glad we found you!" My mom sobbed.
Secily was crying this whole time. She was only five and didn't understand what was happening. We all squished onto the life raft with the other occupants and then let it lose. As we paddled away from the boat I thought I saw something huge swimming in the water underneath it. Something huge and gruesome. I shut that thought out of my mind and focused only on the self appointed leader of our raft as he yelled directions, "Stroke! Stroke! A little more power on the left!" I needed to drown out my on setting shock for just a little while longer.




The soft light of morning reached my eyes, "Wow what a dream that was." I thought to myself. "Why is my bed so hard? Why are my muscles so sore? And what the freakin heck is that noise?" I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was certainly not in California anymore. The events of the night before nagging on my mind, not quite clear enough to remember yet. As I looked around sore and stiff I saw the broken life raft, scattered bits of debris, and the few signs of human life, the clouds in my mind cleared and I remembered it all. The ship sinking, the (hopefully) imagined creature, the hours of rowing, and finally collapsing in the sand from exhaustion.

I never got around to finishing this but I figure I'll post it and finish it later