poetry!

[chris parker]

Ok, so I just reciently got into poetry and found out its a great way to express your feelings and thoughts easily. Has anybody else written poetry for family, friends, lovers, breakups, etc? If you have and dont mind others reading your poetry then post it here! It helped me out alot and it might help you too : ). Ill go first just to show some good faith.

This one is called "starting over"

I’m trying to find something to finally stumble upon,
Something in this strange world that goes on and on.
As the years go by and time fades away,
What used to be “good days” are now filled with dismay.

Tomorrow comes, and then again, it goes,
And my ambition to become something more, grows and grows.
All I’ve ever wanted was something to live for,
I refuse to be this little person anymore.

I tried not to base my life upon what others think,
I really need to get my life back into sync.
I’ve fought to become who I am and what I want to be,
I remind myself daily that I am who I am and I’m free.

Free from the rules I followed as a child,
Free from the rules I now follow, in a world so wild.
Now times have changed and I realize nothing is fair,
And sometimes it seems like I’m running out of air.

It’s like no one can truly see what is best for me,
And I think about the way some things should be.
I understand now, that I have family and friend support,
But to change anything, I have to rely on my own sort.

Everything in life comes with a price,
Everyone’s life is guided by a roll of the dice.
There is no such thing as destiny or fate,
Trying to avoid pain or sorrow, trying to alleviate

I think about everything I can’t say, what I have to keep in,
Doing this causes my thoughts only get more complicated and deepen.
I thought I knew who I was, and what I was meant to become,
I’m starting over, keeping the knowledge of where I came from.

[amys]

What a beautiful poem! I have never written any poetry myself (except maybe in school years ago) but I might start.

[chris parker]

thanks amys its actually easier than it looks and it really helps out alot. For example this is the poem I wrote to tell my ex who is now a good friend that I have to leave for a while and figure some things out. Its not one of my best but hey it gets my point across.

Goodbye for Now

In life there are times,
When we have no choice but to leave.
Wanting to stay with all our hearts,
but knowing it is the only way.

I know it wont be easy,
And ill miss ou every second.
But everything in life,
Comes with a price.

Its so hard to let you go,
But its the only way I know.
So that one day we can be true friends,
and to save my heart from meeting its own ends.

Its no doubt that you care,
But its your heart you can never share.
Nothing I do helps me get over you,
Nothing I do helps me stop missing you.

Until I am over you,
I can never be the friend,
That you so dearly want me to be.
One that loves you, but is not in love with you

To be apart of your life,
I have to let you go.
This will be the hardest thing in life,
while my heart is in constant strife.

I will never leave you,
It is something I just cannot do
To do this, how long will it take me?
I dont know, we will have to wait and see

I will never stop caring for you,
I will never give up on you.
My feelings I can only suppress,
Cleverly disguised in my own mess.

I hope that you will wait for me,
I refuse to lose you, or let you go.
Even if that means being just friends,
Because you, you are everything to me.

[amys]

Hi Chris,

Poetry seems like such a good way of getting your feelings across - I will definitely give it a go (o;

Thanks,

Amy