Poetry competition CLOSED 7th January 2013 3:26am
WINNER
Bethy (Bbbethy)
Bethy (Bbbethy)
Love...
I thought of you in a dream i was having
A dream of the sweetest kind
I was a sundae you were a cherry
A cherry that was propped up
Propped up on the top of my mind
Sometimes i think i may go bananas
Sometimes you really drive me nuts
Thoughts of you sprinkle over my body
As i melt, melt down into the cup
I thought of you in a dream i was having
A dream of the sweetest kind
Close like ice cream and a brownie
A brownie that was warmed up
Warmed up and melting time
Sometimes i think that i fudged up
Alone in that cup was so cold
But then i think of you as my cherry
The cherry that i held up,
The cherry that i long to hold
Why must you keep me melting?
Why must your sweet love hide?
i am a sundae, and youre a cherry
Dont make me chase you,
Even sundaes have pride
A dream of the sweetest kind
I was a sundae you were a cherry
A cherry that was propped up
Propped up on the top of my mind
Sometimes i think i may go bananas
Sometimes you really drive me nuts
Thoughts of you sprinkle over my body
As i melt, melt down into the cup
I thought of you in a dream i was having
A dream of the sweetest kind
Close like ice cream and a brownie
A brownie that was warmed up
Warmed up and melting time
Sometimes i think that i fudged up
Alone in that cup was so cold
But then i think of you as my cherry
The cherry that i held up,
The cherry that i long to hold
Why must you keep me melting?
Why must your sweet love hide?
i am a sundae, and youre a cherry
Dont make me chase you,
Even sundaes have pride
Crazy in love
Here I am
Falling again
Words stuck behind a dam
Counting to ten
Praying for you
Staying behind
Becoming blue
I'm losing my mind
Another teen
Crazy in Love
Can't be seen
Stuck in the rough
I can't say it
It has to be true
My heart is a pit
I love you
Here I am
Falling again
Words stuck behind a dam
Counting to ten
Praying for you
Staying behind
Becoming blue
I'm losing my mind
Another teen
Crazy in Love
Can't be seen
Stuck in the rough
I can't say it
It has to be true
My heart is a pit
I love you
Call your girlfriend
Call your girlfriend
Tell her she's the one
Say you're sorry
Make sure she knows how much she means to you
I won't destroy
What we once had
Call your girlfriend
Say you were wrong
Tell her she's perfect
That she probably doesn't deserve you
Please don't forget me
And what we did
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
Even though you just met someone new
She deserves you more than I do
Call your girlfriend
Tell her she's the one
Say you're sorry
Make sure she knows how much she means to you
I won't destroy
What we once had
Call your girlfriend
Say you were wrong
Tell her she's perfect
That she probably doesn't deserve you
Please don't forget me
And what we did
Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
Even though you just met someone new
She deserves you more than I do
Three little words
Three little words are left unsaid
But are said too much
You tell me I'm beautiful
You tell me I'm smart
You tell me I'm funny
You tell me you love my laugh
You say we will never split
You say you'll be with me through sickness and pain
All these words
So many
They're nice and make me feel special
But there are three little words I would love to hear
Three little words
I
Love
You
Three little words are left unsaid
But are said too much
You tell me I'm beautiful
You tell me I'm smart
You tell me I'm funny
You tell me you love my laugh
You say we will never split
You say you'll be with me through sickness and pain
All these words
So many
They're nice and make me feel special
But there are three little words I would love to hear
Three little words
I
Love
You
Tell me a lie
Tell me a lie
Tell me I'm useless
Tell me I'm a disgrace
Tell me I'm a mistake
Tell me I'm a screwed up mess
Tell me I never listen
Tell me you hate me
Tell me you love
Tell me you don't want me
Tell me you can't live without me
Tell me you don't want my kiss
But that isn't true
Or is it?
I can't tell anymore
I can't decipher the truth from the lie
Tell me a lie
Tell me a lie
Tell me I'm useless
Tell me I'm a disgrace
Tell me I'm a mistake
Tell me I'm a screwed up mess
Tell me I never listen
Tell me you hate me
Tell me you love
Tell me you don't want me
Tell me you can't live without me
Tell me you don't want my kiss
But that isn't true
Or is it?
I can't tell anymore
I can't decipher the truth from the lie
Tell me a lie
Letting Go
Now I see
It'll never happen again
When you told me you still loved me
It was just a joke
But now that I know
I will never come back
There is a reason why we gave up
You cheated
You lied
But I never did
But now I'm ready to let go
I will never love you again
So I would prefer my life without the midnight phone calls
Without the lying
The cheating
I would prefer my life without you
Now I see
It'll never happen again
When you told me you still loved me
It was just a joke
But now that I know
I will never come back
There is a reason why we gave up
You cheated
You lied
But I never did
But now I'm ready to let go
I will never love you again
So I would prefer my life without the midnight phone calls
Without the lying
The cheating
I would prefer my life without you
Be Strong
The next time you see him
try not to blush
And the next time you speak to him
try not to rush.
And the next time you're alone
try not to think of him
And the next time he offers
try not to drink of him.
And the next time he looks at you
try not to swoon
And the next time he beckons you
try not to go so soon.
And the next time he's cruel to you
try not to take the blame
And the next time he ignores you
try not to cry his name.
And the next time he smiles
try not to let your knees grow weak
And the next time he touches you
try not to give him what he seeks.
And the next time he kisses you
try not to crave his taste
And the next time he orders you
try not to obey in haste.
And the next time you miss him
try not to let him know
And the next time he insults you
try not to think it's so.
The next time you see him
try not blush
because the next time you give in
will be the final crush.
Don't be afraid
I would lay with you
in endless oceanic bliss,
as the waves of our love
crash upon the world.
I would let those drown
whose shallow, hateful minds
had not granted them
the ability to swim.
You would hide us away
in shrinking, lonely caverns,
where our illumination
would be stifled in the dark.
You would let those fools,
with their judgments and scorn,
pour their liquid cruelty
to put out our flame.
I understand that you fear
you too will be submerged,
never having had the courage
to wade deeply in your identity.
If you would but let me,
my sure arms would wrap around you
and together we could break the surface
of your shame and lies.
I know you despise the darkness,
just as much as I,
and the malicious way it suffocates
your flame which should be strong.
Come, love, take my hand
and rest safely in the knowledge
that I can burn bright enough to light both our ways,
until you catch as well.
Of A Well Aged Beauty
Soft graying hair
swept back from her temples,
to which spread tiny crows feet,
that meet with the laugh lines,
visible with her radiant smile.
Her alluring skin
is marked by the passage of time
in all the unique ways showing
a proud woman's age.
No matter that society
may call these 'imperfections';
they do nothing
to lessen my desire for her.
In fact, they only serve
to drive it onwards,
for each and every one
tells some small portion
of the story of her life
and that is the story
I most want to hear.
To my first boyfriend
I still love you; not romantically, not lustfully, but I consider you more a part of my family than anyone I'm actually related to.
I care about you more as well.
You have no idea how much it means to me that after all these years we're still friends.
It always blows my mind when people are surprised by that fact;
we once meant the world to each other, why should we stop caring just because we're not together anymore?
It was touch and go there for a while, we had drifted apart, and I thought you didn't care,
but then you called with hurt in your voice, and asked why we never spent time together.
I can still recite that conversation word for word; that's how happy it made me.
You have changed so very much since that first day I saw you.
In some ways you're completely unrecognizable; your responsibility and maturity being the most prominent changes.
In some ways though, you're so very much the same; the joy in your eyes when you see your sister, the goofy way you act when you're hyper,
and so many little things, that add up to you.
You know, I don't think I'll ever stop loving the boy you were, but I am so proud of the man you have become.
