Poetry (2)

I miss

I miss the person you were

Before he severed your heart

I miss the way you used to smile

Before your seemingly perfect world was torn apart

You fell in love

But that's where you went wrong

It's never wise to fall in love

You must stand firmly in it and be strong

You must stand tall

To fight the rejection you now face

There are better fish in the sea of love

That can fill your empty space

I know you may never forget him

Because you gave him the treasure that God gave you to keep

So I hope what he did to you

May someday haunt him in his sleep

Never mind, you'll find

Someone better than him

So take back your heart

From the jar he keeps it in

Don't let him take it

He will add it to his collection, I'm sure

Put the pieces back together

So you can love once more.

- Melisha Murray
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Take myself away

I approached your doorsteps

With the honesty of flowers in my arm of strength

For you to take them

With patience I waited

But denial of dishonesty you gave me instead

I am devalued and miscalculated for my personality

Because I wish to make everyone else happy

With you, it wasn't the same

It was kind of different

But right through the door everything went

I won't sit around your table of disbelief and wait for your conviction

Instead, I'll just take my leave and take myself away

I propose not to allow your weak strength to constrict me

In your hammock of disbelief and misjudgement

So watch my every step as my shadow gets brighter

And my appearance grows faint

I leave your presence

As I take myself away.

- Daron Chosen Smith

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Broken heart

I couldn't eat for days

I wasn't fasting but praying as usual

I hadn't slept either

I was moving around but my body felt lifeless

I had suicidal thoughts for the first time

I gave you my entire heart

I cared for you more than I did for me

I always made you feel like a man

That's because I thought you were

We hardly ever dined out

I cooked the best food you ever had

You said it yourself

No dry cleaners for the most delicate garments

I hardly ever used the machine

I washed with my bare hands

You were always well groomed for work

I ironed and the world knows I hate ironing

Nothing mattered because I loved you

More than life itself

But you betrayed me

Our ship crashed like the Titanic

On the seventh of January

When you said 'it's over'.

- Olisha Warren

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I adore her

I will hold her with both hands an unbreakable grasp

I am relentless in my pursuit, I will not allow her to pass

She is my longing, I am burning with anticipation

She has the keys to my dreams and my aspirations

She spans across the universe

Her volume extends to all

So I'll be bold, I'll accept her endless calls

She'll be available for the taking for the rugged and the prude

She'll be gone before you know it, so expedite your move

I glimpse her beyond the horizon, she is the most beautiful yet

She is the reservoir of my benediction; we're separable only by death

She is glowing with such brilliance, penetrating the pessimist's shades

Taking me closer to my future, my steps are not retrograde

What gifts does she have in store? Is she the end of my rainbow?

Can I expect euphoria? Are her reflections counterfeit glows?

She is the tomorrow I spoke about yesterday

The next year I anticipated last year

And she is here! She is 'this year', she is 'today'

I'll exploit my today for soon, she'll be yesterday.

- Marlon Whyte

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Anticipating

Apprehension permeates my body

Thoughts galvanise my mind, sending it into a state of discombobulation

Wishes encapsulate my heart, dreams disrupt my sleep preventing me from concentrating

Fantasies make me smile, whilst my feelings spiral as I try

To rationalise, justify and understand this silent anticipation that I suffer

Fear engulfs me and bars me from sharing my motility as I sit and wait, pray and hope for my kismet during this time of silent anticipation.

- Kerry Ann Thompson