Love is a carefully crafted mix tape, for her, when you hate every song,
Love is saying ‘yes, you’re right’, even when you know she’s wrong,
Love is randomly laughing at something funny she said yesterday,
Love is a picture of her in your pocket when she’s away,
Love is hating every song on the list, but it’s still top of the pile,
Love is knowing he’s wrong, but being sure he’ll agree in a while,
Love is hoping he laughs at your jokes, your mistakes,
Love is a tear or two when you’re apart, it aches,
Love is careless when it’s pouring with rain and her lips are on yours,
Love is a goodbye as she boards her plane, and waving as it soars,
Love is endurance of chick flicks, shoe shopping and PMT,
Love is 24/7, never crowded but beautifully free,
Love is a frozen, forced smile despite rain drenched toes,
Love is feeling him there, thousands of feet in the air, up up she goes,
Love is pretending you enjoy gangster films, football and beer,
Love is tranquillity, contentedness, no need for fear,
Love is he.
Love is she.
Love is us.
Love is we.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Sunday 11 October 2009
Last Love Song
I expect you'll roll your azure eyes,
Flicker them, amused, towards grey skies,
Until now, hope has brightly clung on,
Has stared so intently into the sun,
Blinded, impossible I could be wrong,
...Today I will write the last love song,
As a tree shakes great golden leaves away,
You do to me, like child's play,
If love warrants proof, I've a lyric, a rhyme,
Fourteen lines to make you mine,
Oh, fruitful years and bridges burned,
Wasted pen, a heart unreturned,
Exhausted now by wishes, this verse is through,
And this, the last love song I'll write to you
Flicker them, amused, towards grey skies,
Until now, hope has brightly clung on,
Has stared so intently into the sun,
Blinded, impossible I could be wrong,
...Today I will write the last love song,
As a tree shakes great golden leaves away,
You do to me, like child's play,
If love warrants proof, I've a lyric, a rhyme,
Fourteen lines to make you mine,
Oh, fruitful years and bridges burned,
Wasted pen, a heart unreturned,
Exhausted now by wishes, this verse is through,
And this, the last love song I'll write to you
Thursday 3 September 2009
Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Cold...Too Bad I'm So Hot
As I hold up this heart shaped knife,
Your tongue it sours to preserve your life,
I hear toxic words projected from your evil lips,
And don't forget the violence or your iron grips,
Our sepia tone summers veiled as your meat,
Three years dusted with candy deceit,
Wanting to collapse into an ocean backdrop,
In my hallucinations I laugh as you hop
One leg snapped, the pain on your face,
To me you're scar on the human race,
What you did was filthy- was I not enough?
Do not expect sympathy- I am too tough,
Too smart to forgive, too alive to not be free,
But worst of all you've hurt yourself...you haven't hurt me
Your tongue it sours to preserve your life,
I hear toxic words projected from your evil lips,
And don't forget the violence or your iron grips,
Our sepia tone summers veiled as your meat,
Three years dusted with candy deceit,
Wanting to collapse into an ocean backdrop,
In my hallucinations I laugh as you hop
One leg snapped, the pain on your face,
To me you're scar on the human race,
What you did was filthy- was I not enough?
Do not expect sympathy- I am too tough,
Too smart to forgive, too alive to not be free,
But worst of all you've hurt yourself...you haven't hurt me
Bloody Valentine
Loving hatred so splendid a song,
Better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all,
What they say sickens me,
Green grass where we used to talk, used to dream
and laugh is now covered in scorch marks,
Your smile it slowly S-P-R-E-A-D-S; ear to ear,
Claws are extended; glaring, waiting,
Primary school: sandpit and skipping ropes,
Junior school: hopscotch, backpacks,
High school: boys, make-up, cinema,
After school: a blur, a big nothing,
There you are, in your blue BMW,
As you were, but this time so real,
Radiance surrounds you, perfection...
...he is with you. Him. Mine, or
At least he used to be,
Childhood sweetheart, broken dreams,
Flawless skin, shoulders straight,
Continue down the city street,
Winding down the window,
Your chin held high,
I pull the trigger,
Sorry mate, but he is and always will be
My bloody valentine
Better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all,
What they say sickens me,
Green grass where we used to talk, used to dream
and laugh is now covered in scorch marks,
Your smile it slowly S-P-R-E-A-D-S; ear to ear,
Claws are extended; glaring, waiting,
Primary school: sandpit and skipping ropes,
Junior school: hopscotch, backpacks,
High school: boys, make-up, cinema,
After school: a blur, a big nothing,
There you are, in your blue BMW,
As you were, but this time so real,
Radiance surrounds you, perfection...
...he is with you. Him. Mine, or
At least he used to be,
Childhood sweetheart, broken dreams,
Flawless skin, shoulders straight,
Continue down the city street,
Winding down the window,
Your chin held high,
I pull the trigger,
Sorry mate, but he is and always will be
My bloody valentine
Dream A Dream
I reached for hope where there was none,
I took a chance to drive them out,
I held my head and carried on,
I crushed their nagging doubt,
I strived through the pain and the tears,
I stretched my aching limbs,
I laughed off my crippling fears,
I followed all my whims,
I grasped every opportunity,
I'd whimper but not wail,
I told myself the best was me,
I said I'd never fail,
I saw the beauty in my mistakes,
I hung onto threads of fate,
I knew I was real among the fakes,
I loved but did not hate,
I shed a tear and let it roll,
I cheered for my saddened team,
I poured the song out from my soul,
I knew I'd dreamed a dream
I took a chance to drive them out,
I held my head and carried on,
I crushed their nagging doubt,
I strived through the pain and the tears,
I stretched my aching limbs,
I laughed off my crippling fears,
I followed all my whims,
I grasped every opportunity,
I'd whimper but not wail,
I told myself the best was me,
I said I'd never fail,
I saw the beauty in my mistakes,
I hung onto threads of fate,
I knew I was real among the fakes,
I loved but did not hate,
I shed a tear and let it roll,
I cheered for my saddened team,
I poured the song out from my soul,
I knew I'd dreamed a dream
I Feel Fine
I seek your smile, a word to say
"I love you"; I'll be fine,
I can't see a face among the crowd,
But yours is merged with mine,
I hear a voice, could it be yours?
Each word like rainbow's shine,
I feel your lips soft against my own,
A kiss- how could I decline?
I need you to hold me through the lonely days,
And to dance within my mind,
I miss your laugh but I see it now,
I can't let you go this time,
I panic without you near to my heart,
Shivers dart down my spine,
I know you'll remember me right at the end,
We'll meet again down the line,
I see you now, hopeless, a fool with no use,
Your love made me desperate and blind,
I still seek your smile, a word to say,
"It's over, and I feel fine"
"I love you"; I'll be fine,
I can't see a face among the crowd,
But yours is merged with mine,
I hear a voice, could it be yours?
Each word like rainbow's shine,
I feel your lips soft against my own,
A kiss- how could I decline?
I need you to hold me through the lonely days,
And to dance within my mind,
I miss your laugh but I see it now,
I can't let you go this time,
I panic without you near to my heart,
Shivers dart down my spine,
I know you'll remember me right at the end,
We'll meet again down the line,
I see you now, hopeless, a fool with no use,
Your love made me desperate and blind,
I still seek your smile, a word to say,
"It's over, and I feel fine"
Juliet
I never said those three words to him,
He wasn't for me, my enemy,
Made me bleed, took all I had and left with a heart in his pocket,
Not mine. I had a power, somehow, to strike him,
My family longed to see him die. So did I.
The way he abused me, the women he claimed to charm,
And he snapped off the bait, idiot!
The brute warmed me, head to toe, a little more ripe for the killing,
We took a brief walk through the family crypt,
He learned a few names, touched my lips,
My blood ran colder than ice,
In the stillness. I pulled the trigger and the air crackled,
He never moved. It was amusing. His eyes
Punctured me, and I felt no sorrow for the anguish he'd caused,
And we made the headlines! 'Romeo and Juliet',
They cuffed me, and my God did it hurt,
The flash snap of photography burned my eyes,
I never cried. It was an adventure,
No tragedy,
When I saw Mrs. Montague there in the throngs
I inhaled the death,
Only then did I frown,
For the bullet had broken me.
Later, an angel told me some bloke called William wrote a play about us,
But he got the story wrong,
Still... me, famous! I always knew I would be someday!
He wasn't for me, my enemy,
Made me bleed, took all I had and left with a heart in his pocket,
Not mine. I had a power, somehow, to strike him,
My family longed to see him die. So did I.
The way he abused me, the women he claimed to charm,
And he snapped off the bait, idiot!
The brute warmed me, head to toe, a little more ripe for the killing,
We took a brief walk through the family crypt,
He learned a few names, touched my lips,
My blood ran colder than ice,
In the stillness. I pulled the trigger and the air crackled,
He never moved. It was amusing. His eyes
Punctured me, and I felt no sorrow for the anguish he'd caused,
And we made the headlines! 'Romeo and Juliet',
They cuffed me, and my God did it hurt,
The flash snap of photography burned my eyes,
I never cried. It was an adventure,
No tragedy,
When I saw Mrs. Montague there in the throngs
I inhaled the death,
Only then did I frown,
For the bullet had broken me.
Later, an angel told me some bloke called William wrote a play about us,
But he got the story wrong,
Still... me, famous! I always knew I would be someday!
Untitled
I'd rocked the boat a time or two,
I'd left my heart detached someplace,
Crashed into vacancy open armed,
A year, and another, grinds away,
Too young to waste, too old to say
When it grabbed me, possessed me,
Would jade and molest me,
Sudden revelation, my hate starts to fray,
A clear sky frees me, soaks me to my skin,
Until I am reborn, my life to begin,
The future's a canvas,
Choices- my paint- a mending wound,
And just like that...
A smile burns my cheeks.
I haven't felt this way in weeks.
I'd left my heart detached someplace,
Crashed into vacancy open armed,
A year, and another, grinds away,
Too young to waste, too old to say
When it grabbed me, possessed me,
Would jade and molest me,
Sudden revelation, my hate starts to fray,
A clear sky frees me, soaks me to my skin,
Until I am reborn, my life to begin,
The future's a canvas,
Choices- my paint- a mending wound,
And just like that...
A smile burns my cheeks.
I haven't felt this way in weeks.
The Damage
I've shed tears at night just hoping for reason,
A lucid truth to pass me by,
The mirror will break as my emptiness cracks,
I'm made this way but I don't know why,
Too long without comfort, my shadow alone,
Beauty, skin deep, is a vicious lie,
For I've beauty on both sides, unnoticed, untouched,
Yet they all walk past me- an island, am I?
Virginity sacred? It consumes, it's a burden,
I'm young, they say life has just begun,
Though I fail to see happiness or love beyond here,
My faith goes, my heart knows the damage has been done
A lucid truth to pass me by,
The mirror will break as my emptiness cracks,
I'm made this way but I don't know why,
Too long without comfort, my shadow alone,
Beauty, skin deep, is a vicious lie,
For I've beauty on both sides, unnoticed, untouched,
Yet they all walk past me- an island, am I?
Virginity sacred? It consumes, it's a burden,
I'm young, they say life has just begun,
Though I fail to see happiness or love beyond here,
My faith goes, my heart knows the damage has been done
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Untitled
Unsafe to rue what's no longer life,
I'm told that it is futile,
To wish and waste for moments passed and paint my hate a while,
Oh the glory days, how they were filled with rage,
My future self lamented,
I lost my way amongst the path of a thousand fears demented,
Mirror reflecting, mirror refusing,
The picture-me- distorted,
Each time I touch it's turned to air, my apathy exhausted,
This night I stalk an unsafe street,
Embrace the sky's dark ink,
Above me falls, I'm drowning here, and from misery I drink
I'm told that it is futile,
To wish and waste for moments passed and paint my hate a while,
Oh the glory days, how they were filled with rage,
My future self lamented,
I lost my way amongst the path of a thousand fears demented,
Mirror reflecting, mirror refusing,
The picture-me- distorted,
Each time I touch it's turned to air, my apathy exhausted,
This night I stalk an unsafe street,
Embrace the sky's dark ink,
Above me falls, I'm drowning here, and from misery I drink
Untitled
A kaleidoscope of fears,
Sheltered behind a hilltop pretend,
I hover in a limbo,
The unforgiving end,
Ghouls envelope my quivering skin,
Mementos of errors I have made,
I wrestle wildly against myself,
Until I shatter and cascade,
Limo frozen, whimpers warn,
To push my knees against my chest,
To ride out the vicious storm,
Which is- for me- a vital test,
I rose to my feet and defied their words,
And faced the horrors head on,
After what seemed a thousand years,
Appeared the streaming sun,
Hope swelled within my infernal heart,
At the triumph I could see,
By myself I learned to fly,
From faith bloomed belief in me
Sheltered behind a hilltop pretend,
I hover in a limbo,
The unforgiving end,
Ghouls envelope my quivering skin,
Mementos of errors I have made,
I wrestle wildly against myself,
Until I shatter and cascade,
Limo frozen, whimpers warn,
To push my knees against my chest,
To ride out the vicious storm,
Which is- for me- a vital test,
I rose to my feet and defied their words,
And faced the horrors head on,
After what seemed a thousand years,
Appeared the streaming sun,
Hope swelled within my infernal heart,
At the triumph I could see,
By myself I learned to fly,
From faith bloomed belief in me
Untitled
We have a unique love,
Untouched, uninhibited,
And unfulfilled,
I have returned now, for final moments,
When we've the debris of four wasted years,
We're still living in the past,
Though we're here now, we meet in the memories
Of stolen kisses, those painful near misses,
I should see
That what's broken can't be mended,
What's weak can't be defended,
I should see,
That we are fighting a losing war,
That we just don't fit together any more
Untouched, uninhibited,
And unfulfilled,
I have returned now, for final moments,
When we've the debris of four wasted years,
We're still living in the past,
Though we're here now, we meet in the memories
Of stolen kisses, those painful near misses,
I should see
That what's broken can't be mended,
What's weak can't be defended,
I should see,
That we are fighting a losing war,
That we just don't fit together any more
Woman. Soldier.
Don't hear your venom,
I am woman. Hear my roar,
Demon mindset, hero's death,
So I should blush when you put me down?
Nobody crushes my face against the ground,
I am sincerity. Honesty. Longevity,
In a battle, minus honour or humanity,
Top of the world, a fine thing to feel between your fingers,
At parties I dance, carouse and swill,
Becoming the bar. The town is mine,
Now I'm floating on a cloud of passion,
Some girl, some woman, owns both night and day,
I am her and thus I am me,
Woman. Soldier,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I am woman. Hear my roar,
Demon mindset, hero's death,
So I should blush when you put me down?
Nobody crushes my face against the ground,
I am sincerity. Honesty. Longevity,
In a battle, minus honour or humanity,
Top of the world, a fine thing to feel between your fingers,
At parties I dance, carouse and swill,
Becoming the bar. The town is mine,
Now I'm floating on a cloud of passion,
Some girl, some woman, owns both night and day,
I am her and thus I am me,
Woman. Soldier,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Untitled
I discovered he was my elder self,
From his poetry, dusty on the shelf,
I ascended the epic family tree,
To find what relics he'd left for me,
I longed to unmask the secrets there,
Discover parts of myself somewhere,
I scoured deeply, desperate to know,
Of who I really was, and so,
I climbed right down from branches green,
Reporting back the things I'd seen,
I grew from the leaves of scandals past,
Debauchery, lust, fame- I've learned last,
I sought reassurance that I'm something more,
And I got what I'd been hoping for
From his poetry, dusty on the shelf,
I ascended the epic family tree,
To find what relics he'd left for me,
I longed to unmask the secrets there,
Discover parts of myself somewhere,
I scoured deeply, desperate to know,
Of who I really was, and so,
I climbed right down from branches green,
Reporting back the things I'd seen,
I grew from the leaves of scandals past,
Debauchery, lust, fame- I've learned last,
I sought reassurance that I'm something more,
And I got what I'd been hoping for
Untitled
I have tried to think clearly,
I've destroyed myself nearly,
But I've loved you so dearly,
The dice is now cast,
If you want me, it's easy,
You can hug me and tease me,
This love makes me queasy,
We're repeating the past,
What are we now? One?
We've only just begun,
Though we're already done,
As I've had to learn fast,
That love's dangerous, lonely,
You don't even know me,
Our hearts all betray us, see
Love's never made to last
I've destroyed myself nearly,
But I've loved you so dearly,
The dice is now cast,
If you want me, it's easy,
You can hug me and tease me,
This love makes me queasy,
We're repeating the past,
What are we now? One?
We've only just begun,
Though we're already done,
As I've had to learn fast,
That love's dangerous, lonely,
You don't even know me,
Our hearts all betray us, see
Love's never made to last
Untitled
This summer's day, so dull and down,
The brightest leaves seem a withered brown,
What chance of love- I clutch the twig,
The branch that had joined us was so big,
Today it snaps, it sets with the sun,
For no-one to climb or sit upon,
One less kiss on a collar, bare,
A ghostly revenge I'll render there,
If I can't have my love, then neither can they,
Our tree will not live another day
The brightest leaves seem a withered brown,
What chance of love- I clutch the twig,
The branch that had joined us was so big,
Today it snaps, it sets with the sun,
For no-one to climb or sit upon,
One less kiss on a collar, bare,
A ghostly revenge I'll render there,
If I can't have my love, then neither can they,
Our tree will not live another day
Thursday 20 August 2009
An Arabesque
An Arabesque
An arabesque shot through my heart,
A cardiac cave where I dance,
Dance like death,
She who dares cares,
She cracks from the pressure of a thousand bricks,
I touch the tips of the icy mist,
I see imps. Elfin sparks whiz through the cracks,
The arabesque, a trinket to me,
Dance, arabesque I bid dance,
Well I see a gloomy sky and it won't give a second chance,
Someplace I lay my home, someplace I lay my hands,
Who was I to let you fly?
The pulmonary prison, the wide open, the broken,
It was I, myself, who scarred the wrists,
When I stopped, looked, listened and then saw you,
It's true.
Sugar from your lips, shrivelled, flying free,
An arabesque stitched into me
An arabesque shot through my heart,
A cardiac cave where I dance,
Dance like death,
She who dares cares,
She cracks from the pressure of a thousand bricks,
I touch the tips of the icy mist,
I see imps. Elfin sparks whiz through the cracks,
The arabesque, a trinket to me,
Dance, arabesque I bid dance,
Well I see a gloomy sky and it won't give a second chance,
Someplace I lay my home, someplace I lay my hands,
Who was I to let you fly?
The pulmonary prison, the wide open, the broken,
It was I, myself, who scarred the wrists,
When I stopped, looked, listened and then saw you,
It's true.
Sugar from your lips, shrivelled, flying free,
An arabesque stitched into me
Friday 14 August 2009
Welcome :)
Hi everybody :)
This is my page, designed especially for the poetry that I have written. Currently, I have two notebooks full and some spare pieces of paper, all contained in a specialist folder. However, because I want to get my poetry out there and noticed, I thought I'd be a shameless self-promoter and post it online :) Aren't I naughty? Lol. So here, guys....I hope you appreciate, enjoy and respect everything on this page. If you have time, please comment on any poetry you like or find you can relate to. I'd like to hear any recommendations and also any commissions, if anyone would like something written for them.
Thanks guys :D
SJH
xxx
This is my page, designed especially for the poetry that I have written. Currently, I have two notebooks full and some spare pieces of paper, all contained in a specialist folder. However, because I want to get my poetry out there and noticed, I thought I'd be a shameless self-promoter and post it online :) Aren't I naughty? Lol. So here, guys....I hope you appreciate, enjoy and respect everything on this page. If you have time, please comment on any poetry you like or find you can relate to. I'd like to hear any recommendations and also any commissions, if anyone would like something written for them.
Thanks guys :D
SJH
xxx
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