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TOUCH
I'll take you to my secret place Let you peel away my skin Let you strip away my face With you I am naked, humble Accept me with your touch Hold me deep with your love I need you to see me You need to let go of your fears Let them go on me I'll hold you softly Naked spirit, naked body Turn our fears into touch I'll hold you deep with my love Hold me as I hold you In this time in this place Naked body, naked spirit Together we are safe Together we are safe. -JonAnne 1998 |
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MIND DRIVES
Through the world Under minded rivalry from within Brought to the light by intensity To create and suspend The thoughts of unadorned minded human beings Deplenish but thrive from themselves To prod this steam from within Takes few but far many Never heard but never said The thoughts of innumerable Subside in worthless places Created without significance And with unknowing Never rationalized But always put forth In a way the world would understand Anything is broken up Nothing is un-broken But always put in its place with the society. -Les Debusk June 24, 1999 |
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PERFECTION I am the broken hearted. Your species have always used me You claim words of love, But my heart hears only lies. You throw away my picture No longer to hang on, The empty walls of your heart. So I leave this empty house. I put away hopes of happiness. I am stuck on the gear of survive. But you follow me. You watch me slowly suffer. When I cry and when I frown. You say smile darling. People don't love those girls without pretty little smiles. So let me pretend to be perfect. People will love me then. They will let me independent They will let me actually live. I will show them I can think. I will let them hear this voice. I can turn their stupid confusion into an undying love for me. You are the one to blame, for my use of manipulation. Just repeat after me. Smile , be perfect , and leave. -Jessica, 16 |
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LILY VIOLET
I'm a jumbled lily violet and my petals are wearing thin, a jumbled lily violet and I wear my own skin. My leaves are green and my stem is long. I'm a jumbled lily violet and I sing my own song. -Teresa Guillen |
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PEACE Peace is like a fire You have to keep giving it wood to burn If you stop feeding it, it will die People are the fire Wood is love People need to keep loving each other For without love, our souls die Hatred takes over our brain, poisoning The good thoughts that used to dwell there But if people love one another They will have happy souls Souls laughing and singing together Singing, "Peace at last! Peace at last!" The earth will brighten with the smiles Of her children The clouds of trouble will slip away Revealing a bright sun, shining proudly The waters will be crystal clear Once more The angels will rejoice For It has come, at long last Doctor Martin Luther King Junior’s dream has come true All races, all colors, all religions Live in peace Live in peace! Peace, the word like honey, sweetening life Peace!! - Stacie Russell |
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RAINING HEART Though the ribbons flow, beneath the sun's rays, they speak very slow, into my hearts day. If we chose to rest, along the rivers song, when do we rise, to kiss and get along. Steady through the waterfall, we run to save time, whistling winds and birdcalls, the shadows soon chime, the emotion comes, and goes silently, into the slums, of immortality. -Stephanie Maness |
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WILLOW I hide among the trees lost in a place of all truths no one could ever dream of the beauties. All that surrounds me are Mother Nature's gifts the variety of creations fill me with hope. I turn to the Willow for comfort; when the lonely aching returns I nestle myself in the rich soil, which surrounds her mighty roots. The branches dangle endlessly around holding me close, until the pain is gone. I shed my tears into this richness; all the leaves gently sob at the awakening. When the others find me, they will destroy all that I love. My clovered Willow will be burned, and once again the loneliness will seep into my heart, Hindering me from ever caring. |
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