A few poems of mine.

Here, you will find various pieces of poetry I've written. Hopefully they're liked. Many are very short, some sad, some happy, some pointless. Some were for fun, some were to vent, others were class assignments.

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I am from wars
And from kings
From times long ago
Stories faded from memory
I am from actors
And from outlaws
I am from legend
And from history
I am from sugar
Dripping like sap from a spoon
I am from swords
Sparks flying as they clash
I am from the rocks
Crying out from dusty corners in the mind
I am from books
And from art
I am from everything I see
Everything I touch
Everything I know
And everything I don't

Like a tiger
Stalking its prey
Orange coat easily spottable
He crouches
Under a stool
Watching your feet
Eyes wild
Black fur melting into shadow
White paws and chest visible
You step
He charges
Leaping into the air
Flailing about
Claws extended
Barely missing
Your knee
Or arm
He hits the ground
Legs taut
Pausing
You watch
He runs
Back to the comfort of the stool
"Tomorrow,"
Thinks the cat
"Tomorrow I'll get her."

What am I
If I cannot get someone like you
to love someone like me?
God knows I've tried
Every word
Every action
They fill my mind
They knock away memories
Remain ever present
What am I
If I let others guide me?
Like a lifeless puppet
Life is not my own
So lost
So alone
You did what others could not
You broke me
Then you kept me that way
What am I
If I give you my heart?
Love instead of hate
My sanity
My will
Let you squeeze and strangle me
Let you take my life away
Just because you can
What am I
If I let you win?

Theres a place in my heart
That's been locked from the start
Kept hidden deep inside
Until the time arrived
Until the time came
When I could face the light again
When the world in my head
Didn't run the life I led
A time when I'd be shown
A thing that I have never known
A light shining out from the dark
To leave its stunning mark
On that place in my heart
Tearing its lock all apart
Pouring in to fill the hole
And letting in a love I'd never known

My heart is filled with sorrow
And eyes are filled with tears
Looking over the wasteland before me
Animals are dying
And plants are withering
There's little
Water but I cannot drink
For fear of poison
The sky is brown.
To the north
I see a city
The one I left
I am battling the thirst
The hunger
The heat
I am not winning
I fall As I lay dying
I think
"Why didn't I listen?"
"Am I the cause of this?"
Then all is silent and still
The world is dead

In my mind
I created a world
And in this world I live
This world is mine
And only I shall see it
With every book I read
New creatures
And places
Are added to my map
My mind is the place I am happy
The place I am safe
I'm always in my mind
But I am in this world, too
You can call the world we all live in
The 'real world'
And you can call the world in my head
'Made-up'
But to me
My world is as real as this one
But there is a difference
My world is better

Put me up on a pedestal
I'm easier to tear down
When I'm up high
Yell at me about what I'm not
Yell at me about what I am
How I need to be motivated
How I'm worthless
If I stay the way I am
If I continue to dwell in this apathy
This apathy I call life
My uncaring state
Blind to the world
'You're so smart' you tell me
I don't really care if I am
I really just don't care
About life
About the world
About anything
Anything that matters to you
Only what matters to me
What I see
Not what you see
So call me down
Punish me
Yell at me
I don't care
I like who I am
I know you don't
I'll stay who I am
It'll make you cringe
I shall stay me
In my uncaring state

Sometimes
All you need
Is a good
Long
Rant
To vent
To let out emotions
Bottled up in you
Fermenting
Like grapes to wine
Becomeing intoxicating
You string words together
In your drunken stupor
Sometimes
It's verbal
Sometimes
It's written
A string of conciousness
A poem
A song
Your words dripping
From pen to paper
Like a rain shower
Cleansing your mind