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Feelings
Sadness, overwhelming me
Tears fall, I don't know why
Just sitting here,
not even thinking
Of those who have hurt me
Of those who have destroyed my faith
My heart, soul, love
Just sitting, listening to music
And tears, unbeckoned, unwanted
Intrude upon my solace
Go, leave me be
I'm not ready, I can't deal with these
Emotions, hurts, tears
GO, I won't feel you
I don't need you
I don't want you
I'm happy, I'm fine
I don't need to feel
Anything, at all.
Steve
I'm thinking of you again
I can't believe you still
Have the power to make me cry
But I
Can't get you out of my mind
My heart aches as I see
Your face in my dreams
I hold onto memories
Of love
Of making love to you
Promises forgotten
Broken heart, tortured soul
You say you care
But I want to feel your love again
Love me one more time
Hold me through the night
Maybe then I can walk away
With only happy memories
Sometimes
Sometimes I just want to give up
And go back to where I was
Admit I can't make it in a normal life
Sometimes I lay down and cry all night
Tears flowing like the rain
Feeling like I just can't try
Sometimes
Sometimes I feel like jumping off the highest cliff
Into the murky waters deep
Drowning in sorrow and pain
Sometimes I feel so strong and so free
Like I can withstand anything
Like no one and nothing I can explain
Sometimes
Sometimes I'm confused
Sometimes I'm abused
Let myself get used
Sometimes I hurt them first
Sometimes I can be so cruel
Sometimes I'm a bitch, a whore
Sometimes I'm such a fool
And one of these days
I'll win this fight
Someday my life will improve
I'll become someone and something
Sometime
I Cry
You left me all alone, no warning at all
I fell apart on the phone
I screamed, I cried, I begged, I tried
But you left me here on my own
After you said it was true love
Telling me you loved me too
Then you walked away, the very next day
I'm still in love with you, So
I cry
When I picture you saying goodbye
I cry
Begging you, "Please tell me why!"
Why do you run away from my heart
Our love is so true, we should not be apart
So I cry
Come back just one more time to me
I want to try just once more
To prove to you my love is true
I'm longing to hear your knock at my door
I know I'm dreaming and past is past
But you still come around, and I can't let go
I know that this true love can last
If you just open up your heart and your soul
When You Love Someone
When you love someone
It don't matter at all
If they run around
And forget to call
They can do anything
And you still feel
The love deep inside
Cuz it's real
Jealousy is immaturity
Love is blind
Don't you see?
Love forgives no matter what
That's how you know that it's love
When you love someone
They can break your heart
Make you cry every night
That you're apart
But you let them back in
Each and every time
Cuz no matter who he sleeps with
He's still mine
When you love someone
You'll always see
The best in them
As you set them free
Like a butterfly as it flies away
You know in your heart
They'll be back someday
When you love someone
Love Spell
Goddess of light and love
I pray to you now
Please look down from above
And smile on me
I'm so tired of losing
So tired of all this pain
Always waiting, hoping, choosing
Still caught out in the rain
Love waits somewhere
In the darkness
Calling out my name
Someday I will find him
And things will finally change
I call on you now
Powers of lover, powers of strength
Hold me up, grant me courage
To stay strong through all this change
I light this candle and say the spell
All is right, all is well
And when the candle wick is snuffed
My dreams and hopes will then become
Reality
So it is, so shall it be
I'm Me
Just because we're different
Doesn't mean we're not the same
Just because we disagree
Doesn't mean we should feel shame
There's nothing wrong with being yourself
Never answer to anyone else
I'm Me
I can't help but be what I need to be
I'm Me
The best person I can become, you see
I can't be anything but what I am
Even if I'm not what you want me to be
I can only do the things that I can
I'm young and smart and wild and free
I'm Me
You call me names, condemn my ways
Expect me to change the inner me
I just live from day to day
Just striving for happiness and prosperity
If you can't love me for the woman I am
Then I don't have time to be your friend
I'm Me!
In Memory of Dennis Misch
How do you say goodbye
When you never had the chance at all
How do you mend a heart
When someone you love is taken from you
And how do you say the things
You never had the chance to say to him
And it's far too late
And you'll never get the chance again
I miss your smile
The way it warmed my heart
I remember
How we said we'd never be apart
I miss the way
You always held me when I cried
All the hopes and dreams
Disappeared
Forever, when you died
He took your life
And left you bleeding in your room
All that's left now
Is lying broken in a tomb
It's so unfair
That I lost someone who really cared
And all I have is just this song
Song for Joe
Every time I look into your deep brown eyes
I see the love you feel for me
You make me feel so special
You make me feel complete
Without you by my side
I could not live
Without your hand in mine
I'd have no more love to give
You are my everything
You are the sunshine in my life
You are the only thing
That I need
You make my life complete
I'll be forever by your side
You're all I want, you're all I love
You're all I need
Before I met you
My life was going nowhere
Can't live without you
My heart is empty when you are not there
My life has never been so complete
My love for you is all I'll ever need
The Longest Night
Sitting in the bus station, waiting for the dawn
Thinking of your loving as the night wore on
Smoking like a chimney as I waited for the day
Wishing I had never gone away
Talking to other people, trying to pass the time along
Knowing you were waiting, anxiously back home
So sorry that I'd ever tried to leave you far behind
Glad you're still in love with me and wanting to be mine
It was a long, long night in Pittsburgh, PA
Loneliness and sadness filled my heart with so much pain
Leaving you was the biggest mistake I've ever made
I'm so glad I made it back the very next day
Sitting in the Greyhound station, all through the night
It was the longest night of my life
The longest, and loneliest night
In my whole life
Another Poem for Dennis
I think of you in the dark of night
Wondering where you are
Is there life after death?
Are you near, or is it far?
Your memory will never die
Your friendship was so true
You always held me closely
Without you, what will I do?
I could always count on you
To catch me when I'd fall
Your love got me through the hard times
When I thought of you, you'd call
When a man would break my heart
You always took me back
We swore we'd never be apart
You're the best friend I've ever had
I still can't quite believe you're gone
How could he steal your life?
What's been done is oh so wrong
Forever,for you, I will cry
MY NEWEST POEM
Written: 9/12/2001
WILL WE LEARN
It was a sad, sad, day today
A whole nation knelt to pray
As we mourned the many deaths
Of those who were so innocent
What will become of us I ask
As our leaders take up the task
Of trying to find the ones who'll pay
For all the tragedy today?
Will we now see a new World War
Worse than all that came before
Will all our dreams go up in smoke
LIke those who died there in New York?
Can we ever really learn
From the past and then return
To an age of love and peace
Learning lessons from history
I look around me and I see
Faces of shock, revenge and grief
More killings follow everyone
This is a war that can't be won
Children heed these words I say
Learn your lessons here today
Don't make the same mistakes we've made
Make the world a better place
But I fear it's far too late
We must surrender to our fate
We've made our beds now we must lie
How many more of us must die?
Copyrighted by Claire L.Chopp on 1/17/2001
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