Women...

Women..............
Women can be wonderful and fill your life with joy.
Women can be teasers and treat you like a toy.
Women can be callous and break your loving heart.
And Women can be dangerous and tear your life apart.But! ….
No matter how you take them,
as
A LOVER,
A FRIEND,
OR FOE,
We Men, can’t live without them,
And that’s all we need to know!
~ Michael Andrew Dare

mirror

Who knew everything I felt.
She knew my every weakness,
And the problems I’ve been dealt.
She understood my wonders,
And listened to my dreams.
She listened to how I felt about life and love,
And knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me,Or tell me I was wrong.
She understood what I was going through,
And promised she’d stay long
I reached out to this friendTo show her that i care
To pull her close and let her know
How much I need her there
I went to hold her handTo pull her a bit nearer
And realized that this perfect friend I found
Was nothing but my mirror.
~ Originally Posted by: indianchild.com

When My Mind is Still

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I remember things too easily forgotten:
The purity of early love,
The maturity of unselfish love that asks --
desires -- nothing but another's good,
The idealism that has persisted through all the tempest of life.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can find a quiet assurance, an inner peace, in the core of my being.
It can face the doubt, the loneliness, the anxiety,
Can accept these harsh realities and can even grow
Because of these challenges to my essential being.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can sense my basic humanity,
And then I know that all men and women are my brothers and sisters.
Nothing but my own fear and distrust can separate me from the love of friends.
If I can trust others, accept them, enjoy them,
Then my life shall surely be richer and more full.
If I can accept others, this will help them to be more truly themselves,
And they will be more able to accept me.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I know how much life has given me:
The history of the race, friends and family,
The opportunity to work, the chance to build myself.
Then wells within me the urge to live more abundantly,
With greater trust and joy,
With more profound seriousness and earnest service,
And yet more calmly at the heart of life.

-Paul Beattie

Soulmate by Rhea Anna McCain

A soulmate
is someone you can love
forever.
Someone who will love you back.

A soulmate
is someone you can spend
the rest of your life with.
Without ever having a worry about separation.

A soulmate
though different from you
you are perfect for each other
in your souls.

A soulmate
you can always trust them.
Because you know
they would never want to hurt you.

Heaven Impress Me by Janet Elizabeth Heddinger

Heaven Impress Me... 
make me believe 
in the wonderful future
God has in store for me.

Respect me, love me,
don't hate me... but remember
the moment that impressed me
and captured my heart and my soul.

It was you who especially appeared to be
the one who impressed me.
You serenaded me with your love
and your tender touch.

The beauty in your eyes...
the moment I saw you remember me
as I remembered you...
how you impressed me.

Your love captured me and captured my soul,
something I will always treasure
as we walk through life together
...as one.

A POEM FOR A SPECIAL SOMEONE Author: J.D.

You are my inspiration
having you in my life
revived my sleeping devotion
You are indeed a special someone

Loving you gives me hope
to free this misery that I coped
in those times I gave up
You came and I stood up

Never will I forget
how you always cheer me up
every time I'm sad
and for that I'm glad

Whenever I'm lonely
You were there for me
keeping my heart alive
with your every smile

I dedicate this poem to you
to show how much you meant
to me I love you
My special someone

You've Touched Me Author: 2003 Virginia Anne Weathers

Don't know how to explain it
Can't really put it into words
You've touched my life in so many ways
You never cease to amaze me.

I don't know what the future holds
I can't pretend that I do
I just know beyond a doubt
I always want you around.

Whether we stay the closest of friends
Or I become the love of your life
Or maybe even both occurs
As long as your in my life I can smile.

Something about you makes me smile
Not just with my mouth
And not just with my eyes
But all the way to my soul.

Thank you for what you are to me
For being who you are
And adding happiness to this life
And giving me a reason to smile.

A TOUCH NEVER FELT Author: Carola Dittmann McJunkin

How can you ache and crave for someone's touch 
When you have never felt it? 
I do this for yours, though, 
And the yearning grows more each day

I have never wanted anything in my life
As much as I want you
When you whisper such sweet love
In my ear when we talk

You make me melt into a puddle
Of complete helplessness
You have become my every waking thought
And my every dream at night
I breathe in so hard
Trying to catch my breath when we can't talk
I close my eyes so tight
Hoping when I open them you will be there

But I know I have to wait
Until the time is right
It seems so far away
That I think I am losing my mind

I want to breathe in your scent
And keep it with me all day long
I want to taste your love for me
By kissing your sweet lips

I want to feel your body next to me
So when you leave for awhile I can hold on
I just want you to know
That I really do love you

When the day comes and we are together
You will always know and feel this
I will always hug, kiss and love you
Every moment of the day and night

...You will never have another touch unfelt

A Little Thing Called Love Author: Anonymous

Love is a many splendored thing, they say,
And I believe it when you looked my way,
Out of the blue, things seemed to happen
By chance or destiny, is the question.

Living my life so long, without knowing your existence,
Then came a day we felt each others presence,
Guess what's meant to be will always find a way,
Love creeps into hearts and decides to stay.

A love so exquisite, yet so intricate,
In a world of only "you and I"
A love we can't even demonstrate,
A secret we have to keep for life.

I love you, honey, and its from my heart,
I hope you know that youre no beggar from the start,
You make me fly without wings,
You make my heart wants to sing.

Every moment I spent with you,
Is every one of my dreams coming true,
More than words, I want to show you how I feel,
Someday, some place, sometime, I will.

Love is a journey for two,
Step by step, me and you,
The future we can't see,
Let love lead the way for you and me.

SIMPLICITY

Something we hold in our heart
has more worth than what’s held in the hand.
Flashback to days on the seashore
building our castles of sand.
Playing-out dreams in the sunshine,
touching the Earth with our hands
and with fingers as scoops of sensation,
sifting the warm sea-washed sand.

A happy remembrance of childhood
can swing us back into the Light.
Our heart holds the key of simplicity,
kept beautifully polished and bright and
turning the key with the hands of a child,
can uncover once more pure delight!

I love you

A SIMPLE ROSE OF LOVE.....

A Single rose of love
A Single rose of devotion
A Single wish upon my lips
A Single thought of you
A Single desire to be granted
A Single moment of careless bliss
A Single love never to be broken
A Single rose for one last kiss
Author: Stephen Kreska
2.A simple rose I have found
It's not the flower that grows from the ground,
Its beauty is one of such delight ...
This rose is soft to the touch in all its perfection.

The envy for all the flowers in this garden
Its fragrance will consume your every obsession.
This rose must be a gift, a gift from above
A gift from Heaven to show us love.

Every morning I wake to see its petals glisten
Its easy to see how one could be so smitten
If love was a rose it would shine so bright
Because all I need is this rose in my life.
Author: Kevan Mends

HEARTPRINTS..

Whatever our hands touch—
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture,
On doorknobs, dishes, books,
As we touch we leave our identity.

Oh please where ever I go today,
Help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion
Of understanding and love.
Heartprints of kindness
and genuine concern.

May my heart touch a lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter,
Or an anxious mother,
Or, perhaps, a dear friend!

I shall go out today
To leave heartprints,
And if someone should say
“I felt your touch,”
May that one sense be…YOUR LOVE
Touching through ME.

This is to all the wonderful people
I have met!

I offer you my hand in friendship
so that when you reach out in times of need,
you can be certain that I’ll always be there.
when it returns to you,
you’ll know who’ll be your friends for life!!!


By Praveen

A Broken Smile Written By: Praveen

I sit here with a smile on my face, 
I smile as I breathe in deep, 
I smile as I close my eyes
and I smile all day long;

The sky is dark,
as the freezing winds
seep into my bones,
I sit here smiling silently cold and empty;

I wait here frozen in time,
with my dreams torn apart,
my heart encased in a tomb,
I smile to mask my true emotions;

Smile is all that I do day in and day out,
the mask that I wear is so perfect,
one needs to come a lot closer,
to see the tears trickling down my eyes;

The days are long,
the nights longer still.
I try to find the light,
but find comfort only in the dark;

Emotions swell inside,
walking on a broken path,
I look up for the rainbow
hoping that one day I will get off
this broken path and onto a new one;

A broken smile is a smile that is false to hide the pain inside!!!

Together....Written By: Praveen

Just you and me,
holding hands and looking into each other’s eyes,
it’s been a while,
it’s been a long time;

Lost in this madness of life,
closer but farther away,
from each other,
i don’t know what to do;

Alone and lost,
this dream is all that keeps me alive,
keeps me and you alive,
waiting for the moment it becomes a reality;

Counting the days,
to meet you on the other side,
high above the world,
over and over in my mind;

I close my eyes and i see you there,
i drift away to sleep and you are there,
waiting for me to escape reality and dive
into this dream, where you and me, together;

Together, till the shining sun,
together, till madness rises again,
together, we will make this dream come true,
together sooner!

Feeling Unwanted Written by Ashley McGrain

As I walk down the path of forgotten memories, 
I start thinking of all the lame memories you gave me. 
All the times you picked on me,
Called me names,
Made me feel miserable.
Now it’s your turn to suffer.
Wait, you can’t suffer after I committee suicide.
It’s your fault that I need to committee suicide.
It’s your fault that I think that I’m not good enough for the world.
It’s your fault that I can’t fit in.
It’s your fault that I have an eating disorder because you called me fat.
All the times that I’ve put up with you
Had just flew out the door.
The god damn memories that you god damn people gave me
Let me down.
When I grab this knife,
Cut myself
And let myself bleed to death,
If I survive,
When my parents ask why?
I tell them that you did it.
You were the would that talked shit behind my back,
And made me so fucking miserable.
It was you who really murdered me.

If dreams weren't dreams
and dreams came true
I wouldn't be here
I would be next to you
Distance is one thing that keeps us apart
But you will always remain close to my heart

You are sweet

Someone like you everyone wishes to meet
It is hard to find someone so kind
Your name will never grow old since it is
Engraved in my heart in letters of gold.
I'm just another face in the crowd
But when everyone fades away...
I'll still be here for you.

Forlorn love

Voyage to death
Nearing my breath
Yet my love’s depth
For you sails all girth.

Past, disappearing phase
Not another face in race,
Glimpse of your face
Each second I face.

The face that whispers
My heart’s daily verses,
Oh! My queen of universe,
Why you shed those curses.

My heart’s birth to words
To see your smiling world,
Raising you to dream world,
Nesting us, the two birds.

Within the love woven nest,
Feeling your breath on my chest,
I see your smile at its best,
Dreaming, a life full of zest.

A dream that went falling,
Hearing your wings fluttering,
Away and far you were flying,
Leaving a lonely soul waiting.

Waiting Endless, drowning dreams,
Landing deep, to words that stream,
Streaming words, once your cream,
The cream you treasured, now my dream

The dream of words that fly,
Above them, standing high
I carve to prove, I’m no dry,
Thus – “The catcher in the rye”.

As people held me high,
I searched for your eye,
Never seeing your sigh,
I cuddled into my rye.

With the gift you discovered
Weaving a cocoon of words
Within them I stay buried
Words- my only love world.

Cheers from the crowd,.....

Cheers from the crowd,
Never made him proud
For music in minds chord
Played tunes that drowned.

Dancing to the rhythm of claps,
Soul standing all pain slaps.
Trying to rein tears that gallop,
Waiting to shower on a safe lap.

The painted smile seemed matching,
Eclipsing his hearts aching,
While the world stood watching,
The show with joy-hatching.

Playing the joker's part,
Need of life in all heart
For a smooth ride in life’s cart
Taking turns in path with art.

The joker's we are,
In past & in future.
The smile spreading pleasure,
Around the ring to treasure.

Let the world smile,
At the joker's style,
For he knew his miles,
So far,
Never reaching those miles…

--{Taken from readersdais...}

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

Smile, without a reason why
Love, as if you were a child,
Smile, no matter what they tell you
Don't listen to a word they say
Cause life is beautiful that way.

Tears, a tidal wave of tears
Light, that slowly disappears
Wait, before you close the curtain
There is still another game to play
And life is beautiful that way

Here with his eyes forevermore
I will always be as close as you
remember from before
Now that you

i have learned this lesson so hard
the mind can't decide to let go
the heart must decide on its own.
when your eyes meet theirs
and the world fades away
you'll tell yourself you're not in love
but soon you'll see in some strange way
that love does not listen to logic.
you tell your mind it never will be
but your heart will keep hoping
for the love there beneath
and in just the last second
when you're finally convinced
that you've fallen so hard
for this personal bliss,
your mind will suddenly see
that maybe love will be.
and it really doesn't matter
how many times you speak the lie
and tell yourself youre free
your love will not listen to logic.
it knows where it longs to be
and no amount of thinking
can pull you from the dreadful hope
as much as you wish it could be
you wish it never was.
and i could ask my heart
a million times over
to forget all the things that i've heard
but i've already learned in some strange way
that love does not listen to logic.

Tears of Yesterdays.... Robert Sobota-Tulip.

I keep my paint brush with me
Wherever I may go,
In case I need to cover up
So the REAl me doesn't show.
I'm so afraid to show you me,
Afraid of what you'll do - that
You might laugh or say mean things.
I'm afraid I might lose you.
I'd like to remove all my paint coats
To show you the real,true me,
BUT I WANT YOU TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND,
I need you to accept what you see.
So If you'll be patient and close your eyes,
I'll strip off all my coats real slow.
Please understand how much it hurts
To let the real me show.
Now my coats are all striped off.
I feel naked,bare and cold,
And if you still love me with all that you see,
You are my friend,PURE AS GOLD.
I need to save my paint brush,through,
And hold it in my hand,
I want to keep it handy
In case someone doesn't understand.
So please protect me, my dear friend
And thanks for loving me true,
But please let me keep my paint brush with me
Until I LOVE ME, TOo

Journey of the soul.......

Your heart is filled with pain.Your mind cluttered with confusion.
Pieces of your life fall around you.Like raindrops in the storm.
The path you chose so long ago,Led you straight to hurts door.
Now your weary feet struggle,To find the road back home
Searching for the places,The love and beauty hide.
Temptations lie in wait all around, pulling at your every step,
Waiting for you to slide back,form the chosen,sought for, path.
Emptiness surrounds you,confusing your perction.
IT is difficult to carry on.
I will do my best to fill your heart with joy,To clear the cobwebs of confusions,
Help you find your purpose.I am good at catching pieces,And I can chase away a storm.
Let me walk your beside you,I have walked this road before.
You can lean on me when the weariness comes.
My shoulders are very strong.I can not fight your battle,
or chase away demons of the soul,
But I can lend you my strength,until you find your own.
I will help you find the courage,To face each day anew.
I cancan not shorten the journey you must make,
The road is just as long as before.
But I can fill the emptiness,And help you reach your center,
The place where love and beauty hide.
Take my hand ,be my friend,Let me walk with you awhile.

Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore

“Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high,
where knowledge is free.
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.
Where words come out from the depth of truth,
where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost it's way
into the dreary desert sand of dead habit.
Where the mind is led forward by thee
into ever widening thought and action.
In to that heaven of freedom, my father,
LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE!”

Escape me......by Robert Browning

Escape me?
Never
Beloved!
While I am I, and you are you,
So long as the world contains us both,
Me the loving and you the loth,
While the one eludes, must the other pursue.
My life is a fault at last, I fear:
It seems too much like a fate, indeed!
Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed.
But what if I fail of my purpose here?
It is but to keep the nerves at strain,
To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,
And baffled, get up to begin again,
So the chase takes up one's life, that's all.
While, look but once from your farthest bound,
At me so deep in the dust and dark,
No sooner the old hope drops to ground
Than a new one, straight to the selfsame mark,
I shape me
Ever
Removed!

Your love is so strong and bright
it leaves me with a smile when i fall asleep at night,
when im dreaming hours seem as minutes
because i cherish every moment with you in it,
Waking up to your voice “good morning”
sends my heart and soul high a soaring,
love is said to last only till death
but our love will prove stronger than our final breath,
what i am saying is i love you for heavens sake
and when we die our love begins again at heavens gate.

Child of the wilderness....

Child of the wilderness
Born into emptiness
Learn to be lonely
Learn to find your way in darkness

Who will be there for you
Comfort and care for you
Learn to be lonely
Learn to be your one companion

Never dream out in the world
There are arms to hold you
You've always known your heart was on its own

So laugh in your loneliness
Child of the wilderness
Learn to be lonely
Learn how to love life that is lived alone

Learn to be lonely
Life can be lived
Life can be loved
Alone..

Sometimes when I’m angry,
I wish I was not here,
I just wish I could chase away,
All of my losses and fears.

Sometimes I just want to die,
Or wish I was never born,
Because of the pain,
The tears, lies, and scorn.

Sometimes when I’m happy,
Which is pretty rare these days,
My happiness chases the shadows,
But to some delay.

For some unknown reason,
It takes a while to smile,
Maybe its the deaths,
The agony and denial.

But sometimes when I forget,
Which is hardly ever,
The pain is chased away,
By friends who will stay forever.

 

If I Were... by Lucky

If I were a memory I’d hold you there forever
Reminding you of the good times we shared together

If I were a smile on your face I would stay
Never to let sadness chase me too far away

If I were a teardrop I’d roll gently down from your eyes
Not to burn much but to mend your sweet cries

If I were a hand I’d want you to hold me in your own
Carry me through life .. even when I’m grown

If I were feet I would stay inline with you
So I could be with you in all that you do

If I were a shadow I would always follow
We’d face things together in all the tomorrows

If I were pain I’d stay far away from the start
To make sure you never felt me or I never broke your heart

If I were a song I’d be a sweet sound to your ears
To keep up your hopes and carry you through the years

If I were strength I’d give you my all
I’d hold you high and never let your fall

If I were your heart I’d be steady and true
I’d be there in every beat; staying strong for you

If I were the sun I’d shine down upon your face
Illuminate your smile and radiate through your grace

If I were a star I’d sparkle like your eyes
I would look upon your life and never stop my shine

I don’t know how good at those things I could be
I’m not any of them but this I want you to see

If I were a friend I couldn’t let you down
I’d never let you fall or walk away from me with a frown

If I were a friend I would hold your hand
I would be with you always, I hope you understand

If I were a friend I would give you my all
And though it’s not much, I’ll be there when you call

If I were a friend I’d be in every memory too
When you laughed, when you cried, I’d be with you

I CAN be these things, it’s not impossible to be a friend
I CAN be your best and I’ll be here till the end

If I were forever, you would be too
Together forever – me and you…