Poems

[BethanyB3]

To post or not to post that is the question?

Or at least it has been the question. But alas, after much

thought, okay after much bugging (ie encouragement) from a good friend; Hi Wendy and from my g/f;

Hi My Love, here goes.



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Unsettled

Longing, wanting, needing

Feelings still wished fleeting

But they're here; forceful

Strong, painful and endless

Silent cries that go unanswered

Tears unshed least they be called

Signs of need that should not be

Time to grow and time to give

Not an instance to receive

Others now must take the lead

Words unclear can’t understand

Almost like a foreign land

Dare not to yell or even tell

What's inside this plundered well

Cries scream out inside a head

Wondering what lies ahead

Sacrificed; slashing and tearing

A mind gives up on even caring

Wailing is futile, lost and useless

Trust abandoned in this abyss

Isolated in place and time

Losing now what once was mine.

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If my words have hit their mark

You probably now could use a lark

Just a bit of rhyme and measure

Surely written just for pleasure

So read on and you will see

Just how silly I can be

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Babble

Once again I start to babble

To rattle and to prattle

I really would be quite a sight

all a twitter day and night

Someone who would see this sight

Would think the girl's not quite right.



Right, write that is what I will do

What should I write about?

Oh, how about you?

But, so bad is this rhythm

you'll wonder why

I waste my time



Waste my time?

Don't even jest

I might be thinking of your br...

wonderful mind

Or how you are so kind

even when I'm in a bind

like how to end this silly poem

that's bad enough to make you moan



And what a waste that would be

to moan when there is only thee

Hey, hey look at me

Writing fancy words like, thee.



So how shall I end this gracefully

hmmm, I wonder

Let me see

How about I'll love you

for eternity.

edited to fix spelling error 3-29-03

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"The first time I saw you it felt like coming home" ~ Bon Jovi



"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream" ~ Kahill Gibran

Edited by: BethanyB3 at: 3/29/03 8:53:55 pm

[Magrat70]

Hi Beth, you did it yeah



"Unsettled" you know i love already, so dark and evocative, but Babble, it made me laugh so much . Thank you for posting these and can I ask for more

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[MellindraX]

An interesting mix of seriousness and lighthearted rambles...

It is my solace, my home, the place where my walls crumble and fall away, because no one can know who I truly am. Thank goodness for the Internet, preserver of sanity! -Unknown

[SJ]

Good writing styles and nice contrast

[BethanyB3]

Magrat70 ~ Hi Wendy Yep, I did it and about to do it again. Thank you for your encouragement and your friendship.



MellindraX ~ Thank you for reading Glad that you found them interesting.



SJ ~ Thank you for reading.



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Exist



Alone nothing here

Nothing touches me

Not a stroke

Or a slap

It doesn’t make sense

How can nothing

The absence of all

Hurt so much

Cut so deep



There are no marks

No outward signs

To be seen

Then why do I bleed

Or do I bleed

Is it really blood

That I feel

Or just remnants

Of a once lost soul

That though once returned

Now leeches from my pores

To puddle beside me

Waiting to once again

Be left aside

Forgotten



Or will it beseech me

To gather it back up

To once again be a part of me

Accepting the chance there

To be whole, to feel, to love

But to do so would risk

It again being lost

Ripped away

Why not back away now

Then the pain could lesson

Numbness would soon follow

Would that be so bad



It would be so safe

Could it be so easy

Existing like that

Wouldn’t have to feel

Wouldn’t have to love

Wouldn’t have to hurt

Wouldn’t even live.

Would but exist

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"The first time I saw you it felt like coming home" ~ Bon Jovi



"Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream." ~ Kahill Gibran



edited 'cause I forgot sig. line, oops

Edited by: BethanyB3 at: 3/31/03 4:09:41 pm

[SJ]

Emotive poem

[Magrat70]

Hi Beth, yes it does make sense and i like the change at the end, love it it feels raw and dark, expressing true emotion.



Now whoe's neurotic?

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[theWTspell]

Hey Beth!



Well I read your poems, something that is extremely amazing given that I usually don't fancy poetry.. which is sometimes a bigger problem then I'd like it to be, seeing that I'm a Literature major and all...



Anyhoooo, about your poems? Love them. The moods are so evocative and insightful... the voice in "Babble" is my favorite... the stream of consciousness is just downright awesome... the pace of the poem fits well with the voice and the subject matter... loved the lines about the "br..."



"Unsettled" is also really well done.. it's quite a change from "Babble." It's almost shocking to see its the same author. :) It's another poem that seems to capture thoughts and how they just stick in a person's head..



Your diction choices are awesome.. well picked out in my opinion.. the rhyming this is always tricky and I love that you've been able to keep up the rhyming without loosing your themes..



gotta love them, beth!



-stacy



PS...hope you got my e-mail!

[DarkWiccan]

okay....um...wow.







This is me speechless with awe:



Cheers

DW

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."

[BethanyB3]

Hey DW, (was so cute had to put it in)



Thank you for reading and responding. And Wow I made you speechless.



Smiles,

Beth



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“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evils.” ~ Baltasar Gracian

[BethanyB3]

The last poem was so serious

I was hoping that you might be curious

If I could still write with glee

I hope so but let us see

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You

Once upon a time in the land of hush a bye

There lived a woman with lovely eyes

Eyes of brown that would sometimes change

But only when in very close range

To the woman who loved her deeply

And hopefully often and completely

With each other they longed to be

Hearing their lover cry and plea

Oh baby, yes, yes please don’t stop

Going and going until they would drop

Then laying with their bodies entwined

Hearts beat united as sleep clouds the mind.

To the land of Hush a bye they go together

To live happily ever after, now and forever.

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"For, you see, each day I love you more,

Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow."

~ Rosemonde Gérard, "L'éternelle chanson"

[DarkWiccan]

Be still your girlfriend's heart!!



And mine too for that matter! Wow, that was... damn sexy!



Your g/f is a lucky lady for sure!



Poetry like that... my g/f never wrote me poetry.. prolly why we aren't together anymore...



But truly, Beth.. awesome work!!



Cheers!

DW

[SJ]

That poem was great

Thanks for sharing

[Magrat70]

Wonderful Beth , and you finally posted it , looks like her double dare worked . Great poem and she is a very lucky lady



Love

Wendy

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[anon]

I love a woman who responds to double dares. You are wonderfully talented. Keep writing and please keep sharing. Happy poems, sad poems, and um... those other types of poems... I will happily read whatever you offer!

[BethanyB3]

Hey everybody



DW, Thank you and please no still hearts, I rather like them beating.



As to my g/f being a lucky lady, funny that's what I think about myself whenever I think of her. ~ How did I ever get this lucky?



SJ, Thank you so much for reading and for posting it is always appreciated.



Wendy, Yep, her double dare worked. I think she knew it would and liked that I took her up on it.



Like I told DW, I still have to go with me being the lucky one. But thank you, my lil' British bud.



anon, Thank you. Hey you love a woman who responds to a double dare, what a coincidence I love a woman who issues them.



I hope to keep writing and sharing for a very, very long time.





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"The first time I saw you it felt like coming home" ~ Bon Jovi

[BethanyB3]

To a friend

For whom I care

I wish to send

This poem to share

Though we may

Be far apart

Everyday

We’re close in heart

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Moment

Hurting You

Hurting Me

Passion wrong

Lives crumbled

Thoughts askew

Could it be

Love once strong

Now humbled



What was chaste

Pure and deep

United

In this night

Is laid waste

As we weep

And we fight

Divided



By moon’s light

We will see

hearts do bleed

When words fly

Through a night

A quiet plea

To take heed

To pain’s cry



Divided

No ones right

They’ll be cries

For a past

United

We’ll hold tight

Search for ties

For to last

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"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." ~Corinthians ~

[SJ]

Great poetry

[DarkWiccan]

Beth, fabulous work again!! Your poems are so wonderfully expressive and raw. I feel honored just to read them!



Cheers

DW

[Magrat70]

Oh Sweetie, it bought some tears: thank you

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[kiwi6969]

Oh hey I love the feel of your poems...I'm all big with the sweet.....Yes I'm just a fool...I love them so some more would be fantastic.....





kiwi

we are all lips in life sucking on one big nipple ~ kiwi6969

"shes out ther,our souls have meet,our hearts have meet,just not ourselves"

[BethanyB3]

For my love

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My Love

Your touch soft upon me

The gentlest caress

Feelings that surround me

With your love I am blessed



To rise with you each morning

To lay within your arms

Is the dream I will hold onto

Enraptured by your charms



Never have I known

A love so pure and true

My heart beats within me

But belongs to only you

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"For, you see, each day I love you more,

Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow."

~ Rosemonde Gérard, "L'éternelle chanson" ~

[SJ]

Sweet poem

[DarkWiccan]

Beth:



You're poetry just keeps getting more and more fantastic. And again I cannot stress how lucky you are and how lucky your gf is that you share such a loving and caring relationship. The depth of your feelings is truly and deeply expressed in your words and I hope that the two of you will be together for a very, very, very (insert 20 or 30 more veries) long time



Cheers

DW

[Always E]

Beth,



Wow...your poems are beautiful and you obviously have some amazing inspiration...THANKS FOR SHARING!



-E

[BethanyB3]

Hi,



SJ, Thank you for reading. I enjoy your work also and hope to get a chance to read more of it.



DW, Thank you. It means a lot that a writer and a friend likes my work. I too hope to be with her for "a very,very,very (insert 20 or 30 more veries) long time." Actually, wouldn't want to imagine a life otherwise. So I guess I'll have to stay w/her. Lucky lucky me.



E, Thank you. I am so glad you read and liked them. Yes, I do have an amazing inspiration. BTW, I so owe you an e-mail or call. Though you have been in my thoughts and I hope all is well there.

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"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." ~ Plato

[Magrat70]

another beautiful poem Beth , I'm so glad you have shared these with everyone and i am so glad you are going to allow me to use them. Thank you somtimes i'm not sure I'd know what to do without you. Hope the insomnia is better

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[BethanyB3]

Hi Wendy,



Thank you for reading and for your kind words. You know I love the idea of my poem/s in your story. As for doing w/o my Brit Bud, you'd do fine, but you're still stuck w/me cause well hey, friends . Oh, and I'm sure the insomnia is short lived, just likes to visit once in a while.

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"A friend is the hope of the heart" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

[BethanyB3]

Shadows

Hidden

Hidden Light

In the shadows

Safely hidden

From some

From all

From who

From me

From you

Or those

Who won’t

Who don’t

Want us to be



Hidden away

Shall we stay

Careful watchful

Shadow's edge

It waivers

It moves

Encloses me

Encloses you

Within its night

Secrets held

Lights subdued

Hidden

Is it safe

In the shadows

And if so

For who

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"Within each of us there are wings" ~ unknown

Edited by: BethanyB3 at: 7/22/03 7:11 pm

[SJ]

Like that poem,kinda mysterious,nice energy to it