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"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom." Robert Frost

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." T.S. Eliot

"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." Novalis


Ice Cream
I
Love
The cool,
Sweet, savory taste
Of summer's favorite treat.
A rainbow of delight;
My pleasure on a hot starry night;
My sweet tooth’s most potent weakness;
My kryptonite, my Achilles’ heel, ice cream.
Delicious, delectable, scrumptious, tasty,
Lip smacking, yummy, mouth-watering,
The dictionary can’t even come up
With the words to describe my
Love for the dessert that
I crave. The song for
Children that the ice
Cream truck wails,
“I scream! You
Scream we all
Scream for…
ICE CREAM!"


Courage

The little candle flickers
Ignited by one tiny spark
The little candle flickers
Opposing the rain, wind, and dark
The little candle flickers
Alone in its fight
The little candle flickers
Given the chance it’d gladly grow and spread
The little candle flickers
Despite abuse, it refuses to go dead
The little candle flickers
Struggling against the odds
The little candle flickers
The symbol of right in the sea of wrong
The little candle flickers
On and on and on


Love to Hate
Stupidly staring with your bovine eyes

A scolding hate that chokes me every time
Each word you breath is nothing more than lies
Biting my tongue, resisting impending crime

Beware! Your nearness makes me nauseous
Dangerously on edge, ready to fall
I strongly recommend that you be cautious
Crippled by your poison, it makes my skin crawl

Infected by obsession, beyond self-control

Your crooked smile satisfies my thirst
Your attention is my private goal
Confessing to insanity, set to burst

It’d be my luck to fall in love with you

Stuck in loath and love, nothing more to do



If only you knew...
Before I hadn’t cared
Now I can’t resist
Tempted and undeniably scared
Somehow, you managed to persist

You found the single crack
In my armor worn thick
Too far in to look back
This must be some trick

You can’t possibly really love me
But you don’t let me go
My sensible half wants to flee
Haunted by your warm hug from long ago

You made me fall
You made me take this chance
I opened up and explained it all
I stupidly let you make your advance

We sat in the rain
We walked in the sun
I hadn’t expected the pain
We used to have fun

But when it really counted
When I laid it all on the line
Nothing we felt had amounted
And I’m not really fine

Your reasons make sense
It’s not that I don’t agree
You put me on the defense
You left me with all the debris

Why’d you string me along?
What was the point to the time ideally spent?
What made you decide you were wrong?
What was actually meant?

I would have been fine
I wouldn’t have given a second thought
I should never have crossed that line
I would never have been caught

Now that I’m in
Well over my head
My armor has turned thin
There was more you should have said

First romance does end
You may have been being protective
But rules can bend
What about my perspective

Before we were friends
Now we hide it
The start is the same as the end
But unlike you I didn’t want to quit

Call Me When Your Sober - Evanescence


A Day in the Life


“I can’t believe we’re going to boy’s States!
It’s just not fair! I wanted to go to Penn State.”

“I can’t wait to go to boy’s States!
It’s gonna be so much fun!”

Water polo takes up our lives. Water polo takes up our lives.
“I love dancing to this song.”
“She’s trying to teach me how to dance… again!”
“I don’t care if people stare.” “I don’t care if people stare.”

“It’s a free show.”

“I don’t feel embarrassed when I’m around my friends.”
“I don’t feel embarrassed ever.”
“What is Taylor doing now?!” “What is Taylor doing now?!”
“Claire’s booty dropping in the corner.”
“KP’s flipping people off.”
“Typical day.” “Typical day.”
“We’re going to swim practice now…
I don’t want to get in.”

“Getting in isn’t bad. I try my hardest.”
“There’s too much to think about,
too many numbers floating my head.”

“Too much pressure leading the lane… again!
I wish I liked the people in my lane.”

“Thank god for Mr. Weiser!” “Thank god for Mrs. Roberts.”
“OMG! Why is he texting me?!”
“Most of my texts are from my mom…
if I’m lucky… Lindsay!”
“He talks about pointless stuff!”
“She’s talking to another guy!”

“We spend way too much time together!” “We spend way too much time together!”