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Race for Beauty

If it's considered a crime,
to run back in time,
then I hope you're ready for a marathon,
CUZ let me tell you what's going on,
I'm willing to go to different heights,
just so her beauty is in my sights,
so can y'all cut me some slack?
I'm...

by Jonathan A. Lacey

added by Lacey,J
12 mins ago
I Can't

In a place I can't name,
lives a feeling I can't explain,
from memories, I can't erase,
in a time I can't pace,
with a pain I can't shake,
these words I can't fake,
and I write because I can't shout,
love is a feeling I can't live...

by Jonathan A. Lacey

added by Lacey,J
14 mins ago
Renew

You’ll soon start to see,
that you really do miss me,
you know I got a good heart,
we just had a difficult start,
but this we can break through,
and again it can be me and you,
we just need to use our brain,
and eliminate all the pain,
while...

by Jonathan A. Lacey

added by Lacey,J
17 mins ago
RUM THE TONGUE TO TASTE

RUM THE TONGUE TO TASTE

Through those eyes can you see? Enter into the stream flow of the conscious mind!
Feeling overwhelmed by the lying sound!
Rum to ride to drive to give the tongue to give the dip to wine to rum to seal thy lips into the...

by Poet writer stars

added by parismoonsky60
20 mins ago
Unchain my Heart

You're the one I can't forget,
for you're my biggest regret,
CUZ I went through hell, thanks to you,
when your love wasn't even true,
causing me nothing but terrible pain,
for your heart's empty and mind is plain,
but my words to you are I...

by Jonathan A. Lacey

added by Lacey,J
20 mins ago
My chest hurts, My heart aches

My chest hurts
My heart aches
Depression is like a demon
That I just can't seem to shake

Some days are worse
Some days are better
Some days are both
A parallel track
Sorrow and joy
Side by side
On this ride
Called life

...

by Laura Elizabeth Flora

added by laurae.10159
43 mins ago
'Now'

A finer point
this very instant
all stars align
— the word

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)...

by Kurt Philip Behm

added by KurtPhilipBehm
57 mins ago
Now

A finer point
this very instant
all stars align
— the word

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024)...

by Kurt Philip Behm

added by KurtPhilipBehm
57 mins ago
Life Is A Boomerang

Since the beginning of time as we know
Hate and violence has had a way of creeping in
Pain and sadness cursing us all until the bitter end
To know joy, you must know pain
To know love, you must know hate
Happiness is felt by overcoming sadness
...

by Amanda K lessig (Sunshine)

added by amandak
1 hour ago
When Gray is the Way

I am quite old, or so I'm told.
My hair is turning gray.
My speed is slow, but still, I go
And make it all the way.

My vision's not what youth had brought.
My hearing's not the same.
Nor Can I hear with mental ear,
My parents speak my name!...

by Steve Cochrane

added by stevec.24118
1 hour ago
The Problem

The problem is Russia and other countries.
They can’t make freedom work.
I hope my work purifies it for the white race
because white is the color of...

by Rick Wojtala

added by anonymous
1 hour ago
Behind the curtain

I’ve lived in the shadow and behind the curtains for them
I just knew it was their moment all the time
There was always a desire to step forward
That wasn’t how it’s supposed to be though
The thrill of finally being allowed controlled me
They...

by Rosemarie Wheeler

added by moonlitrose
1 hour ago
Stupid, ugly girl

The day had started just like any other, full of routines and regrets.

The promise of guilt hanging heavily in the air.

She remembers not his name, but the memories of last night are burnt into the creases of her mind.

The stench of Old...

by T Lynn Quinn

added by Justme-theresa
2 hours ago

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