OPEN MIC ENCORE I
November, 2004

there is more at: OPEN MIC ENCORE II

WAITING
by joy doncaster
 
She's got wild flowers, spring wild flowers
deep in her heart, but
nobody sees 'em, or picks 'em,
or knows they are there.
Colors from heaven, sweet scented perfume,
where is the wanderer
she looks for
to share?
 
Her heart was once frozen and covered in snow,
winter, once cruel, 
now departs from her soul.
She waits on the hillside, her heart full of hope
the wild flowers blooming
deep in her heart.

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I am there
  Khawale  santosh
 
  I am there
   When you are afar,
   in hoping you.
   When you are near
   Intoxicated by you.
I am there
   When you arrive,
    in collecting moments.
    When you part,
    in reliving the moments.
I am there
    When you are cross,
     in advocating you.
     When you smiles ,
     in wanting you.
                           
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What Good Is Love
 Sergiu Bechia
                                                                                                            
I waited for your love in hope,
That ours would come again,
And make me feel the things I felt,
When we were one, back then.
 
But time and distance have erased,
The things I wished anew,
And now I find myself alone,
Though I am here with you.
 
What good is love, that does not touch,
What good is love, that gives you pain.
What good is love, that makes you run,
And makes you lost out in the rain.
 
I traveled to another world,
Out far beyond the one we knew,
I thought that I could live again,
And now I find I'm back with you.
 
But what of hearts that beat as one,
And what of passion and embrace,
Is it too much to ask of you,
To make these tears of mine erase.
 
What good is love, that does not touch,
What good is love, that gives you pain.
What good is love, that makes you run,
And makes you lost out in the rain.
 
Too painful this - to journey back,
To times of love and laughter free,
The times we lay together with
A sense of you , a sense of me.
 
And I should think of you again
And you should do the same 
I hate you now
You hate me too
But we should love again
 
So now, I journey on alone,
Forever wandering, in my thoughts,
And I shall ask you once again,
Was our love for good or naught

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Have You Ever
Lizzy Husted
 
have you ever realized just how much I love you
have you ever noticed the things for you I do
captured in the moment of only the one you see
looking in the mirror you see yourself not me
you haven't ever noticed your beauty deep within
carving into your arm, noticeable but thin
sometimes it feels as if you just want to let go
those markings on your arm are truth to know
have you ever realized how precious life really is
and others would do anything just so they could live
do you realize just how lucky you are
not getting nearly half as far
into life yet and already you want it to end
my love and pity to you I send
there are those who choose to live and those who choose to die
and then there's reality or living in a lie
live life knowing it wont last forever
because once you leave you cant come back never
choose wisely with life and don't forget to put up a fight
live life with all your heart and might
if you ever wonder why people tell you this
because the truth is they all want you to live..

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LOVE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY    
                          WRITTEN BY MONIQUE Y BROWN
                              OCTOBER 6, 2004       1:25 A.M.

How could you this to me I'm your daughter outside from your wife/I know you didn't want me/ but my mother still gave me life/yeah you was upset pitied a bitch/try to push my moms in a ditch/when she told you she was pregnant with me/you said bitch/ you know I got so much to lose/if you have this baby it's going to be hard on you/I can't be there when you need me to be/so I suggest you get rid of that seed/that's what you told my mother and she cried begged and plead/ for you not to give up on your baby/I'm your first born everything you ever wanted/I'm cute smart and understanding/how you don't want to know who I am and what I turned out to be/you could of been apart of my life but you abandoned me/I know you can't tell your wife about me but don't you think it's time/I'm 35 with two kids your granddaughter is five and your grandson is nine/I'm an accountant at a Fortune 500 Company top rank in the world/all I wanted was that treatment from my pops to his baby girl/..I love !
 you even though I don't know you/ I wish you would change your mind and about meeting us/trust me you would love us.

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I'm sitting on a chair and i'm thinking about my dreams ,
All my dreams are leaving my mind and appear in front of my eyes ,
They are so sweet and lovely for me but maybe they are out of reach ,
Just thinking about them make me feel i am in heaven ,
When i feel you in my dreams ... oh , that's soothing ,
When i feel you by my side , it seems i am dancing with angels ,
I want to enter to my dreams world , where i always see you ,
Where i am able to wipe away your tears ,
Where i can take your hand and take you to paradise ,
Where i shed tears no more ... and i will be lucky !!!
In my dreams i do any thing for you ...
In my dreams i give you a bunch of flowers every morning .
In my dreams if you get ill , i'll become your nurse ,
In my dreams we are happy , healthy , successful ,
And then i will know if i die i am died with happiness not with alas !!!

anahitasepehri

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Wind and Fire
Kristen Zadick
Your absence ignites my love like the wind does to a fire
I couldn't tell you how I felt when you were still here
For fear that you would run away
Now that you are gone
I can't help but think what we could have had
My love for you is like a wild fire
It seems as though it is out of control and will never end
Someday, I pray
That this fire will be extinguished

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Though we Hardly Knew Each Other
© Mariam D. Mababaya
Though we hardly knew each other,
Although I never knew him well,
Even though we barely chatted ­
I'm sure he had a lot to tell.
 
There were those days when we argued,
Times I refused to look at him,
Weeks when we acted like strangers,
Hours when I fell as his victim ­
 
But I know that ­ within his soul,
Inside him laid a tender heart.
He bore that love all fathers have,
That love which never did depart.
 
He had always defended me
And was frequently on my side.
Aware of my likes and dislikes,
Dad could always tell if I lied…
 
Wise, respected and self-assured ­
My qualities, he helped amend.
I love him so, he loves me too.
He is my father and my friend.

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 Awakening
Imee Nudas
Awake sweet tranquility!
Do not rest to the alarm of unrest.
Arise in amazing harmony!
Do not still the heart of spiritual quest.
 
The earth has trembled today,
unraveling emotional, chaotic fear
But the sky has cleared its blinding dust of disarray,
engulfing faithful, patriotic tears.
 
Once in a lone stance of disbelief
under the wicked shadows of tragedy
Now a renewed, heightened spirit of relief
under the illuminate light of unity.
 
Darkness threatens to pursue
with death's daunting, bellicose hum.
Oh sweet tranquility! Befriend your red, white, and blue
with your triumphant, unceasing paean of freedom!

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TELL SOMEONE YOU LOVE THEM.
LEANNE STANTON
Dear grandad.
This is a poem to show you how much i care
because for you dear grandad ill always be there
I know you aint well, but you'll get better
so in my heart i wrote you a letter.
  " I know you feel low and down in the dumps
and this as been going on now for a few months
the future is bright and things can only get better
so i wanted to spread the warmth in my letter.
because we love you with all our hearts and soul
you play an important roll of making our life whole
at the moment life to you is being unfair
but the strength you need is inside somewhere
finding you strength will help you pull through
and will help us be able to help you too
so look into the future and not the past.
because my love for you will always last"
  I hope you felt some love within your heart
as that's what you gave me from the start
although there's times when were apart you are always within my heart.
 

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GONE TOO SOON
Saige S.
 
You would tuck me in every night
With gentle kisses and hugs so tight
You laughed at my jokes and cried with my pain
You always were there come sunshine or rain
 
You raised us alone you were so strong
Always with smile and your heart with song
Behind closed doors I would hear you weep
Dad left you alone and the pain went deep
 
You left too soon I know not why
There'll be many nights I'm sure I'll cry
As I look to the heavens I shall call your name
From this day forward life will not be the same
 
As time marches on I'm sure it will show
I am in good hands and this I'm sure you know
There is one thing certain that all will see
A part of you will always be a part of me
 
Love you Mom
 
****************
Note: This was written by my 13 year old niece involved recently in an automobile accident that took the life of her mother.

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ESOTERIC TRUTH OF LOVE
Rishi Patankar
 
Come what may, twister or storm, trees have to dare
Just like you they too can’t run, but they’re still there
 
You may choose to sit here and let life fly by
But remember, you will get left behind if you sit and wait
 
It's saddening that you've got no friends
But even if you had many, the search for someone special never ends
It's mournful that you’ve got no shoulder to cry on
But even if you had someone, there’s no one better than yourself to rely on
 
You ask yourself too many questions and remain to ponder
How will you ever get happiness if you look for it in the wrong place, did you ever wonder?
 
Proclaim your success, no matter what is your age
You were in search of love but now your pains need to assuage
 
You told your feelings to the computer and now you’ve decided to fight
You need not fight with yourself; do you think it's right?
You tried to get love from others, and miles away you sorely flew
Love is not present elsewhere, but it’s a feeling within you

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To My Baby
Tiffany Pearson
we have only just met,
but i feel like i have known you forever.
you are so sweet,
the way that some people aren't.
 
you live so far away,
but i wish i could fly,
and land in your arms.
 
i would feel so safe,
just being with you.
I would feel so loved,
every time i looked into your eyes.
 
I wish i wasn't here,
i wish you weren't there.
i wish we were together,
it doesn't matter where,
as long as i was with you

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Phantom Lover
Ida Faye Daniel Gibson
 
The wind whispers your name in caressing waves
As I walk alone remembering your silken touch.....
A tear slowly appears cold against my cheek
I ache for your tender touch
One last finger trailing my spine
One last wave of passion flowing through my body
The hair on my body rises
Even at the thought of you excites me to a frenzy
But, I must cool the embers
Let the fire smolder
Till I can add fuel to the flames
Sadness approaches
The wind howls
Sending pleasure through me
Again a longing only you can satisfy.....
And I am the only one who knows......
My dream lover
Who coming to me in my dreams.......
Departs with the morning shadows.
 
Out of the darkness he rode
Long hair flowing........
Eyes shining with a pleasure burning all consuming .......
The knowing of what was to be was there
I felt it flowing through his silken touch of hands to my soul
The desire was all consuming
The night was long and passionate
My dream restless
The dawn spawned to soon...........
Chasing away
The shadows which held him captive
 
Now I walk...... wind howling at my heels......
My dream lover follows in the shadows...........
Whispering.....in silence
And I remember his tender touch.................
My Dream lover........."Phantom"
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TRAILER PARK SYNOPSIS
Bill Chowan
 
My blood roars silent
into the tube of elixir;
holy communion
of the damned and lonely.                                   
 
The heartbeat of prayer
pounds quickly
for salvation
and gratification.
 
My blood so pronounced
against liquid escape,
looks beautiful
in anticipation
of rise from weakness.
 
I adorn my veins
with false hope
of love
and life.
 
I marry me
till death.


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 We were never close until now
Catherine Wilmoth
When I first got you I didn't like you much but you liked me
The one I got you for you didn't go around much
But then you two got close and we was not friends no more
You wouldn't come around me no more
A few years has went past and now we sleep together
Plus I like you now and we have came friends again
Now that we have I hope nothing happens to you
Plus I hope it doesn't change

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FOOTSTEPS
BY  LIP  SAI  LIN
 
UPON  THE  GOLDEN  SEA  SHORE
WE  ONCE  LEFT  OUR  FOOTSTEPS
WITH  A  TOUCH  OF  UNFORGETTABLE  LOVE
BUT  ONCE  BEHIND  OUR  BACKS
THE  TIDE  STROKED 
THE  SEA  ROARED
THE  WAVES  SWALLOWED
OUR  REMOTELY  SCATTERED  FOOTSTEPS
THAT  WE  ONCE  SO  HEARTILY  LEFT 

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Waiting
written by Dusty
Why can't my heart let go
And stop aching from the past
Why can't it listen to my head
And accept we didn't last
 
Why do I still think of you
And ache when you are near
Why do I still love you
And wish that you were here
 
I know that you've forgotten me
You put away the memories we made
You've erased the passion we once felt
It was so easy to let it fade
 
Sometimes I feel I hate you
Your "coldness" kills my heart
I tell myself, "just let it die"
It's better to be apart
 
I hope that I wont still love you
When my twilight years I see
I pray MY memories will finally fade
So I'll forget about you and me

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Love Is Blind
By, Tana T-realest Spence
love is blind
and its time to find
love is blind
and its on my mind
love is blind
and I cant decide
love is blind
I have to get satisfied
love is blind
please don't cry
love is blind
and its time to find a real love

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AGAINST MY SKIN
Crystal Keys
he left me lost
saying something about finding himself
all the while, against my skin,
telling me about love.

darted here and there like a busy street
always looking, never finding
and coming home as restless
as he left
held me by my neck, tackled me at my heart
saying that it was me, that i was the lost one

so he paced in my thoughts,
telling me to leave,
begging me to stay
so he could tell me more
of love.

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Friendship
Nikki Grigsby

     To me friendship is something that you hold with you forever,
Even if your not friends with the person anymore. True friends are always there to lend a shoulder for you to cry on when your not feeling to happy, And there always there when you have nothing to do so they just sit there and talk to you whether in person or on the phone. They always stick up for you no matter what even if your saying the grass is blue in there eyes your right. Every group of friends has a motto and ours is ho's before bro's. That means that we would never let a guy come between our friendship. We were there before the guys came and we'll be there after the guys are gone. Friends stick around no matter what even if your being the biggest BiTcH in the world their always there. Well friendship is something that i take very seriously because if your my friend i would do anything for you even fight someone because i didn't like the way the looked at you. Well this is what friendship means to me ..... what does it mean to you?????????????

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 EVERY DAY
Joshua Elmore 
                           
 
There isn't a day that I don't think of you,
There isn't a night that I don't cry,
 
There isn't a moment I don't miss you,
There isn't a second I don't wonder why,
 
Why cant we just be happy,
Why did it have to end like this,
 
Is this the way it's supposed to be,
Have we shared our last kiss,
 
You weren't supposed to like me,
or were you,
 
You weren't supposed to love me,
or were you,
 
What drew us together that one night,
What made you look at me,
 
Why haven't we ever had a fight,
and why do we always agree,
 
Does it have to be this way,
What if were meant to be,
 
But I know if you stay away,
You'll never come back to me,
 
There is a reason for what we've shared,
There is a reason you came into my life,
 
and I know if you weren't so scared,
That one day you could be my wife,
 
I think of this every day,
and every night it makes me cry,
 
But on this I pray,
and wait for tomorrow to wonder why.....

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