Light (C)

[RoydonLeeJ]

Oh look,
Over there,
Shining brightly,
Illuminating your hair,
What is that little light?
It damn well is shining bright.

It burns.
The pain,
It burns
My brain.
This little light in my eye,
It's willing me,
It wants me to die.

I fight.
I fight.
I fight.
The light,
So bright,
Is gone.
I won.
I think.

[Dan1089]

Damn you're good.Was the poem literally about a light or is it an abstract reference to a psychological matter?You have anymore poems?

[spotysocks]

Sweet! welcome to GS btw. :smile:

[fjp999]

You have anymore poems?

Yes, that was sweet... would love to read some more :bouncer:

[RoydonLeeJ]

I wrote a poem,
You asked for more,
I decided that I
Would write some for sure.

As I have said, it passes the time,
Trying to think up the perfect rhyme.


The Quiet River

I look out my window,
And when I look,
I see a stream,
And the willow on the brook.

The way the water dodges the tree,
Nature working in harmony.
The tips of branches stay submerged,
But the tips of branches are unurged.

Floating along comes a piece of litter,
Blocking the way the water doth glitter,
I go out to pick up the packet,
The ducks will be scarce if I make a racket.

The watter is shallow,
So shallow you see,
I pick up the rubbish
And the river is free.
In the small depth
I didn't assume
That there would be a strong current
In my garden lagoon.

I trip on a stone,
I've scared off the ducks,
Maybe next time,
I'll have better luck.



I welcome any feedback, all in all it makes me better if i know wat's wrong, was using 'doth' in the 10th line going too far? ty xx

[RoydonLeeJ]

The world sure is a fickle thing,
Some people rock it,
Others will sing,
'One Hand In My Pocket',
Or some other thing.

It's confusing,
It's astounding,
It's a crazy place to be found in.

It's always different,
It's crazy, weird,
Especially the women with beards, (sori)
Or look at the insect things,
they answer to a queen, not the king.

Tell me this, if you please,
How on Earth did we squeeze,
So many different variations,
Across our strangely differing nations?

[fjp999]

I liked your very first one the most.

The first new one has great imagery but seems a bit forced with all the rhyming. I like the second new one but your very first one is my fav.

Thanks for sharing.

[RoydonLeeJ]

I'm near you,
I feel it,
I needn't look round
And open my eyes.

Sitting quietly,
We're together,
Neither of us
Ever feels alone.

I need you,
You need me too,
We kiss, we share,
You stroke my hair.

I love you,
Chris,
You really care.
I love it when I just know you're there.

I love it how we sit and stare,
We kiss again,
You stroke my hair.

Chris,
I miss when you were there.

[RoydonLeeJ]

A piece of heaven fell on my head,
Knocked me unconscious,
Nearly dead,
That piece of heaven that hit my head.

I wake up and look around,
And what I saw?
It did astound.

An angel sitting on top of me,
Sitting there,
Breezy, care free.

Well, you could imagine my surprize,
An angel fixating me with his eyes,
We got up, we shook hands, he was nice,
I wondered then did this come with a price...

[RoydonLeeJ]

Life just seems to run in trends,
It runs, and twists, and turns, and bends.
The trends that seem to never end.
It's easy to get lost.

[RoydonLeeJ]

I'm out tonigt,
It's Friday,
I'm free tonight,
It's my day.

The speakers,
The music,
The people,
It's bangin'.

The roar of the crowd,
I'm out, and I'm loud.

There's no way I'm hiding tonight,
I'll do what I want,
I'll fight the fight.
Even thought, in the morning,
I'll feel like shite.

[RoydonLeeJ]

You're leaving today.
Well, what can I say?
'I want you to stay'?

No, that would be wrong.
The wrong note,
In the wrong song.

I don't know why,
But saying goodbye
Feels like a needle
Stuck in my eye.
A scratchy pain,
A need to cry.

Losing you after two years,
I'm much sadder than I appear,
Why do you have to leave my dear?
Without you I'll surely disappear.

[fjp999]

lovely.
thanks for another great share.

[Phil]

Very nice...i'm with fjp tho the first poems awesome! :wink: and totally love yer sig!

[RoydonLeeJ]

She picked up the cloth,
Did she, the old washer woman.
Into the water. A scrub, a drag.
Cleaning the things of the old hag.
Cleaning the soul,
Waving a flag.
Defeating deamons,
Fighting Evil,
Washing.
Winning.
As the stains left the cloth,
They did also leave her soul.

[yar]

I think you are very talented. If you are not published you should be. Thank you for sharing with us.

[RoydonLeeJ]

I love sitting and watching the coast,
Watching nature's beauty boast.
Looking out to the rough, dark sea,
There's no place I'd rather be.

The waves crash upon the shore,
Some crash a little before.
The rough white, against the grey,
A sight like this makes my day.

Nature is best left alone,
It flourishes when left alone,
It needs no help, no help to grow,
And yet look at what's on show.

[princealbertofb]

Neat poetry, RJ. :smile: A good pen, you have.

[fjp999]

I agree with PA... nice to see you around posting new poems.

[Star Twister]

You're leaving today.
Well, what can I say?
'I want you to stay'?

No, that would be wrong.
The wrong note,
In the wrong song.

I don't know why,
But saying goodbye
Feels like a needle
Stuck in my eye.
A scratchy pain,
A need to cry.

Losing you after two years,
I'm much sadder than I appear,
Why do you have to leave my dear?
Without you I'll surely disappear.

She picked up the cloth,
Did she, the old washer woman.
Into the water. A scrub, a drag.
Cleaning the things of the old hag.
Cleaning the soul,
Waving a flag.
Defeating deamons,
Fighting Evil,
Washing.
Winning.
As the stains left the cloth,
They did also leave her soul.

I love sitting and watching the coast,
Watching nature's beauty boast.
Looking out to the rough, dark sea,
There's no place I'd rather be.

The waves crash upon the shore,
Some crash a little before.
The rough white, against the grey,
A sight like this makes my day.

Nature is best left alone,
It flourishes when left alone,
It needs no help, no help to grow,
And yet look at what's on show.






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[sparky71]

The poems are excellent good to see other people posting poetry. I personnaly love reading and writing poetry and would kike to see more of it on this site so keep posting

[RoydonLeeJ]

The Dead Ringer

'I'm very sorry for your loss.'
'Speak to me if you're ever cross.'
I don't want to speak, or talk,
I simply need a little walk.
A chance to get some air,
A chance to get away from there.

That place.
The place that you died in,
died around, died near.
I saw you there,
But I need you here.

Oh, God, there goes my phone.
I don't want to talk,
I need to be alone.
I look at the caller ID,
Just to see who's phoning me.
When I see...
How can this be?

The name 'Chris' flashes on my screen.
I simply feel I must scream.
How could you be calling me,
I thought you were gone,
I thought you were free.
How could you be calling me?

It must be some sick joke.
That's all it is,
Some punk kids.
Then I remember
I've got your phone.
You and me, we were alone.
Mine was yours, yours was mine.
Your phone is in my pocket now.
So I start to worry. How?

[RoydonLeeJ]

Oh my God! You're taking the piss.
You knew I couldn't handle this.
You knew that you would make me cry.
You knew that inside I'd die.
So why?

You know I'm not mentally sound.
And I may not be around
For much longer
If you're much wronger,
God, I wish I was stronger.

I fight you're will with all my might,
But I'm slowly running out of fight.
I really don't want to give up.

Help. I'm in over my head.

[fjp999]

Hey SUB, you really got me shaken here. I dont think you should worry about a career in your future as you could publish right now.

Best of luck with your writing.
frank

[RoydonLeeJ]

I need to get these feelings down,
I don't really want to spread them around.
I hate my Mum, but only for now,
My love's unconditional for the cow.
I'm upset, I'm in distress,
I'm just trying to fix this mess.
I want to make something of myself,
Wether or not I have her help.
My future's mine, no changing that,
It simply is a matter of fact.
She's running my life, or at least trying to,
I'm taking it back, I'll find something new.
Not to say I'm running away,
I'm standing my ground, playing the game.
She thinks I'll fail. Well she's wrong,
I can compose the perfect song.
My life will be in harmony,
A perfect sounding melody.
The composition comes together,
I've made my descision, it was now or never.

[fjp999]

FANTASTIC STUFF :clap: now wanna change your mood symbol?

[RoydonLeeJ]

I'm so full of emotion,
It feels like an ocean.
I'm swimming,
No, drowning,
In an ocean of tears.
Tears shed,
For fears shared.
I just need someone who cares,
Pays attention,
Asks me questions.
Helps me to escape depression.
Helps me run, and never stop,
Helps me scream, before I pop.

[RoydonLeeJ]

Sometimes I worry, about myself,
about my past, my mental health.
I tried to tell people, but it doesn't work.
I was wrong and felt like dirt.
They still don't know how much I hurt.

They told their friends,
And had a laugh,
One attempt on my life,
On their behalf.

It sounds crazy,
It probably is.
I guess I was born
To feel like this.

An outcast,
Lost to the tide,
Forced to run,
Forced to hide.
Never happy,
Doesn't smile,
To find a real friend
I'd have to go miles.

That was then,
This is now.
Things are changed,
God knows how.

I'm happy, I laugh,
I'm surrounded by friends,
My life keeps moving,
It never ends.

I've had my highs,
I've had my lows,
But that's life,
It simply shows
That I am human,
And that I can feel.
Even under
My thick, heavy peel.

[RoydonLeeJ]

This Isn't A Suicide Note.

Goodbye.
I love you, but I just can't lie.
Without you here I only cry,
What else is there to do but die?

I've lost all feeling, and all sense.
I've become stupidly tense.
Let me go.

I can't say how I did it,
That would be mad,
It wasn't your fault.
Don't be so sad.

I think my downfall
Was me getting bored.

[RoydonLeeJ]

I'm travelling,
On a journey.
I'm injured,
On a gurney.

The journey stops,
The journey goes,
The journey has it's highs and lows.
Into a room,
Lights are blazing,
Suddenly my brain is dazing.

My journey ends
With a Bang!
I move my leg
And feel a pang.

[RoydonLeeJ]

Losing Touch

We were once
Stuck like glue.
We were in love,
Well, I loved you.

I gave so much,
Yet you only took.
You started to seem
Like some kind of crook.

I started to hate,
Love didn't work.
Then it was me
That felt like a jerk.

You forced us apart,
And made me cry.
I was lost,
I wanted to die.

You acted like
It was my fault.
You were immature,
Not adult.

I miss the boy
I used to adore
His love was rich
Now I am poor.

[RoydonLeeJ]

It's all a stage,
The world today.
Its actors improvise
The lines they say.
Lines can be learnt,
But rarely work,
Life can't be scripted,
You have to be gifted.
Improvisation can be planned,
Rough as it is, it's less of a sham.
But then lines are missed,
And people get pissed.
They get Angry,
They get sad.

In earnest what must be done
Is taking the magesty of a tragedy,
And turn the magesty
Into a rom-com.

[zeon]

nice poem.... I have come to realise that songs in the charts are made as poems and it took me 23 years to realise hehe

kind regards

zeon x

[RoydonLeeJ]

You're A Vampire

We've been friends now
For so long.
Over time we've changed,
Now something seems wrong.

You take, take, take,
But never give,
Then I'm left standing,
Like a div.

You've bitten deep into my soul,
I can't see the point where you'll let go.

You take it all,
My energy and life.
I need to run
From your plight.

You force your selfish
Ideas on me.
I have to find a way
To be set free.

Where you bit me there is holes,
But at least I made you get lost and let go.

[RoydonLeeJ]

When I died,
No, faded away,
There was nothng
You could say.

I could say
It was your fault.
You lied to me,
You were false.

It was you
That brought me down.
You killed our love
By sleeping around.

What's worse is
Now I'm dead,
Not cold yet
And your in bed,
Another man,
Another lover,
Was he, is he good?
How many others?

[RoydonLeeJ]

Immortal

How long have I lived?
Well, not so much lived.
Although my life goes on
It's hardly a life at all.
More so a half-life.
A shadow of my self.
A souless, hateful creature.
My skin is cold,
My eyes are blackened,
I'm almost dead,
Yet I'm stuck.
I'm on the edge, leaning,
Wanting to fall.
Nothing.
No amount of willing or force
Can end this ever-flowing course.
I am simply a walking corpse.

[RoydonLeeJ]

The Limelight

I'm backstage now,
I'm rather bored.
Show's in hours,
But I love the allure.

The brightlights,
Stagefright,
Must get the lines right.

I love performing,
I've never found
Anything more
I like being around.

Spotlights shine,
The moment's mine
Moments like this are hard to find.

The time has come,
My lines, my speech,
I'm here undone,
It's my final time to preech.

And then I'm done,
Now I'm finished,
Until next time
I am diminished.

[RoydonLeeJ]

Love, Unrequited. (Part 1)

A best friend or a lover,
You have to choose,
There's no getting both
Whatever your views.
You have to separate the two,
You have to define, you have to review.

You chose lover, level two,
You love him, yes?
But does he love you?
With that you're not blessed.
You must determine and conclude,
You can't let all of this be just a guess.

[RoydonLeeJ]

As of some time in the recent past, when Facebook decided to consume my life, I ended up writing poems on facebook, but forgetting to copy them here. Thus I am now back-dated with poems and cannot really be bothered to move them all. Sorry... I can provide my facebook name, thus be located on the infernal, yet oh so enveloping site. Search for Roydon Lee Janes and I'm pretty sure I'm the only person there. xxx Thank you all for your continued support.

[RoydonLeeJ]

Cancer

The light of my life,
The bane of my existance.
You were always my fight,
I could put up no resistance.

I loved you.
You 'loved' me.
You made jokes,
You crushed me.

We talked, we walked,
We visited the park.
We spent time together,
Why couldn't you see the spark.

You ended it today,
I have one thing to say:
I'm going to be okay,
It's better of this way.

[RoydonLeeJ]

Content

The final chapter,
The last laugh,
There's nothing wrong
With this aftermath.

The bomb dropped
And no-one's hurt,
I fell in love
And lifted the curse.

It's happened, I'm done,
And now I'm content.
I'm really happy
with how things went.

[RoydonLeeJ]

You were meant to be a friend,
You just don't understand.
We were meant to last 'til the end,
Things never turn out as planned.

You're so decisive, it's repulsive.
I have to jump through so many hoops,
Just so I can be friends with you.
Now it's something I just can't do.

You were there, now you're gone,
Not much I can do, that's it.
You cannot mould me, I'm no pawn,
You made it hell, now it's shit.

[RoydonLeeJ]

A Tribute

Sometimes there Ain't no Sunshine,
And you feel that You Can't Win.
Just Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough,
One Day in Your Life you'll Heal the World.

They Don't Care About Us,
But remember The Way You Make Me Feel,
You're Another Part of Me,
Just like The Man in the Mirror.

It's Bad, you're Gone Too Soon,
I Just Can't Stop Loving you.
I guess it's Human Nature to Cry,
But I wish I had One More Chance.

Ben, I Want to be Where You Are,
I've just Got to be There,
This feeling, I just want to Beat It,
I feel like I've been hit by a Smooth Criminal.

[RoydonLeeJ]

You stole me,
Mind, body, soul.
I'm yours.

We kiss,
Whistles and bells,
It's bliss,
I'm out of my shell.

It was when we met I fell,
You were there.
You caught me gently,
You stroked my hair.

You used a cheesy chat-up line,
But, y'know, with me that's fine.

Like I say, that is when
I fell down and was caught,
By an angel who loved me then,
And now I've found what I sought.

[fjp999]

Nice writing SAB. Sorry I hadnt seen these until now.

Hope you will post more.

[Rychard the Lionheart]

Another one I like, we have a couple of good young poets on this forum.:xyxthumbs:

[RoydonLeeJ]

It's so cold.
I shiver and stutter.
My fingers are brittle,
I can hardly move.
I'm caught,
In a blizzard,
In a flurry of snow.
All I can see, all there is,
it's white, blindingly so.

You slide you hand into mine.
My fingers thaw.
You touch my cheek,
I can blush, I smile.
The other arm, my legs,
With your touch the warmth spreads.

You hold my heart.
It beats.
It starts to work up a rhythm.
You hold my heart,
It begins to start.

The snow stops.
The white fades, melting.
It's replaced by green,
Pink, orange, blue.
The sun has risen,
and melted my heart.