2002-2003

2 Poems
by Rosa A.
--submitted March 31, 2003

Sitting here I find myself, wondering if I did right. I knew what I wanted, but not when I wanted it. Friends said I did wrong, and now I don't know. I told the truth, but not at the right time. Everything went wrong. Days without saying a word, and nights full of pain. Now, I'm here,  without knowing where to run. Still wondering in time.

Sometimes, I just want 2 get away, Get away, from all my problems. Run, run, and never come back... Run away, without even looking back... Too much problems in my life, Can't help, but sink into my thoughts, Thoughts full of thick blood, Blood that I've kept from my crying eyes... Too much pain in my heart, Too much tears in my eyes... Am I lost in da shadows of my loneliness? I feel dat way...don't know where 2 hide, Where 2 run...  Where r u? I need u, w/out u I'm nothing...

Leo's 2002 Poems
by Leo J.

4/18/02
In a day where it would be so easy to go astray from the path you work so hard to get on.
You know it's wrong, but the anger can make you a stranger to friends. The body will
bend, bones will break, but they can't take what is inside. The person you once knew has
died. The past was all a lie, a cry for help that no one heard, that time is gone what was
once weak has been made strong. I've stopped to hear the awful song, but now it's time to just
move on.

4/18/02 I sit and think what she and I could be. I dream of kisses sweeter than honey. I think of hugs warmer than summer. I dream of glares filled with love. I think of words of comfort. I dream of a link unbroken. I dream of feelings unspoken. I dream of me and you, what we do now is up to you When I wake up will it be true or will it fade with the morning dew?

4/19/02 I was born lonely no one even knew my name I grew up hungry for love, all I wanted was an occasional hug but the world I grew in told me I had to be a thug there was no world called love closest thing was luv, but l.u.v. wasn't enough for me.

4/20/02
Funny how things change, give coal enough time it can turn to diamonds. Time changes
things some for the better some for the worst, time can't be a blessing or it could be a curse,
no time to rehearse. So make the first time count. Mistakes will come, regret will follow,
but the right risk can bring so much bliss.

2/14/02
I know they say love is blind, but one glimpse into your eyes and I know where my love
resides. I knew I wanted you by my side, I wanted to be that shoulder when you cried. Oh
Lord, don't let this love be tossed waste side. Lord hear my cry, for this love is not of lust
in the physical but a desire in the spiritual. I find myself lost in the beauty of her eys,
hypnotized by her smile. She talks all the while my heart melts like ice cream on a
summer day. So Lord, don't take this love away! Don't let my heart be crushed, I pray.

2/28/03
I wanted you and I, but I got denied so decided to leave my feelings behind, but every
step I took, it took one with me and before I knew it caught up quickly, it caught up with
me.
 
 

Battle For Love  By Jonathan J. --posted 02/06/03 I thought all battles were fought. Yet there’s still one not won, A battle like no other. A battle you have to fight. And no one can help. No sister, Brother, father, mother. This is not just your battle,  But when it’s time you fight alone. This battle could be short or long. It all depends on what goes wrong. You have to fight, Whether it’s day or night. This battle, it never comes light. Your choices could be wrong or right. This is no battle for money, Cars, housing, or land. This is the battle for love!

 

To A Friend Natalie M. To a friend! I was lonely you made me a friend. I was scared of the dark. You’re the light. I was angry. You found me happiness. Although you don’t know me, you help me. The door was closed. You opened it. I didn’t know what friendship was about, but you help me to discover it. You also helped me to discover The real me. Thank you, friend. Thank you, friend. To my friend. To my friend.

 

Don’t Go Natalie M. Grandma please don’t go! I could not make it without you. I need you around. You are the only one that understands me. Grandma, I would like to hear you say that you’ll stay with me for another life. Other people say they would help me to survive, but I don’t trust them. You are the only one that I believe in. I could not make it on my own. You tell me that the world is dangerous. So why do you have to leave me? Can someone go in your place? You know when you leave me, my heart will fill with anger, pain, fear… Grandma, Grandma, Grandmaaa… Now your gone. I couldn’t stop the man that took you away from me. He took you away from me although he knows that you were my only angel. The blood that is coming from my eyes will never stop. I asked myself where did the angel go. This angel used to protect me. You did your job, so why did he take you  away? He knows that you are the only angel that knows when I cry. When I am afraid. When I feel pain, and when I am hurt. I will never feel the same way again. Could you please look after me although you are gone? Good-bye my angel, good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.

To My Little Cousin (R.I.P) By Rosa Maria A. It’s been four months without her, thought I could get over this, but no, I was wrong, Who can heal all the hurt in my heart? Never knew life was like this, So hard on me, it’s been a while since then, but time’s not enough. Didn’t know it was gonna be this way, never thought she was gonna leave… so fast, and don’t know why, all I know is that I miss her. I now wonder, Did I deserve this? Did I give her all the attention? I wish I could know, but I’ll have to live life like this. Questions, that’s all I have, but no answers, I just know one thing, I will always remember her. And I’ll always love her, I miss her, but someday we’ll be together, I’ll wait for that day.

 

Don’t Want to Pretend By Rosa Maria A. Hiding behind this smile, I find myself pretending to feel what I don’t feel and pretending to be who I’m not. trying to seem happy while inside I’m crying and pretending to be tough but no, I’m just not. I hid behind a mask, to let nobody see who I really am, trying to be like you are, so I won’t be like me, but I can’t run from my feelings nor myself confused by two guys can’t see what I used to see before. Can’t feel what I thought I felt awhile ago. Trying to smile, trying to see and trying to feel,n o, that’s not what I want, I want to be free, free from pain, but once again I think… When???

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