The Other Side Of Town

Enveloped in

The sound of the crowd.

Soft lights, soft eyes, 

And opinion is loud,

Lay your head down,

Don't get lost in the

Shuffle of the town.

Bright lights, bright eyes,

I can see the dream,

New sights, old sighs, 

What a night this aspires to be

To be there holding us back,

Holding hands to know we're intact,

The words we'd like to say,

The thoughts that got in their way.

Way down on the other side of town,

The nights are getting clearer,

The lovers are getting nearer,

Too near for lips,

To do anything but kiss,

The kiss is for the moment,

The moment is forever.

 A song 11th

Untangling

She said, "I'm not just mad at you, I'm mad at myself."

She said, " I understood your poem, and it's sitting on my shelf."

"I wish I figured out sooner, the way I felt about you."

"So maybe you'll change your mind, because I think I want you to."

What you feel does not mean nothing,

I wanted to give my heart to a Ring.

I'm still waiting, you will always have the truth,

I'm waiting for our feelings to untangle from our youth.

A poem. 12/fr.

You Mean To Me...

I found you in the center of a place

I have never known.

I revealed to you a part of me

That I have never shown. 

It truly was a field of dreams 

in which I held you in my arms.

I'm forced to pull you close

I'm captivated by your charm.

Hand in hand we stand

Over of city of lights.

Your touch comforts me

as if I felt it every night.

You have done everything right

In this enchanted evening.

I can't explain the smile

That your presence brings to me.

I can't explain the feeling

that has enveloped me.

But I can explain 

all of what you mean to me.

You mean to me that...

There is someone to think of as the sun rises.

There is someone to dream of when sleep entices.

There is someone to discover what makes love so timeless.

A poem. Fr.

I Should Have Known Better

Your words pierce through me

like an arrow of pain.

They pierce right to the center

when I should have known better.

I should have known better

than to act this way.

I should have known better

than to fight my desires

and experience the shame.

Vivid Image (Now a Memory)

With no vivid image or hand to hold,

To fight the night, to fight the cold,

No struggle between the weak and the bold,

With every apology I have ever told.

With no vivid image, or lips to kiss,

No hope of feeling more than this,

No more words to speak, or qualities to miss,

I'm now a memory because you are his.

A poem. Fr.

Puzzle Piece Thoughts

Puzzle piece thoughts behind a chipping face,

Complexity has brought us a beautiful waste,

It contains many fragments and parts,

Of lost love and lost hearts,

Correlating time and reality,

Using a broken clock we cannot see.

We will never say never,

To our aimless endeavors,

The whispers of what love was and is,

Are rewritten by a feeling like this,

Twisting each others words,

To prove that love is all that we have heard.

A poem. 12th Grade

Is Forever Enough?

Do you know what I would do to make you smile?

To make you happy, if for only awhile,

If my wishes were dreams, and my dreams came true,

Coud you trust me enough to love me too?

In a world of hope, will I hope enough?

I will wait for you forever, but is forever enough?

I have dreamt of your answer, and you deserve more,

And you deserve better than any love before,

You may not remember a lost cause as myself,

Passionate words collecting dust on your shelf.

In a world of hope, do I hope enough?

I'm waiting for you forever, but is forever enough?

A heart unnoticed is still a heart in the moment,

And moments with intent are moments well spent,

The moments we find cannot be followed behind,

Because lost causes are caused by a love that has lost us.

I wonder in this world of hope, if I hope enough,

Know that I will wait for you forever if forever is long enough.

(I wander in our world of hope, and found that you can never hope enough,

I'm waiting here for you forever, hoping forever is long enough.)

A Poem. 12th Grade