*Anything goes*

THIS IS NOW CLOSED.

Here are the winners:

1st place: ~*Who Cares*~ with "Story of a friend of mine.

2nd place: End of sky with "Feel so alone".

3rd place: Sean Dohr with "Unfamiliar Reflection"

Congrats everyone!

*Prizes*
1st place: Comments and votes on 5-10 poems and a wonderful place among my favorites.
2nd place: Comments and votes on 3-5 poems and perhaps a place among my favorites.
3rd place: 2-4 comments and votes and a smile from me:)

He came from Wyoming Lyrics

Verse One
Door swung open revealing hollow heartache.
Recollections stained with shattered memories.
Mistakes were made leaving imprints behind.
Photographs engraved in corridors of my mind.

Verse Two
Waited for the golden bell to chime, “The end.”
There goes yet another drop of my life’s sand.
Hourglass turning with moments missing in time.
Out of nowhere he took my hand, “Don’t you cry.”

Chorus
He came from Wyoming where cattle can graze.
Where you can search forever for drops of rain.
Because there were no tears when he held me close.
Despite me wanting nothing my heart was saved.

Verse Three
Wheat colored hair reminding me of fields.
Soft to the touch I would imagine if I could.
Voice which makes even this tomboy turn red.
Girl remember what your knees were made for.

Verse Four
He knows when Earth slips beneath my feet.
Catches me whenever my bad thoughts creep.
Blue eyes covered with glasses keep me warm.
Girl remember there is more than meets the eye.

Chorus
He came from Wyoming where cattle can graze.
Where you can search forever for drops of rain.
Because there were no tears when he held me close.
Despite me wanting nothing my heart was saved.

Chorus
He came from Wyoming where cattle can graze.
Where you can search forever for drops of rain.
Because there were no tears when he held me close.
Despite me wanting nothing my heart was saved.

He came from Wyoming.

Fate. ... that was never meant to be...
by J. Lau

If time cheated you from fate
and robbed you of the chance,
It may be destined
that it was never meant to be.

If circumstances created obstacles
that made you part your own ways,
It may be a lesson
that both will treasure for years to come.

The fact remains that feelings
that were once true and real
maybe something which will never fade...
If you truly cared about someone...

If you truly care about someone,
You will do anything to keep that person happy.
You will want to be there when you're needed
and worried when you're not.
You may mend situations without anyone knowing;
You may take care of things without ever placing claim.

You may hide your own personal feelings
and bury them deep inside you;
You may do or say things
that may contradict with your true feelings.
For you know deep down
that it's best for the situation and everyone.

You may need to keep focus
and overcrowd your emotions with logic.
You may force yourself to listen with a deaf man's ear
and see with a blind man's eyes.
You may find yourself riding an emotional roller coaster;
or you may find yourself so helpless and despair.
You may find yourself trapped in an emotional web,
not knowing what to do.
You may find yourself so down many of times,
asking yourself what you are doing.

But if you truly love someone,
and when the chapter finally comes to an end;
You may find it surprising,
that you are truly happy
for that someone you once had feelings for;
And that you have already forgotten
about your own pain and sorrows.
All will be worth it in the end...
if you truly loveD someone.

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Starlight Night (Reprise)
by Italian Stallion

Starlight night
shining ever so bright
take my hand
by the calmness of the moonlight

As we walk
hand in hand
I ask you this
as you look at the stars

Will you be mine?
I know I've waited a long time
come with me
I have something to show

Sit here in the ever so soft
light of the night
look at the stars reflection on the water
as I seek you with this soft melody of mine

I glance at you
as you look at me
our eyes meet
and we can't separate

I start to play that soft melody of mine
as you sit and sip your wine
we start to intertwine

your warmth next to me
listening to the sea
I can't help but to agree
This is the place to be

you make me feel so right
on such a beautiful night
being here with you
is such a delight

As I turn to look you in the eyes
you say "you are not like all the other guys
that people speak of
you are one of a kind."

© Copyright 2006 By: Italian Stallion

A Vanished Friend

I guess our friendship is over,
It's been over for quite a while.
I had just refused to accept,
Accept the fact that you left,
And abandoned our friendship.

I thought we had something special,
A friendship that would last forever.
Someone that would always be there,
Especially when I needed them,
To just tell me it would all be okay.

You ran from a familiar territory,
Stayed away because of memories.
When you left, you said you'd be back,
But after your first visit home,
I knew the memories just haunted you.

You couldn't handle thinking of him.
Everything reminded you of him.
Seeing his brother was like seeing a ghost.
You visited his grave every free chance you had,
You couldn't move on with your life.

We became friends after his death.
I was there for you when you needed me.
Then you moved away and,
Found someone else to fill that hole
The hole you had in your heart.

I guess it is really over,
I can't rely on you anymore.
The wonderful friendship we once had,
Is now in the past and,
I've decided to accept the loss.

~Unfamiliar Reflection~

I feel disconnected,
like a plant uprooted.
Thought I was good,
but was not the best suited.

Swept off my feet,
like a leaf off its tree.
How things have changed,
now the rest, memories.

Why did I miss out,
what didn't I see?
Could things have differed,
if it weren't me?

I used to be great,
the best of the field.
What has happened to me,
and the weapons I'd wield.

Now, that I am disarmed,
and left unprotected,
this mirror emits
an unfamiliar reflection.

A person unknown,
to my family and friends.
A person alone,
the means to an end.

The end of all arguing,
and upset in life,
I've changed my ways,
without the help of a knife.

Why is this not enough
for all of you to see,
that I want my own life,
without the help of therapy?

~Sean Dohr~

What happened to my childhood?
so cruelly stolen away,
Fragile memories of long lost innocence
distort and fade with age,
What happened to the smiling child?
we see in all the pictures,
What happened to all the winks and laughs?
seems I blinked and missed them,
Ever forewarned by those of years
greatly surpassing our own,
that we should not wish our lives away
we should cherish these years at home,
I know I never listened as we played our games,
Enacting grown-up fantasies
"What shall we be today?"
But looking back on those vibrant times
I struggle to recall,
playing the one about the heartache
or about innocence's last fall,
I promised myself so many things
in foolish childhood naivety,
So many things I'd never do,
So many things I said I'd see,
and now I see it for what it was
I've found what we all looked for,
And I hold aloft my poisoned chalice
and graciously ask for more,
Whilst wishing a return to those long lost times
Lost forever more

The Tale Of A Werewolf

Light turns to shadows
As day turns to night
My presence is unknown
I must stay out of sight

I grow steadily weary
The time is drawing near
Slowly I am filled with dread
I start to shake with fear

I stumble to a room
Lock myself in tight
There's no way I can escape
There'll be no killings tonight

Suddenly the changes start
In agony I scream
This is way too much to bear
I wish this were a dream

The pain finally stops
I slowly rise to my feet
Power surges through my body
I'm a beast that knows no defeat

I race around the room
Frantically searching for a way out
Frustration grows inside me
Until I want to shout

A howl comes from my throat
I hurl myself at the door
I will not be trapped
I never have been before

The door splinters on impact
Joyously I howl
I jump through an open window
To begin my midnight prowl

I race through the woods
The full moon leading the way
The thirst for blood surges
I must find my prey

A smell drifts through the air
Unmistakably fresh
I run in that direction
Towards the scent of human flesh

Mad with desire
I fly through the night
I come to a camp
Killing everyone in sight

In the morning I awaken
In my human form once again
I realize I'm in the woods
And my head begins to swim

I take in my surroundings
Gasping at the sight
The ground is covered with blood
I shudder as I remember the night

Sorrow fills my body
Tears fall down my face
Knowing that I must leave
I vanish without a trace

I'll Be Fine Without You.

[Chorus]
Today,
I'll be fine without you.
But tomorrow,
I'm lost without you.
Cause I'm holding on,
But letting go of you.

[Verse 1]
Don't say a word, Hold your breath,
After all of this, Theres nothing left.
You stole my life, And threw it away,
You told me that, I would be okay.
You ripped out my heart, Put it on the floor,
And i'm trying to tell you, I can't take anymore.
You think I'm joking, Playing a game.
But I've come to realise, Im really not sane.

[Pre-Chorus]
After everything you've put me through,
It's for the best, If I let go of you.

[Chorus]
Today,
I'll be fine without you.
But tomorrow,
I'm lost without you.
Cause I'm holding on,
But letting go of you.

[Verse 2]
Take your love, And care away from me,
I don't need it, Why can't you see?
You've bruised my heart,
You tore it apart.
I can't feel, Or live no longer,
When I don't believe, That i'm stronger.
I've fallen down, And hit the ground,
But even when I cry, You won't hear a sound.

[Pre-Chorus]
After everything you've put me through,
It's for the best, If I let go of you.

[Chorus]
Today,
I'll be fine without you.
But tomorrow,
I'm lost without you.
Cause I'm holding on,
But letting go of you.

[Verse 3]
The scars you see, Are completely nothing,
Look in my soul, Those scars mean everything.
There trapped inside, My innocent mind,
If only I could, Time I would rewind.
Go back a few years, When I was fine,
Re-Step the moves I made, Give myself a sign.
I'd take it all back, And do it again,
You are my mum, And worth the pain.

[Pre-Chorus]
After everything you've put me through,
It's for the best, If I let go of you.

[Chorus]
Today,
I'll be fine without you.
But tomorrow,
I'm lost without you.
Cause I'm holding on,
But letting go of you.

Story of a Friend of Mine

Broken girl, empty heart and mind,
Wishes she couldn't see you, wanting to be blind.
Broken heart, best friend a razor,
Doesn't like herself, so she becomes a poser.

Bleeding wrists, from endless tears,
That have remolded her through the years.
Puffy cheeks, blood shot eyes,
All because of your lies.

Lost voice, cannot speak out,
Sometimes wants to, but is overcome with doubt.
Lost smiles, with so many fake laughs,
Her depression has left the graph.

Tears of blood, streak her face,
She gives up in this race!
Tears of loss, tears of sadness,
Thinking people couldn't really care less!

She goes off to die, alone and in pain,
At her funeral they state she wasn't sane.
She knows that she was, she just gave up with life,
So she used her friend Mr. Knife.

~*Who Cares?*~

First Impression of the Grim Reaper
No. Need. For. A. Name.

My first impression of the grim reaper
Was to run away and try to save her
I had to be faster then death itself
If I failed at this I'd go straight to hell
Now hell is starting to be full
Yet the grim reapers come to collect his toll

(Chorus)
Can't you see now I can't win
The line between life and death is very very thin
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here

He works his magic
Life's just a pageant
Winners stay and losers go home
Sorry to tell you but you'll to go
The grim reaper's working his time
You'll have to go now sins a crime

(Chorus)
Can't you see now I can't win
The line between life and death is very very thin
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here

I guess this is it
God damn the way it is
Can't control the way the mirror works
Reflect back on life
Remember all the times
Where you never you'd be hurt
The grim reapers got to do his work

(Chorus)
Can't you see now I can't win
The line between life and death is very very thin
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here
Please don't expect to live on
Because I am here

Do You Hear?

Do you hear my broken heart
Calling out for you to mend
Each fragile peice and mangled part
In pain suspending end from end?
In hopeless words surrendered I
My heart and soul forever yours
And in each thought these words apply
This pain occurs, this pain endurs
Incurring tears from empty eyes
Suffering within each moment
Without hope of compromise
Nor reparation or atonement
Do you hear, oh do you hear?
Did this not your soul impact?
Don't you long to hold me near
To help me keep this soul intact?
You promised me, you promised that
Forever couldn't hold us in and
Even though the world weren't flat
You'd walk with me off it's end
Yet, seems that through this ruined vow
You've left me with a heart that's broken
If only you could hear me now
Calling out with words unspoken

Daniel Ray Mulvany

. .A poem I wrote looking at the moon, after I got No-ed by a girl.

---You and the Moon---

I don`t know how to begin;
This night seems to wash away all sin.

It`s a full moon night,
And the moon is bright;
My thoughts are flooded by this light-
So pure, so white

I look at the moon and now I smile,
After a long time I feel I`m alive.
The cool breeze brushes my face,
After a long time I`m out of the daze.

I just want to fall into the sky,
But not because you`ve told me goodbye;
Don`t get me wrong, I don`t want to die,
I just want to get near the moonlight.

I stare upwards at the moonlit sky,
And now I begin to fly;
I begin to sail higher,
The moonlight soothes my inner fire.

Though I hardly get closer,
That little is enough to inspire.

Not you and not even your kiss,
No sunset, no rainbow, is prettier than this.
Now I feel joy, and now I feel bliss!
You`re not there, but there is nothing I miss.

The sun`s never made the sky brighter,
Even angels cannot make it whiter.
About you I think not, I`m no liar-
I just want to keep going higher!

A cloud now covers the beautiful moon,
I`m in a trance, and I drift to a swoon.

But the breeze picks up and the darkness dies,
And once again I begin to fly;
I`m not thinking about you, this isn`t a lie,
Without you too, I`m so high.

But now my mind begins to worry,
The moon shall begin to wane in a hurry;
But I`m not scared of losing the moon,
I`m afraid of falling back into gloom.

For when the moon will set, the light shall end,
And my thoughts shall break free;
Into the world, gloom`s all I`ll send,
Because that`s all I`ll have with me.

Now let me take you into my soul,
Isn`t the moon so full and whole?
But if you want to know what is contrast,
Then just have a look at my broken heart.

The moon doesn`t always shine,
Yet it shall always be;
I cannot call you mine,
Still you shall stay in me.

By Dhaval.

___________________________________________

Innocent Torture
------------------------------

I laugh and look on as the torture begins
The crying innocent, gagged and bound
The camera rolls as the lights are dimmed
I grab the victim, throw them to the ground

Laying into them, armed with fists
They writhe and scream, all alone
Tie the ropes tighter, cutting into their wrists
My eyes filled with fire, my heart with stone

Cut deep to their flesh, grazing their knees
From the drawer, I take a candle
Light it and burn their arms with glee
Push to the floor, and fracture theirr ankle

Dislocating their elbow in wrath
Scarring them with a vicious penknife
Making them retch, they splutter and cough
Always hurting, but never taking their life

I torture others because of self hate
That nobody else can seem to see
Remove the mask, reveal the victims face
The innocent, staring back, is me.

_____________________________________________

Peace. [Sole]

Valentine's Day
by Silhouette, of something unimaginable

They sit together
on the lover's holiday
cuddling, and smiling
acting lovey dovey
he knows she wants to die sometimes
she thinks there might be someone else
they part in their ways
he goes to the one he loves
she to the one that loves her
she holds the cold metal, his photo
crying why couldn't you love me
like the way you love her
she holds the blade closer
thinking "walk the sidewalk"
she gets closer to her want
he now feels her pain
leaving his lover
he runs down the road
now she is thinking "no turning back"
the blade "walks the sidewalk"
now turning, it "crosses the street"
he reaches her house
tears running down their eyes
she clutches the note
he clutches the nob
just a second too late
she lays there motionless
kneeling beside her
he reads the note
"we both can't get what we want"
he knows, though no one else does.
he now belongs to her
she got her wish
but he shall not
that was her happy ending
but his sorrowful beginning

I have found at least one to be on thetop three..

Keep it coming!

what will tommorow bring?

An earthy princess with clover eyes
sits atop her gray stone castle tower
the wind carries away her endless sighs
and she thinks what will tomorrow bring

destined to marry a prince unknown
from a faraway land and life so warm
in her home she lives alone
she dreads, "what will tomorrow bring"

mother and father, queen and king
force her to sit and tat silver white lace
she wishes to ride and hear the bells ring
but alone she wonders what will tommorow bring

of being an archer, swordman she dreams
but is told that it is far too unladylike
more fun than harm to her it seems
wondering what will tomorrow bring

the man to whom she will be married
lives in a land with fun and merryment
wondering how her life will be varied
she thinks what will tomorrow bring

the bells ring and the horses bray
and young man with matching clover eyes
looks to the tower to see and say
whom and what will tommorow bring

married and going home to a free land
a princess and prince walk hand in hand
a perfect and joyful life, they sing
is what tomorrow will bring

Why has this happened?
by Alyson

My troubles are long gone
Now I'm standing here
In this desolate world
Alone and abandoned

All around me are the ruins
Of once grand buildings
Broken and shattered
Until they no longer exist

The harsh winds blow dust
Across the face of this vast land
Leaving the fields barren
Where food no longer grows

Most rivers have run dry
Leaving behind cracked earth
That screams in the night
For help

Tears slide silently down my cheeks
As I look at what this worlds become
Its no longer grand or beautiful
But dry and unforgiving

Why has this happened?
I say its because of our sins
All the wrongs that we've done
And all the beliefs we've held against others

Feel So Alone

Changing seasons, changing time
different reasons, but same old rhyme
same old rain with same pain
same old love song driving me insane

changing priorities, changing taste
but same feelings of being a waste
making love to destiny in my funeral pyre
still breathing while licking this dancing fire

feel so alone in a crowded room
hand in hand with my loneliness i go along
tears storming deep inside my head
and i pretend with a smile of being strong

changing situations, changing life's goal
same expectations, if you could hear my call
same old circumstances running around
same old house, six feet underground

feel so alone when you are close to me
this is not how our life was supposed to be
i could feel your breath as you seems so near
and then you say a word and you just disappear

same old breaths, same old nights and days
different excuses for different killing ways
this love that we had, now seems so strange
as all the intense passion has turned into rage

alone so alone floating on this endless river of time
making love to the smoke of my funeral pyre
and i turn to ashes with my heart falling apart
still beating while licking this fading fire

~!*Once in a lifetime love~!*

Her memory he cant seem to erase
He doesn't know why anyone would want to
she had such intelligence along with elegance and grace

With Her smile engraved in his head
He cant help but to think about how beautiful
she looked on the day that they wed

His knees were shaking as she walked up the isle
His mind filled with worries and fears
But they soon flew away when she smiled

He loved the way her hand always found his
The way she laughed The was she smiled
He just loved the way She is

They loved each other with every piece of there heart
No matter how hard anyone tried
no one could tear them apart

She was his best-friend ,she was always there
He'd never leave her side
love like theres was rare

He held her up into the very second she died
Laying with her letting all emotions go
He saw no point in hiding his feelings inside

They had Once in a lifetime love
one that will always last forever
One They'll start again when he also enters the heaven above

~!*FallenTears~!*
~!*Meaghen~!*

~Inside your words~

You rock my ship
into a hypnotic lullaby
within your sea of words,
and flip it inside out
where my soul
drowns before you
in an unsuspecting state
of isolated desperation...

I suck every ounce
of your bittersweet pain
into every pore
of my wanting flesh,
like a pale fish
searching for her ocean...

I'm suffocating
in your colorful world
of heartbreaking imagery,
but I bow
at the exquisite details
that leave a trail
to your lovely broken heart...

And that perfect hue of gray
that rolls off every syllable
with such honesty
paralyzes my intentions
and forces me to listen...

I'm hooked by the belly
in your breathtaking scenery
of unusual wordplay
and I cannot breathe,
so if your voice
is not meant to kill
then I'm dying
for no reason at all...

*CLOSED*

thank you for givin me 1st place! i cant belive i won, there was sum stiff competition! anyway gr8 job every1! thnx again

THANKS FOR THE PICK!!!!!

Hey thanks a lot for selecting my poem, i really enjoyed taking part in this one.

Thanks a ton once again.

No problem, you were great! You should participate in my new contest *25 titles, you pick*;)