WE LOVED BEFORE THE WORLD HAD A NAME I met you at a railway station, One cold November night, Yet something in your gentle eyes, Made everything feel right.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets
DEATH CAME KNOCKING AT MIDNIGHT Death came knocking at midnight, With moonlight in his hair, He stood beneath my porchlight, As though he belonged there.
THE MAN WHO SOLD YESTERDAYS A man came knocking at my door, With yesterday’s for sale, He carried them inside a box, All tied with ribbons pale.
WHY ARE DREAMS SO FOOLISH? Why are dreams so foolish, Why do they bring you near? Why do they let me touch your face, When you are nowhere here?
THE WOMAN INSIDE THE RED I seen a woman inside the red, With rivers running through her head, Her face was white, her eyes were black, She went inside and never came back.
WRITE YOUR OWN STORY They handed me a book one day, And told me what to think and say, The pages all were neatly planned, The ending written by their hand.
IT’S OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY I painted on my smile today, So no one knew I’d lost my way, I laughed at things I didn’t hear, And swallowed back another tear.
GOING NO PLACE FAST I caught a bus at half-past three, It had no driver I could see, Wheels were square, windows laughed, Yet still it travelled very fast.
RICH MAN EATS THE POOR MAN’S HEART The rich man sat at a silver plate, While the poor man waited beside the gate, His shoes had holes, his coat was thin, But still they would not let him in.
THE MAN WHO WOKE UP DEAD A man woke up one morning, And found that he was dead, He wasn’t very worried, So climbed straight out of bed.
From a young age, society has been shaping people into the greatest worker bees. We have laws, society rules, and unspoken rules,
By Jen Phillipsabout a month ago in Poets
THE DAY MY HOUSE WENT MISSING I woke up in my bedroom, And something wasn’t right, My house had disappeared, Some time throughout the night.
