Manda's poetry Thread

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The Meaning of Existence


Excellent. Talk about volumes in two stanzas.
 

manda

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Alone in the dark here I ponder
Of who I am, and just who I'm supposed to be
In the grand scheme of things, it's really nothing
Compared to the death and destruction all around
But it is of worth in my own little corner of the world
And I want more than what I have made for myself
I want to be more to my family, my friends, and my love

But the past keeps holding me back

How can I strive upwards
When the tentacles twist and tie me down
How can I move beyond something
That keeps presenting itself as an obstacle before me
How can i be free to be more
When I can barely hold on to who I am
And when I finally move beyond all of this

What will be left of the world for me to strive for?
 

manda

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he he, this is one I dug up...I wrote it when I was a little ticked at someone trying to get into my life and create issues:

Tell it like it is

You're so damned hypocritical
And so quick to call out names
To find means to justify your actions as pure
And not the selfish motives they are

You're so bloody full of your self
And self-centered to the hilt
Trying to force the earth to move around you
And all those around you dance

Well I'm sick of all the bullsh!t
It's time to call you as you are
You're not some type of hero
not Wonderwoman or a star

I'll be the last to say I'm perfect
But at least I can say I'm true
I can admit my mistakes as I make 'em
That's a hell of a lot more than I can say for you

I'm not here to make others suffer
And ask only to be treated the same
I refuse to tiptoe around you
Grow up b*tch and take some blame!
 

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hehehehehe...looks like they better not mess with you manda :twisted:
I love Richard Brautigan...the dude was real!!! 8) 8)

Its raining love :lol: :lol:

I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.

It makes me nervous.
I don't say the right things
or perhaps I start
to examine,
evaluate,
compute
what I am saying.

If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"
and she says, "I don't know,"
I start thinking: Does she really like me?

In other words
I get a little creepy.

A friend of mine once said,
"It's twenty times better to be friends
with someone
than it is to be in love with them."

I think he's right and besides,
it's raining somewhere, programming flowers
and keeping snails happy.
That's all taken care of.

BUT

if a girl likes me a lot
and starts getting real nervous
and suddenly begins asking me funny questions
and looks sad if I give the wrong answers
and she says things like,
"Do you think it's going to rain?"
and I say, "It beats me,"
and she says, "Oh,"
and looks a little sad
at the clear blue California sky,
I think: Thank God, it's you, baby, this time
instead of me.

-- Richard Brautigan