Another Pretty, Little Poem by ElvenDreamer, literature
Literature
Another Pretty, Little Poem
I know what Im supposed to do right now.
Im supposed to write a beautiful poem.
Im supposed to put together a bunch of pretty words,
People will read them, and compliment me on how meaningful and deep it all was.
Now that I have had my share of pretty words,
Now that I have heard enough compliments on how well written it all was,
Im getting sick of these flowery romantic words.
This overly dramatized medium by which I express my sorrow and my smiles,
Has gotten stale and redundant.
I want to create something that will have some real meaning,
And not the same old romanticized crap that Ive been scribblin
If you will not dare to love,
Then your heart will wither and die,
Like a rose that has never seen the sun.
Love is the sun and the moon,
Bringing with it the black cover of night.
It both blinds us, and opens our eyes to something greater,
The greater truth is that love is the only reason anyone has to live at all.
To never have loved, is to never have lived,
To never have lived, is to never have been anything,
But an empty patch on the great canvas that is our whole existence.
Sweat, blood and tears,
These are the price we pay for love.
What is the reward for our efforts,
But to have our hearts broken in the end?
It is only to experience the moments of joy and fulfillment,
That we even bother to love at all.
Love is a series of moments,
Some bring us joy, others, sorrow.
But they are, all of them, both our reward and our punishment,
For ever daring to love at all
Death is not the end,
And love is not always a good thing.
Sometimes we need to be alone,
To truly understand the person inside of ourselves.
Hate is a poison,
And revenge is not an end worth pursuing.
Murder stains the hand and blackens the soul.
Sometimes leaving is running away,
But sometimes it takes more strength to leave than to stay.
It is truly an empty feeling,
To walk away from something that you love.
There are times when memories are all we have,
But there are times when we must make new memories.
Make a new memory,
Or be forever resigned to dwell in the quiet darkness.
These dreams I have make no sense.
What are they, imaginings, things to come...
Something else?
Who are these women, are they real or am I imagining them?
Did I make a mistake in leaving...her?
No, no mistake was made, I needed to do that.
It was my right, or am I just lying to myself so that I wont feel guilty?
Nothing to make sense of, and these damn dreams!
Have to focus, have to see things clearly,
But everything is just a blur...
Am I losing my mind, or was I mad all along?
She danced and smiled,
That faery childe.
Borne of nature,
Free and wylde.
I met her one day,
That capricious fae.
She took me by the hand,
I didnt know what to say.
She asked me to dance,
And before I had a chance
To say another word,
Began our faery romance.
We danced into the sky,
I tell you know lie.
Left the earth below our feet,
And she taught me to fly.
When we returned to ground,
I looked around.
The sun was setting,
She disappeared without a sound.
I never saw my faery again,
Nor heard of her from mortal men.
I wished I knew where she had gone,
I longed to be with her once again.
As I lay on my deathbed,
I once met an angel in Occoquan,
A beauty like I never thought Id see.
Hair of a raven and grace of a swan,
Imagine my surprise when she spoke to me.
We felt as though wed always known each other,
Her mind was an open book.
We connected like I never had with another,
I was enraptured with her every look.
After a month had passed,
I had put a ring on her hand.
Our life together almost didnt last,
But our love held fast to that band.
Weeks turned into months,
As months will someday become years.
I never gave up on her once,
Even when she nearly drew tears.
For so long she didnt see past her fears,
She c
Girls in dresses worn real tight,
And all the boys in tophats and tails.
Someone's falling in love tonight,
It's the party of the year, it never fails.
The doors are open and the music plays,
All drinks are free, I want to dance.
I've waited for tonight all damn day,
And there's a girl waiting to give me a chance.
Her hair is black and her dress is scarlet,
She's the most gorgeous girl I've seen all night.
Our bodies are pressed together and I'm starting to sweat,
As we twirl and spin under colored lights.
The music is speeding up and I'm feeling the heat,
This party is getting wild, now we're having fun.
She's still smiling and
If you don't want me to leave after our fight,
Then give me a reason to stay.
But even if you turn out to be right,
I'm going to leave you anyway.
I gave you everything I had,
But you didn't love me at all.
Things started to get so bad,
I drowned all my memories in alcohol
You tried to ruin my life,
Every day it seemed you tried.
Nothing you did to me was right,
All the times you cheated and lied.
Now that the tables have turned,
I see you for what you really are.
Now it's time that you've learned,
How to live with only your scars.
I'm leaving and not coming back,
It's time for me to live free again.
The world around me isn
I love to be asleep,
But when I wake up I know I'll feel pain.
My dreams are like a drug so sweet,
Flowing through my veins.
When I'm awake sometimes I feel,
Like I'm still asleep.
I sometimes doubt this world is real,
Because of memories of dreams I can't keep.
Would it be better to wake up or stay in a dream,
To face the world if this one isn't real?
When I think about it I want to scream,
Should I do what I think or what I feel?
This nightmare has gone on long enough,
And I don't know what I should do.
What keeps me going is the thought that when I wake up,
My dreams might finally come true.
Sometimes I feel cold,
Like I'm already in my grave.
Is my fate just to grow lonely and old,
Will I always be to my solitude a slave?
I want to live my life,
To be with those I love.
To simply give up wouldn't be right,
When is my struggling going to be enough?
Don't tell me that I'm still young,
My life is still slipping away.
So much I have left undone,
I can't afford to waste another day.
My rage is building inside,
As pain wells up in my heart.
What the world has done to me isn't right,
How long until my life falls apart?
To love brings me even more pain,
The girl I wanted left me alone.
I'm sitting in the dark,
So sad to see the rain,
Falling from your eyes;
Tell me what causes the pain,
That brings tears down from the sky.
Shadows all throw flowers,
On what's left of a long dead tree;
Half remembered words are spoken for hours,
Of a life, a death, and a lonely memory.
Finally the memory is laid to rest,
And the sea of shadows recedes.
In life he was only a guest,
But in death his soul is set free.
Floating in a Void of Darkness by ElvenDreamer, literature
Literature
Floating in a Void of Darkness
Within all of us lies something cold
Some unrealized truth that we have locked away without realizing it
The piece of our nature, our hearts, our selves that we dare not acknowledge
It is a piece that gives the feeling of emptiness
When it is ignored, a void is formed
But this void is not truly empty
Within it is our fear, our pain, our wickedness
Everything becomes nothing when you realize the truth
That all we are and all we ever will be is human
Small fragments of divine creation floating about in the darkness
But the deepest, coldest darkness of all
Is the darkness that we make for ourselves
I let you go,
I said goodbye.
You deserve to know,
So I'll tell you why.
It was too much to bear,
To always be apart.
I really did care,
But it broke my heart.
You needed me to be there,
But I couldn't pull through.
I know it wasn't fair,
To give up and leave you.
It's not my fault things went wrong,
I didn't mean to make you cry.
So I'm leaving you with this song,
To tell you the reason why.
Life is a beautiful thing
There is beauty in sorrow and there is also strength
But all life carries with it a hint of sorrow
There will always be pain, but it eventually makes way for pleasure
Sorrow must someday surrender to joy
There must always be balance, light and dark will equal one another
Whether a harmony or a cacophony all things must be felt in each life
Life is beautiful, even when it breaks our hearts...
What did I do to deserve you? by ElvenDreamer, literature
Literature
What did I do to deserve you?
What did I do to deserve you?
I've lied, hated, and hurt people
I've screwed up, failed, and wasted so many opportunities
I've been hurt, let down, and abused
But you love me, the real me under all of the scars
You make me so happy, I never want to be away from you
I feel like my life is worth living, because you're in it
You're beautiful, you're wonderful, and you're perfect
What did I do to deserve you?
Let Me Tell You I love You by ElvenDreamer, literature
Literature
Let Me Tell You I love You
All the people I love
Sometimes I can't tell them so
Because too often they take it wrong
I don't have the heart to tell them no
Love and in love are different
Don't make the mistake of confusing
I love many, my heart belongs to one
Love me, and risk a friendship losing
Let me tell you I love you
But please don't take it so wrong
If you fall in love then, too late
I'll step away, shed a tear and be gone
When most people realise it
They try to keep it a secret
Which is really no surprise
Just think of how we're treated
Sometimes people accept us
But we're not usually that lucky
Different is apparently dangerous
I have to hide it from my own family
If you think "it's not so bad"
Try living this kind of life
If being this way is so wrong
Then I guess Hitler was right
So hate us all if you like
It doesn't matter in the end
Oh, I thought you'd like to know
Your daughter has a girlfriend
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