past poetry

-First Kiss-
Your arms, your lips
Embraced me in the eye
Of a raging storm,
And all the asphalt,
Painted lines
And cars
And sky
And prying eyes
And earth
And clouds dropped away
Beneath our feet.
It fell away
And only we remained—your lips on mine
Tongues intertwined, our bodies fused
Like molten ore,
We whirled
We soared
To the end of a boundless universe
Of twinkling diamond stars.
I lost my soul as we returned.
It became ensnared
Somewhere in Saturn’s tangled rings.
Or blew away with howling winds
On one of Jupiter’s lonely moons.
I would throw it away
A hundred times
If you, magician,
Could conjure that moment
Just once again.
_________
by
Angela
7/9/01

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Piracy
You want love To come too easily/ You want it to purify your selfishness/ To validate your beauty/ To bury your loneliness You claim you want that man so badly/ But only having him is your ruthless goal/ You preach your devotion to him/ When it's only that ideal you're devoted to You call out to him over and over/ In your quiet desperation You do not hear the silence, the emptiness/ Your ears are too full of pity/ You want him to choose you freely/ But only a slave can serve your free will Your boat now languishes on its solitary sea It will never accept his passage/ It floats on your absorbed alienation /It cries out to be rescued/ But even Narcissus knows/ Being saved doesn't make you a martyr/ Being mawkish doesn't make you a saint/ Being indignant doesn't mean you are proven worthy /You may want it all By stealing him from himself/ Now see your true reflection/ Look back at the bridge you burned You are not a lover. /You are a thief with the face of a beggar.
Anna

		Past Poetry Archive
			Till We Meet Again I'm not telling you when, I'm not telling you why, I'm just going to leave Without saying goodbye. When you turn around and see that I'm not there. Don't stop to wonder where or how I am. Just turn back around As if I was never there. The time will come for us to meet again, But until then we'll discover how our lives ha1'e been. That day could be many years away But it will be worth every single day. Until destiny brings us back together, 1 will be here Following the map that has been made for me-- I cannot run away' from my destiny, 1 cannot escape my fate, If this is how my life has been planned There is nothing 1 can do but wait. By Lucy Sanchez 7/23/01 Light of Darkness by Viann Leap of Faith by Tracy Baker
-First Kiss- Your arms, your lips Embraced me in the eye Of a raging storm, And all the asphalt, Painted lines And cars And sky And prying eyes And earth And clouds dropped away Beneath our feet. It fell away And only we remained—your lips on mine Tongues intertwined, our bodies fused Like molten ore, We whirled We soared To the end of a boundless universe Of twinkling diamond stars. I lost my soul as we returned. It became ensnared Somewhere in Saturn’s tangled rings. Or blew away with howling winds On one of Jupiter’s lonely moons. I would throw it away A hundred times If you, magician, Could conjure that moment Just once again. _________ by Angela 7/9/01 _________ Piracy You want love To come too easily/ You want it to purify your selfishness/ To validate your beauty/ To bury your loneliness You claim you want that man so badly/ But only having him is your ruthless goal/ You preach your devotion to him/ When it's only that ideal you're devoted to You call out to him over and over/ In your quiet desperation You do not hear the silence, the emptiness/ Your ears are too full of pity/ You want him to choose you freely/ But only a slave can serve your free will Your boat now languishes on its solitary sea It will never accept his passage/ It floats on your absorbed alienation /It cries out to be rescued/ But even Narcissus knows/ Being saved doesn't make you a martyr/ Being mawkish doesn't make you a saint/ Being indignant doesn't mean you are proven worthy /You may want it all By stealing him from himself/ Now see your true reflection/ Look back at the bridge you burned You are not a lover. /You are a thief with the face of a beggar. Anna
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