You can't be so careless

about the things I care about and still expect me to care about you.

Don't tell me you love me

And then ask me to change my colors for you.
I'm sure there's someone else out there who loves this color.
I decline.

Dear Future Husband,

Read stories to me.
Challenge me.
Teach me something new.

The people who help me

Seem less important than the people I help. I don't know why, that's just the way it is.

Why Me?

Most times, the most obvious answer to the question of "why me" is, "why not"

For everyone who doesn't know you,

Make them want to.

For everyone who knows you,

Make them proud.

Just when I thought I was whole

You came along and showed me new depths of me.

I Remember When You Loved Me

Because amongst other things, I had my "why's" in order.

I understand why we grew apart.

Walking on Eggshells

Broken like trust

All the kings men

You were my sunshine

Until I realized

You were never that bright

You just happened to find me

in a dark place

Hiding my face


I thought you were my sunshine

Turns out

You were just a flashlight

Reading your mind

Is far better than reading a book

Second best to reading your face

Capture that which you are afraid of

Seek that which others ignore

I wish I could forget these scars.

Dear Burger King

On my way to work, I ordered hot chocolate, instead, I got a cup of hot water and a Swiss Miss packet. I'm hoping that was supposed to be a joke.

Sincerely,

I'm going back to McDonald's

Love isn't about standards

Not you living up to mine

Not me living up to yours

Never us living up to anyone else's.

Gravity

Stay the hell away from me

I Think

"I think" usually equals "I feel"

with the understanding that feelings change.

I'd Choose

Public Hate
Over
Private Love

Any day

Sometimes = Right Now

Almost all of the time.

Sometimes

I miss certain things

Usually more often than I miss certain people

Say what you mean to say

Even if nobody listens

Even if it doesn't make sense

Say it anyway

Another one of those sleepless nights

Sometimes, you have to let your heart win

You have to make a decision

Yesterday

or

Tomorrow

Today is not an option

Love Doesn't Exist

Until you give it away.

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
― Bob Marley

By Faith

God does not always lead the way for us. Sometimes, he stands behind us, waiting for us to step out on faith.

Without care or concern for that which is behind us.

Trust God
By Faith

Say it like you mean it.

But only if you really do.

That was when I cared

You can be

Full of shit

Or full of love.




I prefer love

We continue to ask

For blessings

Even when we are not ready for them

God can't be fooled

No matter how hard you try

Shorelines: Slam Poetry by Ian Sandbloom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TivB-6NdiI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

An Undelivered Love-letter

A heart's best kept secret

Nobody starts at the top

Love me enough

To trust me with your truth

"I want to be

your ex boyfriend's stunt double. I want to do all the things he never had the courage to do. Like... Trust you." -Rudy Francisco

Secrets

Reveal a lot

Of insecurities

I am a Promise

I am a promise
I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital "P"
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin' to hear God's voice
And I am tryin' to make the right choice
I am a promise to be anything God wants me to be.

I can go anywhere that He wants me to go
I can be anything He wants me to be
I can climb the high mountains
I can cross the wide sea
I'm a great big promise you see!

I am a promise
I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital "P"
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin' to hear God's voice
And I am tryin' to make the right choice
I'm a promise to be anything God wants me to be
Anything God wants me to be!

Tell me about myself

Crucify me with a truth that I can not stand to hear.
Breathe my reality all around me.
Bare soul, naked
Expose my insecurities.

If I Run: Slam Poetry by Ian Sandbloom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4wjD1H_kg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

"you can't make homes out of human beings"

But I would still live in your heart. No bricks. No mortar. Just love. At least for now

I will never forget the day that

"I can do better" took on a completely different meaning from "I deserve better". And I will forevermore consider them both in all situations.

And then it hit me...

After spending too many days contemplating my next move Thinking about the final look Art shouldn't involve any type of thought process. Art should be based on feeling And I felt like breaking the lines And streaking the page

Love...

There's so many thing I want to tell you. I just don't know if you're real.

How Many Times Does It Take

To learn this one thing... Because I keep ending up here.

Love is a Four Letter Word

So is
Hate
Give
Take

When all you have is yourself

You have to figure it out on your own.

Yesterday

I cried

Lyrical Mirror

When the song begins to make perfect sense

But you wish it didn't.

The Wanting

Sometimes I just want you around. Let me inhale your smile. Wrap me in your memories. We will plant our dreams. Water them with love and grow new possibilities. Right now, I want you next to me.

Let me leave my fingerprints on you.