Life Iside Life - Elizabeth J. D. (different e readers .txt) 📗

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Life's not stoppin'
So you'd better start chasin' it
And let them hold close
The you
That's afraid to show

Ever cross your mind
Maybe they'd like to know
The you you hold in-side
Look out the win'dow
See the sun
See the friends
See the wind
It never ends
See the trees
See the seas
See the world
As you never knew it
Break away
From yourself
Get outta there
And take my dare
Meet some people, new
And most importantly...
Just be you.

Cuz life's worth livin'
So you better start doin' it,
Life's not stoppin',
So ya better start chasin' it
An' as the old words go
Those who matter don't care
and those who do - don't - maaatter.
Yeah,
Life's worth livin'
So you'd better start livin' it
Life's not stoppin'
So you'd better start chasin' it
Let them hold close
The you
That you're going to show."


Introduction

This is a poem about pulling the little part of you that's afraid to show away from yourself, even if you've been hurt, or don't think you're good enough; but letting "it shine for all it is."


Don't Keep It

Look inside your heart
and be honest with me
Is it something that others can see?
Is there a place
Deep inside your heart
A place that you're afraid to part
Away
From your self?

Can others see you -
Who you are?
Can they see you?
Forget your scars.

Live your life as if
tomorrow just may not come
For it's true,

Don't hide away the precious heart
Let it shine for all it is.
Don't keep that part -
Don't be afraid to start
Showing yourself.
Don't hide away,
For in the last of your days,
You'll find your capacity
By feeling the loss

If you keep that place inside of you,
You'll lose the love you never knew.

Introduction

I was once told once that this one sounded like Dr. Seuss. Best compliment on writing I've ever had!


Hey, Is It Prose?

Something to do
Something to do
What shall I do?
Haven't a clue.
Something to do
Something to do
Something that's new...
Wait!
I could go fishing,
Use my toe as bait!
But my foot may fall asleep
If I've too long a wait.
:sighs:
Something to do
Haven't a clue
Something that's new...
Aha!
I could find a tall rock
And use a sock
To float me down...
But my mom might get mad,
And I wouldn't be glad
To make her frown.
I can't do that,
Nor this,
nor those.
So I'll just write this...
Poem? Essay?
Hey, is it prose?
Sure hope I've entertained you
While I've been deciding
Something to do
Something that's new
Still haven't a clue...
Of something to do....


Introduction

These pieces are made to display how all of our needs are essentially the same - no matter what walk of life or gender or religion we are.


We Are One

How can you stop /our/ lives the aching?
How can you stop /our/ hearts from breaking?
We are not apart,
We are one
We share the moon,
We share the sun
We do not simply share the earth,
We do not only walk the turf
That others have tread.
We share the hearts
That need to be read
See the man,
See the woman,
See the child,
The rich, the poor
See the famous,
See those ignored
Though outward different be,
They all have the same
exact
need
as me.


Hearts' Key

How can you spare a life the aching?
How can you stop the heart from breaking?
How can you stop the shadow's path?
How can you stop another's wrath?
How can you change dark to light?
How can you help to change one's sight?
How can you help fighters become friends?
How can you stop the cruelness end?

How can we help this cruel world
That turns its back on anything
Merely suggestive of faults...
How can you find the master key,
That opens every one heart's vaults?

Love.



Introduction

I was trying to do my Math one day, and it was virtually impossible; I wanted to write so badly!

Impossible

Concentration made nearly impossible for me
It's calling to me
The words on the page don't stay where they are
They fly off the page and turn into stars
Math concepts are restless
And decide instead to run
Turn into fairies under the sun
If only, if only, my mind could take flight!
The feeling is there, but no words in sight
To express this restless creativity
For it's there...
And it's calling for me...

Introduction

This poem is about how people cast a mold to show us how we must be...and how, when we try to break out, people think we're crazy. But we don't have to be like everybody else! We just don't.


You'll Cause a Storm

Hey, who are you
Or is this me
Or is this just we.

Look all the same
Talk that way, too
Never do anything
Out of the blue

Never, ever be you

Never be free
You'll get a penalty

Of snide remarks,
Laughs and taunts
No cheers, just jeers
No one to be near
For you
To you
Just you

What's expected?
What's the norm?
Don't be yourself,

You'll cause a storm.
Don't be you,
They just might sue.

Cuz identity isn't the fashion,
Just gossipin' and bashin'

If you dare
To be,
To let show,

To let others know
You
You'll never live it down.
So just don't make a sound.

What's beyond these prison walls,
The ones that say I have to stay
And do what it says
And be what everyone is
And do what they do
And say what they say
And dress how they dress
And think how they think
And never go beyond the bars
Never go beyond the rink
That is this cage,
This shell,
This mold you've cast for us.

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Publication Date: 04-01-2011

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