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02 Aug 2013 5 Comments
in August 2012, poetry Tags: eraser, life, memories
If only there were an eraser big enough
to wipe the memories clean
leave nothing behind
seen and unseen
Take away what will not leave
lingering ghosts of the past
maybe then the mind
could be free at last
Places, faces, feelings, choices
everything connected to you
back to when I believed
what was said was true
Every day they come
to bring the hurt anew
why can’t an eraser
wipe my mind of you
25 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in July 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, love, remedy
For all of my insanity
and all the things I’ve tried
it seems that only you
are my remedy
Everything about you
is only ever wrong
but my insanity
never stops
Quieting the madness
if only for a second
with all the choices
still you are my remedy
Try to let you go
not come back again
as the madness grows
I let you in
For all my insanity
nothing else will do
it still seems
my only remedy is you
28 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in June 2013, poetry Tags: breathing, death, emotions, life
Slipping slowly down
trying not to drown
life’s troubles everywhere
no breath left to share
Waiting, longing just to be
a single breath for me
it never comes in time
and so I die within this rhyme
(Another Poetry Club poem)
17 May 2013 Leave a comment
in May 2013, poetry Tags: beginning, ending, goodbye, life, memories
The time has come to say goodbye
today becomes a piece of the past
now to start a new journey
ready to take those steps at last
The memories of all there was
entwined within our heart
remaining there forever more
even though we will be apart
In years to come we will recall
the laughter, tears and all we shared
we will never truly forget
how much we all cared
But now the time has come at last
can’t stop it no matter how we try
all that now is left
is just to say goodbye
07 May 2013 Leave a comment
in May 2013, poetry Tags: fear, insecurity, jealousy, life, lying
They say money is the root of all evil
actually it’s the love of money
but in my opinion the root of all evil
is insecurity
It gives birth to fear, jealousy, lying
manifests itself as gossip, manufactured drama
blossoms into treachery, lust for power
and selfishness
Insecurity turns people into narcissists
and liars, envious, fearful backstabbers
They make the drama all your fault when
in reality it’s all about them
They want so much to be liked
that they will do anything to think they are
in reality everyone knows what they are
and all about their insecurity
01 May 2013 2 Comments
in April 2013, poetry Tags: lies, life, limerick, syndrome
There once was a guy from Montana
who lied about being top banana
short man syndrome all that was true
thinking he fooled me and you
the syndrome made him think he was big and bad
when in reality he was just small and sad
pretending he is someone he will never be
hoping the lies help others not see
shrinking more under the lies that he tells
each one creating new circles of hell
this guy with short man syndrome from Montana
30 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, love
After everything
at the very end
what is it that
remains
When life ceases
to be so busy
and there are only
two
In time of quiet
reflection on the past
now just me
and you
Two hearts inside
two hands
reaching out
with what remains
29 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: false, lies, life, truth
The lies you tell yourself
so you can lie to others
a never ending circle
no truth in sight
The words repeated so often
they begin to sound like truth
but only to those who
do not know you
For those who do they know
it is not possible
for you to tell the truth
about even the smallest things
You every waking moment lived
is a lie waiting to be told
you believe it
but I never did
28 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: death, emotions, life
How to be free
as you long to be
of these tormenting
memories
Ever present
always near
never to be free
you fear
Keep trying
and trying
to be rid of them
always crying
Oh to be free
death may be
the only way
free finally
19 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in April 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, feelings, life, power
Only you can make you feel less than
what others think is not important
or what they say or do
how you feel is up to you
Let them think let them speak
let them show their immaturity
what you are what you feel
is contained within yourself
So they think you are less
they think they are more
realize that your power
lies inside of you alone
No one can make you feel anything
unless you give them the power to do so
only you can turn over that power
only you can make yourself less
Deborah Horton Writing 