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Haiku?
Rhyme?
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Feel it?
Write it?
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Original compositions preferred (except for lymrics, of course), but, if you post somebody elses work, be real about it and give tehm credit

 

Given to SkidPlateXa4, when he lost a frien to drunk driving...

A Yawn and A Prayer

I feel blessed each day that I awake to another dawn.
As I stretch I say a little prayer with my first yawn.
I thank God for the breath he's given me on this day.
I thank Him for allowing me to travel on in His way.
Another Prayer is said asking God to spread His Grace.
Along the paths of friends, and each of them to embrace.
I know their way will ease when paved ahead by God's Grace.
It's a small thing to share my blessings with you in this way.
It's my small way of thinking of my friends to start each day.
As I shuffle off to wash and pray I stifle yet another yawn.
Another blessed day for me and all my friends, as I face the dawn.

A.T.Jazz
https://www.audiforums.com/m_90536/tm.htm

edyt: I was looking this over and I remembered that I hid a *special* feature. Not to trivialize the reason behind sharing this piece with Skid, but, if anybody can figure it out 1st TWO rounds are on me if/when I ever get around to visiting your vicinity...

 

Given to 18T, when his father passed...

THRENODY

Sweet Threnody I hear your cry
A melody of days gone by
You sing passages of them that try
And others, others know not why
Threnody I hear your cry

Dear Threnody you try to bring
Your song to all who hear it ring
Through flight your lament takes on wing
You echo in the songs we sing
Of what Threnody tries to bring

You tell of days to come, and past
Of days we feast and days we fast
A time when sorrow cannot last
Reveal us when our die is cast
You bring us stories of our past

A heartstrings tug at words we say
A feeling we would wish away
As quietly, we end each day
And yet the feelings with us stay
Feel Threnody in all we say

Hear Threnody the sound is pure
Bring Threnody to those unsure
To those for whom time cannot cure
Will feel a sweet Threnody lure
One heart to touch, one heart is pure

I taste of word written in song
I reach another heart done wrong
And find the place where I belong
For Threnodies do I yet long
To match my sweet Threnody’s song


threnody \"thre-nò-d\ n, pl -dies : a song of lamentation

A.T.Jazz
https://www.audiforums.com/m_92005/tm.htm

 

These went to AudiBoy1618 when some of his friends lost it street racing...

I wanted to write something to show how much we all cared, and at first this is all that came out:
Why?

Why does it always happen to me and mine?
Seems like thing are going wrong all of the time.
I try to do the right things but life still goes wrong.
I'm tired of living out the words to a country song.

My prayers are never answered all I get is badness.
Why does my life always have to be filled with sadness?
Why won't thing go my way for a change?
Why does all my happiness have to end up strange?

I get the feeling that the universe is dead set against me.
With the world beating me down, I will never be free.
What did I ever do to deserve this treatment?
When will my good fortune ever be sent?

Now my friends have to suffer because they're too close.
My bad fortune is hurting the one's I care about most.
Laying here with my family and my friends gathered 'round
Wishing I wasn't the reason everyone was feeling down.

All I can do now is hope that I'll continue getting better.
I wish my Mom's would stop crying and getting well will let her.
Why do these things always happen to me?
What going on in my life that I just can't see? - A.T.Jazz

Sometimes all we can do is wish something didn't happen, but it did, and we have to keep living.

So, I took another shot at it and ended up with this:

Why?

Why?
Why did I let this happen?
Why did I let this happen to someone I care about?
Why did I let this happen to someone I care about when I could have prevented it?

Why?
Why didn't I stop it?
Why didn't I stop it when I knew better?
Why didn't I stop it when I knew better than to do this stupid thing that hurt so many?

Why?
Why can't I learn?
Why can't I learn not to hurt the one's I love?
Why can't I learn not to hurt the one's I love instead of doing like I always end up doing?

Why? - A.T.Jazz

Sometimes we blame ourselves for things that we had no control over. Please don't fall into this bottomless pit. Help the families to understand this, too. It wasn't their fault either.

Finally, You have to know; and help the families to know that life is about seeing the good while accepting that bad things sometimes happen to all of us...

Why?

I see bad things happening all around me, and I ask... Why?
A little girl dies of cancer, and I ask... Why?
A forgotten Grandmother wastes away at a homeless shelter, and I ask... Why
I see a mother hurt her child, and I ask... Why?
A man in a wheelchair falls over in the street with no one there to help, and I ask... Why
A little boy tortures a helpless kitten, and I ask... Why?
I hear of millions dying of starvation a half a world away, and I ask... Why?
On the news, there's always destruction, and I ask... Why?
And then...
I see a single flower struggle for life in a barren, vacant lot... Now I know.
Someone stops to share a smile with me... Now I know.
An old lady helps a blind child to safely cross a busy intersection… Now I know.
A butterfly meanders in the summer breeze... Now I know.
The shopkeeper gives a child an extra bubblegum, free of charge... Now I know.
An anonymous donation helps fund research for a cure... Now I know.
Two lovers in the theater spend the whole movie staring at each other... Now I know
I get to see the miracle of newborn life... Now I know
I can see that there is good and bad in this world and I no longer ask... Why? - A.T.Jazz

These were written in respect of the pain the families of your friends are feeling, as much as they were for the pain you feel. You're more than welcome to share them with the families if you feel it will help.
(A.T.Jazz is my PenName, in case you guyzz're wonderin')

https://www.audiforums.com/m_103037/tm.htm

 

This one went out to Lidonit, when his girl lost her baby...
To King James, and those who will always love him...

What could have been

James came and went today.
A sadly-joyous occasion in celebration of life, and in acknowledgment of the brief time we all share with those we love and care for.

James came and went and ALL I can think of is what could have been...

He could have been a Rock star.
A rare, *clean* one who would have changed the world with his talent and zest for life.

He could have been a Scientist.
Discovering the undiscovered, proving the un-provable, solving the unsolvable.

He could have been Baseball player.
Breaking records and winning fans the World over, ALL before his 25th birthday.

He could have been a Chef.
Culinary creations that melt in you mouth and delight the palette could have been his legacy.

He could have been a Mechanic.
Fixing the hardest of dilemmas effortlessly, all while charging decent prices for his time.

He could have been a Soldier.
One who, by his actions brings about everlasting peace throughout ALL lands, for ALL times to come.

He could have been a King.
Conquering an unknown land and ruling compassionately and benevolently.

He could have been anything he wanted.
I would have seen to it.
With every breath and step I took, I would have seen to it.

James came and went today.
With every tear I shed ALL I can think of is what could have been…
A.T.Jazz
https://www.audiforums.com/m_121581/.../tm.htm#122729

 

This one was, of course, given to Thndrlight to pass on to the family that lost their Husband/father/Son/Brother/Soldier, while serving his country.


I don't do this every time. Only when it feels right. This is one of those times...

Another one has fallen

The Roll of Fallen Heroes' has grown, today.
Another one is forever gone.
He wasn't Superman, with the ability to fly and a bullet-proof chest.
Not Batman with his belt full of useful gadgets.
Nor Spider-Man and his web.
This fallen Hero was simply a Man.
A Soldier.
Father.
Son.
Brother.
Husband.
His children will miss the Man they looked up to.
Miss his guidance and compassion.
Miss his discipline and trips to the exchange at Christmas.
Miss him at the dinner table, and school plays.
His parents will miss the times of reminiscing about his childhood follies.
Miss him insisting the HE be the one to get up there and fix the roof, rather than Dad.
Miss his humor, and his smile, when things seemed to be going most wrong; he smiled.
His siblings will miss the ONE they could count on most, to be level-headed.
His wife will miss her "killer-of-spiders."
Her "Honey-taste-this."
Her security-blanket when things go "bump" in the night.
She knew that, for all his bluster and boisterousness, he was a softie at heart.
And strong.
They will miss his strength the most.
Not his ability to lift the heaviest of loads; although surely THAT will be missed.
The strength of his character is what will be missed MOST of all.
The kind of Character that led him to join, and go, and FIGHT for those who couldn't.
DEFEND those who shied away form the responsibility.
To give HIS life instead of those who HATED him for what he was.
A SOLDIER.
A HERO!
Another Hero has fallen here on Earth, but, fear not, Heaven has GAINED a Soldier!

- A.T.Jazz
https://www.audiforums.com/m_231294/tm.htm

 

thank you,

damn i cant believe its been almost a year now. its like it was yesterday[:@]

 

You're welcome. I hope it helped, in some small way.

side note: Is that all of teh ones I've done on here, guys? I keep thinking I missed one, but I cudn't find any more.

 

i've never written a poem before (except maybe back in grade school), and i don't plan on making it a habit...but i have a lot of artist friends and a couple of them have told me that in rough times, writing a poem can really help...this is my poor attempt at writing out how i feel....


I am trapped.
trapped under the weight of a thousand voices.
trapped under the condecending tones of those who don't know.
trapped inside a car headed towards the end of the pier.
trapped behind a wall of insurmountable borders.

I am wrong
wrong because I don't feel what they say I should feel.
wrong because I can't bring myself to do the "right" thing.
wrong because the "right" thing means nothing to me.

Am i right?
right because I don't deny my true thoughts and feelings?
right because I do what I feel is best for me?

I am not right.
Am I not right?

 

That was pretty gud Brian. Your artist friends are definately rubbing you off...Oops, meant rubbing off on you. My english... Sorry, not my native planet, I sometimes get screwed... Schitt, meant to say I sometimes screw up

They're right about it being cathartic, too.