I thought that I had to post my friend's poems. They are great. 'Suicide' is probably my favourite. He was 14 when he wrote these. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warriors Great warriors amongst us, they stand strong and tall They destroy the evil, inside us all But what will happen, if the warriors should fall Will we fall in to torment, and let evil bestow We fight it inside, the hate that drives us If it weren't for hope, Death would thrive us We live for those we love; to lose them will destroy us Keep strong your faith, and keep on walking Down the path that crumbles before us Light shines upon us all, even those who still fall Darkness is but a knife in us all, it goes deeper until it destroys The good in a person, it destroys it all Hope Hope was given, to those who can Hold on to it, with both their hands It keeps them happy, gives them a dream Keeps those with nothing on the ground Hope is but a soothing sound It is just an exit, an escape from reality Which we all have to face, whether it be An inevitable fact, attached to me Hope though to he, it means nothing to me Take my hand and you will see The periless journey that awaits thee One can not just sit and hope They must walk out and take a stand Take matters into their hands Hope given to he, is destroying me Suicide Death is swift and quick One day you're alive the next your dead You don't feel it, like a bullet to the head You wish for life, but you met a knife It cut you with ease, blood all over your sleeves You couldn't breath, and you couldn't believe That it would end like this, your life now amidst You look for an escape, to escape, The inevitable fact, you’re dead and that’s that You will be remembered, through young and old Your story, stays untold, you stabbed yourself that night, Once, Twice, Third And now you lie in darkness, never to be heard Voices Pick up the knife and put it to your head It doesn't matter, you’re already dead The voices in you head, do they call Do they tell you when to stand and fall? They hurt you and tease you But all you can do is scream and shout But no ones listening when you’re about, To leap a leap of faith, off the bridge to your watery fate You cry and cry, but why? Just destroy them all and end their life Why should you suffer, when they should pay Grab your gun and don't dismay Let’s go play, and make the pay Shoot them all, Shoot them all dead, Because you'll be laughing tonight in bed. Lost Lost by war Our friends no more Taken by death Without a last breath Shells once dropped, that booming sound And now they lay upon the ground In lands a distant, thou unsure Who will rescue you when u will surely fall? Death quick and grim, left lying with this hymn We fought, we died and now we rest To leave this world, our home. Our nest Watching from above, I will watch you Look at me from the ground; leave me but only a sound You’ll find us here upon the clouds; heavens welcome you we call out loud Life Life is a beautiful thing You laugh you cry and in the end you die But you always know, people are there for you Whether they be friends or foe, They won't let you go Life has its ups and downs, its smiles its frowns But it's like a train, which takes you to your destination Your home, your incarnation. Life is unpredictable; you never know what’s next When you’re spinning round in circles, with water up to your neck. But in the end, Life is like a curvy bend, whatever is damaged, always mends Once you get past the turns, the straight road adjourns And you will see, Life isn’t that bad, even when you’re sad. Though it has been rough, I know you’re tough You'll get through it fine, you'll see, It’s just another vine And you happen to intertwine Stunned Stunned by his own fear, he lies on the ground with a single tear Why did this happen? Why is he here? Stunned on the ground, not able to make a sound He cries inside, with broken lies He saw what was, and what is The pain of the planet, suffering within The tears of people, dying like him Why did he have to see? Why the planet cries here The world is corrupt, with death in its ear People so cruel, they destroy him to To let people live, in torment, those fools Look what humans have done, we are there tools We have betrayed what we live for Peace and Justice, all lies in the world’s lust. Give me strength to live through this pain For what I have seen I can't restrain. The anger that fuels me, unleashed inside But I mustn’t To be like them, to hurt other people will make me cry. To see them in pain, I would surely die. Stunned by fear, a single tear. Fade Away When those you love disappear You can't help but shed a tear They fade away, like a train down a railway. You chase them, but still they seem. To fade away, just like steam. No matter how much you try, they still just pass you by, They are gone, there’s nothing you can do, To bring them back, to be with you. Just look forward, at what’s in front of you. The past is gone, no time to mourn. Look to what the future holds, for this world and for you all. Let things go, they just hold you back. Your feelings, your memories you see. Let them rest and let them be. If you don't let them fade you'll never sleep. Let them fade and let them be. To be Forgotten (Excido) To be forgotten, a terrible fate To see the ones you love, dissipate They look at you with dead eyes Those you once knew, now despise You pull them back, with a grope Wanting them to remember you, only a fool’s hope They have forgotten you, and all is that you, Once existed in this world untrue To be forgotten, a terrible fate To destroy the memory that is left to date To erase you from existence To play god, and keep your distance You are but a memory, forgotten is what you'll always be. Our Fear Our fear makes us all different Some less persistent To fear death is but normal And when you dying its uncontrollable. The fear of love is a terrible thing To not have loved to hear bells ring And then when someone loves you, you snap and then, You jump off a bridge and that is the end Fear consumes us all, We listen to our fear and then we fall Into darkness without a light, To show us the way, out of fright. Fear clouds our thought, To make us weary when distraught. Fear is what kills us, Fear is what drives us, Fear is what causes us, To lose control, And makes us fall, Fear consumes us all. Heroes yet to be Silence lingered in the air All they could do was stare Just a gunshot, a sigh of relief But only sadness only grief Heroes yet to be, yet they are nothing to me To full of pride, To cocky to thee They saved a few men, from the enemy den But when they are in need, who will indeed Save them from doom, their eternal tomb Now they lie unknown to all Never to rest, but only to fall Into darkness the tumble Their own empire beginning to crumble Heroes yet to be, yet they are nothing to me Lost Love My heart swims in tears Tears of words long lost Come back to me And hold onto my heart I look into the moon-filled lake Trying to hold back. The tears in my eyes. The memories of you In the night skies I tremble and cry Under the moonlit sky I dream of being With you once more My love ran Like a river of stars And the love you gave Will live on forever In the light of my heart I couldn't help but cry And look into your eyes They caught me in a golden net But like a firing surprise You set me free And walked on by I loved you with all my soul And you held onto me till times now old I love you though I never told You will always be remembered Through those you hold. The Nicest Person Along those lines in which i keep My morals I have, and the values I meet To clean up a mess, when it isn't your fault To live a life in a peaceful time, To pick someone up, when they lay on the ground The ability to use it, we fail to see The nicest person that is me To treat everyone with love and respect And help them, when they need help Lend a hand, when you can Don't be afraid to do a good deed For you shall be rewarded with a key A key to the people that you love most Access to their heart, for ever more Why are people criticized? For their kindness and serenity? For they are the ones who help the sick and feed the poor The ones who pick you, off the floor The ones that hug you when you’re sad And the ones that calm you when you’re mad, If it weren't for them where would we be? Lying in a gutter, trying to see, What we did wrong, in our lives The pointless greed and unnecessary desire We ruined ourselves, and now we wonder What would have become of us if we were all? Like those nice people, who we all see and take for granted, Life is a maze full of curves and bends We are all people, who make mistakes Hopefully soon, we will all realize What we are doing with our lives Turn them around and finally see The nicest person is within us all, But we need to release it. The Itch There's always that itch, that doesn't go away No matter how much you scratch, the pain stays Leaving permanent scars, an endless reign The itch that eventually dries you insane To leave unattended to, and ignore it completely Will stop the pain and leave you be but to scratch, is purely satisfactory You tear away at the breaking bubble But one to many, will cause you trouble The itch it burns, yearning to be released But those who leave it are strong indeed To ignore the pain, burning inside them To scream on the inside and not defy them The itch it stands tall, in almost all But the burning itch will eventually fall. Disbelief People in doubt Unsure of their reason Pushing aside The ones that leave them To write and speak A great gift it be But when no one believes you It easy to see The jealousy inside them Manipulating their mind The enigmatic question Plaguing man kind In the end it doesn't matter What they think Just be true to yourself And there will never be A bleak moment in your poetic history Ash - Written in a time period of a few mintutes over MSN Messenger Ashleigh Power A friend he be A friend with doubt About me My poems are real He fails to see I write them because I can He flames me and throws a hand A punch of doubt A punch of grief Placing his sword back in his sheath Is it that hard to see? That maybe he is the shallow one Who doesn't believe me Trapped Trapped and caught Scared and Frightened The silence eats at you, in you solitary confinement The darkness grows, and leaves you heartless Drives people insane, and leaves no survivors You can hardly breath, tied up by chain The accumulated paranoia, that’s its game To make you crack, and make you cry To make you scream in the darkness of the night sky Only second best The pain of being, In another persons shadow Always one step behind them It never heals, burning inside The pain it steals, and leaves its victim Severed and deprived Searching for what pride they have left And trying to rise up Above the rest Above the ones who called them small Insignificant to us all To make them sorry You don't know what its like to be second best To fall behind the crowd and become less Not even known by the ones who love you most Because you’re only second best You’re lower than the rest You are ignored and flamed For your talent is shamed Crying and hurt In the corner you lie Faces stare at you, sickened by your fate But you can't just cry Or fall down and die Take the torch of fame and fortune Give it your all And try your best Who knows you might just One day be better than the rest Melodies The melody passes by your ear The soothing sound That takes away all you fear It holds and comforts you It sends warmth to your heart And keeps hope running through A beautiful melody A song of peace and harmony A lullaby for a raging beast It floats passed the winds of old Singing forever in a world so cold It sooths the planet and stops it moaning Puts to sleep the uncontrollable loathing Ringing in your ears like church bells It makes you cry and makes you laugh More beautiful than anything else It is the melody we sing And never even know it It’s the air we breathe The rushing river The glowing sunset Among the dark It’s the love you felt The pain you dealt The graceful eagle flying about It is everywhere and you don't know it The melody is life itself The ever flowing cycle Of space and time Never knowing when it will stop Trying to find Its final resting place among the sky The Moon Silent is that The moon in the night Shining with fire Eternally birhgt Filled with tales of heroes old Craters deep With ground so cold Forever it stays up so high Until it falls Down from the sky Frozen Regret There he sits Cloaked and Alone Covering up Because hes cold To hide his past His shameful song Alone his sits In the corner The silence brutaly cold Cursed by men Young and Old Enigmatic feelings Now show bold He is lost In this life and the next Running from the pain Which snapped his neck And now the man is old Forever to live Eternally cold The Raven Flies The Raven flies Through the lands Watching over the dark Through valleys and mountains Leaving its Mark Spreading out its wings and Releasing a shriek Sent as a warning To those long deceased It keeps and ear out For the eerie silence Wating for it to happen Perched on his branch Awaiting the moment When evil is released To once again Reign chaos Over the land Blind It must come to be Never again will you see Stumbling around Falling down Onto the ground Trying to get up And being pushed down It is you who has denied And you who never cried Now when are blind You can't seem to find The purpose of it all Why is it true? The darkness spreading In your mind Light you once saw dissappearing forever You are now blind And you will never See again A Dream of Hope Dreams are what we hold onto What we grasp tightly They give us hope for the future A wayward fantasie Which gives us power To follow the path But when we lose faith in our dreams They crumble before us That is why, you can't let go Do not let the fire burn too low Trust your heart And believe in yourself The dream is but a rope Do not give up Do not lose hope Keep trying And climb up high Release your dreams Out into the sky It's your ambition And no one else Can take that from you Your burning torch Your love and hate Have faith in your dream And the courage to fufill it Step up amongst the doubtful Show them hope And give them a dream To be strong and join the team The passion it gives us Makes us truly gleam The Last Rose As a rose in the winter stands Fighting against the viscious winds Its crimson petals glowing Amongst the field of endless snow The Rose is all thats left Of the thousands rubies that once were Standing by itself, taking its final pose Making a stand, trying to hold on To the harmony it had The peace it lost When the spring came and summer went It was abandoned One by one the others left Leaving the rose and going to rest As tragic as it may be This soul has had its fun and glee The worst of the blizzard It has yet to see Not long will it stand Out in the bitter storm Its heart still burning But its body cold It is the dim fire, The burnt out light It is the Last Rose And this is its last fight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He has more poems now but I haven't recieved them from him yet. 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