The Funny Thing
About Love
She saw
him walk through the door,
Her heart dropped right to the floor
His blue eyes, his short blonde hair
Big broad shoulders,
And a hundred watt smile
He was so gorgeous
It didn't seem fair
He saw her standing with her friends
Her deep brown hair curled at the ends
Big green eyes
A huge smile
An easy laugh that sang through the air for a while
Tall for a girl, Almost as tall as him,
And she was actually quite slim
He knew she was just a freshman;
But she was honestly kind of cute
&The funny thing about love, is that they saw eachother, but
neither of them knew; That the other saw too
She dutifully attended his football game
amazed at how he played
The spiral through the air was as perfect as his game
He watched her spike the volleyball,
She was beautiful and wild
He thought he might have looked at her, maybe even smiled
He walked past her classroom just to see her face
She walked past his locker, just to see his face
Missing eachother by a minute, walking at too quick of a pace
&The funny thing about love,
They never even spoke
Both too scared, to void of hope
Sitting at home, doing her homework
She chewed the end of her pen
&said to herself
If he wanted me he would talk to me first
He doesn't know I exist
He missed anothers pass and gave up another play
Wondering why this girl
wouldn't give him the time of day
She doesn't want anything to do with me
He whispered to himself
He shook his head
Dropped the ball
And left to sit on the bench
&The funny thing about love;
they both gave up that night
too scared to try
Resigned without a fight
&neither ever knew, that the other cared too
Lost the love that could have been;
Making both think that love,
Is just a game where no one wins
D R E A M
Watching the
sunset,
Feeling the wind
Wondering if she'll ever win
Graduating and packing her stuff
Into her old red pickup truck
Point the car south& just keep driving
Doens't look back on her town& She can't stop
smiling
She'll follow the setting sun
Run with the moon
Write a letter to her mom,
Say she'll visit them soon
Drive past mountains
Speed past trees
Feilds of cows
Flowers and bees
Finding her own world, her own place, her own life
Far away from her old mistakes,
Old boyfriends, friends, heartbreak
and lose ends
Not knowing whats ahead,
Not looking back at whats behind
And she feels just fine
The sky ahead of her is as big as her dreams,
The sunrise, promise of a new life,
sewing her heart back together
Mending the seams.
look
Open your
eyes
&look at yourself
Life filled with overwhelming wealth
Priviliged, pretty, fed and warm
Kept away from any harm
Yet you still sit there,
taking your life for granted,
because you can't have everything you ever wanted.
You wake up,
upset that you lived to the next day
But think for a second,
and anyway,
maybe you'll realize that you're okay
Last night,
A young mother cries
As her new born baby dies
Starvation and malaria
Took another life
A young child in the slums,
Filled with so much hope;
Even through the drunken beatings
Of her father .
A young girl sits at the airport sobbing;
Her soldier never came home
He was left in the bloody barren desert,
along with her heart;
so alone.
And here you are;
Filled with hate;
warm and never hungry
New clothing everyday
Parents that love you;
And a sheltered place to stay.
If I were you,
I'd wake up smiling
&pray
Thank you God for letting me wake up
A L I V E & W E L L
today
"I'm okay"
*PLEASE READ. THIS IS FOR A FRIEND*