Poetry Contest

@ ACAN
I love this poem too. . .
It's great and real.

thanks nilla, i appreciate. 

hey guys, happy new year. am back.

nnilla, franc and others plz welcome me back.

wats is goin on in the thread, am confuse at the moment

OH BROTHER---OH SISTER!
I had to write you.  I think that it’s better this way. 
It prevents interruptions in what I want to say.
Years have passed and we haven’t talked about things that are real and true.
It’s seems I focused so much on myself that I forgot about you.
I forgot about the way you laugh, but I remembered how you made me cry.
I forgot how you were always there when others passed me by.
I got so mad, that I told myself that I would be better off alone.
I thought you hated me, so I hated you and that’s why I left home.
It’s sad to me that someone else has my blood running through their veins,
Yet the direct thought that I relate them comes from memories of pain.
We are all older now. My how time does fly.
Of all we’ve gone through together, I can only ask why.
Why when you look at me do you see an enemy or a foe.
Do we hate each other? Never loved each other? Just don’t love each other no more.
We’ve made a habit of blaming each other and even putting our mother at fault.
But God said, come to the altar and ask forgiveness if against your brethren you have any aught.
We were children then, but we’re adults now. Why not leave the past behind.
Will this poem cause another argument? Will this be how we die?
With unforgiveness in our hearts and pure hatred in our minds?
Our family is very slowly but very surely starting to pass away.
We can’t even get together to celebrate a holiday.
We all had a hard childhood.  We had things that we went through.
You did things to me.  I know that I did things too.
But I want you to forgive me because I have forgiven you.
This is not a judgment but just tell the truth to yourself.
Where you are in life was chosen by you and no one else.
We all went our way, look where life brought us from.
TO VOLUNTARILY GO BACK, IS MORE THAN IGNORANT.  IT'S DUMB

My recess was wonderful.
Welcome back everyone, guess it was fun during the yuletide.
@somegirl
U used my poem for what?
Now u get me really , what's the word now?
I speak Igala and

Love fills the room is easy to see~ We're gathered
together where we need to be.
Sharing our joys and heartaches too and finding out
all that is new.
We are so connected,  and I
believe that always makes it so hard to leave.
The power of love is never so strong as when we're with family, where we belong

@Nilla
The title of that poem was "Hope"

Sorry, Franc. Is anything wrong?

Hi Franc, for me it is a poem sha. Since I often don't understand poems or just tiny aspects of them, yours very much qualifies as one to me! But joke aside, I get that you are feeling blue right now. Let me tell you that life has more colours than just one and that you'll reach the bright/warm side of the palette again. Until then, we're here for you. If you wish we can cry or we can footle with you. Nilla, Macalurs, isn't that true? Franc's not allone. Dear Franc, take care! *hug*

chiluvGod8  what do u thing abt tis poem.  can u relate with it?

HAVE YOU SEEN HER

as i walk down the street
i heard a whispering sound
it was so feeble that i could barely understand
but i knew by instinct that it whispers to me
that she's somewhere close by
i horridly looked back
hoping i will picture her at a glance
but didn't cause it was just a mere imagination

i see her face and i can't let go
she's always in my mind and in my dreams
but where could she really be
i want her so close holding me tight
that i can feel the warmth of her bosom
her kisses so romantic that it will
remain in my memory for years
and her smile so calm as the sea when it's dawn
as am ennuield in my taughts
i woke up suddenly
and realized i was caught up in an eclipse

would i see her that i have dream th this much about
because it hurts so much
anytime i think about her
if only i can catch a glimpse of her
and feel the warmth of her body
such sweet kisses
and make love to her
my wounded heart will not be heal
have been having nightmares
and am afraid i might drawn in this misery
if i don't find her soon
i don't care how worth it may cost me
i need you so you can take me away
from this misery and put back life in me

Thanks men.

Multitask, good job

@somegirl,
Thanks, u just taught me some very nice lessons.

The heart aches like a headache

Weighed upon by the uncertainties of life

See? this poor person hopes to become rich

But what does a person who has been wealthy all their life hope for?

Well, I guess power,

More and more of it,

And greed has no end.

Once, I wanted nothing

In the name of organized worship

And now, I want it all

In the name of health, of mind, of body

And every other component that completes me.

i thought this poem was very good