This is my collection of poems. Some are written by myself. Others are written by friends and famous poets or artists.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

©Robert Frost

Pain of Being Pure

I'm torn apart and bleeding The pain is more than I thought I enjoy the feeling And crave the essence Will we ever again? That is the question I ask I know we won't And it makes me sad That one night... Is all we'll ever have Does it mean anything to you? Or am I the only one who cares? I need you to hold me And make me feel whole You are the first... And to me the only one Never again will I feel that pain You make me enjoy my life Can you fill me... With all your manly charms? The essence of you is fading And I want you to make it clear But that is one thing I will have to use my imagination for.

©Holly Young

The Asshole

As I sit here and think, my mind gets clearer. You were the asshole, but I didn't seem to notice. I only saw the kind, and now I wish I didn't. My common sense was lost "What for?", is what I ask. I don't regret anything, only wish I could take it back. But that can never happen. So I learn to accept it. Life is so complicated, and full of hurt too. How can a person live, When they don't know what to do. My heart is broken, and the pieces are lost. Will they ever be found? I don't know. That is what hurts the most, not knowing if anyone will care. I know you didn't, or things would've turned out different. Trying my best to move on, but how can I do that. You took my love, and all the faith I had. You were the asshole, but I didn't seem to notice.

©Holly Young

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Each night my prayers are asked Each night my prayers are sent But why doesn't God answer? Why doesn't God give in? All I ask for is simple All I ask for is my will But God never answers He never gives in. Am I too needy? Do I ask for too much? Cause if this is the reason I will gladly give in. I only ask for one thing And that is to be loved Is this too difficult? Is it asking too much? I know that far away I have all the answers I know that deep down I have this treasured love. But why does it feel Like nobody is listening? Why does it hurt To have this secret fear? Each night my prayers are asked Each night my prayers are sent I know God is listening I know that God is around.

©Holly Young

A Night of Happiness is All I Need

Tonight, don't you ever end, keep me in your dreams. Let me remember all there was, although it's not as it seems. The sweet smelling cologne he left, the feelings I kept inside. Let me imagine what could of happened, and then he'll be by my side. He left me feeling happy, all the joy he brought to me. I think in love I'm falling, please can you let it be. I need someone to love me, if only just for one night. I want to feel the magic, you brought me to the light. He gazed into my eyes, and into his I did. The love was overwhelming, that my eyes turned and hid. The next day a rose appeared, magically at my door. He must have come and gone, thinking he wanted more. If only he had knocked, I would have let him in. And together we could have shared, the joys we keep within.

©Holly Young

Lost Soul

He walks through the night With head bowed and mind clear The mortals don't know What they're dealing with here He's been here for a while But he's never been found Will the mortals ever realize Why he's hanging around? He comes to your window And peeps in your dreams And covers your mouth Before you can scream His sensual kiss Will bring you sweet sleep And then no more In your dreams he will peep At last they have found him Deep alseep in his bed They'll burn him alive And chop off his head The mortals are safe From now til the end No more hellish creatures The devil will send

~Unknown~

The Apparition

My pillow won't tell me Where he has gone, The soft-footed one Who passed by, alone. Who took my heart, whole, With a tilt of his eye, And with it, my soul, And it like to die. I twist, and I turn, My breath but a sigh. Dare I grieve? Dare I mourn? He walks by. He walks by.

©Theodore Roethke

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Let it go til the end Death takes hold of a dim light It will always try to fight Inner soul is held It is gutted and shelled It lives still inside a box With a key and two locks The key is here, But no hand to hold it The dove did not die with it

~Unknown~

The Forest

Walking aside I feel the power Strength of a rose, a delicate flower Tension and fear, as I climb the ladder Reaching for truth, in all this clatter Heart will cheer as mind gives in Or is mind the one who really wins? So close to home, floats the bird Yet mind grows weak now out of cover It is nothing without it's lover The bird circles and then it lands Staying away from arm and hands It looks at heart and then at mind It flutters and wonders

~Unknown~

Curtains

She lies in her bed of black satin and silk as she waits for death to approach she watches the roses on the shelf that begin to wilt. She feels the tear on her face the blood beneath her cloak. She smells the grey black death she sees the choking smoke. She sees a stallion with steely grey eyse that stands high on the ground. She stares at death high on its back staring so far down and in his hand he holds some sand. The sand thats growing thin. She knows its time she must go. Death always wins. The clock is smashed as she dies the glass shards spread about all is quiet except next door where young boys begin to shout.

©Karn Mohr

Nothing

I can feel the flames upon my grave the flames that shall take me away far far away to a strange place some where unknown some where unfamiliar its death oh sweet death taking me to my destiny carrying me guiding me with no where to turn no where to run its the result of my pathetic life what I deserve what I have earned with out any strength to help me out down I fall down the darkness of an un-ending black hole where I shall stay for all eternity to decay and parish to nothing where I will not be thought about where no one knows me where I shall be alone with only my thoughts to keep me sane but will not work will not help nothing ever helps no life boat no parachute no life preserver no life jacket nothing to save me no bright light to guide me in the right direction to save me from the devil save me from the destination I fear and despise wish not to proceed wish not to succeed wish to disappear since nothing will become of what is yet to come for me nothing to pray for since there is no god no great white leader to help me when I believed all along but was let down when it was my turn to go to leave this place to supposedly go some place better some place remarkable and mystical where every thing you want will happen but not for me not me the one who believed the most and wished the most the one who mattered the one who most deserved it but no I shall win nothing I shall get nothing nothing I deserve nothing I have worked for life is not fair it never has been and never will be it cannot be changed cannot be saved it will remain this way for ever until everyone on this horrible place has parished and gone to some place worse then you expect where you cannot be yourself where you are some one you don't know and don't like you can't stop what is yet to become you can't help it your day will come too...soon!

©Jennifer Young

My Feelings

My feelings are hurt every single day By someone who is special to me in every single way No matter how I try I cannot please her I owe her my life and she is my sister We usually get along but somedays are harder I guess we have to try to keep us together I pledge her my life and all that I miss her and I guess I have to try to keep her my sister

©Holly Young

Until

Beyond the graveyard of the dead Beneath the hopes of man, Against the banks of Hell itself The river Judas ran A sedgy shore was all but gone It's price had flowed away And with it flowed the sin of man Like night away from day Til life no longer fed upon The branching arms of plants, That crept and clung and grew upon The shallow's vast expanse Until all signs of every form Of life had passed away Until all signs of God Himself Had thus been led astray.

~Unknown~

Richard Cory

Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favoured, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich - yes, richer than a king - And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head.

©Edwin Arlington Robinson

Everything

I, being of sound mind and body leave to you my soul which is plenty it's full of death and things unwanted which is how everything started like falling rain of the deepest blue which formed the lies and made them true To remember all that came before it But isn't this how everything started and now I speak of things unsaid which come to me inside my head like a raging hate or the deepest fright The sound of silence on the darkest night These things are all that I remember and now I give my soul forever

~Unknown~

There are Some Men

There are some men who should have mountains to bear their names to time Grave-makers are not high enough or green, and sons go far away to lose the fist their father's hand will always seem I have a friend: he lived and died in might silence and with dignity, left no book, son, or lover to mourn Nor is this a mourning-song but only a naming of this mountain on which I walk, fragrant, dark, and softly white under the pale of mist. I name this mountain after him

©Leonard Cohen

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Love can be like a rose, It can bloom, open and become full, bursting with beauty to experience and to admire. But like a rose, it can also fold, die, become bad, brown with hurt.

~Unknown~

Please

Please hold me tightly with in your arms, And fill me full of all your charms. Please kiss me softly on the cheek, And whisper words of love I seek. Please care for me as I care for you, And feel the love that's honest and true. Please keep me safe from all the pain, And smile away all the rain. Please just love me forever and more, And together we shall open the future's door.

~Unknown~

Beauty

The Beauty of humanity lives with one's self, Only in some does it lie upon the surface, If you are truly beautiful, Passion flows freely through your soul, Love is an open doorway, waiting to be entered Security is felt from within and confidence is yours for the taking, Your smile brings joy to the lives of many, and your helping hand brings faith to those less fortunate, The one's close to you are drawn to your inner strength and even those who aren't can sense your inner freedom, You laugh in harmony with all that is harmonious, So, with love and kindness as your guide, May your beauty keep growing and in turn remind us all of how beautiful we really are.

~Unknown~

Never Give Up

No matter where you are, Look above and find a star. Never give up, never give in, You can conquer, you can win. Don't keep your feelings locked inside, For you my friend, Have nothing to hide. So when you feel your world has come to and end, Remember me, I'm your friend. I'll be here day and night, For you, my friend, will be alright. Just remember, never give up, never give in, You can conquer, you can win.

~Unknown~

Why God Made Little Girls

God made the world with its towering trees, Magestic mountains and restless seas, Then paused and said, "it needs one more thing-- Someone to laugh and dance and sing, To walk in the woods and gather flowers, To commune with nature in quiet hours." So God created little girls With laughing eyes and bouncing curls, With joyful hearts And infectious smiles, Enchanting ways and feminine wiles. And when he'd completed The task he'd begun, He was pleased and proud Of the job he'd done, For the dearest joys Of heaven above can all be found In a little girl's love.

©Betsey Clark

Beauty of a Woman

The Beauty of a woman Is not in the clothes she wears, The figure that she carries, Or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, But true beauty in a woman Is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, The passion that she shows, And the beauty of a woman With passing years -only grows!

~Unknown~

Footprints

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child. I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

©KRISTONE