write a forever

how quick
do you want me
to say how much

i love you?

how long
do i have to
let it all out

and convince you?

in mere moments
i can describe to you
how smooth your voice
is

when you sneak in
a "hello" at work

in small seconds
i can relay to you
how pleasing the lights
play on your eyes

when you smile at me
from across the room

in about an hour
i can tell you
how much i rely
on what you say
when you don't say it

and what you feel
when you don't mean it

and what you are
when you don't even know
what you're thinking

this i believe
to be true

i could write a forever
with you

audio version here:  https://soundcloud.com/jamison99/write-a-forever

inspired by this prompt:  http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-29

important message

there was always
an important message
hidden in her eyes

but he never knew
how to extract it

so he just let it go

there was always
an unspoken feeling
playing on her face

but he never knew
how to attract it

so he just let it pass

then one day
there were no thoughts
that danced in her eyes

and that day
there were no feelings
that showed upon her face

so he just walked away

that's all that's left to say.

(end)

inspired by this prompt:  http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-28

took off

she took off
her ring
to-day

she let it fall
to the floor
and bounce away

the weight
she felt
flew off her shoulders

and she grew bolder
again

walking away
with the changing wind

(send)

inspired by this prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-27

surrender

love sometimes
means

doing what you don't
want to do

being who you don't
want to be

and living the way
you never thought
you could

just for a little peace

(do)

inspired by this prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-26

the gym

i lost control
of the situation

life didn't give
like i hoped it would

and the wind 
blew on

i needed control
of myself

life took away
all hope inside

so i went to the gym

at the gym
i run out

all the hell inside me

at the gym
i stretch out

all the tension around

at the gym
i'm in control

all the time i'm there

a safe haven
of steel
and torture

keeping the troubles
at bay

(away)

inspired by this prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-25

lost me

used to think
i had to entertain
to go insane
to keep someone
near

used to think
that what i did
mattered more than
who i was

used to think
that the shadow
of you
walking past
my soul

was all that i needed

i lost
my mind
for you

when did
sensibility
come back?

i lost
my nerve
for you

when did
vulnerability
go away?

i was so little
so little
so little

how did i grow up
so fast?

(past)

inspired by this prompt: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-24

the slipper

did you never
look up
into cinderella's eyes

before the prize ran away?

did you have to
rely on
the slipper you found

after she ran round the corner?

did you never
think to
remember the face

before she had the grace to fall?

did you have to
trace all
the steps she ran

before you planned your future?

(seek)

poem inspired by: http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2016-april-pad-challenge-day-23