Poem of the soul
 

wrote it when i was depressed in my relationship

what should be changed?


Love Like you've never been hurt before


Sometime i see movies where people say "I love you"

and sometimes i see my friends say the same shit too!

but the question in my mind isn't "what is love?"

it is the question "how do you know you do?"

Well my solution is that if you think about it,

Love can mean a million different things, or it can mean just about shit.

sometimes people say "I love you " to get what they want

sometimes they can use it on WHOever they want

but personally i have never said " I Love You" before

Except to my family, that love is to the core

I've been hurt a few times so much I just wanna break

but i have not felt the deepness of loves ache

And if i did i sure as hell did not know it

and if that was love, than love is stupid and i cannot show it

I have always thought one thing, and it is hardcore

and that is to Love Like You've Never Been Hurt Before


Matthew English march 13/01



Love Like you've never been hurt before

I don't think anything should be changed. This is your heart talking, your feelings, your core...you can't edit those things, they simply are.
Thanks
~Angel~

I like it as it. Good work!

This one was for my friend who died in a drunk driving accident...

(btw, im sorry for them being all depressing and stuff, but i get inspired when im sad)

From One Person To Another



Sometimes People change so much and you don't know why

when you sit and you think about it, it makes you wanna cry

too many people cross the path you walk on

when they turn & change every time, it makes you not wanna try

as i sit here in my room, I am all alone

I think about the trust I've given to everyone I've known

when they take that for granted and treat me like shit

it makes me want to give it all up and say FUCK IT!

but when you come along and meet your one true friend

they sit, they listen, the one on which you can depend

and suddenly Nothing Else Matters! and you never wanna say goodbye

but there comes a time where everyone leaves,

and they say "keep in touch" but they never try

so you are left once again in the shadows

when you have your problems, there's no-on to tell, nobody knows

life is what you make of it, friends are necessary,

but to have a true friend is truly a luxury

so when you walk, hold your head high, treat friends as if you've never been abused

and when you DO meet your lifelong friend, you can forget all the chameleons and forget your were bruised.



Matthew English Feb./01
R.I.P. Philly

"and when you DO meet your life long friend, you can forget all the chameleons and forget you were bruised."

I know how you feel in this line. So true, so right. Both of your poems were awesome!!!!!

Thank you for sharing your being with us all.

I like your writing style, Thanks for sharing with us

thanks guys... your input means alot to me :D

wrote another one, forgot to put it in, tell me what ya think please....



thx




Ripped two ways from Saturday…





Tonight I realize, nothing makes sense no matter how hard you try to make it,

You just cant pretend like everything is okay, when really its all bullshit,

I had never thought that I would feel the way I have felt in my life

And to get it ripped out of my heart, like it was with a jagged edged knife

When the tables turn and nothing feels like it needs to have you there

My life crumbles to a pile of nothing and I fall into a distant stare

Ever notice how some people, if they don’t want the same thing as you

Your whole soul is ripped apart and nobody can help no matter what they do

And so, I am here on this earth once again, alone and disfigured

And have come to realize I can’t have what I want most, I am sure…

I am frustrated, dumbfounded and completely intoxicated with grief

Would you like to take the rest of my soul? You fucking thief!

As the tail has made it see, I am destined for this, it is my way of life

My 15 minutes is up, its all over, now gimme back my knife

My bricks that have made my life have done the inversion

Now it is time to begin my new excursion

But when I think of how much I have devoted I feel like a fool martyr

Makes me mad, like I wanna die, and go no further

So I will remember this for the rest of my existence

Love is just a foofaraw, take note of it, and take no offence…

By: Matthew English Dec. 9 2001

sorry, i will try to write some more uplifting ones, these were all negative during a negative time in my life... that IS when i am most inspired.