Love Poem--Andrea Gibson

You are the music of two grasshoppers making love on a rosebush outside my schoolyard where four-year-olds ask me, "Andrea,what are the grasshoppers doing?" and I tell them they're dancing to the music of you are the gaps in my ribcage where the sunrise whines through to my heart and you are the part of the sunset that is so pink the grasshoppers think 'maybe we should just stop and watch' you are the moon when it blooms for the very first time and the child inspired unwound the little jar that set 10,000 grasshoppers free and you drive me fucking crazy I mean insanely you make me wanna take a fork to my eyeballs rip the hair from my arm pits and shove it down my throat 'cause I would rather choke than argue another minute with you but you are so...Pretty and smart you know so many words you're every poem I would write if ink could ever hold the light that glows from your toes when you're climbing up trees I swear you get sap running thick in your veins and I never love you more than when you're mourning the death of raindrops falling foresaken on pavement God I love how you hate pavement but you make me wanna smash my skull on pavement it's true when we argue you make me wanna rip off my nose, bone and all like my uncle Billy used to pretend to do he'd say "girl, I'm gonna rip off your nose" and he'd tug at my face and hold out half his thumb and half the time he'd fool me and I'd start crying but I'm older now and I'm not lying you make me wanna rip off my nose...except when you dont...Sometimes you make me wish I had an extra nose only to smell your hair because I love how your hair smells like hair I always hated the smell of shampoo besides, I love you, it's true. The way you pretend to chew gum when you're nervous the way you stick out your tongue when you look in the mirror cause you think your face is shaped better that way and I love the way you pray and I love the way you chew and use chopsticks like you're from Japan or China or where ever chopsticks are from. God, you're a woman of culture I wanna eat you like not a vulture... A swan. I wanna eat you like swans eat flowers baby if swans ever ate flowers I would eat you like that for hours...except when you're sour... And acting like a self-righteous grumpy old grump like you do sometimes cause those times you make me wanna run to the edge of the fucking world and hurl myself into a black fucking hole and never come back ever... And then there are the times I wanna be with you forever... And follow you forever where ever you go if only for that freckle in the middle of your belly that's just like mine or the time you corrected me for saying man instead of human kind I can't believe I did that you know how much I love your boobs.. Almost as much as I love how you hate that I call breasts boobs and say you're tired of dating a twelve-year-old boy but God your boobs bring me joy, though I could live forever between the lines of your teeth and eat nothing but memory and purge myself clean you are a dream we are a nightmare sometimes but if you wake up crying I'll be there to hold you fold you in the pockets of my faith and say "we'll be okay..."

Ms. Aracic's Life Lessons

Never take off your shirt while celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Whenever you go to a Denny's or IHOP in an unfamiliar location, always order pancakes. They can't mess up pancakes.

Never try popping an inner tube with a machete; it will sway back at you and slice your hand.

If you want to get out of something fake a headache; no one will argue with you if you have a headache

90% of headaches come from dehydration

People who marry for money eventually get what they deserve

3 keys to memorization:
Chunk it
Learn it over time
Repeat it

Generally in life you have about 6-8 years you can "waste" before knowing what you wanna do

If you don't want to do a menial task again, do it wrong the first time

Photographs and Memories - Jason Reeves

I just heard this song and it reminds me a lot of some of my friends who are going through hard times. Hold on and hang in there because things can only get better. It hurts in the begining; it's raw. But you'll make it through.


I keep your picture by my bed for when im feeling sad
and i dont know why i would be.
the way your smile looks so real
i feel like i could start to understand your grace.
and i dont understand why you're
not here with me.
and i dont even wanna know where else
you'd be.

cause i have photographs and memories of the times
when you weren't on my mind and i was alone.
and i have poetry and drawings of my life
when you weren't on my side and i didn't know
just what is love...

writing moments on the wall with different colors
keeps my mind away from missing you.
and i can't wait to fall asleep to slip into my dreams
where we can dance upon a star..
and i will be as patient as a boy in love could ever be.
cause i don't feel like i was real until you were
a part of me.


i need you back, i need you back
i need you here.
i need your smile, i need your eyes
i need you dear.
cause every line on your face makes a beautiful maze
for my eyes to trace...

Tame my Flames

Her arms are the hoses that put my flames out I shout for her safety, draw a route to my heart never doubt we'll never part I'd be crazy to leave her best believe that I need her, number one, she's a keeper I'm thanking Gods I don't believe in for everyday she keeps stealin' my heart she's reelin' my feelin's to the surface with her my heart is healin', never too much I'm wanting more my flames are 10ft off the floor she's my only cure I soar for miles to the shore I know I'll find her there for sure she brings me back to solid ground, always there when I come back down, don't leave my side; stick around, is this loev or just the begining? I knew it was love from the begining I'm finally winning in this game, the only one who can tame my flames and yes I'm still afraid of rings so we'll take it slow and see what it brings but the way she clings herself around my neck makes me wanna forget everything that I've wrecked she'll protect me and I'll hold her, she falls asleep on my shoulder I'll get cold, she's always colder, never misses a beat she finds a way to make us meet every night is on repeat, she's the elite no one can defeat her or delete her she's here to stay I complete her... I hope.

Confortable

Babygirl you got my attention, too many feelings you'd rather not mention. I think secretly you really do cry, but don't worry baby, so do I. We've both been burned a time or two, but everything feels so different with you. I'm settling down I'm done runnin this game, so tell me girl, will you do the same?

Won't Ever Stop

"Run away
Before I get in too deep".
I don't need anyone more
I've been fine like this before
Lock up my chest; throw away the key
I know what I'm doing, let me be
I can protect myself through the night
I'll show myself how to fight
The walls never close on me
I slip through the cracks and lose the ring
That's burning this hole through my pocket
My anxiety won't ever stop it
My wings may be broken, my halo is gone
But you won't see me after dawn
Love...
Won't break me down
I'll run and I'll hide till I finally drown
The last inch of rope is keeping me alive
This is the only way I know how to survive
My mind thrives on regret
I run faster with every threat
There's no Plan B
Never a Plan C
The name of the game
Is always the same
Till I'm boxed in and ashamed
I'm ready to explode
I put myself in Panic Mode
And I do whatever I can to get out of that spot
Hurting everyone in my way, careful not to get shot
I plan on staying free
That's all I'll ever be
They can't handle me
I'm always on offense, never play D
If there's one thing I know
It's that I won't ever slow
Down for just a chick
I won't stick; It'll be quick
Cause my heart's already felt
The bad cards I've been dealt
And if it has any say
It'll tell me to run away