On needing a person, that someone SamiJ & Mystikrypton @ allpoetry .com

This was for a contest about needing someone and I thought it captures that very well.

Catch by Mystikrypton @ allpoetry .com


Foggy skies mirror dying eyes

Fingertips smudge the pale glass

One last hope weakly standing

Losing balance

Falling (catch me!)

Wishing on invisible stars

For a rescuer to restore this broken heart

Emotion gone for far too long

A lifeless nothing emerging from the wreckage

Facial expression concealed

Melted by the consuming flames

But longing for sympathy

For understanding

For just one embrace to rebirth a lost hope

Ecstasy hidden in what was forgiven

The hands that could heal

The voice that could soothe

The kiss that could stop time

So that only two were alive

Breathing the air of each other

And holding onto a moment that would fade

Aching, sore for a moment more

To recover this lifetime it's been

(Back in your armsTonight, that's where I belong)

Craving, needing a forgotten touch

As a speck of sunshine creeps outBehind the dull clouds

another one on need

Poker Mask by SamiJ
A pathetic poker-face painted apathetically on a blank, gray canvas

Smiling for the disposition that never had the chance to smile

This is the heart of my happiness

A façade based on what I thought you wanted.

But the truth isYou didn’t even know what you wanted.

For every bet I step closerYou fold and turn away

Making me play this hand

I don’t even understand

WishingIn actualityIt was your hand

I was holding

I never really liked poker

But for you

I will learn to play

Because it hurts too much

When you ask me

If I think he’s the right guy for you.

I bite my tongue

Until speech is severed from my mouth

He’s a good guyBut is he good enough for you?

Next deal.

I checkBecause

I’m not sure I can invest my emotions

On your confusion

No matter how much you can count on me

And no matter how much

I can count on you

Chances are I can’t bet on us for a while.

So I put on this poker-face

And see how you play.

As you look at your cards

I can see the reflected image

Of a lonely queen in your eyes.

Finally realizing the King who you thought loved you

Was nothing more than every other joker you’ve ever met.

But with himYou continue to bet.

Knowing I should fold

I continue to call.

You pick up the phone

Once again in tears

It pains me to hear your sadness

My heart rips into 13 pieces.

Though flushed,

I pretend I’m straight.

Putting on Yet again

Another faceTo fool you

To fool myself.

I never really was good at poker.

But for you, I continue to play.

Holding all 13 hearts,

I realizethat can only make you heartless.

You invite me along.

The boyfriend and best friend

Should be friends themselves, afterall.

But I always decline.

How can I continue to pretend

When I stand as the three of a kind

In the pocket of your full house.

I’ll just wait for your date to end

And you can give me the flop then

Tensions running high

And I watch as things

TurnSuddenly,I may have a chance yet.

Bets go outAnd I raise.

I figure if not now, than never.

I go all in.I put it all on the line.

This time I take off the poker face mask.

And let my emotions shine.

I know you can read my face like a book

However, I am confident in what I have.

I go all in.I see the fear on his face.

And the anxiety in yours.

I don’t mean to make your heart pound so fas

tBut you have to know how your heart beats in my chest.

I go all in.His forehead sprouts puddles of tears.

My mouth grins in arrogance.

I go all in.

And the last card is flipped.

In that split second

My heart sinks

It cracks and crumbles

Like an old unkempt barge

Sinking through a raging violent River.

Maybe next timePlacing all bets aside

We could just play a nice game of Go Fish.