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6th Grade English
POEMS
The Dummy
In that forgotten part of town
Where wasted hopes and dreams abound,
A wrinkled man with life near end,
In hopes to have at least one friend,
Fashioned bits of wood and things
And made a dummy run by strings.
He sat alone for hours on end,
Conversing with his only friend
And found delight within the fact
That he controlled it's every act.
He told it how he never had
A chance, since all his luck was bad
Although he'd tried so to succeed -
The dummy nodded and agreed.
And how his journeys in romance
Had never given him a chance,
And wasn't it a crying shame
That he was always held to blame
When everyone knew, oh so well,
That life is but a living Hell,
Controlled by lust and power and greed?
The dummy nodded and agreed.
With patience that would rival saints,
That dummy sat through all complaints
And, with each little expert tug,
He'd droop his head or bow or shrug
And give some comfort to the man
Who held his lifelines in his hand
And helped to fill a lonely need
When he just nodded and agreed.
Senility increased with time
As did the old man's pantomime,
And feverish fingers pulled with glee
The dummy's dance of misery.
They never left each other's side
Until the day both stopped and died.
We found them lying, hand in hand,
The dummy - and his wooden friend.
Truly Dreaming
Fingertips yearn for bloody flesh and scent of jasmine
while the lips crave for pearls that guided me to your catastrophe
through the lucid visualization and hourglasses lost in flames.
I tried to be sarcastic- token to my bloodstained intelligence,
bargained for pieces of conclusive senses that whisper...
detuned claviers lack boldness to follow my frosty heartbeats.
All those words that slipped from the tongue danced, danced
across the blank paper they danced with ravens and wolfs
...oh, such senseless, yet undying, witty sight...
Looking in the deceiving eyes of intricate, sweet deceptions
deciphered sighs of magical, frail chimeras...
...letters still performed their treacherous heroic spectacles...
And the pure heresy is murmured near the bed by the ghosts
of dead poets and street mimics... my life's filled with moonbeams.
... we're truly different, and I am truly dreaming.
If I Knew You And You Knew Me
If I knew you and you knew me,
If both of us could clearly see,
And with an inner sight divine,
The meaning of your heart and mine,
I'm sure that we would differ less,
And clasp our hands in friendliness;
Our thoughts would pleasantly agree,
If I knew you and you knew me.
Adam
We never doubt each other
and I am glad for that
the years that have passed
just look where we're at
Now I am going to tell you
even if you have heard before
just wait and listen
because there is so much more
You mean everything to me
without you I would die
I believe everything you say
I know you would never tell a lie
If you ever needed me
I would just say come on over
then I would open my door
and lend you my shoulder
Everything I do for you
I know you'd do for me
it just shocks me sometimes
the friends we turned out to be
I would never hurt you
and I will always be near
I would do anything for you
just so you won't shed a tear
I know sometimes life is hard
we'll be together through it all
if you feel you're on shaky ground
I'm here to catch your fall
When I say friends forever
I mean through thick and thin
and when you feel you've been let down
I'm here to lift your chin
Whenever you need to talk
just pick up the phone and call
it doesn't matter what time it is
I'll be there to hear it all
My ears are here to listen
when you feel the need to talk
I would even be happy
if you just wanted to walk
Whenever you're in trouble
you know I have your back
even if we're outnumbered
fear is what I'll lack
If you ever get stranded
I won't be very far
I won't even think twice
I'll just get in my car
I'm here to support you
I hope you understand
when you're taking a big step
I'll gladly hold your hand
If something goes wrong
I'm there to wipe the tears
no matter how long it takes
I can do it for years
Now I don't know about you
we will always talk about the weather
only because in my heart
I see us growing old together
So in case you didn't know
but I'm sure you know you heard
if not then read this poem again
because I meant every word
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