I once fell in love / He picked me up, pointed and / laughed like he pushed me

You could be my King / If only you wore your Crown / Instead of your frown

apparently strength / forces me to be lonely / but we ALL need love

Why is happiness / So consistently painful? / Always LOVE All Ways.

You say I have changed / When the reality is / You just read me wrong

I only liked you / because you liked me, but now / I like me. Goodbye.

crying silently / is much less therapeutic / scream your next prayer

if ur free tonight / id like to fall in love / first sight is too soon

You are using me / filling the void she left and / pretending it's love

I'm independent / because no one in my life / was dependable

feel free to love me / i promise to still love you / even when you leave

i fell in love first / but don't think for a second / i wont leave first too

If you are trying / to break my heart then tonight / is ur lucky night

If you are willing / I would like to fall in love. / Possibly tonight.

If I fall in love / with me tonight, I don't have / to wash sheets after

What you do today / Will either haunt or save you / When tomorrow comes

we are meant to fall / down so that we can get up / but mostly in love

Love is a life force / You cannot live without love / Even love of fear

if I had to choose / I would take cash over love / making money's hard

you never loved me / at least no where near this much / when my eyes were dry

You could have warned me / But I guess it is more fun / To play heartbreaker

You can never fail / If you have the state of mind / That God knows what's best

You say you want me / But are not willing to give / Yourself to keep me

you clearly want me / and for all the right reasons / but all the wrong ways

Dip your tears in blood / It will make them taste sweeter / while staining better

My life is really / one long poem in stanzas / that we call stages

Everyone will hurt / Only the strong few will grow / But most will regret

Being understood / Is a talent not a right / Spend a day silent

Today is brand new / With a bright red complexion / Old baggage will clash

I can understand / without agreeing with you / Perception is truth

Some day very soon / Love will conquer the world's fear / On that day, I'll rest.

Some days I'll be here / But that's only physical / Who wants to find me?

black and white beauty / writing will always be free / if people are not

She wore her knee-pads / But did not wear her helmet / Her dome was exposed.

When you live, do it / For the love of life itself / Not the fear of death

You can sing sad songs / But can you smile at beauty / When it comes from pain?

If you don't look back, / you may still win the race but / you will lose yourself.

Do not count moments / Count money and syllables / Every moment counts.

If you look at life / And you don't like what you see / Check your own eye first

I'd rather be here / Assuming here is with me / Than be there with you.

Empty promises / Seem to be in style this year / I am a rebel

I would rather / Write in second person than / Speak to that person

what people can't say / music steps in to translate / language is culture

a silent cab ride / leaves room for too many tears / that is why I tweet

what you mean to me / is worth more than my tattoo / but less than my food.

there's no way to hide / tear drops frozen to my face / so I blame the cold.

Hold me in the light / So that no one can see me / But everyone feels.

Misunderstanding / Is the leading cause of pain / Try to listen first

I miss my haikus / Guess it's time to start again / Like riding a bike.

good enough to pass / never good enough to praise / story of my life

Not no forever / But not yes right now either / I say we cuddle

It is not the rain / That is making me this sad / Its that I'm alone

Just because it fits, / does not mean the key will turn. / Do not ignore facts

I speak 1 language / But still many dialects / such as of the heart.

If it weren't for pride / I would have started crying. / Don't be fooled by smiles.

I deserve so much / more than you and you / just don't deserve me at all.

I don't need you to / take care of me. I need you / to care about me.

where there was once love / there will at one point be trust / even if unearned.

Unconditional / Is sometimes called a cliche. / Welcome to the truth.

Sometimes what I mean / Isn't heard with what I say / That is why I write.

What you are willing / to kill for, you should first be / ready to die for.

I liked you better / back when we first met / and you liked me too.

hold me like today / is my wedding day and you / are letting me go.

But its the tears that / make the Kodak moments worth / reliving at all.

One day you will wish / that today, when I'm still here, / you had loved me, right?

Someone once told me / the world is gonna love me / but they did not travel.

Find the person who / loses nothing by giving / everything to you.

It is no one's job / But your own to love you right. / Lead by example.

I admit I've changed. / I'm sorry. I remembered / I am all I've got.

"You might win some" but / If you have to cheat to win / you already lost.

I write with my heart. / But I edit with my mind. / Somehow I still rhyme.

I will always be / the sis, best friend or side chick. / Basically, "That Girl"

I count syllables / based on how I say the words. / Fuck orthography.

I have everything! / Well everything that I want. / Nothing that I need.

I'm no butterfly / I don't curl up til things change / I shed yesterday.

When he said later / it was clear he really meant / after we had sex.

to him, "forever" / comes between the 3 and 5 / and with the big hand.

being a poet / doesn't mean we have answers. / we're open to them.

I always end up / the play sister or best friend / never the girlfriend.

You missed the memo / that in the recession, love / is finally free.

I spoke your language / you didn't speak my dialect / lost in translation.

I'm not judging you. / I'm just telling you the truth. / you do not know me.

sometimes you'll be wrong / many times before you're right. / learn from every time.

There's nothing to lose / and yet everything to gain. / Why are you waiting?

You make me feel dumb. / And not with your intellect, / but for trusting you.

"No more lying friends" / Because I am my best friend / Til death do we part.

"Why are we at war" / As if fear ever beat love / Olé! Let's make up.

Always on the grind / You claim to be hungry so / Eat the fucking rind.

Productivity / Is my coping therapy / Trust me, it heals me.

When I say "love you" / It's not because I'm lazy / Its just good advice

What I want from you / Is just for you to trust you / That way I can too.

My validation / won't come from recognition / but from connection.

The sound of your voice / Brings tears to my eyes but still, / I refuse to cry

"We were born for this" / so we don't fear death from it. / we embrace our truth.

All evil is fear. / Contrary, all good is love. / Trust. You have a choice.

close your eyes, for now / until all of my tears dry / trust is for the scared.

yes, the walk is long / not longer than the money / the pay is in full

go ahead. kiss him. / what you want needs no sorry / bliss has no regrets.

do not threaten me / I will often call your bluff / and then we both lose

where there is music / there is direction to home / wherever that is

why do I create? / so my fear's transformation / is to hope, not hate.

stop repeating it. / I don't doubt that you love me. / I just don't like how.

go ahead. do you. / but I don't want to hear shit / when I'm doing me.

I love my grandma! / money, sex, philosophy; / she's my professor.

the same tools that build / can just as quickly destroy. / choose your crew wisely.

capitalism / will never be a win-win / and that's on purpose.

time is a constant. / how much we spend is a choice. / invest it instead.

a different process / will get you different results. / maintain sanity.

I never need much. / sometimes I need a whole lot. / I always need some.

where did I go wrong? / I had such high hopes for us. / but now I'm sober.

made up of water / made by love made in water / born in the water

The uglier the / Poet the harder it is / To turn down his kiss

you never told me / but you showed me loud and clear / you love out of fear

I am a new flame / baby, will you be my fan? / you can help me grow

do something right now! / this chance is rare and fleeting; / must be worth keeping.

How much more info / am I missing about the / love that I receive?

I try to show love / as praise and a suggestion. / All of it's for you.

She's so much woman. / How can you treat her so poor? / She made you so rich.

How could you do this / what you would never want done / to the one you "love?"

I try not to say / anything close to loving / so I don't scare you