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I have no idea where some of these came from, so if you happen to know who said them, please give a shout out with the info. I think three of the "poems" are mine. But I'm not putting my name on them because I'm not 100%. Posting these mostly so I won't lose them...
"I believe in myself. I believe in my vision, my life, my talent, my art more than anyone. No one can take that away from me."
"We can choose to be affected by the world or we can choose to affect the world."
"I never passed algebra, I'm not good at games involving balls being thrown or kicked towards me. For years, I struggled with all that I wasn't. But seeing and believing in who I truly am has given me an unstoppable faith and conviction in what I can do with my life."
"Close your eyes Sabrina, I want you to close your eyes and imagine your next step; and then the one after that; and then the one after that. Once you can see it, you can be there, the power is in seeing, being open to where you can go."
"Well, I'm gonna get out of bed every morning...breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out....and, then after a while, I won't have to think about how great and perfect I had it once." ~ Sleepless in Seattle
You should have gone to the funeral
Why?
To say goodbye
I have not yet said goodbye to Eurydice.
You should. You are mortal: it is the mortal way. You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. - Comte de Buffon
And I'm leaning on this broken fence
between past and present tense
and i'm losing all these stupid games
i swore i'd never play
..and it almost feels okay..
"It's not the end of summer, it's the beginning of fall..." - Sarah Dessen, LJ
"When you're in love with someone it inspires you and gives you hope. You have faith that even if you can't be with them on earth, that if God wills, you will be with them one day in heaven." - Unknown
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day." -Rainer Maria Rilke
They can't know. Their eyes don't see me as they pass along the street. They don't remember what we had, how deep and strong it was, and I wish I could just reach out and remind them we were together once and how I love you. - StorySouth
I've learned that there are some people who flash through your life in brilliant bursts of light like that. You don't realize how brief their presence will be until you round a corner and it becomes clear your paths have disconnected and you'll likely never see each other again. Random Girl - Theresa Boyar Eclectica Mag
Anything short of mad, passionate, extreme love is a waste of your time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love should not be one of them. - A Dream For An Insomniac
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce
And in farewell, I give you a thousand kisses, but send me none in return, for they set my blood on fire. - Napolean Bonaparte
I just kind of died for you. You just kind of stared at me. - Foo Fighters
Beautiful, you're beautiful, as beautiful as the sun. Wonderful, you're wonderful, as wonderful as they come. And I can't help but feel attached to the feelings I can't even match, which my face pressed up to the glass wanting you. - Smashing Pumpkins
"Unspoken
i cannot sleep
because when i sleep
i cannot lie
throughout the day,
i tell myself
i do not miss you
but at night
once my eyes are closed
once i fall asleep
there is only the truth
i do not need you
but i do miss you
terribly and completely
and what hurts the most:
you do not know"
(I think maybe I wrote this one? But I'm not sure so I won't claim it.)
You can have a new job, more money, weight loss, more vacation, a promotion at work. You can have a new home, a vacation property, more time at leisure. You can have less debt, or better yet, no debt. You can have anything you want.
i waste so much paper on boys who shouldn't have ever come into my thoughts.
Ain't nobody got no business stressing all the time
oh, i'm trying so horribly hard to be optimistic.
but everything keeps fucking up.
i always meet the right boy at the wrong time. by the time i meet him, he knows so much about the world and love and life, and he's found The One with whom he wants to spend the rest of his days and nights. and i am just This Girl. this sweet, intelligent, passionate girl who deserves more. more than he can offer me. More, they always say it like everyone knows what it is, like it's this object i can grab hold of anytime i pleased.
"Somebody woke up on the weird side of the bed" -- Kim Possible
"What's past is prologue." -Shakespeare
hid my love
in a cage. Cliche after cliche, singing.
I didn't stop until I had whole aviaries, love
coming out, everywhere and relentless.
I never thought it was Love, just
love, in a simple way that was safe
and easy to say because it meant nothing.
It wasn't long before I learned who not to say it to
and who not to feel it for, who not to write about
because if you give it wings, it wants to fly away.
-b. merrell, "give it wings"
You've got me under your spell, and don't think that I'm kidding around, don't think I can forget you now. saves the day
Are you here because you needed someone or because you needed me? Nevermind, I don't care. say anything (the movie)
Don't wound what you cannot kill.
The only real security is not in owning or possessing,
not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping,
even. Security in a relationship lies neither in
looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it
might be, but living in the present and accepting it
as it is now.~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"then do something, for the product of action is victory, the product of inacton is defeat"
I know that one of these days you're going to come around. And you're not going to recognize me. You're going to tell me tales of this girl you used to know and how sorry you are that you hurt her and how sorry you are that you didn't realize how wonderful she was when you had her in your arms and I will look you in the eyes and I will tell you, "She forgives you." I'm not that girl anymore. I'm not the girl who could have loved you, if only you'd given her the chance. But she forgives you and I thank you. Before you, I never realized just what I deserved and now I do and I'm not going to settle for anything less. I'm not going to stand for being treated like I'm something that can be easily left behind without a backward glance. Someone out there is going to see, immediately, upon first glance, how precious my heart is, and he's going to cherish and protect it. He is not ever going to have to come back months later with apologies and regrets because he won't leave in the first place. And until that person comes along, my world is full of wonderful friends and family who realize how special I am, my world is already full of enough love to keep my happy and warm. So. I will tell you that that girl forgives you and I will kiss you one last time, pressing my lips to your cheek, touching you with a gentle but firm goodbye. (This also smacks suspiciously of ME! whining about That Boy, but once again, I am not certain.)
I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
I know you hear me
I can taste it in your tears
"If you are willing to trust in a person when all others tell you to go against it, if you are willing to risk getting your heart broken because you believe in that other person, then that's true love." - Unknown
"Every day you sit behind your desk and you learn a little more how to accept the world the way it is. Well, here's the rub...heroes don't do that. Heroes don't accept the world the way it is. They fight it."
A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . .
Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party! - Les Brown
You've got to trust your instinct
And let go of regret
You've got to bet on yourself now, star
'Cause that's your best bet
311 - All Mixed Up
Teddy Thompson - A Step Behind
It's not so much that you left
It's that you didn't come back
It's not the pain that you felt
But the obvious lack
I was always a step behind
It wasn't watching you go
But the way that you went
With a kiss on the cheek
And a check for the rent
I was always a step behind
It wasn't really your fault
Because you made it mine too
While you were looking around
I was looking at you
And I hope you remember
When it comes around
The gentle release of letting me down
And the way that it felt
To be high on yourself
Blindly running into the new
I haven't relearned to walk
It's hard to learn that
And it wasn't the fall
It was the push in the back
I was always a step behind
I didn't see it coming up from behind
sometimes people put up walls not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down
the chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you first must make it beautiful
*it took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered, that damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again
*i have no idea what the long term effects of discussing such issues so openly will be on my personal and professional life, but, whatever the consequences, they are bound to be better than continuing to be silent. i am tired of hiding, tired of misspend and knotted energies, tired of hte hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though i have something to hide.
* when i would hear the words "off we go into the wild blue yonder" i would think that "wild" and "yonder" were among the most wonderful words i had ever heard.
*it never occured to her to give up.
*many times, having turned out the light in my office in order to sleep because i couldn't face the world, i would wake up to find his coat over my shoulders and a note on top of my computer printerout saying "you'll feel better soon."
-an unquiet mind (kay redfield jamison) about her battle with manic depressive illness..
This is not a lost love poem
No one is pining
and when you left me
no one shed a tear
Listen
I know that we do not need each other
This is not about need
Months could pass as I'm without you
Maybe years
And I'd be okay
And I know you don't think about me
But then, then
Suddenly
We're in a room together
And neither of us can find words
Silent but your gaze holds me
and I shake but my pride isn't hurt
that I can't look away either
and when we did speak
it was just a mess
stammered small talk
in case your heart is no longer fluent
in the language of my eyes,
allow me a moment now, weeks later,
to explain and interpret
what I was saying:
if you ever want me
maybe just my arms or my ears
you know where to find me
and I will never turn you down
I would hold your hand even if
someone else held your heart
even only as a friend
whatever you want
and whenever you want it
and this is not a creepy, can't-let-go obsessive love poem
you will never find me sitting outside your house
or just doing a quick drive-by
you will never pick up your phone and hear my voice, uninvited
this is not selfish
this is not I-want-you and must-have-you
this is unconditional
could not stop it if I tried
years could pass yes
and if I am only allowed one wish
it would never be for you to be my own
it would be for you to be safe
(I'm afraid maybe I wrote this as well.)
Alanis Morrisette - When we Meet Again
We said goodbye with so much left to say
We knew inside we'd find another way
We'll have it all, it's not too late to try
Maybe you and I could go from here
Maybe you and I can make it this time
We'll...
"Our doubts are traitors, and makes us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."
W. Shakespeare
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept love in return. - Maya Angelou
This is one time that you cant fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all.
All i want is not to need you now. Sooner or later this code is gona break so our words will be heard again but all i want are vows of silence now.
The painful realization that all has gone wrong and nobody cares at all. So you buried all your loves clothes and burned all the letters lover wrote but it doesnt make it any better and the plaster dented from ur fist in the hall where you had ur first kiss reminds you that the memories will fade.
Breathing is a foreign task and thinking is just too much to ask and youre measuring your minutes by a clock thats blinking eights.
Youd like to think that you were invincible but werent we all once before we felt lost for the first time. Well this is the last time.
Im reading your note over again and theres not a word I comprehend except when you signed it Ill love you always and forever.
As for now im gona hear the saddest songs and sit alone and wonder how your making out but as for me i wish i was anywhere with anyone making out. Im missin ur love howd it break.
Cuddling close to blankets and sheets I am alone in my defeat.
This is where I said Ive had enough no one should ever feel that way that i feel now a walking open wound a trophy display of bruises and i dont believe im gettin any better. Waitin here with hopes the phone would ring and im thinkin awful things pretty sure u would notice and this apartment is starvin for an argument anythin at all to break the silence. Wanderin the house like i never wanted out and this is about as social as i get now. Im throwin away the letters im writin you cuz they would never do. I would never do.
You can't always sit in your corner of the forest and wait for people to come to you... you have to go to them sometimes. -Winnie the Pooh
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or what you want to become.
You never know who these people may be; your roommate, neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger who, when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
Sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will power or heart.
Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience, they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from...those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones.
If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen, let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have very right to.
Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.
You can make of your life anything you wish.
Create your own life and then go out and live it.
"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope." -Martin Luther-k
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your
thoughts when they become anxious over the
outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety,
fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates
confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook which
eventually leads to success.
~Brian Adams
Dreams are astoundingly important. They keep nagging you
because you're supposed to fulfill them. When you sense
you're special, you're not neurotic or grandiose. Something inside
you is calling to you and you have to listen. When you love to do something,
that means you have a gift for it...And when you're gifted at something, you have to do it.
~Barbara Sher
"There's a silver lining here that you're missing." - Quintuplets
Success is going from failure
to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
~Winston Churchill
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before
the crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of
overwhelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is free.
~Dr. Leo Buscaglia
Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance,
and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath
the August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams
are no less than yours, their choices in life no more easily made. And give. Give in any
way you can, of whatever you possess. To give is to love. To hold is to whither. Care
less for your harvest than for how it is shared, and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.
~Kent Nerburn.