Poetry by Jennifer Olston

Beauty is upon me In the glow of my skin The flow of my hair The child within Beauty is all of me The words I speak Love I hold for you, My heart skips a beat Beauty is precious In fact, it is a treasure When you find it, Keep it, learn to appreciate it Beauty is all around In the eyes of a child In the sun that shines Even in a smile Beauty is to appreciate The good and the bad At the end of the day All things are so rad Beauty is in you, and in me If only we knew Open up the horizon To begin anew Beauty is, what was Yesterday, today, and tomorrow All the tender memories Make us feel loved, not befallen

In the midst of this agony Such deep pain and grief I weep so hard for you Even small steps Are too much to handle for me Living is hell for me Dead would end my agony My heart aches a thousand times If only I could look again into your eyes Out of sorrow I weep For the martyrdom of suffering I can’t keep living this lie It tears me up inside If only I could tell you A million times if I had the time To sit by your bedside And tell you over and over I love you, it is no lie And the day that death Kept us apart I tell you, it broke my heart I would gladly give up my life So you could live just one more time I embraced your lifeless body Kissed your forehead and stroked your arm Pleaded with you to open your eyes Please just one more time Please, please don’t die Without saying goodbye But you didn’t respond And your body was ice cold Nothing I said mattered anymore You were dead and gone Your heart had stopped beating You and I alone in this ...

Every time I think of you Happens so often if you only knew I dream of you day and night I wish I could be in your arms tonight I imagine being in your arms Kissing your lips one more time Feeling your hands caressing me Surrendering to you and just be In love with you forever more Feeling your touch all over I imagine looking into your eyes Feeling your lips against mine Will there be a day that we Take our love to ecstasy? Will there be a day we never forget When we meet at my doorstep? For me, every day I am with you You are in my thoughts, it’s true I do not wish to ever leave you Is it the same for you?

Once upon a time There was a knight Strong, loving, and kind Made me feel loved inside Everyday he would rise To fight and win every time He fought hard and fierce Every battle he fought, ended in peace For he believed in justice Though seldom that happens He was no ordinary knight His wisdom shined through the night His smile was bright His heart so kind His touch, firm and light His kiss imprinted forever in my mind He was the man I fell for The love of my life forever more A man that wants his woman by his side To love and to hold, and share his life This poem is based on a fictional loving and kind man who is yet to be found :)

W – Wonderful H   -   Hot   I   -   Inspiring T   - Talented N   -   Notable E   -   Endearing Y -   Young H - Heaven O - Oustanding U - United S   - Star T   - Talent O -   Oscars N -   Never Forgotten

Mike is his name Known worldwide With friends everywhere He fights a dark stormy night He feels so alone Yet he is loved by all So many ups and downs Are his life shortfalls   The day is gloomy outside No Sun shining in the horizon He gets up to go to work To pay the bills and keep his housing His family loves him so That he does know But life is so hard Full of demands on the go He needs power to keep going A pat in the back for the good job he’s doing Melancholic and boring, a job needs to be done He would rather be home photo shopping a bum His heart is set He does not care if he gets wet Wondering the streets on a rainy day With camera in hand, he comes across A very loving and wise man   That is the man that he would rather be At peace with himself and his artistry Taking photos of a world he knows rather well As if awoken from a dream This man is Mike Shaw Loving and c...

We humans Looking frail and stressed Working, playing and buying Just to keep ahead of the rest We humans Strong but poorly designed Wanting to fit in but Always running out of time We humans Are a powerful machine When all parts work As a strong team We humans are no longer pure Brain washed since birth To believe in the unknown Too many worries and no mirth We humans Need to embrace everybody Believing in religion for hate Makes you look like a coward We humans, since the beginning of time Created religion for survival To bring people together Not to destroy human kind We humans believed in heaven But it does not exist Let us stop hating each other Believe in the freedom of speech We humans Need to wake up Live a full and joyous life Before our time is up

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Goodbye to the old Welcome to the New Another year has passed Happy New Year to you! So much has happened As always, good and bad Let’s remember the good Forget the bad, it’s so sad Some lost their house and job Some died, some were born Others barely hanged on In this world we are torn Gone is hope for tomorrow Prosperity and a better job Economists are baffled Politicians corrupt All of their promises gone In the midst of all of this Hate seems to be the new trend So many lives taken Wars that never end Heroes are few and far in between The many that risk their lives We will never meet or have seen They are our sons and daughters Our brothers and sisters Our mothers and fathers That lost their lives For peace and justice As we welcome a New Year Let us ponder Happiness and Peace yonder!

Create your wall of love Through your loved ones Instill the power of love Day upon day in them It is an invisible wall It is an invincible wall It is the wall that carries you Through all your life’s blues Day after day That wall will grow Into a fortress inside you That will make you glow It will make you invincible To fight all kinds of malaise It will make you grow and love You will be the one to appreciate When you feel lonely and sad When you have a broken heart When things get so hard That you just want to give up Think of your wall of love Then time will be in suspense For each block in the wall Is made of love and tenderness Each and everyone that has loved you Is that block in the wall of love And through that block of love You will find your strength For all your...

Star of light Star of hope Star of peace Star of love Make this day peace on earth Love each other as we should May the children laugh and play Their worries gone away Star of light Star of hope Make this world a better place One of acceptance and safe Not one of fear and hate Allow us a clean slate Star of light Star of love Make light of dishonor Guide love and comfort Into the hearts of men So they may hope again Let us rejoice once again Our call for hope Echo throughout the land Peace on earth for all men

I feel so lonely I feel so cheated I feel empty inside Love is the reason Don’t get me wrong I love so much you see I love with all my heart But love cheated on me As it turns out He was the love of my life I thought nothing would tear us apart Until one day my world collapsed There is a great emptiness inside me I lost to love who cheated on me I remember that day well But I thought it was only in my head My feelings were right on the mark The man I loved didn’t deserve my trust The day I confronted him and Asked where he was that weekend Then he told me the devastating news He was in love with someone new I broke down in tears My heart broke into a million pieces You see, I loved with all my heart But for me love didn’t last It was borrowed only for a short while Then cheated on me and broke the trust I still feel empty inside Why should I even try? Love isn’t faithful and it is a shame If you ever love, mak...

My mother is like no other First she gave me life Then protected me from strife In time of agony and all through life From the first step I took To being all grown up I feel her care in my heart She may not have wings But I feel her protection through things She is my guiding angel Always looking out for danger And when the path is all clear She smiles, and guides me near Her smile is my sunshine Her hug fills me up with love Her advice is always wise Her loving words My strength in this world There is no other like my mother Always giving and compassionate Her smile so passionate Her gaze filled with laughter I cannot praise her enough I cannot hug her enough I cannot love her enough My time with her is not enough My mother, my guiding angel I will never leave her side Her love keeps me alive May she live, a long life

Their love was always alive When young and old All throughout their lives Until the day they died It is no mystery so it seems Two people in love, such a dream To love and to hold to the day of old Their lives a true love story So many years together Seventy two years of marriage Seems like a lifetime Only to die side by side It brings tears to my eyes To know that love never dies Between a man and a woman Their name, Gordon and Norma May their love Always be remembered By all of us, any gender Their memory still tender RIP Gordon and Norma Yeager Couple dies an hour apart holding hands after seventy two years of marriage

Love me Love me or Set me free Free of worries And tarnishing stories Of wrongful demands Followed by reprimands I do not deserve this treatment After all, I am only a human being Do I not deserve your trust? Couldn’t you hold me steadfast? I broke down And I wanted to shout Love me or Set me free Free of worries and silent agony Remember your angel As if waiting for her wings Waiting ever so patiently While you were busy doing things Oh! During that time so much happened The world kept spinning faster and faster I couldn’t hold my place Though I tried going at a faster pace Still your angel waited ever so patiently Day and night for more information Then little by little the light went out I lost courage and started to doubt I broke down And I wanted to shout Love me or Set me free Free of worries and silent agony Love me Love me or Set me free

I am always running from something Always running from lust It will rip my heart open For love doesn’t last I used to believe in love But that is a thing of the past When my heart was broken I swore I would never trust Then you came into my life I feel I am in love I don’t know why But I just want to run Will our love be strong enough? Will it hold true Are we a match? Are you and I in love too? Or is it just lust In which case it won’t last Please hold me tight Hold me from running fast Make me believe That love is real If I give it a try Will you stand by?

Are there any faults with you Before my heart stops too It seems we connect You put a spring in my step You are my sunshine When I think of you I smile It doesn't matter how far we are You are always in my heart So I'll be riding the wave Until our love is tamed And when I think of you You think of me too This is not a goobye Just me saying Hi! So take care my love I'll dream of you, while you're gone

Don’t fade away Oh! Please stay… Only for today Don’t fade away You are like a dream come true I believe so much in you You have touched my heart In such a way that we will never part You are everything to me You are smart, humble and kind I feel you deep inside There will be a time when we shine Don’t fade away Oh! Please stay… Only for today Don’t fade away Give it a try Stay a while I love your smile If only you could be mine I want what is best for you Only if you knew I would do anything, it’s true You are my only love, I love you So please stay If only for today… Oh! Please stay… Only for today Don’t fade away Don’t fade awaaayy

An angel fell from heaven Found himself in firma terra Looking at a beautiful sight It was curvy and beautiful, what a delight He fell into a trance For he found romance This was his chance To start a new life He felt so much emotion As if he drank a love potion Behold said he, don’t be afraid May I have your hand, my lady? Just then she smiled He felt so alive Softly he kissed her lips I love you, my love, she whispered!

From inland to the beaches Stood watching millions of people That came from every corner of the world To be part of a historic moment Atlantis, you will be missed You were part of an era That so many people dissed And yet, space exploration Opened up our imaginations To go above and beyond For the sky was not the limit You taught us so many things That at one time was only a dream With a thunderous soar You opened up the sky for so much more From medical research To studying the earth You enthused us to want much more The people that flew in you Put a smile on the faces of the old and the new A wake up call and always on the ready To wow us with what could be done From a space walk to the awesome pictures of the earth They made us marvel at the stupendous research And every child’s dream was to fly in you And once again make history new The men and the women that lost their lives To make it possible for more flights Will always be remembered as our hero...