Rite a Riff

 I chose to share this poem with all you viewers after attending the student remembrance of my teacher that has recently passed away.  The line that is in bold is the line that has stuck with me since then.  This poem is about sadness and anger and apologizing.

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As you stare through

Candle lit ghosts

you see more

than most

riding down the coast in a car

meant to get you far

far away

as those waves crash

against the sand

rocks and teaming land

teaming with creatures

big and small

but you're staring through

A candle lit ghost

you see more than most

you see the tears

fall from her eyes

as she, the ocean, cries

cries for the lost

cries for lives lost

for those taken away

because she took them

yes, the ocean

took them away

it was a moment of anger

of madness

of sadness

of herself floating away

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and she apologizes

with gentle winds

and waters lapping at your toes

but no one else

will ever know

because only you

stare through

those Candle lit ghosts

seeing more than most

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Remember

 For this assignment I chose to write a poem, again, because that is what I'm best at.  It is the best way that I am able to capture my thoughts about a subject.  It is how I will show you what remember means to me.

We are supposed to remember
remember those lost
to war, unfair, horrible, stupid war
to life, unfair, beautiful, ending life
lost to accidents, unfair, cruel, terrible accidents
to murder, unfair, horrendous, loathsome murder

We are supposed to remember

the love they've shown

the way they had grown

and the way that we loved them too

We are supposed to remember

the laughs we shared

the way they cared

even though it will

never, never be enough

to stop the tears

to give us hope

to make us forget 

that they are gone

We are supposed to remember

things that our

memory will never

never be able to capture

never, never be able to do

justice, never

never be able to 

remember 

enough 

to make us not cry

to give us faith

Never, never to remember

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Forgetting

Because no matter how hard you try
there is no forgetting
no blocking the pain
that is blocking you heart from beating
that is stopping them from seeing
exactly what is wrong today...

 And that smile 

that fake smile

that's really saying take the pain away

that's really crying out for help

but there is no forgetting

no blocking the pain

blocking your heart from beating

stopping them from seeing

what really is

what really is not

because no matter how hard you try

how hard you push the pain away

in seconds

in syllables

you will remember...

remember exactly the way

it was in the beginning

wondering why

you old life went spinning

spinning away

out of control

out in the cold

Because there is no forgetting...

True Beauty

And the flames dance

as if by chance

as the winds blow

to and fro

right here

in front of you

these lights glow

what do you have to show?

as if with stained glass

unless there is that

flicker of light

of light inside

you never see

the beauty

the true beauty

the true beauty that dances

beneath the surface

as if it is a furnace

that glow of beauty

like stars in the sky

my oh my

countless numbers

with that glow of beauty

and when that

glow of beauty

slows

doesn't grow

then what you aren't

will not show

it will be fake

with that ache

inside

The one without the glow of beauty