I Am A Princess..

I am a princess.
All girls are.
Even if they live in tiny old attics.
Even if they dress in rags,
even if they aren't pretty,
or smart, or young.
They're still princesses.
All of us.

Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews)
in A Little Princess

Humpty Dumpty

I found the pieces
Of my broken heart
The one you broke
When we grew apart
I tried to fix the pieces
One by one,
but it just couldn’t be done..

Captive

At times it’s like my heart doesn’t belong to me..
It’s like it’s being held captive by the old love..
The one who got away, the one I’m still hung too..
Trying to forget is one thing I think I’ve accomplished..
But at night when all is quiet and my mind wanders,
I think of him..
The times spent together, the firsts, the lasts,
The never will happen again..

My Heart

Dark night draws closer still;
Black ice melts on scarlet velvet;
Ever closer to unwanted hearts;
The night, a sheet of dark black sounds;
This is my heart, a beaten mess of untangled love..

Sophia Bush

To be happy,
it first takes being comfortable
being in your own shoes.
The rest can work up from there.
The hardest situation to stay happy in,
I think,
is when you’re trying to find love,
and yourself
at the same time.
It just doesn’t seem to fit well.
So I believe that happiness is
being able to wake up
and just know that
this is what you wanted,
and not what somebody else wanted.

The Sun Is Shining

Half Of My Heart

Half of my heart's got a grip on the situation.
Half of my heart takes time.
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
that I can't keep loving you
with half of my heart..

~ John Mayer

Eleanor Roosevelt

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Love Hurts

Love hurts.
But sometimes
it's a good hurt,
and it feels like
I'm alive..

~ Incubus

Not Me

Behind my smile
is a hurting heart..

Behind my laugh,
I'm falling apart..

Look closely
at me..

And you will see..

The girl I am,
isn't me..

My Wasted Heart Will

To me,
you are perfect..
And my wasted heart
will love you..

Mark (Andrew Lincoln)
in Love Actually

Seated In The Heart

Memory takes a lot of poetic license,
it omits some details;
others are exaggerated
according to the emotional value
of the articles it touches,
for memory is seated
predominantly in the heart.

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

Oprah Winfrey

Real integrity is doing the right thing,
knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Happy Ending

But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs.
How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't,
the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave.
And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy..
Maybe..
It's you,
on your own,
picking up the pieces
and starting over,
freeing yourself up
for something better
in the future.
Maybe the happy ending is..
just..
moving on.
Or maybe the happy ending is this,
knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts,
through the blunders and misread signals,
through all the pain and embarrassment
you never gave up hope..

He's Just Not That Into You (The Movie)

Our Great War & Our Great Depression

Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived.
I see all this potential, and I see squandering.
God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars.
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.
We’re the middle children of history, man.
No purpose or place.
We have no Great War.
No Great Depression.
Our Great War’s a spiritual war...
Our Great Depression is our lives...
We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars.
But we won’t.
And we’re slowly learning that fact.
And we’re very, very pissed off.

~ Tyler Durden

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Being Single

I just realized that
being single
doesn't mean that
I'm not good enough,
it only means that
no one is
good enough
for me...

Megan Fox's Left Rib Cage Tattoo

“there once was a little girl
who never knew love
until a boy broke
her heart”..

Wrong Man

I feel you moving, slipping away.
I try to call, but I can't find the words to say.
My lips move, but they don't make a sound.

I close my eyes but I can't sleep.
My wound will not heal,
you cut me too deep.
My mind is strong, but my soul is weak.
But I've got to get up, get back on my feet.

You can be so cruel
but I just don't understand,
do the tears that I cry
make you feel like a man?

You know I love you,
sometimes, it just ain't enough
and I don't want to leave you
but I'm giving you up.
I told you once
and I'll tell you once more,
You can't do right,
because you are the
wrong man to fall for..

The Sweetness Is For Me

It makes me feel better whenever I take the time out to notice the sweetness of life..
The smiles on my sons' faces,
the wind on my face,
the sun's warmth,
the smell of rain..
I know the sweetness is for me,
so I allow it to soothe my soul
and bring a smile to my face..

My Feelings

I like you..
That's the first feeling
I had deep in my heart
when we first met.

Then..

I want you..
To be near always,
to hear your voice,
to see your eyes,
to be by my side.

Why?

I love you..
A strange feeling
that cannot be explained,
but only our hearts
can understand.

Happiness Now

I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility.
You know that feeling?
And I remember thinking to myself, this is the beginning of happiness.
This is where it starts and of course there will always be more.
It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning.
It was happiness.
It was the moment.
Right then.

Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep)
in The Hours

The Fool In Me

“I must learn to love the fool in me – the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.”

Love me, Love my fool : Thoughts from a psychoanalyst’s notebook by Theodore Isaac Rubin

One Step At A Time

there's no need to rush...

it's gonna happen when it's supposed to happen...

I Love Patrick

Words

Wherever I am,
Whoever I'm with,
Apathy sits in the pit of my soul.

Melodramatic my writings may be,
Expressive of thoughts and feelings they are.

Accurate Depth,
Perception falls short.
Writing with ease,
Flowing with words,
Empty of meaning,
Without direction.

My brain is wrinkled,
With repetitive thoughts
Of petty introspection.

Weh!

I have these feelings, deep inside,
feelings that I have to hide.
I don't know if he feels that way too.
I don't know what to do.
When we're together, I feel uptight,
When he's not around, it doesn't feel right.
I dream about what we can do,
And all the things we can pursue.
I yearn just to feel his touch,
And when he leaves, I miss him so much.
I want to feel his lips against mine
And feel our bodies intertwine.
Until then I will retain this rush,
And until then I'll contain my crush.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.

Can You Feel It?

Love is like the wind,
you can't see it,
but you can feel it...

~ Landon Carter

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Poetry

Poetry wasn't written to be analyzed.
It was meant to inspire without reason;
to touch without understanding...

~ Allie Hamilton/Calhoun

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Life Is...

Life is a chance,
Get the best out of it.
Life is beautiful,
Admire it.
Life is happiness,
Enjoy it.
Life is a dream,
Make it a reality.
Life is a challenge,
Try to win it.
Life is a responsibility,
Stand up for it.
Life is a game,
Play with it.
Life is a promise.
Keep it.
Life is sadness,
Overcome it.
Life is a song,
Sing it.
Life is a tragedy,
Face it.
Life is an adventure,
Go through it.
Life is luck,
Take it.
Life is so precious,
Preserve it.
Life is life,
So strive for it.

Real Friends

A real friend would forgive
If I did something wrong.
A real friend will lend a hand
Whenever I'm not strong.

A real friend would listen
If I tried to speak.
A real friend will accept
Whether I am strong or weak.

A real friend would care
If I ever fell ill.
A real friend will know
How I really feel.

A real friend would always be there
If I need them by my side.
A real friend will remember me
Long after I have died.

A real friend would be forever
If I even moved away.
A real friend will never truly leave,
In each others hearts we shall always stay.

What's the Taste of Your Peanut Butter?

Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love...

Charlie Brown

Never!

Weh!

Give me a hint,
Just one little clue
To let me know why
I'm crushing...
Don't make me feel silly
Or worse, even shy
And I'll listen to what you have to say
If you just tell me why
Is it the way you listen,
and talk to me,
Or the look on your face
When I do something silly?
Is it the cute habits you have unlike no one else
That make me wish I could have you all to myself?

Love Lost

I tell myself each night
before I sleep, not to cry.
Pinning for love lost,
not believing it's now not mine.

Tears won't stop flowing,
the heart won't stop aching.
Hey, are you a man or a weakling?!
I don't know, because the heart's not telling.

I had love you
more than life itself.
I had missed you
more than anything else.
So am I just dreaming
or has caring and loving remained memories,
like forsaken pictures on the shelf?

Time may tell me you were right;
leaving behind our love so sweet,
basking in such glorious light.
But for now and forever too,
my heart's dying, losing the will to fight.

Do what you must,
you always know what's best for you.
I will still love you just the same,
and miss you until my flesh turns to dust.

Are You Sleepwalking Through Life?

A life is not worth living if you are sleepwalking through it. We cannot sleepwalk. We cannot just survive, anything goes. We can take control of our lives, we can quit sleepwalking, we can say - right now, these are our lives, it is time to start living it. It is time to not second guess, to move forward, to make mistakes if we have to, but to do it with a greater good in mind.

Jerry Maguire

Comes and Goes

This one's for the lonely
The ones that seek and find
Only to be let down
Time after time

This one's for the torn down
The experts at the fall
Come on friends get up now
You're not alone at all

And this part was for her
This part was for her
This part was for her
Does she remember?

It comes and goes in waves, i....

This one's for the faithless
The ones that are surprised
They are only where they are now
Regardless of their fight

This one's for believing
If only for it's sake
Come on friends get up now
Love is to be made

And this part was for her
This part was for her
This part was for her
Does she remember?

It comes and goes in waves,
I am only led to wonder why
It comes and goes in waves
I am only led to wonder why
Why I try

This is for the ones who stand
For the ones who try again
For the ones who need a hand
For the ones who think they can

It comes and goes in waves,
I am only led to wonder why
It comes and goes in waves
I am only led to wonder why
Why I try

~ Greg Laswell

Marilyn Monroe

Beneath the make-up and behind the smile, I'm just a girl who wishes for the world.

Acceptance

Love...

Love, I have come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime.
Love is sustained by action, a passion of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

Evan Rachel Wood's Upper Back Tattoo

From Edgar Allan Poe...

All that we see or seem,
is but a dream
within a dream...

Expectō

i woke up this morning thinking of you
and i wondered if you were thinking of me too.

i sat up and thought about our last goodbye
and all i could do was sit there and cry.

it's hard to let you go when i know what we could be
i just have to wait until the day that you will finally see.

maybe someday you'll realize how much i love you
and maybe you'll realize that you love me too.

but until we meet what could be fate
i'll just sit here thinking of you and wait.

Te Amo

Love me today but not tomorrow.
Look into my eyes and let me know you care.
Put your hand in mine and keep it there.
Don't say a word but don't look away.
Warm my heart with your smile.
Keep the love-light in your eyes.
Let me sing you a lovely tune,
To chase your troubles away.
Let me hear the sound of your laughter,
It is like the first rain of spring.
Speak to me words I so long to hear;
It brings the glow of summer to a cold spell.
Let me love you forever
With a love I alone can give;
A love that's strong and pure,
That through the years will endure.
And when things go wrong,
Love me still and don't look away.

Rainbow

"Let no one who loves be called unhappy.
Even love unreturned has it's rainbow..."

James Matthew Barrie

Who Cares?

I churn inside;
an inner turmoil.
Not a soul knows.
Why? I can't tell them,
I didn't tell them,
there's no need to tell them.
I sense an impending doom;
I feel helpless. Because
there's no one behind me,
nobody with me.
It's a physical ache;
this feeling of disaster.
I'd like to cry though,
I'd like to cry a river,
I'd like to cry this out of my system.
I have stubborn tears,
they wouldn't fall,
they don't want to stain
my hardened cheeks,
they don't want to ease
the physical pain in my heart.
I'm tired of fighting.
I'm tired of being strong.
I've had enough of protecting myself.
Let them all come to me,
let them all rain down on me.
Who cares?
Let them!

Why Do We Need Poetry?

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love,
These are what we stay alive for.

Professor Keating (Robin Williams)
in Dead Poet's Society

Prince Charming

Every girl wants her own prince charming.
And while he may be nice and all,
I'm thinking that I'd rather have the guy
Who will call at 4 a.m. just to say "I love you".
Or someone who'll stop by my house just after hanging up on the phone
Just because he wants to see how I'm "really" doing,
Because I said I was fine but he knows that I'm lying.
Or the guy who'll stay home on a saturday night with me
Because I'm sick and brings me candy
Even though I can't eat it.
That guy.
That one guy.
He may not be "prince charming" to anyone else,
But he'd be my hero,
My knight in shining armor.
The guy who'd stay awake just to watch me sleep...

Wondering, Wandering...

I sometimes find I'm drifting
Through this life without effect;
I often wonder if I'm truly
Worth what I've been blessed.

I search through days that have been hard,
To try to understand,
The many trials that I have known,
The life that I have had.

You see me in my daily grind,
So confident and strong;
Yet when I am alone, I question
Just where I belong.

I often try too hard I find,
To analyze and guess,
To scrutinize, investigate
My life I will confess.

For somewhere deeper, there must be
Some meaning to this life,
Some way to make a difference,
Give a reason for this strife.

Is there some hidden meaning?
Some agenda to be found?
A greater purpose waiting
If I care to hang around?

It teases and it taunts me,
Always slightly out of sight;
A hazy vision out of reach,
Where darkness hides the light.

I struggle to bring clarity
To what awaits me there,
And yet this weak illusion
Always fades before my stare.

It seems the harder that I try,
To focus through the haze,
Just serves to add more questions,
Through my endless, tired gaze.

Perhaps I'm trying just too hard,
To understand it all,
For can we ever truly know
Just what we have in store?

Each incident, each moment passed,
Just adds upon the next,
But in the end, will I find truth ...
Or will I be perplexed?

Perhaps I make it harder
Than it has to be sometimes,
But will my searching bring to me
My meaning over time?

Or will it leave me broken,
And confused as I feel now,
While questions bring no solitude,
To this, my wrinkled brow.

Lady Gaga's Inner Arm Tattoo

From her favorite philosopher, Rainer Maria Rilke...



The English translation is...

"In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write.
And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?"

Rainbow

Fallin' out, fallin' in
Nothing's sure in this world, no no
Breaking down, breaking in
Never knowing what lies ahead
We can really never tell it all, no no

Say goodbye, say hello
To a lover or friend
Sometimes we could never understand
Why some things begin with just love
We can never have it all
No no no ohh

But oh, can't you see
That no matter what happens
Life goes on and on
And so baby just smile
Cause I'm always around you
And I'll make you see
How beautiful life is
For you and me

Take a little time baby
See the butterfly's colors
Listen to the birds
That were sent to sing
For me and you
Can you feel me?
This is such a wonderful place to me

Even if there is pain now
Everything will be alright
For as long as the world still turns
There will be night and day
Can you hear me?
There's a rainbow always
After the rain

Hittin' high, hittin' low
Win or lose, you should go
Yeah yeah
Getting warm, getting cold
Weather can be so good or bad
But baby, this is life so don't get mad
No no no

Cause ohhh
Can't you see
That no matter what happens
Life goes on and on
And so, baby, just smile
Cause I'm always around you
And I'll make you see
How beautiful life is
For you and me

Take a little time, baby
See the butterfly's colors
Listen to the birds
That were sent to sing
For me and you
Can you feel me?
This is such a wonderful place to me

Even if there is pain now
Everything will be alright
For as long as the world still turns
There will be night and day
Can you hear me ?
There's a rainbow always
After the rain

Life's full of challenges
Not all the time
We get what we want
But don't despair, my dear
You'll take it each trial
And you'll make it through the storm
Cause youre strong
My faith in you is clear
So I say once again
This world's beautiful
Let us celebrate life
That is so beautiful
So beautiful...

Take a little time, baby
See the butterfly's colors
Listen to the birds that were sent
To sing for me and you
Can you feel me?
This is such a wonderful place to me

Even if there is pain now
Everything will be alright
For as long as the world still turns
There will be night and day
Can you hear me?
There's a rainbow always
After the rain...

~ South Border

What is Friendship?

It is sharing
both big and little things,
joy and sorrow,
laughter and tears.
It is counting on another
to understand your mood-swings,
to put up with your failures,
to be there when needed most.
With a word of encouragement,
a smile, a look...
How do I know what Friendship is?
I know because you are my best friend,
and in our friendship,
all these things are found.