Am I a poet? No, not really
I am a painter. This page is my canvas and my pen is my brush
I am a magician. I create a story out of nothing, a poem out of thin air
I am a scientist. The letters of the alphabet are my chemicals. I keep experimenting with them
Am I a poet? No, not really
I gave you my heart, I gave you my soul
I gave you my time, I gave you my all
I still asked you just to be sure
If you needed anything more
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But you always mocked and laughed
What I gave you was never enough
You wanted me to smile while I bleed
You wanted me to know all that you will need
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Now it doesn’t matter since you’re gone
You’ve flown away and I’ve moved on
Hope you appreciate his heart and soul
Appreciate him, his time and all
Yeah, you, you, you
I wrote a poem just for you
But you just couldn’t do
What I asked you to
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Yeah, you, you, you
I wrote a song just for you
I spent an entire night thinking of you
Did you spare a moment for me too?
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Yeah, you, you, you
I walked a mile just for you
When you called, I came to your rescue
But you didn’t even see me through
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Yeah, you, you, you
I crossed an ocean just for you
Just to get to you
I climbed a mountain just for you
Just to be with you
But I guess you don’t want me
The way that I want you
Yeah, you, you, you
I’ve had enough of you
Now it’s going to be
Me, me, me
Yeah, me, me, me
3 voices in my head
Scream and shout
Make my head all dizzy
Fill me up with doubt
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3 voices in my head
One asks me to wake
Two likes to stay in bed
Three just needs a break
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3 voices in my head
One wants me to write
Two raises his voice
Three gets into a fight
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3 voices in my head
One tells me to work
Two is lazy
Three goes berserk
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3 voices in my head
I listen to None
She is peaceful and quiet
She’s a lot of fun
We’re so apart and it hurts too much
I can’t handle the pain
I wonder if you’re doing all right
Nights are lonely and days are long
Makes it hard to stay strong
I talk to myself sometimes all night
A love must die or a heart’ll bleed
There is a gap left by your light
There’s a hole in my soul
Only you can heal me now with your touch
Sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows
But it’s all the same to me
Without you, life is incomplete
A love must die so the other could breed
Call my name and set me free
Take my heart away
It isn’t much but it’s all I’ve got
Maybe together we won’t last a day
Unless we give our all
Now my fate lies in your heart
Life is short and love is pure
Some things are never meant to be
A love must die so a life could breathe
Last night I lay in my bed but I couldn’t get any sleep
I got up and checked the clock. It was nearly three
I stepped outside and I beheld a star-studded sky
Made me wonder at my significance and purpose in life
The road was quiet and peaceful. The winds were blowing soft
I wondered if this is what paradise is all about
Just then my paradise was disturbed by the sound of bullet shots
I think it came from my home but I wished it didn’t
I rushed to the scene and the horror enveloped
Father, he was dead
Mother, she had a bullet in her head
Brother, he was gone
Sister, she will never wake up now
I knelt at my mother’s bed and I held her hand
“Why did she have to leave me all alone?” I began to cry
Just then an arm grabbed me from behind
Pointed a gun to my head and asked me to make a final wish
“I wish to be with my mother.” I said
“Very well. Brace yourself.” he said
I took a deep breath as he began to count
One
Sweat dripping from my forehead
Two
Heart beating ferociously
Three
And then I woke up from my dream, gasping for breath
My head was in a spin and my pillow was wet with sweat
I looked around and everything seemed all right
I had a glass of water just to recollect my heart beat
I checked the clock. It was nearly three
I looked outside the window. It was the same night sky
Streets were all empty. The winds they must be soft
I rested my head on the pillow to try and catch some sleep
But I was wide awake now. A thought disturbing me
Some lives are imperfect. For me, it was just a dream
I wonder if this is what paradise is all about
There is a monster I believe
Right under my little bed
If I make the slightest noise
I may end up dead
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He loves the taste of children
He’s got gigantic eyes
I have never seen him but
I know Mommy never lies
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Mommy says if I grow up
The monster will leave me then
I am only seven now
And the clock seems stuck on ten
I warned my imaginary friend not to come out again
Daddy’s getting edgy. Mommy doesn’t sleep at night
But he doesn’t listen to me. He’s got an evil brain
He waits for his moment and then turns off all the lights
He’s got a plan for tonight when the full moon comes out
It isn’t far away. The plan will be executed anytime soon
I can already hear Mommy and Daddy shout
Oh wait, there. There’s the full moon
‘Twas last year on this very day
Giant rats flooded the streets
It seemed they found a place to play
As they tore the town to bits
Found in every nook and corner
Of houses, stores and bus
The town was pretty soon taken over
With no piper to save us
And when the damage was complete
A loss of thousand lives or more
The rats they knelt at my feet
I took them to the shore
On our way I thought of a man
The piper of Hamelin
And my mind hatched a plan
To kill them would be a sin
To a chemical lab we detoured
An army I did grow
A hundred towns we secured
It all started a year ago
Lost in the woods alone I stand
With night sky overhead
Not so far away a river streams
With water of bloody red
The birds are quiet or may be dead
The trees are spitting fire
The bugs they bite my legs and hands
In this flaming empire
Fail I do to understand
The cause for hollow screams
The winds they seem to never tire
To ridicule my dreams
Frank Solanki 