ELF POETRY

By Ahallah Swiftclaw

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: First I (again, this is getting to be a bad habit) must apologize to all for not getting that next part out. Charlie ran away and won't come back. These are just some poems (actually I put them to music but the tunes really stunk, according to my cousin). Don't write poems very often but I was doing an Eglish assignment when these popped up.

On another note, my sibling found one of my stories for ELF, showed it to my parents and now they think I'm completely and utterly nuts/depressed. I have no idea where they got that idea from. And don't worry that part will come out soon. Some day.



Love Me

I can't believe you won't listen.
I can't believe you turned away.
I can't believe you totally ignored me.
I can't believe what you didn't say.

That you don't love me,
I'm just a tag along.
And you don't love me.

Why am I even here?
Why do I put up with this?
Why don't I just run away?
Why don't you just take a second to hear me?

Cause you don't love me,
I'm just a tag along.
I can't believe you don't love me.
I thought I was part of you.

But you, you have your own life.
And you, you can't deal with me.
Because I, I'm just a problem,
That you, just don't, want to deal with.

Why don't you love me?
Why am I a tag along?
Why can't you just love me?
I thought I was a part of you
But now, I know that's just not true.

Because you, you don't love me at all.
I had better leave
But no,
I can't accept this from you.
Because you, you're supposed to love me
Just like, I love you.

But no,
That's not going to happen.

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Hurting

Why can't you accept me?
Why do I have to be the best?
Can't you just believe in me,
For once in your life?

I try and try and try for you,
But you never seem to notice.
I give all of me and then some for you
But you never seem to care.

Instead of praising me
I get harsh words that cut.
Instead of hugging me
I get a slap in the face.

I don't know what to do.
I just think I'll fade away.
For no one can live on a lack of love,
And that's all I'm getting.

I feel empty, oh so empty.
Filled with nothing,
A void that is never full.
Just waiting,
For someone,
To finally love me.

I am lonely, oh so lonely.
I can't give too much
I'll give myself away
Till there's nothing left
And you still don't care
I get only emptiness back

Instead of praising me
I get harsh words that cut.
Instead of hugging me
I get a slap in the face.

You don't know just how much this hurts
You don't understand how each word wounds
You don't get how it's not the bruises that are killing me
They don't hurt as much as the lack of love

For every human being
Needs love
And every human being
Needs caring Can hate
But those human beings
Are slowing dying