Introductions Part 2

Hi, I'm not Tyler. I'm Beatrice, or Bea for short. I've known Tyler for as long as I can remember and I'm proud to announce that I have the privilege of writing for his blog. I can't write poetry so I don't know what you should expect from me. I don't really know what to expect from myself. Oh and if you find me in real life and mention the code word "Portugal," I'll give you a cookie.

Valentine's Day Poem Final

Valentine's Day

It’s February 14th and love is in the air

Everyone’s got hearts in their eyes and my God I swear

If I see another couple playing tonsil hockey in the halls

I’m probably gonna have to go and punch some guy in the balls

Cause there’s no real sting so bitter as knowing

That when the day ends, you’re the only one going

Home to no one and nobody

While everybody else is sharing affection with their body

And somebody

And anybody… but me

Instead I’ll be binging Netflix on T.V.

Probably watching a rerun of Lie to Me

Because it’s plain to see

That there was a mistake in every heartbreak and every heartache

There was a liar and a cheat and some guy thinking with his meat

Instead of his head or his heart

So when can I start

When can I sort through the lies

And find my prize

The one and only

The one to show me

That love isn’t as hopeless as it was for Ted

He was even single when his best friends were wed

I mean am I going to have to search a lifetime for a lifeline

A small sign that designates that in time I’ll find that girl that becomes mine

Or can I?

Will I?

I have a finite amount of patience

And there’s an infinite number of patients

That have died from a broken heart

An unlucky start

And a missing part

I’m missing my art

My muse, my inspiration

That fuels my creation

To become more than an insane creator

Word maker-Poet-Writer

Person thing and such

Oh it’s too much

It’s too little

I’m little but I can still see

There must be some greater future for me

With a wife, kids, grandkids

Family

Valentine’s Day is just one day in a year

But I’m still here…

I’m still alone

And I’d like to take a loan

From the heart bank

My heart’s blank

And if the check bounces I guess I’m in debt

And the interest hasn’t really gotten me yet

But still I’ll keep trying

Because here I’m on the edge of living and dying

The social aspect to romance

Is at a glance

Just a play of words and an exchange of faces

Of phrases and praises

But don’t mind me, I’m gonna be

The Fortune 500 CEO of Romance International baby

And you’ll see

And you’ll know

That this lonely heart, will have a platinum card to show

That my love is worth it’s weight in gold

But if you want it now, take it, I’m sold

Valentine's Poem #4

Day Four

It’s Valentine’s day and I’ve got a date

She’s kind of attractive, but she’s not sure if I’m straight

But that’s okay

She’s not the first anyway

At least I’m not alone on single awareness day

And it matters that much

Because some other guy is off with my crush

Isn’t that a suck?

I mean it’s just my luck

That the one day I was supposed to grow a pair

He reaches through her hair

And whispers in her ear

“Yo gurl wats gucci, how bout you and me

Do what lovers do in the corner of the bathroom?”

And she nods and she blushes

Now I know why they’re called crushes

Cause they mash you up like a boxing matchup

And if you’re still breathing I guess they f*cked up

And if you didn’t die, I guess you’re stronger

But it’d be a lie if you didn’t feel pain any longer

But who cares, you’re on your own date now

And this new girl’s looking prettier somehow

And I think she’s looking at me

With eyes that say “you’re getting lucky”

So I guess I’m better off now

See you later, I've got a girl to plow

Valentine's Poem #3

Day Three

Will you be my Valentine?

I get I look like Frankenstein

But I’ve admired you from far away

And I think about you everyday

Aren’t I so romantic?

...why do you look so frantic?

Are you horrified by my words of passion?

I get that love at first sight is out of fashion

But can’t you respect attraction

Does it lack traction?

Or is it my face?

Are you really such a shallow case

That you won’t even see me for who I am

Or for who I could be?

Look at me!

Does this crooked nose impose?

Do these dark and deformed eyes

Hide and disguise

The love that lies within?

Nevermind that we’ve never shared a word before

I’m speaking with my heart and that counts for more

Not every guy looks like Prince Charming

But my heart’s like a bomb and my nuke is arming

So give my love a whirl

I’ll make you my forever girl

And I don’t mean that in a creepy sense

My love is gold and I spared no expense

Please don’t make me beg because I bet I would

I’d try to steal your heart like I’m Robin Hood

And I could...

Or at least I’d like to try

To be honest I like you more than Jim likes apple pie

I’m a nice guy

And maybe you’d know

If only you stopped chasing those fakes like a thirsty ho

So let’s go

I wanna know more about you

Maybe I can learn how to

Make you smile more

Because it’s that smile that I adore

Valentine's Poem #2

Day Two

Valentinien Snippets (I made that word up)

(I)

Roses are red

Hearts are too

I don’t have a Valentine

And neither do you

(II)

Let’s cut to the chase and make out

I mean let’s face it, if I wasn’t bold I’d get faked out

I don’t have the time and neither do you

An afternoon at Panera is the best we can do

I’d love to go on some lovey dovey dates

But I’m missing 10 assignments, I’ve got 30 lates

My research paper is about the prognosis of a broken heart

Don’t let me start

Don’t you start too

I wanted more and I wanted you

But in high school, hook ups are the best we can do

So baby I know, please don’t hate me

Romances are for after the AP

(III)

Love is a hard thing to show nowadays

I mean is it hour long VCs on school snow days?

Or is it a string of texts from you to me

And I sometimes reply with a “k, baby”

I guess we could show our ways of connection

With way too much tongue in our public displays of affection

But is that what we do?

Is that the best for me and you?

Would you rather I stop by your Spanish when you get your sad B

Oh don’t worry, I can wait to give you the D

Don’t you think it’d be better if we just tried to be happy?

Like even if our days are crappy

I’d still send you a smile

A winky face and kissy face and as much love as you need for that while

I’d hold your hand as we walk down the hallway

As we cuddle and snuggle in the student lobby all day

Happy Valentine’s Day

But don’t forget

My love lasts longer than a day

I’ll still love you yet

Valentine's Poem #1

Day One

Oh honey my darling

How long has it been

Two hours or two minutes

Since last we shared skin

Since last we locked lips

And moved our hips

To the sweet rhythm of youth

And here’s the truth

How short the interval that we are apart

How short the moment of lustful art

Compared to the length of our lives

The length of these lies

These sweetest nothings

These bluffing everythings

Oh cry my darling

Cry me a river

I’m sure it will last past that shiver

That shake and sweat

The naughty little duet

That we sang in the echoes of a bedroom

Oh don’t fume

Don’t puff and pout

You knew what would come out

Of a Valentine’s rushed fling

It’s a short thing ---not my thing, that’s long

But rather the undoubtable and surefire hope

That I’d say yes to such a desperate grope

Such a lonesome look

Oh don’t make me the crook

Sweetheart you should’ve known

That needing a Valentine so badly

Makes the fault your own

The Valentine's Week Poems (2014)

So, weird as it might be to be posting now, I wrote a series of poems just for this past Valentine's week. (All the days leading up to and including Feb. 14) Anyway, I think people enjoyed the humor and sarcasm, as well as the shared understanding of what it's like (you lonely weirdos <3). I'll put them all in order and in individual posts for management's sake. Enjoy!

LoveSick Rant #1

Ah, more genericness... anyway, this is more a piece for me than for any of you guys, but... read if you wanna. Go nuts

LoveSick Rant #1

All her smiles and laughter

But I’m not the one she’s after

Not the one who makes her joyful

Oh no, I’m just the one who is woeful

How she laughs with such glee…

How she laughs not because of me

Rather there is one such other

There is one who captivates that flutter

The bright and buttery heart that lives

In that radiant chest of hers

It beats

It beats

*Tear

It beats

*Tears

It beats

…

Do I see the shine in her eyes?

Yes… it is there clear as the longing in mine

But… he is there

Yes he is there.

Generic Poem XXX (X3)

Yeah let's keep using this title, I'll make it a series! :3 Anyshiz, let the angst and hormones commence! (Like puberty, yknow?)

Generic Poem X3

I’m so lost, I have no ideas and no ways to go

All the roads are gone and all that’s left is a desert

Did you know the Arctic is a desert?

And it’s cold as **** here

It doesn’t end, there’s absolutely no road to walk

No one with whom I can talk

I mean I got somebody to call

But I doubt they’d answer

They’d let it ring and ring and ring

It doesn’t sting

I know why they won’t pick up

And I’m still gonna leave a million messages

Not a soul will hear em

I don’t even want to hear em

I sometimes don’t know what I’m sayin

It’s just… I could curl up and die

But why lie to myself?

It wouldn’t solve this linear equation

And I say that cause I’m flatting

I’m a line and I’m stuck, not single jack shit would get me out of it

There was a time when the lily petals made me smile…

But it’s been a while, it’s been far too long

And I’m not strong, never could be

He might be and she might be but not me

Generic Love Poem X2

Why don't I just spend this post talking about being an awkward introverted teenager as opposed to actually posting poetry? Yeah? No? jk ;P Enjoy lovey-dovey-ness

Generic Love Poem X2

That smile of yours is too much for me

I think I’ll just be upfront and call you a cutie

Oh don’t you just kill me?

That look on your face can still thrill me

The laugh on your lips

And sway of those hips

I swear it’s maddening

How saddening it is

That I’m only ever going to see you once in a day

Never for long enough anyway

I wish I’d say, stay a little while longer

But I’m not that strong… I want to be stronger

So maybe one day I could hold you in my arms

So that I’d have the charms

And maybe the looks

That defy the books

Get past the plays and defenses

So I can get straight to romances

Cause that’s what I’d like to do

With someone as amazing as you

Season of Feelings

Attempting to make the cut to represent my school in a nationwide writing competition... yay -_- In reality, I probably had no chance so yeah, no surprise there. It's a nice read, so go ahead :)

Season of Feelings

Human nature sways much like the swing of the seasons

Suddenly, subtly, it graduates from the simmers of Summer

Into the serene colors of Fall…

But how often does one fall?

How often do we chill into the brisk and blurry blizzards of Winter?

Do the winds of weathered relationships and stormier trips

Somehow stumble their ways into the Spring?

Or do they freeze and crack?

Shattering slowly and soundly

The flurries of flakes are fraught with frightening frays

Less than happy days

That make one wish the steams of Summer might once return

But the seasons are less predictable than we’d hope

Sometimes Winter lasts longer than with which we can cope

It’s a slippery slope I swear

The flowers of Spring are slow to bloom

They have yet to shake off the cold’s gloom

And perhaps they might not yet still

That’s assuming they ever will

Spring is slow to come and quick to end

We’re back at Summer again

And for how long do we sit in the sizzling sweat that Summer begets?

Sometimes the scorching sun

Can do as much damage as Winter’s done

It’s good fun

The shift from frenzied frosts to searing sweltry

From the lowest to the highest degree

The world is wont to weaving

Leaving, believing, and achieving

We are not so different, the world and I

After all, every fall I shed my leaves and die