Without Love, We Don’t Have Much
*******************************************

I think back on Valentine’s Day
How ecstatic I was to get your card
And as I opened it to read what you’d say
There was "no love mentioned" on any page
My heart stopped in that very moment I realized
Without any love, our desires would eventually fade
And if you didn’t express it then, I seriously wondered why
What was your angle, always talking about love, and even marriage
But when you had the chance to actually show it, you held back
Because friends is the only thing you ever asked me to be
And in the end a friend is all you ever were to me
But I'm not really sure if we were even that
After reading what you said about me in your versed attack
Up to then I didn't write about you, until you slammed me first
And even at that point I tried to be polite, carefully choosing my words
You on the other hand showed me that some people call hate love
When, without any qualms you gutted me, you even made stuff up
Even now in hindsight it's only me you choose to blame
After I got tired of the guff, and quit playing your patronizing game
Regardless to the spin that is now your current claim
I told you from the start where it is that I aim
To love, to be genuine, to be loyal, and share unconditional love
And it may be difficult, maybe even downright tough
But without love, even at the puppy stage
Dreams and promises aren’t worth much

©AthenaRose

03/08/13

Stranger Danger
**********************

a stranger approaches you
he wants to be your friend
and asks for directions
---
will you let him in?
---
innocently
happily
you tell him
everything he wants to know
---
and he tells you
the way “he wants it to go”
---
time is spent
---
talking
laughing
crying
confessing
nurturing feelings
---
eventually
yet quickly
he tells you he loves you
---
you’re good friends now
---
you tell him you love him too
and become best of friends
---
as time goes on
you see him differently
that he isn’t what he pretends to be
and he doesn’t really care
in fact
he’s a player
with his own game
and he knows your address
and your real name
---
he also feels entitled
to play with you his own way
and being without a conscience
guilt in him doesn’t exist
especially if there’s hell to pay
doing wrong he’ll never admit
---
so rather than apologize
to ease the strife
he makes excuses
then goes on with his life
---
so what do you do now?
how can you quietly back out?
or should you scream
and make a scene?
opening yourself up
to even more of his decree
in that he says
“now you belong to me!”
---
rather than setting you free
he won’t let you run
you’re hapless
and he’s pure evil
the devil’s own son
with his grip on your throat
and he will never let it go
---
instead
stronger and tighter
becomes the noose of his hands
as he strangles out your life
if against him you stand
---
so ladies beware
when you’re in the devil’s lair
don’t talk to strangers
or you haven’t got a prayer

©AthenaRose

03/08/13

Is This Really What Love is Made Of?
*********************************************

I CAN’T DENY
My ANGER
My PAIN
My DOUBT
My REGRET
---
It’s all locked inside my head
---
And it’s eating me alive
It’s devouring my pride
---
The happiness I felt
Only yesterday
Today I forget
---
How is it possible to feel in an unpredictable way?
---
Why can’t I say what I need to say?
DAM IT!
---
Instead
---
All I hear out of my own mouth
Is filled with the anger, the pain, and all of the doubt
---
My feelings mixed with such explosive energy
---
While the anger goads me to SHOUT, KICK or SCREAM
---
The pain makes me want to just numb out
---
But the doubt is tempting me to figure stuff out
And to even spell it all out
---
I’ve never in all my days
Been so horribly mixed up
Feeling what I can’t touch
Dealing out such tough love
---
Is all this agony really what love is made of?

©AthenaRose

03/09/13

Spring is in the Air
***************************

There’s so much excitement in the air
That I feel inspired almost everywhere
Gone is the confusion that led to despair
In its place, I see more reasons to care

While Spring Ahead is here and now
Today’s aim was yesterday’s doubt
Then, as if it was me, I was bandied about
And like a mouse trapped, I had to get out

Until during the lonely blink of an eye
Looming dark clouds forsook the sky
And changing winds then set me free
So I can’t wait for tomorrow to see

What the new love in my life will bring
With laughter and tears our words will sing
Together combined we’ll face everything
As wounds of the past have lost their sting

We know that everybody isn’t our cup of tea
With each our own is where we prefer to be
We’re also critiqued by the company we keep
And this can lead to fights, sparked by jealousy

But, when the dust settles, or we finally pick a side
How we choose to convey, may be a matter of pride
So, it’s best to remember what caused us to collide
As we hop on a new train, for one hell of a future ride

©Athena Rose

03/11/13

Is This a Game, or is it Real?
****************************************

They’re everywhere now
And closing in fast
Jeezzz
What a pain in the azz
They can really be
It’s either
Many of them
Or
A very busy he
---
So many profiles
And faces to delete
But all their messages are the same
From the players handbook
They must be
---
I was so naïve
To their way
Just a few months ago
But it’s old hat now
It’s extremely boring today
---
Scammers email
The same dam nonsense
Everyday
They don’t even try to impress
It’s just the same old pretense
---
Hi pretty
Do you want to talk to me?
---
C’mon!!!
---
Do I really have
“feel free to cum over here and fruck with me”
Printed in bold type
On my profile
---
For a-holes like you to get your freak???
---
And I must be on their speed dial
---
But it’d be nice
If they’d leave me alone
For even a little while
To let me forget they exist
This simple act
Would bring me such bliss
---
Oh yeah, I forgot
It’s not me they’re aiming to plzzz
They’re just getting their rocks off
By pestering me
Continuously
---
I don’t know about any of you
Other ladies
How you feel
When checking your inbox
And you read their appeal
---
Do you think it’s just a game?
Or is it all too real?

©AthenaRose

03/12/13

Are We Willing To Risk Our Lives?
*******************************************

The in between stage
Is all the rage
When no two people
Are on the same page
---
These days
---
It’s all about
Finding the right one
Looking deeper
Determining
The keeper
---
Tests
Rules
We’re all tempted
To try
To break a few
---
Because
---
We know what we like
And want it in our lives
So we invite it to come inside
Where together love will survive
---
But
Will it stay?
Or
Will we chase it away?
---
For this answer
We must hear our own heart first
Carefully
Discerning each word
---
Does it tell us to hold on?
Or
Does it tell us to let go?
---
Does our mind and heart agree?
Or
Are they divided separately?
---
With our hearts
We say yes
We can make it
If we try
---
But with our minds
We say wait
Why risk a loss
And waste our time
---
Ultimately
---
Only we know love’s true worth
When no other voice is heard
---
So
---
Will we throw caution to the wind
Boldly readying our lives to begin
---
Or
---
Leave our futures up to chance
As we avoid, or forget romance

©AthenaRose 03/16/13

Have You Ever Felt Hated?
*********************************

Have you ever felt hated?
~~
And not known the reason why
~~
Has anyone ever spurned you?
Then laughed
When they made you cry
~~
One minute
They come to your defense
Then the next
They are your biggest offense
~~
Arrogantly
Strutting a peacock's plumage
Among all your friends
Their show of charm
Is nothing more than pretense
~~
When you’re nice to them
They pick a fight
There’s something about them
Just doesn’t fit right
~~
But, no matter how difficult they are
You refuse to compete
And as you walk the way of the martyr
Turning to them your other cheek
They smack you in the face
Making them selves look weak
~~
Yet after they inflict unjustified pain
And their fiery print on your face begins to fade
Your heart reaches out to understand
What it is that makes them behave this way
~~
Have you ever felt hated?
~~
And not known the reason why

©AthenaRose 03/17/13

Double The Trouble
*************************

Which one do we choose?
~ ~
A narcissist
Or
A lyricist
~ ~
I can’t help but laugh
When I hear the twist
~ ~
It’s just a joke
~ ~
And without a punch line
There’s nothing to miss
~ ~
Connecting pieces
Filling in the puzzle
Its picture complete
The price is double
~ ~
Who’d have thought
It’d be so much trouble
~ ~
Everything worth having
Takes time and effort
Only the buyers know
If it’s now or never
~ ~
Keeping our eyes peeled
Watching the market
We’ll find the deal
To put in our pocket
~ ~
Until then
~ ~
We’re reading the signs
~ ~
If anybody asks
Together creating
Sidestepping the trash
~ ~
There’s no way to lose
What will actually last

©AthenaRose 03/18/13

*Sometimes Lovers Collide*
*********************************

Sometimes

It’s just the way it has to be
The past is revived
Lovers in love
Collide
They hold to each other tight
For one hell of a different ride
The future looks bright
Everyone is happy
All the candles in place
Romance in the air
Takes hold with grace

Sometimes

Old lovers
Become friends
Again
They laugh
Make love
He gives chase
She’s his ace
In the hole
Money is like honey
It sweetens the pot
Together they feast
On each other
They’re HOT!

Sometimes

It’s actually fun
To be in love
And anger's pain
Doesn't have to rule the day

Sometimes

©AthenaRose 03/21/13

Old School Rules
**********************

I feel so alone
Like nobody else is home
And I want to play
So I call you on the phone

And what do you say?

OH
It’s you
What do you want us to do?
Okay
Let me see if they want too
BRB

Hey
Yeah
We’ll play
What about today?

Cool
What’s the rule?

Old school
Blind man’s buff
And you’re “it”

ME!

Okay
You asked for it
Now let me see
Where can you possibly be?

I take one step to the right
Another to the left
Hands out stretched
But I can’t touch anybody yet

Okay you guys
This isn’t going to be any fun
If I can’t get close to anyone

When suddenly

They all approach at once
I’m surrounded
There’s nowhere else to run

And I hear them all say

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
When along came a spider
That sat down beside her
And scared Miss Muffet away!

Okay you guys
This isn’t funny anymore

What’s the deal
With this crazy a$$ spider?
Doesn’t he know fear
Only brings out the fighter

In me

Just you wait
And he’ll see

Said the spider to the fly
“WILL YOU walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly,
'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I've a many curious things to shew when you are there.”

“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “to ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair
-can ne'er come down again.”
“I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high;
Will you rest upon my little bed?” said the Spider to the Fly.
“There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin,
And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!”

“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “for I've often heard it said,
They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!”

Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, “Dear friend what can I do,
To prove the warm affection I 've always felt for you?
I have within my pantry, good store of all that's nice;
I'm sure you're very welcome — will you please to take a slice?”

“Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “kind Sir, that cannot be,
I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!”

“Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you're witty and you're wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I've a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf,
If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.”

“I thank you, gentle sir,” she said, “for what you 're pleased to say,
And bidding you good morning now, I'll call another day.”

The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly,
And set his table ready, to dine upon the Fly.

Then he came out to his door again, and merrily did sing,
“Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing;
Your robes are green and purple — there's a crest upon your head;
Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!”

Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly,
Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by;
With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue —
Thinking only of her crested head — poor foolish thing!
At last,
Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast.
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour — but she ne'er came out again!

And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed:
Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale, of the Spider and the Fly.

~By Mary Howitt, 1829


And I thought
We were just playing a game

Silly me

There’s always plan B!

Hehehehehe

Athena Rose
03/21/13

A Big Fat Zero, Or An Even Bigger Hero?
***************************************************

Unlike you
I enjoy my own company
No matter how serious
I can find most anything to be funny

Life is too short
To always feed the drama
If you don’t believe me
Then go and ask your momma

We women have a way
Of spinning anything into gold
And if you want to play
Join the fun as it unfolds

If the truth be told
I’m just getting started
And nothing is too difficult
When we choose to be lighthearted

The trick is
You have to let everything go
Because
Holding on to nothing
Adds up quickly
To a big fat
Zero

So
Let’s go find our hero
Laughing along the way
And don’t forget there’s magic
In store for us each day

©AthenaRose 03/21/13

hi... i love the way you express yourself through writing... awesome! i love your work madame...

Thank you, sandygloria... your kind praise of my work brings a smile to my heart... and I welcome you to Mingle...

Let Me Live Again, Please
**********************************

It’s horrible
What I’m doing to my body
Garbage in
Garbage out
~ ~
Lately
I’ve been insatiably hungry
Like maggots eating away at my wounds
Yet nothing curbs the craving
~ ~
And I don’t know what for
~ ~
It’s as if I’ve lost control
As my mind directs my actions
My hands follow in unison
With mechanical fingers tapping
Involuntarily
Programming my reality
Day after day
~ ~
The numbness
Overwhelming and meaningless
If I can but feel again
To reach beyond the emptiness
Instead
My needs are not met
My pleas are unsaid
My path not clear to step
My thoughts going head to head
~ ~
What is my crime?
I beg for leniency
This punishment is killing me
Help me to break free
~ ~
Let me live again
Please

©Athena Rose 03/22/13

I Love You Too
*********************

If you say it is
I know that it’s not
You picture it like this
Because you forgot
I’m just a fool
Whose heart can’t be bought

I look inside
And my eyes do see
My tongue latches on
The words that you speak
Before I chew them
They’re guiding me
Back to you
I choose
My breath
Yours to breathe

Trying to fight it
Our war
You have won
My life in your hands
Our lives just begun

United souls
Together are undone
As new life springs forth
More in love we become

I try to imagine
Time without you
Only seconds I count
The moments are few

Forgive me my weakness
Forget my wrongs too
Just remember life’s frailty
And that...

*I love you*

©AthenaRose 03/22/13

You Make Me So Happy
*****************************

There’s no talking me out of you
No one else knows our truth
Like we do
~ ~
Reaching across time
Your heart takes mine
In your hands
I am yours
Irresistibly
~ ~
And you are my man
Of this you make known
Unquestionably
~ ~
You make me soooooo happy
~ ~
Every day I wake
And my mind sees your face
My life quickens its pace
Hurrying towards the day
Our love will be ours to partake
Longingly
Eagerly
We’ll savor its taste
~ ~
Until then
Dearer to me than a friend
I hold you closely within
Beguiled
You’ve attached my sanity
In that
There’s no talking you out of me

©AthenaRose 03/24/13

The Inevitable Hour
***************************

There comes a time
In everyone’s life
We have to decide
If we want to do wrong
Or we have to do right
~ ~
When the inevitable hour comes
We’ll know which way to go
At the fork in the road
Our nose always knows
Which instincts to follow
~ ~
Along this journey we take
On the one less traveled
Any promises we’ve made
Are so much harder to break
Once tethered to a heart’s ache
~ ~
Friends are plentiful
And enemies are too
What we have to know
Is who is really who
And are they being true?
~ ~
If in doubt
We relax
Have some fun
Where once there was safety in numbers
It’s now narrowed down to just one
~ ~
The tighter the bond
Its strength will succeed
And nothing but death
Will usurp what it needs
~ ~
Together
Matched or divisively
Making all the more sense
Mellowing through strife
We’ll live with the consequence
For the best of our life

AthenaRose 03/24/13

You Enable Me To See
*****************************

I love you more
Than I ever thought possible
Before
~ ~
You are the sunshine
To my rain
The antidote
To my pain
The left
To my right
The day
To my night
~ ~
Your love
Gives my eyes sight
Where I’ve been blind
It opens my heart
And
Enlightens my mind
~ ~
You enable me to see
Truth
In its various forms
And diversity
~ ~
I can understand
The law of opposites
Attracting
~ ~
With you
I know what it feels like
To be truly happy
~ ~
I’m like a child
First learning to read
Sounding out words
As you teach them to me
~ ~
In our own little world
We’re together
Living vicariously
Through our creativity
~ ~
And I wouldn’t change a thing
No matter the storm
Or dark clouds warning
~ ~
Because I believe
In you and me
And in destiny

©AthenaRose 03/27/13

Together In Rhapsody
*****************************

Your lips
Make me ravenous
Weak and unsteady
On my feet
Overwhelmed
By their demanding
Intensity
~ ~
Your mouth
Delicate
Inviting
I seek it
Greedily
With it
I must feed
Feverishly
Continually
~ ~
Mine pressed against yours
Together
In rhapsody
~ ~
Your tongue
Ignites a flame
When I hear my name
In every word
You say
Calling out to me
I follow your lead
Instinctively
~ ~
Alive in my memory
Your voice breeds
Impulsively
Throbbing
Against and within
My naked body
~ ~
Your eyes
Symbolize
Power
In them
You devour
My anatomy
Exposing elements
Of our dichotomy
~ ~
Your face
Cannot be replaced
In my mind
Nor betrayed
By space and time
~ ~
You are one of a kind
~ ~
And you are mine
Indefinitely

©AthenaRose 03/27/13

Ill be a wind
That perhaps blows too much
As insanity be broken
With the loss of sense of touch
WRITE ?




KiK