Poetry by Ginger Marie

(Last Updated February 14, 2006).

     When I was in the sixth grade we were asked, nay commanded, by our English teacher Ms. Adams to write a poem in honor of Springtime. At this time, in my twelve year old innocence, I believed that poems that didn't make any sense whatsoever were the only ones with any merit. It was with great trepidation that I sat down to take on this awesome task.

     When the project was done and graded, I was surprised to find that it was not returned to me like the rest of the class. When I inquired, my teacher informed me that my poem was exceptional enough to be displayed in the front foyer of the school for everyone to see. Accolades did much to inspire the poetic heart within!

     Over the next 17 years, my poetic soul grew and seasoned with each new experience and each relationship (some good, some not so good). Poetry can be a great catharsis for a hurting heart, and a voice for a loving one. It can also be a great common denominator of how we may look different on the outside but on the inside we're not as far apart as we seem.

     It is with that in mind that I welcome you to my poetry page and hope you enjoy the feelings, the heart and the love that is displayed here. If you have any comments, I would love to hear from you.

    All work on this page is my original work, and copyrighted 1998.   Best wishes to all, Ginger.

Part of Me

I see you standing right before me
I don't know why I could never see
There was a world beyond my nose's end
Into my life you crashed
And the only thing you asked
Was for me to be your friend

I thought I was well wise in my doubt
Thought I had it all figured out
Yet you taught me what life was about

We come from two different places
We should be worlds apart
Though we look from different faces
We are one truth, one voice, one heart
When life turned the table
You showed me that I was able
To see what it is you see
You became a part of me

My friend you are not defeated
And I know I will never feel cheated
Though you're gone and our time together is through
You live on in my heart even now
And I just hope I can show someone else how
To believe in themselves, that is what I learned from you

You taught me how to live again
You taught me how to be a friend
You taught me how to take on the world and win

We come from two different places
We should be worlds apart
Though we look from different faces
We are one truth, one voice, one heart
When life turned the table
You showed me that I was able
To see what it is you see
You became a part of me

(1998)

This Rose

This Rose always scarred the hands who tried to hold it
This Rose always ran to lovers who desired to scold it
This Rose landed at your feet, bloody beaten and worn
A scraggly, pathetic sight, less petal, more thorn
But you were kind and gentle, your soul understood
With bravery that only a Knight like you could
You rescued me from reality and set me high on a cloud
And in our dream world I could touch you..I was allowed
You opened the door to your heart enough for me to peek inside
When I reached out for an embrace, you didn't run or hide
You are the dream lover on a distant shore
You are the fantasy that makes me come back all the more
So dream or not, you're a man whom I am honored to know
Because of your tenderness, you helped this Rose grow

(1998)

Thoughts of You

Life is good when you're beside me
Your strength it guides me
Your hand linked in mine
Hearts forever entwined
Friends from the first time we talked
Lovers from the first time we kissed
No matter how rocky a road we walk
Not one moment would I miss
You are an answer to a prayer
I can't believe how much I care
And always will...
I do love you... still
Memories take me back when love was new
How you'd run to be with me, and I to be with you
Time takes it's toll on young love sometimes
And the world isn't always so kind
But somehow our feelings have never faded
You met me when my view on love was jaded
And taught me how to believe again
The heart of a lover, the comfort of a friend
I never want us to be apart
I want us side by side, heart to heart
For never had I believed it, you are my dream come true
And I have fallen hopelessly in love with you.

(1998)

Broken

My heart races whenever you walk into a room
And it breaks whenever you leave it
The love I feel growing inside
Sometimes I can hardly believe it
In your eyes I find a haven
A relief from life's crazy ride
I don't think I'll ever be able
To show you all I feel inside
You've taken my problems
And made them all disappear
It's as if by your touch
You've made diamonds from my tears
I can't do much to repay you
For giving myself back to me
Except for loving you as you are
For letting me be all I can be
So don't be surprised by the depth of my love
Even if the words can't be spoken
My heart races when you walk into the room
And once you're gone, it lays utterly broken.

(1994)

In The Night

In the silence of the night
You can't hear my heart breaking
When I long to touch you but can't
I can't believe the strength it's taking
In the darkness of the night
You can't see the pain in my eyes
If you look at me I turn away
You caused this pain I must disguise
In the stillness of the night
You cannot feel the tears I'm shedding
I curl up in a ball and remember
What I wish to God I was forgetting
In the closeness of the night
I feel her right there in between
You don't want to see it
So you don't know what it means
In the silence of the night
I quite my sobs like all the times before
I pickup the pieces of my broken dreams
And slip soundlessly toward the door
In the darkness of the night
I turn to see the moonlight on your face
You slip an arm around her
She has taken my place

(1991)

Power Over Me

Hearing his voice I'm down on my knees
Bursting inside me this desire to please
He stands before me, the only one I see
I have given him the ultimate gift-- power over me

I trust him completely, my life is in his hands
There's nothing I have hidden, and all he understands
Every thought I have submits to his name
Since he entered my life I know I will never be the same

What gift can I give that will equal the gift of him?
My obedience completely with adoration thrown in
For I know I am not worthy, nor might I never be
Yet I give him this only gift I can-- power over me

(1998)

Please Don't Fall In Love With Me

Please don't fall in love with me
I can never be what you want me to be
I'm lonely, pathetic and sad
Always crying over things I've never had
It's a world turned cold and gray
And there's nothing you can do or say
To make the pain disappear
Or to make the last one I cried the very last tear
Because there's a hole where my heart should be
Please don't fall in love with me.
I don't deserve someone wonderful like you
There have been sad things no one has ever seen me do
But it's all been recorded in time
And that's why love will never be mine
Pain's probably the only emotion I'll know
With only brutal scars to show
So I'll continue on with the race
Until I can no longer keep up the pace
When I fall flat on my face, I want no one to see
So please don't fall in love with me.

(1988)

You Have Created Love in Me

As if scattering paint across the page
Or casting a spotlight upon the stage
You have created love in me
Like a careful strum of an instrument's strings
Your warm smile shares in the happiness it brings
Just take one look and you'll see
As if you'd just painted a work of art
Your soul played a symphony and I took part
Showing me what love was supposed to be
It was like you took the pain of my past
And wrote a love story in which you and I were cast
Your hands tenderly sculpted until I was your masterpiece
Like a drop of paint here, a hum or so there
Just by showing you care
You have created love in me.

(1988)

What You Are to Me

I can never be to you what you are to me
It's a sad and lonely place to be
I build sandcastles in the sand
You wash them away in the tide
I want to rush toward you in eager expectation
You make me want to run and hide
I could easier call down the mountains with a wave of a hand
Than have you fully understand
I can never be to you what you are to me
It's a place I can no longer bear to be
You're the steak and I'm starving to death
You're the oxygen that steals my breath
Out of reach and out of touch
When all I want that is so little seems like so much
I know I can never be to you what you are to me
And it just breaks my heart that you choose not to see
It's all or nothing and I stand here without
I tried to have faith, but all you ever gave me was doubt
So I will turn and go the other way
If you ask me why, I will only say
I can never be to you what you are to me
And it's a sad and lonely place to be.

(1998)

Winter of the Heart

The seasons of love can pass so quickly
From the sweet fragrant flowers of spring, to the chill of winter
It's such a natural progression one can hardly fault it
And just like tearing the petals from the face of a rose
To bare the heart of the flower
So must we tear away the layers that stand between
The false face of a suitor to the heart of a lover true
Anyone can buy you gold and roses
Anyone can whisper sweet promises in the night
But only after those things are gone can you be sure
If the heart is true.. the love is strong..
Or if all the time spent was whittling away the edges
From a square peg to make it fit in a round hole
The spring of our love faded quickly
Burned out with the heat of our passionate summer of romance
I watched in dismay as the leaves changed
And the cold winter snows crept in
Those flowers have died
The gifts are but a fond memory of a birthday
When happiness was the best gift you gave
And in my heart I've torn apart every layer to discover
The love was true.. the love remains..
And the heart I have given you will never be recovered completely
But the love cannot whittle away the edges
To make the square peg of your sweet precious love
Fit into the round hole of my complicated life
So here I am.. facing the chill that has blown apart
The edges of my battered heart
And I watch you leave
The tears freezing on my face
The farewell lost in the bitter wind

(1999)

Another Face in the Crowd

I don't want to be just a face in the crowd
Lost in the stars staring at the man in the moon
I don't want to be just another fly by night
A chance of a lifetime being over too soon

A second would never be enough
A moment or a minute shorter still
But anything other than "How do you do?"
Would surely be considered overkill

So how do I make this connection
In a life that runs just parallel
And why do I feel the need is urgent
To spill all these words I could never tell?

I don't want to be just a face in the crowd
A lifetime away on a distant shore
I don't want to see such a brief flash of light
Only to be embraced by darkness once more

So close and yet so far away
Such words spoken were never more true
Because I know I can never have what I want
When it comes to knowing you

So I will remain another face in the crowd
Someone whom you will easily forget
That is why I just will turn away
And miss the opportunity to say we've met.

(1998)

The Heart Wrapped in Barbed Wire

There is a heart wrapped in barbed wire
Bound, bleeding and aching to be free
Tired of lies that mislead it
Endlessly searching for a little honesty
Each night drags on forever
Each day such a challenge to get through
But the hope of freedom never leaves
Managing to burn bright a light through all the blue
Like being trapped in a bottle
Suffocating and praying for air
The heart wrapped in barbed wire
Wishes on every star for someone to care
Will there ever be peace
In a world that seems so incredibly cruel?
Where are the promises spoken long ago
Why always played the fool?
This heart wrapped in barbed wire
Bound and broken, aching to be free
Bleeds with every pulse of every beat
I know it will be the death of me

(1998)

        

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