THE OTHER HALF
by Nobo13
Copyright 2011 Nobo13
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The Other Half
by Nobo13
Hello?
I don't know you
You don't know me
But there is a sense
That maybe we do
You've stumbled onto something
This world that isn't quite what it seems
So maybe I'll help
Fifty stories to help you return
Follow each one to the word
?Good luck my friend
Goodbye
The rockets are starting
Ready to blastoff
Leaving behind the dying Earth
Half of its people full
Half of its people empty
A sole woman cried
As she claws at the window
She leaves him behind
To wait for a lonely death
He stares into the fiery sky
Whispering
?Goodbye
Adult Today
When work became more than play
And we talked and laughed less each day
It seemed I forgotten something today
I lost it along the way
And as I think back to that day
Of the things we used to play
As an Adult may
I wished it were yesterday
Driving home
A car in a lamp lit forest chamber
Driving along lights like ember
In a starry night of December
Children two seated near
Filled with sadness but no tear
Silence with not a single word to hear
Ever drifting down the road
Onward they rode
Bound by what they owed
Hate
Mangled and disturbed
Betrayed and cursed
Boil them in the very waters
That have rotted your fragile heart
Eyes fueled by its power
Teeth excited by its taste
Hands become weapons
To smite them with your hate
And as it seethes away
You're left without any satisfaction
Just empty hate
Knowing love
Star crossed lovers walk side by side
But neither walk in the same direction
Such is the cruelty of life
And of all those that try to love
They share with each other the pain
Of ever being alone
Of ever being afraid
So that one day
It will disappear
Losing someone
A world that's lost its colour
A scenery that's withered to winter
An invisible frost has settled upon your skin
That's cold to the touch
Eyes that hold no light
Stare on helplessly
And tears no longer flow
In a desert of despair
Losing someone
You also lost your way
Left behind
We cannot return to Earth for fifty years
Until one day the ash no longer falls
Those on the rockets
Speak of the future and present
How they will survive
Yet, what of the other half?
The dying planet cries
Half of its people full
Half of its people empty
Remembered
Nowhere to be found
Yet you're here somewhere
It's like you're gone off to a parallel world
It's no joke?
I can't see you nor hear you
But somehow I know
If I hold you in my heart
And cry out with my soul
You'll find your way home
Remember?
Moment of truth
This is the moment of truth
When he will tell her everything
Tell her how he feels
Tell her how much she means to him
Waiting at the table
In an empty caf?
Waiting until he cannot wait anymore
And she never came
Unable to find her
He waits alone
It flows in the family
Where's my textbook?
Here they are!
Argh! I forgot to do the homework!
Oh right, it's for Tuesday!
But crap! My pencil case?
Forget it, I'll borrow a pen
Wait, where's my P.E. kit?
No, it's swimming, I'll skip
Where's my bag?
MUM!
Oh here it is?
Where's my textbook?
The little match girl
Cold and alone
Abandoned by all
A little match girl freezes in the cold
With nothing to her name
But three matches
She lights the first
And sets her neighbours on fire
She lights the second
And sets her parents on fire
But for the last
She saves for herself
Though?
Though you sit so close to me
You never felt my pain
Though you hold my hand
You never realised my fears
It's like we live in parallel worlds
You never realised how alone I felt
But one day I'll tell you
Because your heart has room for it all
Moon
Lunar scape
White as snow
A shining pearl
Keeper of the night
I find myself talking to you
You who is as cold as me
Both of us chasing the Sun
Yet never able to reach
But still we try
For you and I
We but borrow someone else's light
A bit of fun
Hi,
Well, this is a bit of fun
You see, it's quite hard to get these down to fifty
So it helps for, say?
Having material you can just edit
Poems you can shorten
Or just dialogue and monologues
Well, like I said
This is just a bit of fun
Losing something- simple addition
It's the soundless break
That painful snap you feel
When losing something
And in its absence
You try to fill its place with tears
Try screaming for it
Stay awake at night hoping
Losing something
It's simple addition
My cure is the best in the world
Just forget...
Just forget...
Little girl found
Trying to find her way home
But she never lost her way
Alone with her tears
Cold and alone
Soon her darkness is lifted
By a stranger from another world
Hoping no more tears would fall
As she made her way home
The little girl lost
Had finally been found
The boy with no lives
There lived a boy with no lives
He could not breathe
His friend had said
"Tell you what, I'll give you my lives when I die"
So the boy with no lives
Waited and waited for his death
But alas!
The dim-witted ghost realised then
> A corpse couldn't give life
Rain
"This is the world of rain
And you do not belong
You journey a path of pain
But sing such a merry song?
Tell me, what do you seek?
What brings you here?
For the answers may be bleak
Speak up, I cannot hear
?Your home lies beyond this rain"