!!!!!!!!!!!!WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Picking a winner was really hard. If you didn't win it doesn't mean your poem sucked, it doesn't even mean your poem was remotely bad, it could be that it's just not our flavor of poetry, The biggest thing we focused on was how well we thought the poem related to the theme. This theme being Paths or Roads. Now you may feel your poem does portray that idea, but we had to look at the poems and decide which one to us seemed to show and explore that theme, and showed an original idea. Unfortunately there were some talented poems written that we just couldn't give the winning to because they didn't fit the theme. But all that said we'd love to give a BIG EXCITED CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS TIMES WINNERS.
1st place goes to: Rhett N. Marley
Going The Extra Mile
5 years have passed
Memories that stay in my mind
The times when I made a mistake
Leaving what meant most behind
You may think it's too late
But in my heart I know it's not
I can't wait for the day when this is over
To cherish the one that I've got
As we return to a time where we struggle
Know that I'm here to help
Unlike how it was in the past
You don't have to do this all yourself
When I see your beautiful eyes
I can tell when you've been crying
I can almost feel how much you hurt
Inside your heart is where you're hiding
So where do I begin
How in the world could I start
Words don't mean enough to relieve
The enormous pain inside your heart
I know you want to runaway
Scared of what might be ahead
Not knowing the answer is frightening
But you chose to be strong instead
Years of fighting for what you believe
Never giving up when we parted
You don't have much left and that why I'm here
To finish up what you started
Your life has become a testimony
It shows who you truly can be
When no one seemed to stand by you
You still stuck up for me
The passion inside my heart
For you to see from within
To make you realize who you are
To make you feel beautiful again
Taking away your hurt
Just to embrace all your pain
Waiting for what seems to be eternal
But I know what I have to gain
To a story that will have a happy ending
Turning sorrow tears into a joyful smile
Patience was the key to success
For the two that had to go the extra mile
By: Rhett N. Marley
Second place goes to: Alexandra
Step into the dark
Step one into the dark
Her foot follows but she blind
Does she turn or does she go straight?
She must let her heart decide.
Step two, shes in so deep
Her choice was made, her debt to pay
Will there be another moment?
Another memory, another day?
Step three into the lost unknown
As dreams cradle her torn heart
With crevices of hope
That keep her life and death apart
Step four shes screaming
but she continues on
Through the rain in tears and the smile in the sun
She longs for the light
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