http://genuinewriting.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Writers Who Dream en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:17:03 GMT 2010-01-05T04:17:03Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379247&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I was born not knowing your smile, But then our eyes met and I knew. Your ability to touch me was written in the stars Along side the miracle of that first kiss, The definitive proof that you . . . Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:24:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379247&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-06-21T20:24:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364087&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I watch you walk away And I get scared you won't come back, So my systems start to get muddled and my life gets knocked off track. Deep down I know you love me, But I always want you near. Losing you . . . Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:29:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364087&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-06-07T01:29:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353111&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace You will never know how much it hurt The day you said good-bye. I hold the pain inside my heart Because I'm much too old to cry. I felt my heart get torn in half As I watched you walk away, . . . Sun, 25 May 2008 02:52:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353111&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-25T02:52:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344343&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I know you can't stay forever, but if I can just get through today, Tomorrow I'll still be lonely, But I won't ask you to stay. I just want your company. Tomorrow I can cry. Today is for forgetting. . . . Tue, 13 May 2008 02:36:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344343&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-13T02:36:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977341755&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I know it's not for me to question God, But I just don't understand how everything in my life can go so wrong And nothing worked out as I planned. I pray and I try not to doubt But somedays I just can't . . . Fri, 09 May 2008 01:13:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977341755&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-09T01:13:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977336811&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I carry you beneath my eyelids, Damp and full of love. You collect in my lashes and try to escape as a tear on the run down my cheek But I wrap you in tissue And plant you close to my heart. Fri, 02 May 2008 04:06:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977336811&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-02T04:06:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364062&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace  This is something completely out of the box for me.  I've been working on it for a while and I kept getting stuck.  I guess I have finished it, but I am not sure if I did what I wanted . . . Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:03:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977364062&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-06-07T01:03:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977347889&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace If I'd died while you still loved me, Then I would never know the pain of watching you walk away and being all alone again. If I'd died in the beginning, before I memorized your face, then I wouldn't . . . Sun, 18 May 2008 07:19:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977347889&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-18T07:19:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344308&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I saw you on the street today. You reached out for me, but I turned away. Our moment was over. I miss you, but not enough to forget. That last night ----- You didn't even notice The tears streaking my . . . Tue, 13 May 2008 01:44:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344308&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-13T01:44:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338482&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace There are days when love just isn't enough And I get lost in the muck of other stuff, When little stones become ten feet tall And puddles don't have a bottom at all. There are days when it seems my heart . . . Sun, 04 May 2008 19:20:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338482&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-05-04T19:20:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331813&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace I turned to you with a smile and a kiss and you proceeded to mess up my inner bliss. As I offered you my symbol of love You took me down with an invisible glove Because the man I kissed was not . . . Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:23:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331813&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-04-25T08:23:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367515&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace They say that tomorrow is as yet unwritten, yet each day for me is a repetition of yesterday, and predicting my own future is as simple As recollecting my sordid past. Unfulfilled dreams and broken . . . Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:54:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367515&grpId=3659174697244227&nav=Groupspace Shelbia C. 2008-06-10T04:54:34Z