Elie's Poetry Corner

She is a quiet sort of girl who likes to read a book she sits for hours in a chair cozy in her nook She likes to learn and learns to live through all the things she reads She reads and as she reads, she makes believe it's real The wind is really in her hair, the grass beneath her feet She sees the world anew through each author's point of view Through each path of folly she cries with all the rest She laughs at the absurdities, and through it all stays riveted until she's reached the end Each book is an adventure that takes her on a ride and when she's done, she feels all bubbly inside.

You hide within the corners of my mind and when I fall asleep it's you I find. You break into my safest hiding place and in my dreams I lie in your embrace. But then I wake to find it isn't true And once again, my heart is crushed anew When you are near, my heart drops to my knees My mind is gone and soon my reason flees. My lips they tremble and quake My knees knock and my body shakes. There is a paradox about your smile, so full both of innocence and guile. Most times I read people pretty well, but when it comes to you, I cannot tell. I dance around and proudly strut my stuff just like a bird's bright feathers pomp and puff. But what do I when e're you look my way? I blush and shake my head and look away. My head swims with panic, fear and doubt And all my insecurities, they shout. There is no way amazing you could be even slightly int'rested in me. So if you get too close to me I pray that if I close my eyes, you'll go away. And so...