Forgotten Love

So long
   had it taken me
   to forget.

My skin
   had missed
   your touch.

How to feel;
   your warmth
   and your lips.

To forget
   had never
   been simple.

When our embrace
   would caress me
   once more.

Memories rush in
   like a flood
   in July.

I still remember
   your smile
   and your voice.

To forget
   meant our love
   had been lost.

Human Need

Craving,
Needing,
Feeling,
Seeing.

The touch of another,
Sensing their skin.
Another memory;
So near.

Urgency,
Weakness,
Moments become;
One last time.

The notion,
The knowing,
Of people becoming
So dear.

Their eyes
See you coming;
As if it was
The first time.

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Almost a year has passed since my last published poem. I've never stopped writing, although now I don't have someone forcing it out of me all the time. As of now, my poems will begin coming out more naturally.

Expect more to come. I have many in the waiting.

Enjoy,

-Alexe Pop

Last Night, I Dreamt Of You

I saw you there,

Right in front of me.
You were already so near,
But you came closer still.

You hugged me gently,

You kissed my lips,
You looked at me in the eyes,
Then you whispered in my ear.

You told me you still loved me;

Silly me, I managed to believe you.

-Alexe Pop

Never Give Up On Your Dreams

I don’t remember how,
I don’t remember when,
and I definitely don’t remember why,
but I gave up on writing a long time ago.

Don’t try to ask me what happened,
because I won’t be able to tell you.

All I can say
is that I promise to never,
ever,
let that happen again.

Sure,
life might get in the way,
but you should always leave time,
especially for something you love to do.

No matter what or when it is,
never give up on what matters most to you.

That is my advice to you.
Never give up on your dreams.

You’re going somewhere,
I swear.

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This is something I wrote about two months ago as a preparation exercise to writing for Camp NaNoWriMo* in June. Seeing as how the August edition is about to begin, I figured that I might as well start writing again.

Of course, even though I seem to have neglected this blog a bit for the past two weeks, I still have the intention of posting some more stories and poems onto here throughout the month.

*For those who aren’t familiar with NaNoWriMo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month and it takes place in November of every year. The goal of the project (run by the Office of Letters and Light) is to write a 50'000 word novel within a month. In June and August, they offer a summer-months program in order to offer the program to those who cannot make the time to write 1'667 words a day in the busy month of November.

My first experience with OLL was their ScriptFrenzy program. The goal was to write a 100-page script in the month of April. Unfortunately, they cancelled the program due to a lack of funding. Honestly, I am quite upset, but I definitely won't be letting that stop me from writing!

Anyways, to all those with dreams out there, don't forget to never give up!

I believe that everyone can make it,

-Alexe Pop