Just sharing some of the poems I wanna use for my Literature project. They're b-ea-u-ti-ful.

Have you ever felt empty?
When you look around this world,
driven by money,
lost to lies, 
hiding in dreams.
In this place were smiles are forced
and tears are far too common.

Have you ever felt like there is no escape?
You can run as fast as you can,
only to find yourself running in circles,
to find that the locks on the doors
are useless when everyone has a key.

Have you ever felt like giving up?
When death plagues the mind,
people forcing you to conform,
to give into the cycle of deceit.
To strive for something meaningless,
simply because it isn't fleeting.

-onosokie (deviantart user)

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight. 
I am the soft stars that shine at night. 
Do not stand at my grave and cry, 
I am not there; I did not die.

-Mary Elizabeth Fyre

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

-Maya Angelou

A thousand words won’t bring you back;

I know because I’ve tried.

Neither will a thousand tears;

I know because I’ve cried.

-Kily Dunbar

Those we love don’t go away,

They walk beside us every day,

Unseen, unheard, but always near,

Still loved, still missed and very dear.

-Anonymous

"If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever."

-Anonymous

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Which one do you guys like the best? 
(P.S. You can use them as prompts for your fics, just remember to credit.)