Raw Earth Ink
spit, mixed with dirt – muddy words flow
Category: Poetry
The Dreaming Rain
on a mild and drizzly afternooncurled up on the porch swingmy cheek resting upon my wristcreak-creak, creak-creakgently swayingrain pounding down the roofgrey clouds pregnant to burstingthunder boom, I smile it’s the aching memoriesthe timber of your voicecaressing me andhow I long for your bodypressed… Continue Reading “The Dreaming Rain”
Cotton Candy Trance
head on sand, I absorb ambienceeyelids flutter, salty breeze feathers my skingulls wheel and cry, waves caress shorecurling over, rolling underchurning then pulling awaythe motion rocks and soothes meromances me, dreamsqueezes open eyes, I gaze into the heavenswispy cotton candy clouds, take their timespread,… Continue Reading “Cotton Candy Trance”
Our Symphony
Silence abounds until I truly listen Just within hearing plays a melody Each beat in time with glimpses of you Your eyes reflecting the shimmer of sunset Lips turned up in the faintest of smiles The touch of your fingertips Brushing the back of… Continue Reading “Our Symphony”
Sandbars
completely disintegratedI became wholebeauty within purposethe first time your soulwashed over mine you, a wave crashingshattering mea million grains mixedswirling, swept up and awayyou ebbedrising into collapseupon my shore, splashing again, againyou formed then reformed me an ever-changingsandbar am Inow with you, the forcewhich… Continue Reading “Sandbars”
Nectarine
I wish that I could take and hold you in my hand, curl you up within my palm. I would, if possible, take and sew you then into my pocket, careful stitches placed in neat rows, that I could take you with me wherever… Continue Reading “Nectarine”
Euphoria in Black Harlequin
forever pulled underthe waves, tears as blanketssome say stiflingI find comforting almostor perhaps onlyfamiliar a quick glanceand Ishudder, shudderwhat could becould have beenin realityin hindsighthind-thoughtsetting aside the emotionwas in the enda pipe-dream see the curling smokerising, twisting(hair around a finger)slowing becoming nothingexhaleanother wisp of… Continue Reading “Euphoria in Black Harlequin”
White Spaces
it hurts like claws digging inthe betrayalthe wickednessvicious claws tearing, grippingnever letting go it wasn’t just the wordsit was what lay between the wordslies lies lies!and I never saw it comingnever thought it possible how you held my heart in the one handand her… Continue Reading “White Spaces”
Say What You Will
you see what you wantyou say I’m a star, blue and distantmaybe you’re not entirely wrongI may be distantbut the cold shoulder isn’t without reasonthe closer I draw inyour gravity, as such, is a magnetI’m drowningor at leastI would beif not for the cold… Continue Reading “Say What You Will”
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