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Betty
Published
24th Aug 2024 3:50am
24th Aug 2024 3:50am
Deliverance
White light
trickled through
a hole in the
abandoned church’s roof.
Dust motes
swam around
your head like a halo
in the last fair rays of summer
and I wondered if
I might make it to heaven
Hell chased my heels like
a rabid dog so long
I was ready to
lie on the ground with
my delicate throat ripped out
like a sacrifice to nothing
when I saw a flash of you
you…
and I saw hope flash before my eyes
like a goddamn burning bush
I took your hand, ...
trickled through
a hole in the
abandoned church’s roof.
Dust motes
swam around
your head like a halo
in the last fair rays of summer
and I wondered if
I might make it to heaven
Hell chased my heels like
a rabid dog so long
I was ready to
lie on the ground with
my delicate throat ripped out
like a sacrifice to nothing
when I saw a flash of you
you…
and I saw hope flash before my eyes
like a goddamn burning bush
I took your hand, ...
#love
#lover
#passion
#spiritual
#ILoveYou
314 reads
35 Comments
Honoria
Published
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
20th Aug 2024 11:49am
The Cycling Self
There is an
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
emptiness
that never
seems to…
empty…
itself
No matter
the groups
or therapies
encountered
to relieve
A pain
Always present
in some niggling
manner I loathe
because
I thought
I conquered it
Finding peace
in nature
and gratitude
amongst loved ones
can ease
the burden
of this…
Cross
BUT
It’s ever present
and always
carried
on my
Left
shoulder
...
#betrayal
#cancer
#marriage #WritingPoetry
#marriage #WritingPoetry
233 reads
32 Comments
PoetSpeak
Published
27th Aug 2024 8:39am
27th Aug 2024 8:39am
Title, Poem, Refrain …
You always come back even though you never left
Heart
Irregular
3:30am love poem
Emotional
That’s the dreaded word
The audacity of wanting
I can’t sleep
Better to write
You think you’ll remember it in the morning
You won’t
You always come back but you never left
Great line
Went to take a leak
Did so
Got my phone
Writing this
Maybe I’ll sleep now
Maybe not
You always come back but you never left
The refrain
Poets are often song writers that never sing
Title ...
Heart
Irregular
3:30am love poem
Emotional
That’s the dreaded word
The audacity of wanting
I can’t sleep
Better to write
You think you’ll remember it in the morning
You won’t
You always come back but you never left
Great line
Went to take a leak
Did so
Got my phone
Writing this
Maybe I’ll sleep now
Maybe not
You always come back but you never left
The refrain
Poets are often song writers that never sing
Title ...
#crush
#depression
#emotions
#LifeAsAWriter
#lover
246 reads
38 Comments
Adelphina
Published
3rd Sep 2024 1:36am
3rd Sep 2024 1:36am
The Road
pave me
crack me
that’s fine with me
I’ll still take
you anywhere
front and center
don’t be distracted
even when lost
just follow my lead
your legs are
worn and long
but persistent
there will be pain
uphill slow battles
and dead ends
but remember all the
animated borders
along the way
wild child flowers
pops of color
swaying independent
keeping us company
I promise you we'll
have sprinkled friends
especially in Ireland ...
crack me
that’s fine with me
I’ll still take
you anywhere
front and center
don’t be distracted
even when lost
just follow my lead
your legs are
worn and long
but persistent
there will be pain
uphill slow battles
and dead ends
but remember all the
animated borders
along the way
wild child flowers
pops of color
swaying independent
keeping us company
I promise you we'll
have sprinkled friends
especially in Ireland ...
#inspirational
#motivational
#uplifting
159 reads
28 Comments
PoetSpeak
Published
21st Aug 2024 11:54pm
21st Aug 2024 11:54pm
Dirty Ace of Hearts
Channeling you
Looking everywhere
Then suddenly
You appeared
A dirty version
Former self
Turned out
Struggling to survive
Your immaculate conception
Poisoned on the avenue
Splintered and struck
I had choices
Take you home
Bathe you in sanctity
Or leave you wounded
For the next John
To worship you
Make you into his likeness
Only to fail desperately
As he won't know
What I...
Looking everywhere
Then suddenly
You appeared
A dirty version
Former self
Turned out
Struggling to survive
Your immaculate conception
Poisoned on the avenue
Splintered and struck
I had choices
Take you home
Bathe you in sanctity
Or leave you wounded
For the next John
To worship you
Make you into his likeness
Only to fail desperately
As he won't know
What I...
#dark
#despair
#hurt
#LifeStruggles
#temptation
160 reads
38 Comments
Her
Published
12th Sep 2024 11:12am
12th Sep 2024 11:12am
To Love Many
If a man has many women
He’s just a player
If a woman has many men
She’s a slut
Unless, of course
She has some other women too
Then that’s just hot
Tell me I’m wrong
Recently
I’ve been doing some much needed work on me
Cleaning my house
Straightening my crown
This is how it is
If it’s too much for you
Just move on
I’m tired of being told that I really want to settle down
My life
Is my life
I appreciate the concern
Baby, please
I’m not giving you lessons on how to...
He’s just a player
If a woman has many men
She’s a slut
Unless, of course
She has some other women too
Then that’s just hot
Tell me I’m wrong
Recently
I’ve been doing some much needed work on me
Cleaning my house
Straightening my crown
This is how it is
If it’s too much for you
Just move on
I’m tired of being told that I really want to settle down
My life
Is my life
I appreciate the concern
Baby, please
I’m not giving you lessons on how to...
#erotic
119 reads
32 Comments
Styxian
Published
14th Aug 2024 2:45am
14th Aug 2024 2:45am
Spoon
My lover and I are swirling
Blended by the spoon
I cradle her, within
the cups of my hands
As we spill together
into soup
Our aromas mixed in chaos
of steam and scent
and sighs and sweat
Oils for brewing
our decadence
I sipped on a caught hair
one of her twenty thousand strands
-Long ebony tresses
of my cinnamon bride
She brushed it aside
from my lips
and we kissed
like beggars
on succulent mouthfuls
of generous flesh
We glow in naked pride
as shimmering lovers ...
Blended by the spoon
I cradle her, within
the cups of my hands
As we spill together
into soup
Our aromas mixed in chaos
of steam and scent
and sighs and sweat
Oils for brewing
our decadence
I sipped on a caught hair
one of her twenty thousand strands
-Long ebony tresses
of my cinnamon bride
She brushed it aside
from my lips
and we kissed
like beggars
on succulent mouthfuls
of generous flesh
We glow in naked pride
as shimmering lovers ...
#lover
#lust
#passion
511 reads
27 Comments
Adelphina
Published
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
25th Aug 2024 9:04pm
In the Grey
I'm in the middle
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
of night and day
one foot in
one foot out
of my grave
I'm in the middle
of thunder and
miles of rain
where all the color
is washed away
You'll find me
in the grey
Colorblind
and that's okay
The clock
has her hands
filled with time
too busy to
pay any mind
My roots have
turned to stone
from my head
I grew a throne
to sit and wait
Weathered and dry
when it's time to die
keeping my cool
where all the color ...
#aging
#inspirational
229 reads
27 Comments
Her
Published
10th Sep 2024 2:51pm
10th Sep 2024 2:51pm
High Tide
My rolling seas
Crashed
Into his dynamic lifeforce
My longing
To be
Violently claimed
Before the eventual
Ebb that always befalls us
Flooded him
With every reminder
Every fiber
Every last drop of memory
Retreating
I was Left on the fringes
Of us
As purgatory
Engulfed
Me
Crashed
Into his dynamic lifeforce
My longing
To be
Violently claimed
Before the eventual
Ebb that always befalls us
Flooded him
With every reminder
Every fiber
Every last drop of memory
Retreating
I was Left on the fringes
Of us
As purgatory
Engulfed
Me
#bittersweet
#erotic
#ForbiddenLove #lover
#ForbiddenLove #lover
176 reads
20 Comments
Her
Published
24th Aug 2024 11:00am
24th Aug 2024 11:00am
And In the Morning
As sunlight streams through
The small spaces between the blinds
The smile begins to form in my lips
My arm curls around your hip
Will your thoughts be as mine?
That this moment
In all its stillness
And perfect brilliance
Is what you’ve been waiting for
Or will you
Be wondering how you can quietly
Slip through my arms and out my door?
The small spaces between the blinds
The smile begins to form in my lips
My arm curls around your hip
Will your thoughts be as mine?
That this moment
In all its stillness
And perfect brilliance
Is what you’ve been waiting for
Or will you
Be wondering how you can quietly
Slip through my arms and out my door?
#heartbroken
#UnrequitedLove
200 reads
26 Comments
Adelphina
Published
7th Sep 2024 3:04am
7th Sep 2024 3:04am
Not like the Roses
And I, I'm not like
the roses
and I never had a lot
of choices
And he, he smelled like
the rain
and in one night he
became everything
I was born in the mud and
everyone noticed on the
other side of town
but he called me up
anyhow
came to my work and
took me out
Showed me how to
plant a kiss in the dark
by the ice skating rink
inside Bryant Park
And I felt like
impossible magic
closed my eyes ...
the roses
and I never had a lot
of choices
And he, he smelled like
the rain
and in one night he
became everything
I was born in the mud and
everyone noticed on the
other side of town
but he called me up
anyhow
came to my work and
took me out
Showed me how to
plant a kiss in the dark
by the ice skating rink
inside Bryant Park
And I felt like
impossible magic
closed my eyes ...
#gratitude
#love
#spiritual
149 reads
25 Comments
Her
Published
6th Sep 2024 11:34pm
6th Sep 2024 11:34pm
Clarity, Folks
It doesn’t always arrive
In pretty boxes wrapped in ribbon
It doesn’t have to
Swoop down on you like a vulture
Stripping your flesh
Sometimes it tip toes in
Sits beside you
And holds your hand
Never saying a word
In pretty boxes wrapped in ribbon
It doesn’t have to
Swoop down on you like a vulture
Stripping your flesh
Sometimes it tip toes in
Sits beside you
And holds your hand
Never saying a word
#disability
#emotions
#illness
#strength
#TimeHeals
119 reads
23 Comments
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