Submissions by rubyredheart
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Crazy? Or Connected?
Twins experience it sometimes—
A connection spanning distance
Defying explanation
A strong sense that shares
Their moments of intense emotion
Again I wondered
If, perhaps, I am connected,
Tethered by the bonds of deep affection
Did the gasp & heart-spasm
That startled me this morning
Come from within
Or from a soul-bound Love afar?
Or maybe I’ve just
Lost my mind
Yes, that’s most likely…
I’m a fool for you
A connection spanning distance
Defying explanation
A strong sense that shares
Their moments of intense emotion
Again I wondered
If, perhaps, I am connected,
Tethered by the bonds of deep affection
Did the gasp & heart-spasm
That startled me this morning
Come from within
Or from a soul-bound Love afar?
Or maybe I’ve just
Lost my mind
Yes, that’s most likely…
I’m a fool for you
#emotions
123 reads
When love is the scalpel…
It won’t change
It’s forever
The way I feel
The way I KNOW
The way the deepest part of me
Is bound
But I also understand
I see
The hurt too great to bear
The knife I have unwittingly been wielding
Slashing
At your heart
So I’m trying to drop the knife
I am not
the wrap you need
to bind these wounds
I wish that I could be your healer
But I’m not
I AM the knife
Slashing
At your heart
So here is my white flag
Here is my retreat
My heart will never change
But...
It’s forever
The way I feel
The way I KNOW
The way the deepest part of me
Is bound
But I also understand
I see
The hurt too great to bear
The knife I have unwittingly been wielding
Slashing
At your heart
So I’m trying to drop the knife
I am not
the wrap you need
to bind these wounds
I wish that I could be your healer
But I’m not
I AM the knife
Slashing
At your heart
So here is my white flag
Here is my retreat
My heart will never change
But...
#ImSorry
369 reads
A Prayer to Time
I know not what
is left to say
My tears have melted
Again and again
Pattering your heart with pleas
trickling in search of entry
Turned away
Vulnerable
Again and again
i bared my naked honesty
my gift of trust
discarded…Unwanted
For a joyous moment
You blessed my hope
with recognition
Now
To harden your heart
and turn away
Deaf & blind
Unfeeling
Tears, trust, hope
Have failed me
Now I cling alone
(As I dangle from this cliff of despairing love)
To...
is left to say
My tears have melted
Again and again
Pattering your heart with pleas
trickling in search of entry
Turned away
Vulnerable
Again and again
i bared my naked honesty
my gift of trust
discarded…Unwanted
For a joyous moment
You blessed my hope
with recognition
Now
To harden your heart
and turn away
Deaf & blind
Unfeeling
Tears, trust, hope
Have failed me
Now I cling alone
(As I dangle from this cliff of despairing love)
To...
#UnrequitedLove
212 reads
Has time run out?
I’m stumbling in the dark
Without a spark
Of truth from you
Left questioning my sanity
Doubting your existence
Wondering if it all is a delusion
An illusion
Crafted by an injured mind
to soothe a lonely heart
to stall a little longer
The ever tightening noose
Of despair
But now
Feet dangling
Flopping like a floundering fish
I succumb
To loss
To lonesome
To lamenting languished love
To the consideration
I am too much in my mind
Feet dangling
Far from the ground of...
Without a spark
Of truth from you
Left questioning my sanity
Doubting your existence
Wondering if it all is a delusion
An illusion
Crafted by an injured mind
to soothe a lonely heart
to stall a little longer
The ever tightening noose
Of despair
But now
Feet dangling
Flopping like a floundering fish
I succumb
To loss
To lonesome
To lamenting languished love
To the consideration
I am too much in my mind
Feet dangling
Far from the ground of...
#heartbroken
#emptiness
207 reads
Alternate reality—Slow Drain
heart drip drip dripping
it's been so long forgetting
how long until it's empty?
it's been so long forgetting
how long until it's empty?
#hurt
105 reads
Tear-touched
The tears would not stay
Contained today
My pillow tried to catch them—
Our salty little secrets
My messages through space and time
Spelling how I miss you
How all of me
Reaches out in ways unknown
To sense a drop of you
Maybe
molecules of my tears today
could evaporate,
merge into clouds
to rain & rivers
flowing into ocean currents…
then, maybe
A molecule of mine
might find its way to you…
Would you let
my sea-spray tear
rest
alighting on your face
(That face I miss...
Contained today
My pillow tried to catch them—
Our salty little secrets
My messages through space and time
Spelling how I miss you
How all of me
Reaches out in ways unknown
To sense a drop of you
Maybe
molecules of my tears today
could evaporate,
merge into clouds
to rain & rivers
flowing into ocean currents…
then, maybe
A molecule of mine
might find its way to you…
Would you let
my sea-spray tear
rest
alighting on your face
(That face I miss...
#sadness
#IMissYou
189 reads
what remains
After your last star
Twinkles its last light
After your waning flame
Flickers out
After your image fades
To shadowy black
After your final memories
Miss me no more
After my name fails
To echo in your heart
After you think of me
No longer
After you’ve rewritten
Every line to write me out
…
Still…
I love you
Twinkles its last light
After your waning flame
Flickers out
After your image fades
To shadowy black
After your final memories
Miss me no more
After my name fails
To echo in your heart
After you think of me
No longer
After you’ve rewritten
Every line to write me out
…
Still…
I love you
#sadness
#love
96 reads
Mm-hmm
Do you really think
You’re THAT
Unforgettable???
…
…
…
Well…
You’re right…
You are!
You’re THAT
Unforgettable???
…
…
…
Well…
You’re right…
You are!
#respect
256 reads
Oh, the ways you could light my life…
Love, I miss you so!
I need to feel your heart-beat touching mine
I need to hear the music of your love
as it perfumes your every word
I need to feel your eyes
tracing my image on your memory.
I need your warm aura lighting mine
To blaze in dancing flames
Merged together
I need your soft light lips
Teasing mine with brushes of your breath
I need every sense of you
Yet I would beam
My heart would flutter
I would step lightly through the day
With just the slightest token
Of your favor
An unseen nod my way ...
I need to feel your heart-beat touching mine
I need to hear the music of your love
as it perfumes your every word
I need to feel your eyes
tracing my image on your memory.
I need your warm aura lighting mine
To blaze in dancing flames
Merged together
I need your soft light lips
Teasing mine with brushes of your breath
I need every sense of you
Yet I would beam
My heart would flutter
I would step lightly through the day
With just the slightest token
Of your favor
An unseen nod my way ...
#love
#IMissYou
270 reads
Touch of Love
Oh, ____ Love,
When you hold me close
And your pulse beats
deep inside of me
you tingle nerves
to an ecstatic release
Never touched by any other
Promise me that
Someday
I will feel the touch
Of your ardent love
That I will know my heart
Never truly was expelled
From the depths
Of your atmospheric eyes
I promise you
that my affection
has been roaming through your halls
Since the moment I proclaimed:
____, I love you!
Your touch forever marked my heart
As yours
When you hold me close
And your pulse beats
deep inside of me
you tingle nerves
to an ecstatic release
Never touched by any other
Promise me that
Someday
I will feel the touch
Of your ardent love
That I will know my heart
Never truly was expelled
From the depths
Of your atmospheric eyes
I promise you
that my affection
has been roaming through your halls
Since the moment I proclaimed:
____, I love you!
Your touch forever marked my heart
As yours
#love
381 reads
and then?
Night, my Knight, come save me
From this roiling trouble I have brewed
When unguarded, my mouth spewed
Accidental words
Bashing crashing into accidents
Galore
How many tears, and queries and memories
Precipitated
Blurred
Into a swirl of messy conversation
I’m tired of causing hurt
I’m tired of shedding tears
I’m tired of misunderstanding
And being misunderstood
Mostly, just tired
And tired of this Not-Right
both remembered
and remembered
and remembered
and now
Yes, blurred— ...
From this roiling trouble I have brewed
When unguarded, my mouth spewed
Accidental words
Bashing crashing into accidents
Galore
How many tears, and queries and memories
Precipitated
Blurred
Into a swirl of messy conversation
I’m tired of causing hurt
I’m tired of shedding tears
I’m tired of misunderstanding
And being misunderstood
Mostly, just tired
And tired of this Not-Right
both remembered
and remembered
and remembered
and now
Yes, blurred— ...
#FeelingTrapped
#StreamOfConsciousness
290 reads
Love’s Calm Appeal
Come to me in the dark of night
Come to me under soft moonlight
Rest your mind & body; stay
Come to me when the piano plays
Soothing, slow, gentle low
Come to me so I may know
Your heart pulse, how your love engulfs
My every thought, my every care
Come to me, say you dare
Let love run free
Yes, Love, come, stay with me
fulfill my deep desire
Of you, I never tire
So come, my Love, come to me tonight
Come to me under soft moonlight
Rest your mind & body; stay
Come to me when the piano plays
Soothing, slow, gentle low
Come to me so I may know
Your heart pulse, how your love engulfs
My every thought, my every care
Come to me, say you dare
Let love run free
Yes, Love, come, stay with me
fulfill my deep desire
Of you, I never tire
So come, my Love, come to me tonight
#love
351 reads
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