I think I'm gonna do another cut. You guys really don't need to comment to this saying not to cut you, because I most likely won't if the idea of this bothers you anyway. The ones who will be cut haven't shown much interest or given the impression that they would really care either way, so no worries ( Read more... )

Your eyes paint my prison
Appropriate hemming
it is mine, just for me
Oppression so sweet
Golden bars to a black hole
Seductive chains
resist the rising
The mantra you gave

My eyes hide the years
Buried there
locked away
Stitched into an inside pocket
Icy metal on prickled skin
Purpose is clear
beloved belonging
Every time it rainsMy definition ( Read more... )

challenge poem... bolded, as usual.

Bad news comes
In black on white -
On the page, in my mind.
The contrast hurts my eyes.

(Can you feel the changing
Tone of what you
Once heard as innocence?)

Bells do not announce
Tragedy
Like you…

You come
Breathy as a whisper,
Hot on my ear
And I can taste that.

Impressible modulationParting gift ( Read more... )

Images in my head ( Read more... )

I remember the days
Before the walls were built
I burned incense
And thought of you
Reading tea leaves in the back room

You were into anything
That made it seem worthwhile

Now you’re cold and tired
And don’t believe in anything

And I sip my tea
And think of you
And long for the days
Beyond the angry words
When meaning will matter again

Again, from onelinecreative

Serenity is
Thawing green beauty in the
Rebirth of the spring

Serenity is
The sound of summer starlight
Falling on the grass

Serenity is
Autumn leaves crunching under
Small and carefree feet

Serenity is
Seeing snowflakes float away
Into quiet nights

You know the drill... this one's from the challenge at onelinecreative, challenge sections are in bold.

The day you told me
You were leaving
Was the day I learned what life meant
All the things I recognized
Mirrored in unseen glassCatching glimpses ( Read more... )

She carefully steps over stones ( Read more... )

Your thoughts are strong
Steady
Bricks in this house you build
(At least you try)
And you'll be damned if
Anyone
Any womanMakes you lose your place again ( Read more... )

New poem for the challenge at onelinecreativeI wake to silence ( Read more... )