You
Were the human embodiment
Of all my fears:
The manifestation
Of all my monsters.
Yet,
If you came knocking
I’d open the closet-
Pull up the bedcovers-
Turn back to the dark mirror-
And invite you back in.
Oct 14, 2021
Oct 14, 2021 at 12:33 AM UTC
You talked all the time of how you loved loving me
But when it came to loving me, you never had the time.
Dec 25, 2020
Dec 25, 2020 at 2:45 AM UTC
Your arms are like vines
Winding their way up my body
Blossoming flowers where I’d seen none before.
The touch of your fingertips
Tender like the brush of leaves
And your windy breath raising my flesh;
Pull me in. Pull me down.
I yearn for your roots
Intertwined with mine,
An infinite dance toward the skies
As we grow as one.
Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020 at 10:42 PM UTC
Imagine if we could reach the stars and pluck them out of the sky because for you,
My darling,
I'd pick them and never stop.
Flowers are beautifully tragic but I'd rather give you your constellation in a bundle of soft clouds and a gentle warm breeze with lavender and chamomile.
Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020 at 12:12 AM UTC
I want to be loved with all you have,
That intensity that ignites flames
Then drags full force waves to ***** them out.
No holds barred,
Letting go of the reigns;
It’s not the butterflies wings,
But each beat of your heart
With my every blink
That creates typhoons
Halfway across the sea.
Each beat of your heart, beating for me.
Dec 19, 2020
Dec 19, 2020 at 9:04 PM UTC
I am exhausted
with your
silences
The chattering muons
rain upon my
magnetosphere
this crushing
undetectable
force
of everything
failing
to fill
Copyright@2019 Dennis Willis
Apr 24, 2019
Apr 24, 2019 at 8:28 PM UTC
The hands that held me
Upright like stone pillars now
Crumbled into marble rubble.
I’m left sifting through the wreckage,
Left by a war waged against himself.
One warrior.
Two casualties.
The ruins carry whispers of
Memories, promises and lies;
All etched on the walls
That once could be confided in
Now relinquishing their secrets.
A foundation built on sand
Will sink in battle:
Rebuild.
Apr 24, 2019
Apr 24, 2019 at 12:06 AM UTC
I trace my fingers
Through the cigarette smoke
That dances from your lips and
Creates a veil in the sunlight -
A moment of quiet, magical bliss
From your silent self destruction
Should have been indication
Of what was to come.
Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019 at 11:37 PM UTC
I can’t string together the right words to describe the feeling of black tar sands filling my lungs,
Or chinks of ice inching their way through my veins-
Maybe they’re somewhere in the relief I find Between the place my tires last touched the gravel
And where they meet the sky.
There’s something about being okay with death that’s totally not okay
But there’s something about it that makes me want to roll out the welcome mat,
Arms open where I’ve been waiting for you-
In the home that’s no longer ours,
Left in your flames I couldn’t quench.
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 11:19 PM UTC
someday it will
come again.
someday someone
will come in.
a star
with the deepest depths in the eyes
with the gentlest of breaths
and endless soul in the smile
one day
i'll forgive this pain
not forget -
forgive.
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 11:13 PM UTC