The forest is large, the forest is dark
And yet, I walk on.
The path is hard, the path is long
And still, I walk on.
I can't see ahead for all the fog
But I will always walk on,
Because you wait at the end of the road
And I am walking home to you.
Aug 17, 2014
Aug 17, 2014 at 10:24 AM UTC
The light yet constant rain
Erases all traces
Of yesterday's midsummer heat.
My floral skirt billows
Filled with icy wind
As I cross the bridge with my umbrella.
Today is January 1st
And winter is five months away,
But you wouldn't know it from my frozen fingers
That grip the umbrella handle
And try to steer it with the wind.
My other fingers are fumbling a grocery list
Deep in the pocket of my thick coat.
And I look out over the grey city
To the misty ships and steely ocean.
The rain has washed away the horzion
And I cannot tell the sky from the sea.
Today is January 1st
And instead of endless possibilities
I can only see a myriad
Of miserable days like today.
Aug 16, 2014
Aug 16, 2014 at 5:50 AM UTC
There is a sea in me
It roils and boils
And churns and swallows
And breaks on the jagged teeth
Of the coastline
It crashes and comes
With a force untold
And lays waste to the dry land
Sometimes it calms to a hush
Only to rush my lungs with brine
There is an anxious sea in me
Aug 15, 2014
Aug 15, 2014 at 7:59 AM UTC
There is no hollow part of me
That needs to be filled
With ***** and excess
Though I wish that there was
Because maybe then I wouldn't feel
Like a broken kite stuck in a tree
Or a girl who peered over the edge
And slipped and fell
Into the dark depths of the well
Because I slipped and fell
Into the darkest depths of the well
I slipped
And I fell
And I can never escape this hell
Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 12:12 AM UTC
On still autumn nights
When only I walk the earth
You remind me of hope
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014 at 11:56 PM UTC
I study your face every chance I get
Count the lines on your forehead
Memorise the curve of your lip
I take mental polaroids
To pin up around my mirror
So I can keep every angle
And every expression
Just in case
Just in case you go
Or somehow I forget you
Just in case I can't remember
How alive you look in this very moment
Or the rich chocolate of your eyes
In case I forget the stubble on your cheek
Or the inhibitions of that wide smile
I could take a thousand pictures
I could write a million poems
But I can never quite capture
The life I see in you
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014 at 11:55 PM UTC
I press my lips to the memory
Of your soft mouth pressed against mine
Your strong arms 'round my waist
Pulling me closer
So I can drown in your heady perfume
Tonight my bed is cold
Tonight you are far away from me
But I can almost feel your smooth skin
Tantalising beneath my fingertips
I remember your rough chin
Grazing against mine
And all those pretty somethings
That you whispered in my ear
Tonight, they appear in pixels
Only tangible in cyberspace
But your ghost is still here, love
It spreads like butterflies through my chest
And though we say goodnight
Without kisses, without my arms 'round your neck
Those brown eyes still stoke the fire
And tomorrow will bring the flames
As my blazing heart welcomes you home again
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014 at 11:51 PM UTC
I can barely stand
The nearness of you.
Your sleeping body shifts
And you capture me with slumbering arms.
The warm breath at the back of my neck
Melts the frozen parts of me,
But there is no use for a lukewarm heart.
Can't you see how your fingertips linger
Or how you scorch me with the warmth of your skin?
This closeness could be the end of me.
You, all of you,
Eyes like chocolate
And lips like strawberries,
I want it all.
And your touch
Is driving me mad.
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 11:01 AM UTC
These feelings for you
Are stronger than my heartbeat.
They bubble up under my ribs
And crush my lungs,
Much like the way you crush
Your lips against mine.
A single glance.
Just one look and I can feel you
Emptying my soiled soul
And filling it with better things.
It's almost like you don't know your power,
You can't understand your hold over me.
I can barely understand it myself.
But at night,
When you lie down beside me,
I can feel your life
And it brings me to my knees.
This is so much bigger than me.
I can't contain this feeling in my body;
I need you to know
That without food, without light,
I would find a way to survive
If only to have one more chance
To crush my lips against yours.
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 4:43 AM UTC
I brush your brown hair
Away from your lightly-closed eyes,
Place a kiss on your tender forehead
And shoulder my bag,
Heavy with responsibility.
How I wish I still lay beside you,
Curled up in your arms
With your prickly chin on my shoulder.
But the sky is bright
And I know
I must leave and 'seize the day'.
The slow rise of your chest haunts me, dear,
While I brace myself for the end of the world.
No rumbling car or ringing phone
Could drown out your sleeping sighs.
I must go -- I must go!
Tear myself away from our cosy nest.
But slumber on, my dearest one,
For when you wake, I will adore you.
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014 at 4:37 AM UTC