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168 · Jan 2021
Blue Cheese & Apricots
Debra in Silence Jan 2021
& artisan crackers.
The wild turkey served it on a bread board
with a toothless, icy smile.
& what a smile it was
as the sun set in gold
& rose
in pink & blue hues.
Debra in Silence Sep 2021
except for the few
if not but one who sees you for who you truly are
or reads you for what you are
and even then
you are lucky if it’s not of a dream or delusion

*as I **** and stitch and glue the atrocities, lies, arrogance & love
into my hobbies *

….
160 · Jan 2018
It’s Perfect
Debra in Silence Jan 2018
Every time I see imperfection
I see truth
Debra in Silence Jun 2020
.
company
i am my own
transparent solid concrete
.
153 · Apr 2020
Cultivation
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
There it is.
Look at my face.
Do you want a second helping?
For the most part - it's different.
The satisfaction of the culture group.
Grandiose feelings of the forbearer.
Gigantic forces distinguish our lives regulating a mutual - agreement.
Doesn't it.
147 · Nov 2020
Solid Perspective
Debra in Silence Nov 2020
look to the mountains to seek your peace
the ocean is ever rolling
beautiful
constantly questioning

the mist in the quiet blue of the mountains
gives solace
no misunderstanding
146 · Mar 2021
< 28 >
Debra in Silence Mar 2021
Just love me
'n I'll love you back

just love me
.
146 · Jun 2021
Sugar & Honey
Debra in Silence Jun 2021
silhouette in the dark
the orange tree was plump
smell the sweet
Debra in Silence Jul 2020
i know there are a whole lot of rules and regulations when you write - poetry
but blow it all out the window
and write like no one will ever read it
and the really good ones - you save for yourself - for later......
143 · Aug 2020
it's ok to be ........
Debra in Silence Aug 2020
It's ok to be scared.
and it's ok to be mortified humiliated and
is there a word for that?
Rub your eyes.
cry and be angry and

Be.
138 · Dec 2018
it's just the coral sea
Debra in Silence Dec 2018
my energy surpasses the required limit
i see the line and i jump
when i look back i expect people to be right behind me
what i see is vacant stares
i shake my head and think to myself "I'm alive!"
i'm alive until i'm dead

i'll dance and look at you with a vacant glance
because that is what you deserve
i'll breathe that heavy breath
that breath that you wish to breathe
at 10pm
the party hasn't even STARTED

i'm in the wrong place
i need to find the forest that accepts strangers
who love the vines and the twisted roots
and the organic soil rich with nutrients
blinding glitter in the sand
singing under my feet

as i walk
WALK
137 · Oct 2020
Holding Space
Debra in Silence Oct 2020
..
& hold it
to your heart
in the key
of G

..

& for those of you who like to read more.....

..
the key of G is warm
like toast & jam

holding space
is like chilli
& ice

Scream.
silently
in the breath of the one who knows
& feels
just like you
..
136 · Apr 2020
Our Wall
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
it's the rhythm that takes me to the place i want to be
i'll dance in the kitchen when you're not there
i'll dance anyway
life is like a brick right now
one single brick
we'll build an empire
starting with
that one
brick
134 · Dec 2019
Inside Out
Debra in Silence Dec 2019
She burns my soul, this woman.
Full of pain and, forgiveness
She sees the fruit where you only see the naked tree, in the winter.
133 · Jun 2019
Muse
Debra in Silence Jun 2019
He put his beautiful hands inside her chest and wrapped them around her heart, holding it gently, with a steady gaze into her eyes locked in healing.
warmth
How does she let that go?
How does she walk away?
She doesn't.
She stands solid on her ground but can't look up or, she would peel her skin to reveal her soul.
motionless
Stable in her stance with light breath and hands by her side, composed and self restrained, she is silently gorging on the moment.
locked
Suspended in time and space and frozen in the shift from the reality of their surrounding kingdom and the mortals within it, they are eternal.
133 · Apr 2020
edacious
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
LET'S COOK A HUNDRED SAUSAGES!
132 · May 2020
Yes. That is the Question.
Debra in Silence May 2020
if i said to you i see the future
would you believe me?
no
no you wouldn't

if i said to you i feel you
would you believe me?
no
you wouldn't

if i said to you i
would
?
131 · Dec 2020
passion & love
131 · Jun 2020
mulberry and sandalwood
Debra in Silence Jun 2020
He took the journal out that he doesn't have
He read the words that were not on the page
Out loud

I could smell the paper that wasn't there

He felt the wood on his fingertips
The binding that was old and frayed

I tasted life in my mouth like blood

Serenity crept in

I started to laugh

With a glint his eye
He stared intensely at the nothing

at everything



.....
131 · Apr 2020
The Ribbon
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
the bow tie is tight
i have a penchant for - bow ties
especially the gold ones
130 · Jun 2019
Dorothy Lamour Simplicity
Debra in Silence Jun 2019
The Queen is always on the road because it's a ******* jungle out there boys
Your sarong is slipping and the straight women are trying to get romantic tonight
Don't fall for the sentimental sandwich
i know you won't
Your perfume smells like a million flowers in a hurricane
i love your evening gown
Me? Personally?
I go for the double talk
I didn't see the falls like you did but
I raised my eyebrows
bob and a bingadybing!

laugh

........
130 · Sep 2020
Ethereal Grace
Debra in Silence Sep 2020
.
You are significant
Crucial and necessary to bind the balance
Of dignity and the intangible

.
128 · Aug 2020
Blood
Debra in Silence Aug 2020
"It was my sister." She said, after losing her mind.
"Sister sibling." I said.
I smiled.
And so did she.
128 · Apr 2020
Hello
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
Yo.
How's it going' out there?
Hangin' in there bro?

Yeh.
Me too.
127 · Aug 2019
Guttural Sound
Debra in Silence Aug 2019
IF I TIE YOU UP AN SPIT IN YOUR MOUTH
maybe you'll understand


........
126 · Dec 2020
fair Verona
Debra in Silence Dec 2020
I trace his silhouette in my mind & analyze why.
It is the key to arousal.
My luxurious hypnotic craving is an authentic perception of you.
I am your slave and you,
my secret.
If I am to survive I need to keep this private and keep my panic hidden when you catch me in the halfpace with tittynopes on my plate.
Scrumptious gullible cravings.
Your arrogance can be brutal but it leaves me begging so it's breathtaking.
And your brilliance is obscene.
It's satisfying & ruthless.
My stupidity is remarkable but brave so
I command the fascination we have for each other.
Blatant mind feast.
Perverse but rewarding.
Your protection is unconditional because you are ***** magic.
A master of ****** temptation &
naughty respect.
What a nerd trap you are!
Simply sensational.
Do you recognise the ******?
Alas,
‘Two households, both alike in dignity’
Debra in Silence Dec 2020
.
The game goes on.
The same goes for love.
Do you think I would die for immortality?
.....
Socrates, are you sleeping?
Do you know I've been thinking?

.
124 · Dec 2020
Provocative (or Proactive)
123 · Aug 2019
clitoris and happy
Debra in Silence Aug 2019
there are only two things that make your woman content
can you count?
apparently
not
122 · Mar 2018
He... Hell... Hello?
Debra in Silence Mar 2018
I'm caught in the matrix
The womb
there's a gli.. glit... glitch

The twilight zone
I'm at the bottom of the deepest ocean
i'm blinded by the light

The phone's ringing....... ?
I don't have one
i never answer the land line - I don't have one

Hello?
Hello?
are you there?
obviously
not
Debra in Silence Nov 2020
.
i regret everthing i do
until someone says
they've never done it

.
122 · Apr 2019
double entendre
Debra in Silence Apr 2019
You come from a hard town.
A subtle statement a new friend said to a long time friend of mine.
A little slim for some, but a perfect recitation of her life.
The new friend asked me why I rushed for a pen.
I said, ".... because it's beautiful poetry."
120 · Feb 2020
earth and dirt
Debra in Silence Feb 2020
yesterday i told you i loved you
then you didn't speak to me for two ******* years
the sun rose and set and the rope got tighter
drier
it sc sc scratched
your generosity is sublime
but the love lacks immunity
humanity
self explanatory while standing on the chair
the sheets rose to my chin
soft and cool
but the thought of the sauna made me sw sw sweat
my face is in the dirt and it tastes good
earth dirt
and the sssssssssmelllll
i look at the view and see perspective
reflective
surreal comprehensive
lines and shadows
your lips
taste like
bourbon and *******
the dance is surreal
the art clock chimes on the 18th hour
the 18 hour clock
it's perfect
take me back to the underground easy
complexity intellectuality
and the respectability
of the love i told you
yesterday
118 · Jan 2021
Mortgage Broker
Debra in Silence Jan 2021
It's feeling' a bit like a Gary Clark Jr. night tonight.

My train's pulling' in
& I don't owe you a thang baby

this music sets me free

.
114 · Sep 2020
One... Two... Thr
Debra in Silence Sep 2020
....
First Person
Is it the jazz that soothes your soul
Or the thought of him thinking of you
In the silence of his personal time

Second Person
It is both but some, a knowing delusion
The jazz fills the want
The thought
Fills the desire

First Person
What if everything was real

Second Person
Everything is real
The jazz
The thought
Breath on my neck
Warm like my own blood
Head reeling & slowly....


delusion
112 · Jun 2020
The Windsong In The Tree
Debra in Silence Jun 2020
violins play in the wind in the trees
and the bats sing while eating oranges
i lay still and listen
eyes closed
it's hot
and cold
but i won't move because if i do
i have to wake up
eyes closed






.....
Debra in Silence Feb 2019
just rite with nuthin stoppin ya
dont breeth
just rite from tha hart
do it
its a freedom
no wun will see wat you rite unless ya show em
but a pinky promis
ya haf ta show
me
Debra in Silence Aug 2020
i sit and i try to eat and i sleep and i drink and i think and i look at my feet and i can't help but shake up my
soul
i listen to music and i dance and i cook and i tap my fingers on the table and i look at my nails and don't eat the
food
i sing and i sing in harmony to myself and the sound on the radio it's old school and it's new school and it's good and it's bad but when it's good it's pure and
warm
it's winter so the heaters on and the slippers are snug and the gin is spicy and cooling and hitting the spot in the full moon no moon dark and
light
i think of the love that isn't and the love that is never found and the love that is and the love that just
isn't
i've got the music in my head and the lyrics in my head and the words repeating all at the same time singing speaking thinking and it's all
silence
the owl is still and the orange tree is still and the tree of life itself is still and the beat repeats repeats repeats
re re re r r (glitch)
repeats


....
108 · Sep 2020
Coffee
Debra in Silence Apr 2019
music
simple

Take me to the festival
I'll bow at your feet
Leave me in the mud
107 · Apr 2020
a thousand cup cakes
105 · Jan 2020
The Serpent and the Bat
Debra in Silence Jan 2020
it was a narration of a humble detonation
a crack in contented gratification
obscure and concealed in the shade
an observant witness
it represented a courteous compassion
an unpretentious kindness
hidden, camouflaged, cloaked in a shroud of dappled shade
satiated complacency
the birth and death had wings and scales
wild, raw and logical instinct turned to slumber
a stupor of beginnings and endings
diurnal, nocturnal on a crowded street
pure natural installations of respect and dignity honour the alter
the ignorance of youth stands with the wise sage of balance
captivated by the significant symbol of seniority
innocence and age poised in the seduction of voyeurism
safe and protected to witness and contemplate the invulnerable
a lazy satisfied and secluded pleasure appeased
rest and doze as the serpent and the bat embody the epitome of survival and death
strip, shed and peel the obscurity of night and day and embody the creation of bleached pigmented hues
105 · Jun 2019
Cinnamon and Honey
Debra in Silence Jun 2019
i bought a chair at an antique shop today
30 bucks
it belongs in my house
i've been talking to him all night
the man who sat in it has now taken centre stage
he was a good man
the chair is wide and made of wood
he is wise
calm
don't get me wrong
if the chair starts looking ugly
i'll burn that ****** to the ground
he hung himself and he regrets it
i feel sympathy
and he feels freedom even though.....
i cook chicken with home grown oranges and cinnamon, cumin
ginger, honey, dates....
my chair is happy
it's all about the cinnamon and the honey
105 · Sep 2020
Reflection
Debra in Silence Sep 2020
....

i look in the mirror and i don't mind what i see
but sometimes
i just can't take that sideways glance
just in case i see the monster
that's always on my shoulder


....
104 · Apr 2020
AEON
103 · Apr 2020
integrity reigns
Debra in Silence Apr 2020
he said he could play the piano
he can't
i said i could sing
i can't
a beautiful deception
102 · Sep 2020
Who Is The Painter?
Debra in Silence Sep 2020
...
my eyes
are being plucked out

by the AI in the sky
...
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