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Here, Now.

Mar 20 Raven Kuhn

Arii

I
can’t
Tell.  if
The      sky
Above       Is real

Or not          Quite there

Quite near                            Enough
To hold                                                   The stars
In the                                                                             Palm of
My hand                                                                                         And be
So glad                                                                         That I
Can see                                             The light
That shines         All through

The night.       Will it

Go out? Will it?

Will      it?

Go
out?

#stars #sky #reality #dream #darkness #light #shining #twinkling

Mar 16 Raven Kuhn

goodbye, july

Mar 16 Raven Kuhn

Shang

goodbye, july

with every passing moment,
I find it more and more
difficult to determine
who is human &
what human is?

Feb 14 Raven Kuhn

Had I blinked

Feb 14 Raven Kuhn

AM

Had I blinked

The words slipped out-
"I don’t want this anymore"
Had I blinked,
I wouldn’t have said it.

And just like that,
they took shape,
sharp as thorns,
wilting his smile
as they struck.

And just like that,
I stood alone,
Had I blinked,
he wouldn't be gone.

Feb 8 Raven Kuhn

To Write

Feb 8 Raven Kuhn

Lenora Mira

To Write

Isn't it beautiful
How the most vivid colors and scenes
Can be created from
Only the black and white on a page?
Movement, harmonies, blends of hues
Described with only memories wished from a writer to you.

Jan 31 Raven Kuhn

Love at first sight

Jan 31 Raven Kuhn

Phia

Love at first sight

The first time I met you,
it wasn’t love at first sight.
Instead,
it was a slow melody,
building to the most earth shattering crescendo.

#love #relationship #life #music

Jan 30 Raven Kuhn

Trauma

Jan 30 Raven Kuhn

Kaiden

Trauma

I'd rather live through the trauma
That i know,
Instead of starting a new one.

I was given the choice of living with my father and my mother (and her boyfriend). He's abusive but I'd rather suffer through the trauma I know than a new type of trauma where i wouldn't know how to deal with it.

#trauma #abuse

Jan 26 Raven Kuhn

Pandora's box

Jan 26 Raven Kuhn

Peter Gerstenmaier

Pandora's box

Tell me, my dear
Do you really hate me?
Or are you just mad that
I opened the Pandora's
Box inside your head?

God knows what you'll find there...

#hate #mad #pandora

Jan 26 Raven Kuhn

Him

Jan 26 Raven Kuhn

Ksenija Ostojić

Him

My heart that seeks the world to mend,
With kindness, love, and courage to lend.
In every thought, in every sigh,
The love I have for you won’t die.
The world may change, and time will flee,
But in my heart, you’ll always be.
In your presence, I find my peace,
A love that never seeks release.
You are the best person I've ever met,
May my love for you never end.

#him #love #heart #happy #beauty

Jan 24 Raven Kuhn

a truthful poem

Jan 24 Raven Kuhn

rick

a truthful poem

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

I hide my behavior
to keep you safe.

I keep quiet
not to offend you.

I agree with you
to keep you happy.

I walk on eggshells
for you and
it’s never enough.

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

but when the truth
arrives at that
final moment;

jaws will drop
plates will shatter
dogs will growl

and
you’ll be long gone
after seeing what
a ghastly beast
I am

but for now

I lie
and
I lie
and
I lie

to keep us
together.

#poetry #prose #poem #relationship #lie #truth

Jan 23 Raven Kuhn

my name

Jan 23 Raven Kuhn

lizie

my name

how could anyone love an eliza
when it stumbles off my tongue
like it doesn’t belong to me?

it only sounded right when you said it