The wind has stopped
blowing
A leaf settles slowly
on quicksand
and does not sink
The wind has
stopped howling in
the canyons
but the fires
burn on
and you
dare not
walk across
the quicksand
to put them
out.
       ljm

What cruel force keeps lovers apart --
Why must each tread a separate path?
Preordained they should never meet . . .
What arbiter inflicts such wrath?  

Two lives hurled into misery,
Two hearts nailed to the same cross;
Never to savor  love's banquet,
They're condemned to feed off life's dross

Spring faintly smiled on these two hearts
As dreams absorbed their youthful hours;
Although  nurtured like tender plants
They yielded naught but withered flowers

Each new day held a ray of Hope,
Dispelling  impatience and doubt;
They kept watch as the flame burned bright . . .
Till finally, their tears put it out

Two hearts dying slow painful deaths,
Each cloaked in its own crimson shroud;
One heart dies, crying silently,
The other sobs its pain aloud

Two lonely hearts ever dreaming
They might stroll Love's Garden one day;
Now resigned, they no longer dream --
Sadly, on Death's threshold they lay

So come forth and ring the death knell --
Come lay your bouquets at their feet;
Mourn if you will such tragedies
While asking  "Why didn't they meet?"

Some dreamy like starry skies,
Some shiny like fire flies,
Some visionary like poetry,
Some breathe aggressively.

Memories, that's what they say,
They are footprints of yesterday.

𝑰𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅;𝒛𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒓
𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔;

𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆

𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒔

her eyes could tear holes into steel
so tell me why
when i catch hers with mine
do they soften?

Sun goes down the littoral,
Painting shadows on the sky.
If skies could tell stories,
Tonight it's telling mine.

The orange molds memories,
Language of love,
Beautiful stories,
But swiftly slithering to mauve.

The vast blue says torment,
Rivers I've cried,
Sleepless nights,
Tears that have dried.

But when the blue will turn black,
It'll scream pain.
As the memories erase,
Loving I'll forsake.