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Sep 2023 Rainswood

Aimée

They spent their breath
On compliments

Honeyed words for every
Sun lit feature of mine

Never seeing the shadows
That fell behind

Aug 2023 Rainswood

foolish things

Aug 2023 Rainswood

Anais Vionet

foolish things

I do foolish things
when I’m blue
when I’m sad
and missing you
I do foolish things

like dancing all night
foolish things
drinking everything in sight
foolish things
shopping til I drop
foolish things
somehow I cannot stop

doing foolish things
when I’m blue
when I’m sad
and missing you
I do foolish things

watching ‘parks & rec’ all night
foolish things
drinking coffee until daylight
foolish things
dragging friends on crazy romps
foolish things
somehow I cannot stop

doing foolish things
when I’m blue
when I’m sad
and missing you
I do foolish things

acting like spring breakers
foolish things
*****-dirping strangers
foolish things
acting like some whack-job
foolish things
but somehow I cannot stop

doing foolish things
when I’m blue
when I’m sad
and missing you
I do foolish things

making badong decisions
foolish things
I’m in an awkweird position
foolish things
I’ve begun precrastinating
foolish things
a change is indicated

so come back soon
cause when you do
there are foolish things
I want to do with you
foolish things
foolish things
crazy foolish things
foolish things

Slang
*****-dirping = saying silly or outrageous things to strangers for effect.
badong = bad / wrong
awkweird = combination of "awkward" and "weird".
precrastinating = procrastinating before procrastinating.

#boyfriends #separation #loneliness #boredom

Aug 2023 Rainswood

EVERGREEN

Aug 2023 Rainswood

Lori Jones McCaffery

EVERGREEN

I tried for days
To write a poem
That captures all
The joys that
We have known
And all the problems
We have solved.

I made a list
Of all the times
Our tie was
Stretched near breaking,
And I marveled
At the unseen strength
That pulled us
Back together.

The years have not
Been kind to me
But you have been
Forbearing -
Always there
To lift me up
And keep us
Moving forward.

So as we start
Another year
We’ll face it all
Together.
In a bond unshakeable
That binds our love
Forever.
ljm

I'm not very good at love poems. I was better in my youth.

Aug 2023 Rainswood

A Reverse Poem

Aug 2023 Rainswood

Ariana Bagley

A Reverse Poem

I love him
I tell myself
I know that
We will be together forever
I don’t believe that
We could be separated
My thoughts tell me that
He’s the love of my life
Sometimes my heart lies and says
I could live an eternity
Without him
Like my friends say
“We’re perfect for each other”
And you can’t tell me
He’s not the one.

Now read from bottom to top.

Aug 2023 Rainswood

The Unfamiliar One

Aug 2023 Rainswood

Barbara R Maxwell

The Unfamiliar One

She sat in utter silence
In an unfamiliar place
Everything was new
Never experienced before

She was barely noticed
Almost invisible to the eye
Out of her own element
She tried to melt into the wall
She was an outsider

She sat in silence
Barely noticed
Quiet
Almost invisible
Barely seen and heard

She was from another place
Another time
She had traveled a long distance
To be here

She was not seen nor heard
She was insignificant
She was the unfamiliar one
She did not truly exist in some ways

Apr 2023 Rainswood

Twisted home

Apr 2023 Rainswood

Hello Daisies

Twisted home

I need
I need
I need
To believe
In something
Myself
Someone
Above

I need
I need
Insanity
Despair
Crazy
I need
To grow a pair

I need air
I need despair
Despair
Despair
It is my air

I understand
I understand
Why
They stay
Why they won't go away
Even when
Beaten and swayed
Cheated
And laid
I understand

Once you leave
Once you go
There's no place
No place
To call home

It was broken
It was bruised
it was you
It was you

Now what to do
What to do?

Go back
Go back
Turn your back

Leaving isn't sunshine
Leaving isn't forever happy
Leaving is one moment
One decision
One moment of truth
Realization

Realization fades
Realization goes gray
You begin
To sway
You begin to say

I want to go
I want to go back
I want it again

I want despair
I want crazy
I need my air
I can't grow a pair
I can't
I can't
I can't believe in
Myself
I can't believe in
Hope

I can't
I can't
I need crazy
I need stress
I need comfort
Nothing less
I need money
I need home
I need battered and bruised
I need to be used
It was you
It was you
I was too good to you
You were bad to me
It's my epiphany
I need
To be
Abused
I need you
To hurt me again
I need to be over used
Like an inkless pen
It was my purpose
My purpose
My purpose
I'm gone
Gone
I'm gone
nowhere
I'm lost
Lost
Lost
In this frost
Frost less fire
Frost less rage
I'm in a cage
I called freedom
We never have freedom

Breaking free
Is only happy
For a moment
Then it settles in
Under ur skin
You miss it
You miss them
The pain
The darkness
Was comfort
Even the mess
Was a silk dress
On your skin
Rather then sinking
In
Lost-depression
Healing
Healing
Healing
It's dealing
With the
Crazy
With the
Lazy
With the
Lost
Hopeless
Gutless
Breathing
Yearning
Draining
Spraining
My back
To keep track
And not
Run back
To you
Your arms
Twisting
Twisting
Twisting
My neck
Abrasions
All over
Just check
I liked it
I'm a wreck
A wreck
Without a ship
A wreck
Dusted into sea
A wreck
Meant to be
Going going
Fastly
Into
Insanity
A wreck
Trying to heal
Is like a ship
Trying to fly
It's not real

Let me wreck
Let me wreck
Let me crash
Back into you
Twist my neck
Twist my arms
Drown me again
So I can feel

The warmth
Of
Home