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 Jul 2021
Brett
The sunset awakens the lonely dreamer,
Who gives no deference to the day.
Early mornings meet late nights on a one-way street and,
A late June crescent moon
Becomes a suitable seat,
To watch the world spin below my feet.  
I cast a kiss from way on high and,
Watch the wind carry my intentions
To the window of her bedroom.
It doesn’t stop and stare, it changes its shape.
The bluest of birds; perched, sings for her to wake
From the silence of her sleep, where somewhere down deep
I imagine that,
She was thinking of me. The lake through the trees
Where we waded waist deep, skipping our stones, together alone.
River of souls, to wither we go.
Lost love lingers like a loose thread on your favorite blanket.
 May 2021
Ciel Noir
I let you get
so close to me
⏵so close⏴   and yet     ⏴so far⏵

apart

I brought you here
to guard the door
so no one else
could touch my


⏴    heart    ⏵


 May 2021
Rob-bigfoot
The stars naughtily play hide and seek,
A dark game of trickery and deceit,
But our love is forever sunshine and moonlight

Tides remorselessly ebb and flow,
Leaving pristine sands with no prints to follow,
But our love will never be washed away

Trees bud and then burst into leaf,
And inexorably fall in Autumnal grief,
But our love only knows Spring and Summer

After blissful cloudless days, sunset is alas inevitable,
Darkness readily follows gloom, so predictable!
But our love bathes only in the glory of sunrise

© Robert Porteus
A bit more light hearted and fun that some of my more recent offerings. Fun is good!
 Apr 2021
Julia Celine
Your indifferent hands make disarray
Of meticulously maneuvered letters
Tethered by the taste of sunlight
Cast upon the header

I know you don't love poetry
But my heart still longs to write you
Knitting rows of golden thread
That ties my soul to you

Though I know it never reaches you
I see the vacancy in your eyes
And I wonder how many fabrications
I've sewn together in my mind

I tell you that I love you
In way too many words
I wrap this thread around me
And pretend you ever understood
 Apr 2021
Amanda Kay Burke
I am too broken to love
Shattered to my core
Haunted by the pieces
Of all I had before

I want to forget the past
So I can be birthed anew
And emerge a stronger person
Than the girl I was with you

Had a dainty personality
To match my petite figure
Fragile as flower petals
Too easy to disfigure

Built on the ruins of yesterday
A castle constructed from skin
Thank heavens it's outside appearance
Doesn't match the mayhem within

I inhabit a remote island
Stranded in the middle of my mind
Somewhere so deep in my conciousness
I am impossible to find

The center of my body
Has been drained of light and heat
So much warmth has been used up
I have no energy left to deplete

At my gates a warning is carved
Words wearily written in stone
"Caution ye who enter here
Cursed if not left alone"

Anything to stop curious eyes
From peeking where they may
Access always denied to outsiders
It's safer for everyone that way

The little sliver of hope I retain
Is threatened by storming skies
Any goodness still blooming decays
Faith wilts and silently dies

A tiny part of me is relieved
I now have no sadness to fear
I don't have to be afraid of agony
Because the pain is already here

It isn't fair to future suitors
To fail before getting a chance
But after one too many heartbreaks
I've completely sworn off romance

It is best to stay behind these walls
I keep my loyalty on an unreachable shelf
How can I be expected to care for another
When I can't take care of myself?

Below the surface I yearn for connection
For a touch that will allow me to feel
But vulnerability must remain hidden
So all weakness I continue to conceal

I think I have shed so many **** tears
My saltwater well has run dry
The silver lining of which is that woes
No longer have power to make me cry

Any time I sense attraction nearby
I flee far as fast as I can
Yet I can't seem to escape it's pursuit
Regardless of miles ran

I am exhausted from avoiding
Opportunities for adoration
But continue to do so at all costs
Cause all relationships have an expiration

I don't know who I am anymore
Missing too much of my soul
Lost portions of self as I went along
Now I can never be whole
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