Since you left
—poetry has become my lover

Since you left
—long days have turned to moments

Since you left
—all memory lives organic

Since you left
—the words return unfettered

Since you left
—the sun has lost its shadow

And since you left
  —all darkness now disowned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)

The rain is touching everything
In the light over a doorway
I can see it
The street is gleaming with it
It sinks cold
Alone

Phone screen is black
except for the snowman
smoking a cigarette

Hope for love,
but also expect pain.
Because life is real,
and not an imaginary lane.
Maybe that's the only way
to stay sane,
in a world filled with
hate and disdain.

©rajgomes

Are you afraid
of getting lost
In the depths
of my eyes?
We are already
merged in
Each other’s eye
Until we die
Fear will vanish
If we learn to fly


©sobbingsoul

i could move a mountain
i could part the ocean
i could touch the sky
but i can't handle my emotions

i drown in loneliness
i run into problems head first
i fly away when i get scared
and somehow that makes it worse

because i can be magical
i can be a presence
but when you look at me
my resolve lessens

i forget what i am doing
i'll just hide myself in the shadows
praying you don't see me
camouflaged with bravado

i'm a natural
it just flows when i let it be
but i become an actress
when your in the vicinity

I am the deep, the sky in reverse
I have what you seek, for better or worse

I am the blue of infinite depth
I've swallowed the crews and cleared the decks

You are afraid or maybe intrigued
Of the place where you played and also was freed

Kiss me now like you did before
Give me your vow and the ocean is yours.