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 Feb 2017 em
J
a lesson in loving
 Feb 2017 em
J
I got to thinking about how you never think about me,
not once in eleven months or during our anniversary week,
does it make me weak to wonder where we'd be by now?
My throat would still ache from yelling and you'd still be down about how you're stuck in the city with no way out,
but it's funny how fast a year went by and that I still wonder if I cross your mind
when I know I don't,
I just can't accept that I was never more than a lesson to you,
one you never internalized.
 Feb 2017 em
Mona
A Violet Sunset
 Feb 2017 em
Mona
Hold my hand,
As sandcastles become mansions,
A world never heard of before.

A violet sunset,
Painted just how I like,
A new opportunity knocks on my door.

And everyday,
A new arrangement of notes,
flutters with both our waking eyes.

Ready to give and receive,
everything today brings,
Inspired by the intermingling shades of the sky.

And when we meet
the end of the spectrum,
we shall run off to our midnight dreams.

Eager to spill the parts
of the night that hound us,
and our need to jump into the tones in between.

Be there,
For when my spine bows,
To everything aiming directing at me.

And in the end,
The sun will set,
The world will take us where we're meant to be.

Just know,
That I enjoyed walking
Down the white and black keys offered

with you..

And when the lights come on,
The city illuminated
like two hearts connected to one another

I'll remember you.*

•●•
 Feb 2017 em
Max Vale
Vapor
 Feb 2017 em
Max Vale
Breathe me in like a vapor,
Let me embrace you in my warmth.
Carry me in your pocket for later,
I'll be there to warm you in storms.
 Feb 2017 em
Michael L
Your lips move slowly,
yet, in this moment
there is silence.
Your warm breath
caresses my face.

And with anticipation
I don't need words.
Everything you need to say
is whispered in your thoughts  
and echoed by your fingertips.

Your touch is thunderous,
resounding deep within us  
penetrating all my defenses,
filling that space between us.
In these moments I submit.

Powerless to resist this passion.
Ecstasy and lightning entwined,
flashes of lust and love
spark from skin to skin,
as the silent storm surges over us.

Briefly the world is muted.
Only you and I exist, fully exposed.
Vulnerable, we surrender completely,
trusting this silence to satisfy
our unquenchable appetite.
Thanks Elizabeth J for allowing me to collaborate with you on this poem. It was my pleasure!
 Feb 2017 em
bs
dreams
 Feb 2017 em
bs
I had a dream of clouds of white
And alas,
all i've ever heard were my own screams in the night
I have too much sadness for my own body,
even though I had to live with the label 'fat'
Ironically, I have outgrown this marking
Only to make more on my wrist
I call myself selfish because I cry when people take a left turn
when all I ever wanted was for things to go right for me

I had a dream I was in Paris
With a love of mine I could never deny
But I find myself halfway across the world
Unable to talk to anybody without tripping over the manifestation of rejection, and fear,
because it has grown too big to be kicked to the sidewalk
like I have been

And still, these dreams are so far from reality, no matter how many I think of
None are like the life I live now
Not even close
I don't know
I don't know why my stories only have sad endings
But at least I have nothing to lose
Except the weight of the world on my shoulders.
i used to be so kind.
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