Holly W: Favorites

May 2018 Holly W

SoVi

sitting at an empty seat in an empty row
aisles away from you, ignoring your hellos
trying to satisfy your own needs by checking up on me
i feel bad that i’m wasting your time so i turned away crying.

© Sofia Villagrana 2018

Part of the Conflicted Conversations collection.

#conflictedconversations

May 2018 Holly W

please be naked

May 2018 Holly W

Jack

please be naked

“please be naked”

she stands in her doorway wearing just a gown,
I walk in the house, dumbstruck by beauty,
up in her room undoing the bow, the shield simply slides down
caressing her curves, stroking down to the floor,
intertwined bodies craving the touch of the other,
joined as one in the gentle acts of love and lust,
romanticised ideals of perfection and soft rhythm,
delicate groans as two become one,
the broken poet, for the moment, is gone,
my drug addiction of you, just wanting more,
As my heart bleeds, love begins to pour.

“please be naked”.

this poem is influenced by The 1975 instrumental song "please be naked". i regularly think of this song as romanticising the act of *** and the trust required with it rather than what most songs make it today. despite having no lyrics the song speaks volumes to me and id definitely recommend it to anyone. stay safe and live well. JY x

#sad #depressed #love #lust #*** #naked #happy #pleasebenaked #the1975 #indie

May 2018 Holly W

Hades and Persephone

May 2018 Holly W

SoVi

Hades and Persephone

Like a flower that blooms only in night
Like a small child with cascading tears from their eyes
I always wondered if it will be alright
If I tried to use my smile to hide sorrow

A small shower bathes the flowers in dew
And the smell of earth lulls me to you
Closing my eyes against the harshness of light
All I see are impressions against my lids

Hoping to feel the summer breeze pass by
But all I felt were caresses of goodbye
Try as I might I never succeed and I cried
But someone heard my futile pleas
And that is how you came to me

You held my hand and lead me to wonders
A blush adorned my cheeks as you whispered my name
I wished to only adorned your head with buds
But I **** them with a single touch
Yet you still held my hands in yours

© Sofia Villagrana 2018

#greekmythology #hades #persephone #death #life #childhoodfriends #crush #love

Apr 2018 Holly W

our ruins

Apr 2018 Holly W

Jay

our ruins

in millions of years
archaeologist might stumble across
our ruins

causing scientist to write articles in illustrated magazines
theories absolve about the daily hustle and the upcome of this astounding structure
analysing the time it took to build it up

and most debated
what caused this empire
to fall

ted talks might be made
seminaries held
books written about the findings
and fiction movies about the people in it

paintings of the sun
resting on our fallen streets
purchased and hung in bedrooms
in family homes

in time
tourists will walk across these grounds
on guided tours
special times during the day

after decades
most scientist will move on
only the most devoted ones will linger
'we can only guess' they will say
appearing in interviews from time to time
'because the only ones who knew
are long gone.

left are only ruins of the past
and forgotten dreams of a once so cherished future'

i know we saved what we could for a possible future but there is a devastating good chance we may not ever return to us

Apr 2018 Holly W

Chance

Apr 2018 Holly W

Erin Lewis

Chance

Are you ever going
To give me a chance?
Or should I try
To forget you
Like a dream that's
Too good to be true

Apr 2018 Holly W

untitled

Apr 2018 Holly W

patricia

untitled

she never had the courage to speak
and all those years she walked in the same halls
feeling emptier everyday

#freeverse #self #emptiness #lowercase #poetry #poem

Apr 2018 Holly W

clay

Apr 2018 Holly W

Julia Plante

clay

wrinkles on my palms
you are love, future and life
one hand on my waist

#wowee

Apr 2018 Holly W

Bargaining

Apr 2018 Holly W

SoVi

Bargaining

You wish to turn back time
So you can live a little longer
With the ones you love
But the ache will be stronger
And they will still be gone
So don’t beg for the impossible.

© Sofia Villagrana 2018

Part 2 of Stages of Grief Collection.

#stagesofgrief #bargaining

Apr 2018 Holly W

things left unsaid

Apr 2018 Holly W

Julia Plante

things left unsaid

i love you.
2. that scares me.
3. more than the apocalypse.
4. or student loans.
5. i think you love me too.
6. which scares me even more, because
7. for the first time in my life,
8. we both have the same amount of kindling in our campfire chests.
9. i want to help you clean, because
10. your apartment is a pig sty.
11. but i wouldn't want to do household chores with anybody else,
12. and i know you're trying.
13. we both are.
14. trust me,
15. i know the feeling of cemented lungs,
16. too heavy to lift yourself out of bed,
17. but i sit up.
18. you have strengthened my back.
19. i hope i have strengthened yours.
20. i love your hawaiian dad shirts.
21. i think they're endearing.
22. i want to be next to you, always, and
23. even *** doesn't feel close enough.
24. if you were a haunted house,
25. i'd be the ghost that never leaves.
26. the homeowners would pull out the sage
27. but i love the smell.
28. i'd be a kind ghost.
29. i'd do the dishes.
30. as long as i can remain in your eaves.