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Mar 2021 · 263
A Seafarer's Wake
Jared Mar 2021
Spun a thread of dust,
Caught a whiff of the sea.
Shadows of a canyon at dusk,
Bleeds into day-old tea.

A tapestry of bereavements,
Beached ashore a gulf,
Its waves, tepid and rough,
Rippled the sun, it reflects.

Aged wood, floating, covered in cloth,
Pushed to touch horizons, wet and vast.
Aimed to dissolve with the setting sun,
Steered by the stars he used to follow.
Mar 2021 · 533
An Unafflicted Chance
Jared Mar 2021
The clock’s hands arrested
At the time our lips came.
The blood rushing in our temples
Overcame the ticking.

The air hurried into silence
As our hearts synced, beating.
The rift coming between us
Traced back and forth, rekindling.

Bother flees our skin
And doubt sinks in quicksand.
For sure, for certain,
As your fingers navigate
Every wrinkle in my hand,

And I catch your shoulder,
Yet to be chiseled, for wars,
From the weight of a gun,
Full of light, you let pass,

Piercing through,
Peering for my soul,
Searching for each crevice
To comfort and assure.

Your other hand,
Driven unto madness
Of an unrelenting encore,
Scouring for the ungrasped
And the worded whispers
To beg earnestly for.

… And time up on his chamber
Painted pictures just to remember
That moment he arrested his hands
To give two lovers an unafflicted chance…
Mar 2021 · 714
i lend myself
Jared Mar 2021
a space, sacred,
free from unwell;

breaking bread
with time's whim,

and explore the unsaid,
of what can possible bring,

or the imagined regret
of an unarrived spring.
Jared Apr 2020
I've always feared
That all this love I give
is for nothing

Then, I faced death,
her warmest embrace
she  w h i s p e r s  to me

"That love isn't for nothing,
of all the life I can take out,
of this universe and beyond,"

"there is only one thing I cannot ****,"

"love"
Sep 2019 · 471
Renee
Jared Sep 2019
Paint the skies blue,
And touch the heavens.
See the truth in hue;
Skin, delicate feathers.

Smooth as a storm,
Tough as marbled form.
Smile wide like Great-whites,
Dimples rind from walnut barks.

Glasses firm, sitting on a bridge,
Above the rims are bowed ridges.
Dark and thick
Fine and slick.
I'm afraid to say that seeing someone's stature and form is better than actually touching them or feeling their skin against yours.
Jared Jul 2019
.<♪>.

...You are my sunlight and my rain
And time could never change
What we share forever more, ooh

.<♫>.

I never knew love like this before
Now I'm lonely never more
Since you came into my life...

.<♪>.

Cause I never knew love like this before
Opened my eyes
Cause I never knew love like this before
What a surprise

.<♫>.
And we danced to the song, filled with euphoria and elation,
Gracing the hardwood floors, reciting the lyrics in full encore.
Jul 2019 · 399
handle with care
Jared Jul 2019
tear me apart, like roughened stained glass, ‘cause I’m not of paper,
instead, I’m of sand from the shores of your heart,
embered from the fluid of your ******* blood.
Jared Jun 2019
Cherry Cola sizzling,
At 90, we were driving.
The winds roared in a whisper
As our lips smiled crisper.

I have never thought of loving,
To the point of no returning.
I loved Cherry-Flavored Cola,
Used to, Love Cherry-Flavored Cola.
Jared Jun 2019
Like a song, I waited to be heard,

Till' they lent their ears and offered

The gift to listen to a voice

That gave clear insight from all the noise.



Throughout the epochs of hearsay,

Eons of complete mental disarray,

Ages of false images,

And unclear periods of distress.



At last, my voice was hearkened.

The truth has soared and shined,

To illuminate the path for the blind

To enlighten the false that had me bound.
Holocene is a series of anthological poems that focus on the epoch where humanity sprang from.

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