Falling here and there
Some go down the Drain
Some fill the Lakes again.

Love happens when the
Souls connect,
Not when the bodies connect.

The Source is the same.
The Destination is the same.
The Composition is same.
The Requisitions are the same.
The Emotions is same.
The Expressions are the same.
Yet we all Fight ...
What a Shame.  What a Shame.

Words flowed from her lips
like water in a stream

With a never ending purpose
of one direction

Crystal blue and sweet to the taste
distracting me with a rhythmic shimmer

I have never known thirst like that before
as I drank from the banks of her deception....

R.A. Ries (c) 2017

It never ends good.....


     If it was good it wouldn't end


but there's always that one.....







R.A. Ries 2018 (c)

Silver icicles gleam.... scattered in the snow
   like the kind you had on your Christmas tree when you were a kid

what happened last night

she left with him

Valentines wrapping paper in shreds

       I step barefoot out on the balcony
                               in the frigid morning

I light a smoke and do a shot to clear my head

and then I remember a note she gave me...…

      "sometimes if I listen close I can hear your eyelashes curl when you sleep"

R.A. Ries (c) 1994

She
      was
             the
                  perfect
                             storm
                                      of
                                         chaos





R.A. Ries (C) 2017

Writers own the night

     the solitude of darkness

Brings thoughts to words







R.A. Ries (C) 2016

Are you okay?
Are you alright, are you fine, are you good?
Are you adequate, are you decent?
Are you emotionally stable, sleeping without crying, smiling because you want to?
Are you breathing without questioning, are you waking up without trying, are you eating without throwing up?
Are you reading this poem right now and thinking no?
Are you thinking for the first time, will I ever be okay?

You will be okay.
You will be alright, you will be fine, you will be good.
You will be adequate, you will be decent.
You will be emotionally stable, you will sleep without crying, and smile for the happiness blooming inside of you.
You will breathe without questioning, you will wake up to a new day, you will eat easily
You
are going to be okay.
So please smile sunshine
It’s a fine new day
To be okay :)

- a.g.