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 Aug 2016 Mike lowe
Ravanna Dee
Do you remember when we went in search of the ocean?
Where you told me of the waves that touched the sky; as if the two were woven?
Do you remember how we walked all that night, trying to reach the damp shore before dawn?
And how I fantasized about the many shades of blue water that was supposed to go on and on?
Do you remember our soft smiles of delight;
when we finally reached it before that early morning light?
Or how we stood side my side,
watching as the sun climbed to the sky, with silver lined in our eyes?
Seeing the sun and the water kiss.
Standing together... it was pure bliss.
We held all my brokenness with two pairs of five;
before scattering my sadness during that beautiful sunrise.
We watched as my sadness got swept up in the waves.
Disappearing forever with all of my pain.
It was on that day that I decided to live.
A life with real meaning and not one of sin.
I never told anyone what happened that day.  
How my heart found God and how you showed me the way.
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Keah Jones
you're still a mystery
aren't you?

i still haven't composed a web of words for you
have i?

I haven't written about the time we went skydiving and i didn't scream
but when i did scream riding the roller coaster on the boardwalk
you made fun of me

i didn't tell you that the words got lost up there at 18,000 feet
and i haven't been able to find them since

I haven't compared you (nor will i) to the stars and the moon
but i will compare you to a bed of rose thorns
craving and drawing blood with the slightest touch

i will compare you to a stargazer lily
my favorite thing to look at
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Keah Jones
I want your last breath
before the unknown of sleep brings your world to a halt
before the nothing of your world is consuming
unapproachable
unimaginable by anyone but you

I want your body
before you give it away to the sandman
before you becoming heavy with relief from a long day

I want your touch just one last time
burning embers against my skin

take me away with you
give me your love
give me your heart
give me all of you
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Keah Jones
me
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Keah Jones
me
waves are crashing and in them is me
flames are burning and in them is me
wind is howling and in it is me
the earth is turning and in it is me
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Sarah
Sometimes I think I am
halfway done
a little raw
inside the heart of
my
self

I stand in galleries
in large, track-lit halls
  and look at the art-
   in which
I do not relate
and I can feel my cramped
foot inside
my little shoes
that I bought
because they're
red and I want
to stand out too

I think I'm half way
done-
embarrassed and
  a little pink,
but still hot from
your flame.
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
S M
Untitled
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
S M
i think of you
and come undone
to a private world
where your kiss is the sun
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Keah Jones
He wears his hiking boots to bed
and feels at home in the pines
he feels his heart hurting as he looks across the glacial lake thinking that this is the only place to be

he dips his feet into the river
and casts his line with the grace of a dancer
he calls to the fish to offer themselves
handing me the rod when one takes the bait

he starts a fire and breathes in the smoke
sets up his tent and bows to the wind that whistles his favorite song

he pulls me towards him
and we ponder the stars
where we came from and where we are going

this is it
this is him
this is us
and this is our forever
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Payton
Day 65
 Jul 2016 Mike lowe
Payton
How strange.
How beautifully strange a moment is.
once lost among the shadows,
Now we gleam in the brightest of light
A season ago I longed for you,
And the chances seemed so far out of reach
I ached for touch, your kiss, your voice
And now;
We're in a whirlwind of love, of kisses, of deep looks, and 'just one more minute's with one another
A loop that will never cease
And those days of disparity,
Are soon to be long forgotten
Pushed out of our memories
As the love keeps pouring in
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