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Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
little fantasies floating above my head
a honeymoon so dark, dear boy
can we recover? do you think we can hold?
never a moment so still
as the moment you loved me in the middle of the night.
there are many ways to love, but yours is my favorite
take hold of my dreams. . .
open my eyes so I can't fall asleep,
so I don't miss a moment
of laughter or snickers or tears.
01-14-19
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
every word that slips from my mouth
every sentence uttered under my breath
they're all for you,
I take refuge in those who see us.
if only you could see me
in my new lucky overalls, we would be
together at last, a drunken night and a fast

don't take my seriousness to heart
for I'm in a solemn place
and although I complain, although I whine to you
it's your lightheartedness that's pulling me through
so never quit, never give up on me
propose like it's the first time, every time
making room for new ways. . .
delay your tired eyes
so I can savor a moment so rare.

and whatever you do, never say "I love you,"
because I'm young, and you're a typical dreamboat

and not until we are 48 and wiser than now,
we can turn our strong feelings into love somehow.
01-14-19
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
everyone assures that I don't understand
but I sure as hell miss you
and I am as sure of us as I could be

I'll wait for you forever
until your plan falls through
and we are forced to face the music

I want you, I need you
I am ready for you and all that you carry
our love looks like a masquerade
but feels overwhelmingly real

to where can I turn, when you're roped off from me?
how can my heart hold on, when you're so far away?
keep me close to your every new thought
if it takes too long, love, forget me not
01-10-19
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
they can keep me away, but they can't keep me far
I love you so much. Hang in there.
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
Let me in on all your tastes
I want the sour with the sweet
All the proclivities you hide from your friends
Drag me down a darkened path
If you leave, to Hell with my heart!
I swear I won't last a single day
Believe me, romance can't survive
Without anger and revenge and taking sides.
I swear I'm not hopeful
Quite the opposite, in truth
Lend me a reason to obsess
Love! Love! I meant, I slipped up!
Disregard, call me a lover of all
Things undone
I swear I'm not insane
I'm just looking for a soul to hold
A happy mind to destroy
A clean heart to stain
01-03-19
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
pulling the most extremist parts of me
to the surface for personal use
I'll shake, I'll force a frown
but being under this control
tends to take a toll
on all the worst ideas I hold dear
I'm sick of this factory after 17 years

get high with me, you can boast
about how experienced you are when compared
to a little Catholic girl like me.

**** all the poems about feelings
waste away in your own delusion
and get into fights for the thrill of it.

and if by some strange blessing
your cigarette is too stubborn to light
toss that ***** aside, and slip
through the brilliance of jungle rainbows
and sleep in the hollows

presented through a dream.
Dream Poem 01-03-19
Ruby Nemo Jan 2019
he lets her win every fight
with a smile like bribery
she knows she's unsafe
he seems to think so
they're hopeless,
they know they will
end up laying it all on the table someday
walk away, if she wants to be free

each secret like a surgery
each one cuts a little deeper
each one raises uncertainty
but he knows they'll come out the other side
they'll be stronger than they were
becoming vulnerable to her
unveil the darkest side of each other
and she'll fall a little deeper
for each small discovery
pulls her closer to you
12-29-18
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