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Jerel Cabesas Jan 2018
a tan couch in the middle of a messy college apartment
the tv starts playing arrested development

episode one
two hearts joined by two hands
under a tan couch pillow
no glances
a small secret
another separate heart beats on a separate chair

episode two
one of the joined hearts falls asleep
in the other's lap
at first, fake, to be closer
then real, but conscious
two hearts still connected by touch

episode three
the tv stops playing
the sleeping heart awakes
the separate heart leaves
it's just the two

they wait
one heart had been waiting for a moment like this
the other didn't know it was waiting too
as if a connection strengthened through feeling
was growing in its subconscious for days

several minutes pass
it's quiet
the hands still held under the pillow
the waiting heart turns
the subconscious heart turns

the moment
they stare into each other's eyes
straight into their souls
that look
the greatest look both hearts can know
a pause
a rush
they lean in

two days from a year
and it's still one of my favourite memories
i'll never forget that look
that face
before we leaned in

two hearts are no longer joined
here, almost a year off from that night
four months since the hearts separated
this rain pours like my soul through the cracks of my heart
this is a work in progress for the most part, but i really liked the concept and idea going into this
it needs some work and everything is a little too vague or too specific at moments, which is kind of the style i write with. so there's an odd amount of specific ambiguity. regardless, any feedback is helpful.
CPM Jan 2018
18
you
were scared
when you held
your first born
in your arms

because you
remembered the absence
of the arms that once held you.

-*CPM
Ronald J Chapman Jan 2018
With you, always in my dreams,
You and me standing, at the edge of a
bamboo forest,

Listening to the sounds of a thousand
flutes, as the wind blows softly,
singing a lullaby at sunrise,
carrying soft memories, from a distant land.

As the sun rises, I look around.
Where have you gone, my dream?
Have you gone home to where fantasies live?

A sad but beautiful place,
of snow-capped mountains
and fields of golden grain,

Where rainbows shine, all day,
And thunder sounds, all night?

A place where you dream of you and me
standing tall at the edge of a blue ocean, looking west
with ocean waves singing a loving lullaby, as the sun sets…

Copyright © 2018 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Trail of the Angels - Bamboo Flute Chinese Music ( Xiao )https://youtu.be/ABOxTtxJxNw
Ronald J Chapman Jan 2018
Spending my whole life, looking down,
with tears falling on God's acre,

Hoping flowers would grow,
never seeing roses bloom.

Never realizing,
you left this place long ago.

Until that fateful day,
God gave me the gift,
to see a short glimpse of Heaven
with you standing there with Angel wings.

Your love, waiting for me in Heaven.

Today I look up at Heaven's stars,
sharing your love with others,
through words and pictures, every day.

Copyright © 2018 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
Looking Up (text to speech)
https://youtu.be/q7kA5sSd68U
Ronald J Chapman Jan 2018
Beneath a crescent moon,
flows a curved river,
where I stand, looking at reflections from Heaven.

Under the night sky,
stands a lonely person,

Amidst my dreams,
I follow the stream,
gathering memories,

All my life,
looking for you,
you who touched my Soul long ago.

Fate has sent me,
on a long journey to find you,
It's my destiny to meet you
once again at river's end.

Copyright © 2017 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
The Classic OST
https://youtu.be/JGoC3883-m4
Snehith Kumbla Jan 2018
without you

no sea shore
no songbird
no starlight

no thunder
no rain

no laughter
no pain

no morose mornings
no calm, rolling nights

without you
Blois Dec 2017
I saw you. I fell in love.
A bit of a cliche,
but such is life.

Only I didn't really fall in love
when I saw you, it was gradual.
In terms of absence, that is, one day
I suddenly noticed you were not there
(I was able to distinguish  how empty
the world was without you in it).

This arrow flew a long time,
which only means that it hit
with grater strength.

You see, this is not love on a whim.
When I see you I don't think "I fell",
rather I flap my arms, taste the fear,
and think "Why the hell I don't stop falling?".
Stephanie Frank Dec 2017
Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder
Sometimes it makes it forget
And what doesn't **** you doesn't always make you stronger
Sometimes it tears you apart with regret
Nuna Dec 2017
On that Sunday morning I turned to the left side of the bed reaching to grab your hand but I found nothing but your absence reaching back grabbing my hand pulling me out of bed yet leaving my body there walking me through the empty rooms filled with your echo and scent that I breathe in and out while wandering still being held hostage by your absence it's like it's trying to show me something that's been hiding in the gaps you left in my heart and soul I can't sleep at night knowing I can't reach for your hand or comfort or kiss me goodbye before you leave I begged you please yet there was still nothing but empty bedsheets and broken promises in the kitchen and some lost dreams on the balcony
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