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Weaving down a dirt road -
Spot a red barn to the side.
We pull the car behind some trees,
parked far enough to hide,
We find ourselves entangled
on a seat no room to lay.
Left at the scene was all the
love and lust we had that day.
Vicky Donald May 15
Scotland, a place I call my own,
With rolling hills where wild winds have blown,
Misty mornings in a gentle embrace,
In every corner, I find a trace.

Blue blood runs through these ancient lands,
Proudly we stand with our clan’s strong hands,
In tartan wraps and with bagpipes tune,
Under the watch of a silver moon.

The thistle blooms where the brave hearts tread,
With stories of heroes long since fled,
Breathtaking scenery, a painter’s dream,
In every valley, a soft, silent scream.

No Scotland, no party, the saying rings clear,
For joy is a treasure when friends gather near,
With laughter and warmth, our spirits entwine,
In the heart of this land, where stars brightly shine.

The echoes of laughter on cobblestone streets,
In pubs filled with love, where friendships complete,
Each stranger a Neighbour, each smile a grace,
In the heart of this kingdom, I’ve found my place.

From Highland to Lowland, the beauty astounds,
In forests and glens where the spirit surrounds,
The history whispers in the winds that do wail,
In every stone’s story, a rustic tale.

Oh Scotland, my heart beats in rhythm with thee,
In every sunrise, I feel wild and free,
A land of deep roots, where my soul finds it way,
In this tapestry woven, I'll forever stay.

So raise up your glass to the hills and the skies,
To friendships that flourish and never say goodbyes,
For in this embrace, I am never alone,
In Scotland, the place I proudly call home.
If I could
Then I would kiss your green and living lips with words
take the notes of garden birds and wrap myself in song
bend the trees and bid them do my written will,
caress your honeyed stones to better hear thy whispered tune,
held within my grateful arms from thatch to cobbled floor
safe inside your ancient door and mullioned charms
I need no more
Note on a thatched cottage in the country
Sleeping with the bottle 
I know she's not a friend 
but when I'm feeling lonely 
she always lets me in.

Lets me in and holds me 
in her arms and in her Haze.
Lets me in and holds me,
as I drift away.

Sleeping with the bottle, 
I've tried to walk away. 
But when everyone abandons me, 
I know she will stay.

She lets me in and holds me. 
in her arms and in her haze.
Lets me in and holds me,
as I drift away.

She lets me in and holds me. 
I try to walk away.

Still her warmth keeps calling me 
But I don't want to stay.

She lets me in and holds me.
But I don't want to stay.
She lets me in and holds me.
But I don't want to drift away.

I don't want to.
No I don't, I don't want to,
Drift away.

Drift   away,
Drift   a w a y....
So I always felt this poem should be a song
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Dom May 2
Devil’s gone and took your smile
***** deeds done marked you wild
And you change your mind like seasons
Falling down like amber leaves,
But your heart is rendered in ice —
Hoping he leaves but the
Spring blossom of your thoughts
Could not deny the summer fires that burn in you.

So give ‘em hell, let their eyes betray
By the way you work that switch in your sway
Hell hat no fury like you do
And do to me what you oughta do
I won’t protest this autumnal view
I’m going down, like a tree by axe hew
Just to see your point of view.

Oh it feels good
One more ale and I’ll meet with you pale rider
We can talk by the pits, roast ourselves by the fires
Maybe I can give back your smile
Oh ***** deeds done, you’re so wild.
Country music/southern rock inspired
When the last snowflakes
Gently descend in early spring
I think about the north country
When the dying drafts of cold air
Solemnly kiss me farewell
I think about you
How great is Dylan?
They say home is where the heart is.  
How poetic. How sweet.  
How utterly useless when you wake up in a bed that smells like someone else’s city,  
when the walls don’t know your voice,  
when the streets spit out syllables that trip your tongue.  

Tell me—does this look like home to you?  
A place where I walk like a stranger in my own shoes,  
where my laughter is softer, measured,  
where even my silence doesn’t sound quite right?  
I sit in a room filled with my own things,  
but they feel stolen, out of place,  
as if I’ve broken into a life that wasn’t meant for me.  

They smile at me, they nod, they talk.  
So kind. So welcoming.  
So oblivious to the weight I carry  
when I pretend that their way of life is now mine.  
Like it’s just that easy.  
Like you can simply unzip yourself from the past  
and slide into a new skin without bleeding.  

Back home—  
(ha, “home,” like it’s still mine to claim)  
the air was warmer,  
the sky softer,  
the ground held me like I belonged.  
Here, I am tolerated.  
Accepted, even.  
But belonging?  
That’s a different kind of luxury.  

So I go through the motions.  
I drink their coffee. I learn their roads.  
I adjust my mouth to their words,  
wear them like second-hand clothes,  
a little tight, a little loose, never quite fitting.  
And I tell myself, maybe one day,  
this place will stop feeling borrowed.  

Maybe one day, I’ll wake up  
and the walls will know my name.  

But not today.  
Not yet.  
Maybe never.
No bed is mine,
If I lay not with her.
There is no home for me,
If I cannot hold her, gazing into the sea.
I am citizen to no country,
Unless it is the territory of her lips.
She
A calm day,
Former agent Trevor Maximus rested,
Bathing in the sun of summer on his front porch,
A Coke can perched in his hand.
His eyes traced the flight pattern of a humming bird,
Flying silently through the warm summer breeze,
Hovering above the plastic bird feeder, drinking in it's refreshing reward.
Trevor let out a great sigh,
He always thought the artificial red color of the plastic bruised the beauty of the countryside,
Still, he refused to take it down, his late mother loved seeing those strange winged creatures drink from it.

It was then when he got the call,
A ring like screaming compared to the quiet of the country.
Trevor reached to answer the call, but hesitated,
What if he just let it ring? He could go right back to his cold Coke,
And the beautiful touch of the summer winds.
But he decided against it, he didn't have many friends so whoever was trying to reach him must need him desperately.
So he set down his drink and picked up his phone,
Though when he checked the caller ID, he didn't recognize it.
(276)-435-9009, a Virginia area code,
He looked around in a panic, when he had moved out he made a point of avoiding people,
Scared of making any ties.
Trevor took a deep breath and composed himself,
Swiping up the answer button.
"Hello? Trevor Maximus speaking?"
"Hello agent, you have three hours to make your way to the Goslting Square where I and my team will meet you. If you do not show up in the allotted time, we will come to you. Timer starts now."
Silence.
Might continue the story, might not.
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