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I knew this
had to end
between me and you
but I enjoyed the
sweetness of your touch
still this needed to end
J C Dec 2017
Naive wedding vows
under a towering tree
ends childhood ardor
A playground romance, an abrupt end, and an ensuing haiku.
sweet ridicule Nov 2017
furrowed eyebrows, dark brown like 80% dark chocolate
(and arching wind-blown tree trunks)
these songs are guttural
branching through my trachea like
sugar snap pea vines
erupting into my mouth
(sweetness)
in the most untarnished manner you are
the grand canyon/the great barrier reef/mount everest
(natural wonders) and
nothing short of
(breathtaking)
lynnia hans Nov 2017
you smell like vanilla cupcakes
taste like cherry doused kisses
laced with sandalwood and honey
sprinkled with edible sugar glitter
too sweet to resist or let go
sweet ridicule Nov 2017
the fan whirring and
your eyes are like pools of melted honey.
your stories stir something inside of me and I
am always nothing but sweetness for you.
Aleeza Nov 2017
coffee shop dazes in the rain
4:15 cravings
knit sweaters that I always forget
the clatter of change on the table

mindless small talk for hours
my fingers fidgeting with my phone
a second order of sweetness
another dozen moments of silence

trying desperately to keep the conversation going
your hand constantly on your phone
and I don’t know what I am doing anymore
all I know is that I might be desperate

because I have no idea if you notice
that over sips of coffee my eyes wander to you
all your denim and your scuffed up sneakers and your bed hair
I notice the lines in your hands and the hollow of your throat

and I keep biting my tongue to keep myself from saying
I kinda wanna hold your hand in mine
I kinda wanna push the hair out of your eyes
I kinda want you all to myself

I clench my hands in my lap
knowing that you are inches from me
knowing that I can hold your heartbeat if I could
knowing that you will never allow it

and maybe I will stay here
right across from you in coffee shops
trying to hide my smile behind tentative sips
knowing that I do not have a place with you.
Rat Oct 2017
My teeth hurt when I eat candy,
But I do it anyways
Because sometimes the hurt
Is worth the sweetness.
I am a man,
In search of a woman.
Musically talented and open of heart.
Someone whom i can sing with.
All i bring is a voice sometimes toneless, but always true.
A person who brings the music nestled in their soul.
Who with the children running and screaming ,
And the flowers lilting in the yard .
Brings rhythm to the home...
Thats whats makes a home is the music that love brings .
We could sing to each other in all tones.
Of love and loss,
When the tears stream, as the smiles radiate .
From a glance only momentary malaise ,
.yet even in that darkness or voices fill the void.
The one we where born with ,
The one that in life we feared there was no escape.
Never knowIng wholeness till we found our song.
We dance.... we dance,d.
The tune we made in us
with our voice as one,
Sang light into the dark places.
Through the years
AS drops of rain and as life comes with pain
i gave you gently to the earth
With tears i sang to your earth
And left the sweet treasure that warmed you in life

Days.
            Filled with silence.
No more waking to the sound of risen voice.
Sound , sweet melody.
Days of silence...
Turned as the green of leaves to years.
No song only tears from the dreams.
Of green fields, your sweet hand grasping me,
And your lips as roses.
Sweeter melodies then ever sung.
Waking only with tear stained cheeks,
And a Feeling a diminisheing distance.
Days have passed now my cane is only a memory,
Wheels and withering legs have been reality.
No song.
Only nattering of young people that don't believe they'll die.
Sitting quietly in my cell,
Apartment to those not incarcerated.
Almost a year since those formerly screaming children showed.
Let alone i feel my darkness coming.
And for some reason all i hear is our song, your voice.
As the lights go down our song swirls into everything,
Or nothing depending your view.
I do hope that we dance in death...
As we did in Life.
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2017
You are my golden Sun,
Your brilliant smiles
Play sweet melodies in my heart.
You are my beautiful rainbow,
An artist's palatte of colours,
A different happy shade for each new day.
You are my bright,white moon,
Glowing, smoothing away my fears and tears.
With your mesmerising look.
You are my twinkling stars
In the night sky,
Glistening jewels of my eyes
Studded with clusters of beauty.
You are the red, red rose
That fills my being with your sweet fragrance.
You are the Apple of my eye,
Delicious,juicy,crunchy,
A frosting on my cake.
You are my guardian Angel,
A very precious gift,
Loving, caring and tender,
The light of my life.
Dedicated  to my granddaughter on her birthday
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