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4.0k · Feb 2012
Gnome
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
Promises
mean nothing.
Roses
make you bleed.
I wish that
being alone
was all I'd ever need.
The persistence of pain
reminds me
that inevitability
defines me.
The hardest scars to bear
are the ones
no one can see.
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
The sun.
A beacon guiding all
toward the good intentions
that grow over
where graves begin.

Time doesn't change
inside the frame.
There's only the dust
collecting.

Outside the glass
the sky
is
falling...
one
drop
at
a
time.
Written while my mom was in the hospital ICU, struggling to survive...
and my uncle was in the same ICU...
struggling to die.
1.0k · Apr 2012
Skeletons
Tara Ewer Apr 2012
Shadows can be hidden
in the dark,
but dawn has now arrived.
My expectations shouldn't change
for the people who will not.
The knife in my back
is pointing her finger again.
You force feed me pain,
that's not yours to digest,
but you
cannot dictate my forgiveness.
It is mine
alone.
959 · Feb 2012
Cadence
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
I don't just hear the rhythm.
My heart improvs the beat.
Give and take with half and whole.
Feel the ebb and flow.
With closed eyes, I see
clearly.
My ears understand
the language of the staff.
True relationships only exist
between instruments.
Music is my soulmate.
747 · Jan 2013
Pears
Tara Ewer Jan 2013
I watch my hands wrinkling,
while her fingers gather length.
I have shared my fruit.

I press
pause.

But,
the moment won't
let me stay.
I can only keep the negatives.

There is never enough time is never enough.
661 · Feb 2012
Sip
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
Sip
Gimme a bottle
of your cheapest red,
and sit with me awhile.
Let's spin tales
to rival the fairies,
while old hands
spin more than time.
653 · Feb 2012
Autumn Cleansing
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
Oblivious to the cold
as mid-autumn wind
steals my sweater.
I breathe smoke deeply.
Exhale
slowly.
You have left
my lungs.
Leaves crunch
under my feet,
as my soul finds its way
back home.
The silhouette of woman
is at my heels.
With key in hand,
I unlock the pale, gray door.
600 · Feb 2012
Houdini
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
New beginnings
bring
new endings.
Sweeter years
bring
deeper tears.
When joy is washed
away...
nothing stays.
560 · May 2012
Shutter
Tara Ewer May 2012
Somewhere between floating and falling.
Too numb to feel myself.
I play pretend so no one has to,
while my heart sits on a shelf.

My kindness is not weakness,
nor is innocence my game.
But no one ever sees me,
they just simply know my name.

Here I am, a woman,
in a worn out pair of shoes.
I never learned to play guitar,
or I would strum the blues.

And I'm carrying my roots
since I can't find solid ground.
I'm just blowing in the winds
with all the other sights and sounds.

The world gave me music,
and what I capture with my lens.
And it's the beauty that I find,
that always pulls me back in.

I know that train is leaving,
and I haven't got a dime.
Something grab ahold of me,
because I'm running out of time.
517 · Feb 2012
Price
Tara Ewer Feb 2012
I charge death
for the life he cost,
while he searches
for his fee.
'Tis I who owe you
nothing, sir,
but you can
lap my bones
for free.
From "Adopt a Metaphor" community experiment. Metaphor chosen "charge death."
461 · Jan 2013
Years
Tara Ewer Jan 2013
Shadows won't feel summer
if the flowers ne'er bloom.
Winter's  past
will come at last,
and melt the ice
upon your tomb.

— The End —