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Jun 19 rick

Holograph

Jun 19 rick

Damocles

I promise I’m not trying to tear you from your energy
Shadows dancing in you like your enemies
A matinee of all your memories
Ping pong nerves trying to tear you out of me
Still beating despite the scars etched in effigy.

I still see you when the lights get low,
Glad you haunt me even I can do this on my own
Got a few demons on my shoulder keeping company.
I’d give you my soul but it’s out on loan
Signed documents to give me closure
If only for exposure
Penning my words a one way discourse
Discussed in my disgust, but who am I to bemoan?

I’m just traveling on distant shores,
Sinking to the bottom,
Losing myself in lore
Pretense in my pretend
My fiction is makeup over the real
A bruise concealed
But the truth revealed is my pain is raw like a bad tooth
Exposed like a nerve root
Play violin chords in my heart strings
And watch as I dissipate.

Do you still see me when the light gets low?
Do you know I haunt you when you’re on your own?
Glad to keep you company
Spare me a moment for your sympathy
As we mourn in morning light
And give me the night, the night, the night .

Sometimes you wear masks to hide the real pain and sometimes you feel like a ghost because you’re so lost in the fiction of pretending to be ok.

#depression #love #spiritual #bpd #mensmentalhealth #dark

Jun 19 rick

Wings

Jun 19 rick

Athos

Wings

One day, i am going to grow wings,
And leave this place behind and never look back.
One day, i am going to grow wings,
And live as myself forever.
One day, I am going to grow wings,
And be the person I needed then.
One day, I am going to grow wings,
And not be scared of the height.
One day, i am going to grow wings,
And be free.

My wings will be big,
To support the weight of my grief.
My wings will be large,
To have the stability i never had.
My wings will be clean,
To remind me of the dirt in my soul.
My wings will be strong,
To fly high and fast from the depths of myself.
My wings will be light,
To make me feel like i never even had them in the first place.

In a fantasy world,
My soul is pure.
In a fantasy world,
My heart isn't hurting when left alone.
In a fantasy world,
My mind isn't my enemy.
In a fantasy world,
My existence isn't something to fight for.
In a fantasy world,
I will grow wings.

#wings #freeverses #personal

Jun 19 rick

My type of fun

Jun 19 rick

Olivia Williams

My type of fun

Hope.
Strength.
Love.
faith.
All intertwined,
In our daily lives.
Bravery.
Pain.
Hate.
Shame.
All connected,
For you to find
So don't,
look at this blind.
Control.
Friendships.
Safety.
All things we look for,
In our world.
So keep fighting,
Each will come.
It might take it’s time,
So well your waiting,
Hang out here!
And chat and write,
It’s also my type of fun! :)

Jun 19 rick

Victorious surrender (haiku)

Jun 19 rick

Casey Thomas McClain

Victorious surrender (haiku)

In surrendering,
Light breaks through the shadowed veil,
Victory in grace.

#saved #grace #faith #surrender #victory #jesus #haiku

Jun 19 rick

RESERVATIONS FOR TWO

Jun 19 rick

preservationman

RESERVATIONS FOR TWO

Dining and Wine sipping lovers
Like a Red Rose to think of
Evening of elegance
Beauty and Harmony
Tone of the night through avion
Food quality delight
Music making everything alright
Dance of two of eyes facing in a trance
Swirl and circle
Kiss highlight
A date of all time
Full Moon watch
Stars advance
Feeding romance
Reservation and atmosphere being the right place at the right time
A Man and his women being worthwhile together
Reservations granted
The kiss reserved in ******
Five Star quality
Total excellence

Jun 19 rick

haiku xiv

Jun 19 rick

evangeline

haiku xiv

As the seasons bleed
And the years go sailing by
To you, I return

#haiku #nature #seasons #sailing #love

Jun 19 rick

<3

Jun 19 rick

Vesper

<3

love like fire
you i desire
you help me through it all

Jun 19 rick

Statue

Jun 19 rick

bleedingink

Statue

There are tiny cracks,
working their way down
his back.

His hands are rough,
as though they
are turning to stone.

His heartbeat slows,
the edges beginning to harden
draining his life one pulse at a time.

He is nothing,
he cannot feel,
he cannot see,
he cannot live.

He has turned into a statue,
forever immortalized,
but never free.

Jun 19 rick

A Sense of Being

Jun 19 rick

Debra Lea Ryan

A Sense of Being

Dare I explain
Why I feel this way
All I understand
I am who I am

There's no mystery
In just wanting to BE

And there's no shiny key
That turns on ME (or Alternative Line> That unlocks ME)

Its a Sense of Being - A SENSE OF BEING ME!

Words N Music by Debra Lea Ryan
18.06.2025

In Song @ You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysg0bl-NeT8