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Delanie Dec 2017
My stormboy.
His wicked curls.
His electric smile.
His eye of grey.
And his laugh like thunder.
My stormboy was something special.
But like the rain, I watched him wash away.
Delanie Oct 2017
I Am a scar of myself
a damaged piece of my former being.
and I ache for redemption.
I want to erase what I have become,
to smear this human I am now,
with the pink bud of a fresh eraser.
lets create something new,
lets wind down and settle in who we are.
it feels nice.
at this point.
Being someone.
being something/
Delanie Oct 2017
I just want to walk over yellow leaves,
red leaves too,
watch their damp fabric crinkle under my heavy steps,
and continue down the road.
My jacket and shoes tap with the sound of a fall rain.
You said it was over,
but it hasn't hit me yet.
this path that I follow is spinning
moving with the music that blasts through my headphones.
it's funny,
I never thought I would let you get to me
but you did.
Delanie Oct 2017
Let's have a party
And run down to the WOODS.
Dance in the pines
And let the speakers entertain the creatures of the night.
We’ll bring Light bulbs
And let them twinkle among the hanging branches
Reflecting green off of the moss and leaves
Run through the ferns
And fall drunk within the logs and dirt
Maybe WE'll be dead in the morning...
But at least it will be peaceful
The birds will watch us sing from their nests
wondering what strange creatures are plaguing their peaceful woods.
As the night passes,
We will sleep.
and wake in the morning
Lucky that we survived the night.
Delanie Oct 2017
Rogue winter,
frozen reeds,
catching wind with a whistling breeze.
Yellow streetlamp,
warm the night,
stay awake and burn so bright.
Speeding car,
icy road,
it flies headfirst into snow.
Shattered pond,
diamond glass,
her husband is just out of grasp.
Flashing lights,
foggy breath,
she tries to scream but no sound is left.
Underwater,
he sinks below,
she has never felt more alone.
Rogue winter,
hills of white,
blackened by this dark, dark, night.

She lived to see the day.
But he remains in that frozen, haunting, December midnight.
Delanie Oct 2017
Don't ask me why,
but it's 3 AM and I'm wandering around the house.
I walk without meaning or direction,
aimless.
Like a traveller astray,
I explore.
Study the pitch black rooms.
Float through the hallways.
Gaze into the skylight.
And count the windows.
Seventeen.

Upstairs, the night-time overcast comes past the glass.
A film of blue-grey light.
A moonlit shadow of rain.
It bounces off of the walls,
illuminating the path back to my room.
Gently guiding me to bed.

The rain is graveling the rooftop now.
And the heater has a low rumble.
Safe sounds.
A bundle up within my covers,
breathing against myself,
and curl my body against my dog who lay beside me.
This rainfall is no pitter-patter.
It strikes the roof like little stones,
thunking and banging as it hits the wood.
Still 3 AM.

This storm sings for me.
I hear the trees moan as they sway.
The wind's falsetto.
The creeks brood within the confines of a dripping forest.
Outside I hear the raindrops playing.
Together creating the perfect symphony.

This night tune lulls my dog to sleep.
It ushers me into the dream world.

I no longer walk, lost and lonely, throughout the house.
And the rain continues her thunderous song.
Delanie Oct 2017
The rose comes in through the window.
A dusted beam of light,
soft and pink;
Bringing with it the warmness
and sweet melancholia of a dying sun.
We rest in the sheets,
slipping underneath them like honeybees
that climb within the petals of a peony.
Why are you laughing?
Why am I laughing?
I don't know.
I guess we just understand.
As we come up for air,
I see the rose on your face.
You squint against its golden light,
and I kiss you, caught off guard.
Laughing again,
we retreat back under the covers,
just as the pink sunset slips behind the navy mountains.
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