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Sep 2020 · 80
Death & The Maiden
Grace E Sep 2020
The thick night beckons her
The dense, black shadows are her vice
The lonely girl with a curious heart
Met death with his power to entice
His skeleton hand
Gently grazed her tender cheek
His soft touch made her heart flutter
She was lost and he was willing seek
So death kissed the maiden
A tale as old as time, indeed
The monster and the saint intertwined
The beauty and the beast
Sep 2020 · 142
Living Large
Grace E Sep 2020
She asked me to tone it down
But that’s just not in the cards
I only get to live this life once
So I’m gonna live it large
“Small” is not a word I like to use
“Shrinking” or “serious” I don’t dig
I lean into the dazzling life that’s worth living
And it’s worth living big
Sep 2020 · 59
Shepherd
Grace E Sep 2020
Be careful when approached with an opportunity for leadership
No one tells you how heavy a shepherds staff truly is
Grace E Sep 2020
I don’t want to take off my pajamas
I’m already so comfy
I ate too much today
And feel self-conscious of my tummy

I just showered
Now my hair is flat
I want to have a quiet night
I don’t want to put on an act

My hormones are debilitating
I’m having horrible ***
You ****** me off today
And the house is a mess

You never listen to me
But want me to spread my legs
Not on your life, pal
Don’t get your ***** anywhere near my eggs

You only care about yourself
You don’t get the job done
I’m not in the mood
To pretend I’m having fun
Aug 2020 · 61
I hate you
Grace E Aug 2020
He punches her in the mouth,
Then buys her flowers.
True love, no doubt ❤️
Aug 2020 · 90
Move Forward
Grace E Aug 2020
You can’t break someone who’s already broken
You can trap someone who’s already fettered
You can’t change the future unless you learn from the past
You can’t heal if you’re not willing to get better
You can’t dance if you’re only willing to observe
Can’t smile if you’re dedicated to a frown
Can’t move forward until YOU decide to
Can’t go up if you’re always looking down
Aug 2020 · 269
Sheep
Grace E Aug 2020
Some people like to think of themselves as the black sheep...
I’ve always considered myself more of the glittery sheep of the flock
Oh, my wool is sparkling? Didn’t even notice ;)
Aug 2020 · 56
Symphony
Grace E Aug 2020
Life is composed of beautiful moments
Stitched together with hope
Though there are patches of heartache and uncertainty
But all in all
It is a fine garment
Woven with the tender and caring hands
Of the creator
A symphony of color and sound and taste
Life, even with its doubts
Is a true gift for a heart that is grateful for it
Aug 2020 · 72
Persephone
Grace E Aug 2020
Shedding the virginal pink robes
Bestowed upon her in girlhood
The sweetness in her eyes
Stolen by fire, she could drop men
With her glances
She lifted her head
As they draped her in red
Crowned her and bowed down
Queen of the dead
Aug 2020 · 53
Secret Love
Grace E Aug 2020
Every time I am inexplicably drawn in
To your looming aura
Your gregarious presence
I feel flowers growing in my chest
My heart is a butterfly
Writhing in its chrysalis
Inspired to break free
You have this strange power over me
I feel it so tangibly I’m worried
Can others smell the attraction emitting off me
I’m worried of how palpable it is
How evident and fragrant it is
But I look around and see
It’s only you and I
Starring at each other, longing for the other
It’s only you and I who know what’s happening
We are in our own secret little garden
Harboring our own maddening, sweetening, secret love
Aug 2020 · 157
Positano
Grace E Aug 2020
I want to run away to Italy
Live with you by the sea
We could spend all our days
Twisting up spaghetti Bolognese
Pack our bags don’t tell a soul
Leave our problems and some notes
“Sorry, but we had to go”
Turn into a couple ghosts
I want to snuggle up on the warm sandy beach
I’ll feed you grapes and kiss your cheeks
Get tangled in steamy sheets
I want to run away to Italy
Live with you by the sea
Live a long life with you, happily
Aug 2020 · 41
Thinking of You
Grace E Aug 2020
I should be counting sheep
Trying to get some sleep
I’m just laying here in my bed
You’re running Olympic sized marathons, through my head
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
At the cross roads of the morning and the night
Like the way you do for me, it seems
When I should already be having dreams
I’m dreaming, but I’m not in R.E.M like I should be
I’m dreaming about you and what it’d be like if you were here with me
If it was your arms I was in
If you and I were with each other again
I wonder what you’re doing, if you’re really happy where you are
I wonder if that lady laying next to you, who doesn’t fulfill you, is really what you want
I could give you what she lacks
If that’s respect or if just in the sack
I study you, watch you closely, listen to everything you say
I know you’re feeling unimportant and unneeded by her anyway
Cause she doesn’t “treasure you or worship you the way you thought your woman should.”
I already worship the ground you walk on, I could make you feel so good
I’m laying here wide awake thinking of so many things
Mostly you and you only. You know you’re kind of haunting me
I wish I could just tell you all that I see
I notice you when you’re leaving, you always look back at me
I know what you’re feeling
Your imaginations reeling
I know you’re intrigued by my mystery
You’ve got a fantasy
That I’m more than willing to fulfill
You could build
A new life
With a new wife
That understands
Makes plans
Washes your clothes and holds your hand
So now as I lay me down and go to sleep
And pray the Lord your soul to keep
I wish I was the one laying in your sheets
I hope when you wake up, you’re thinking of me
Aug 2020 · 51
Lady Luxury
Grace E Aug 2020
Her eyes sparkled so,
Like sapphires set in pearl cases
Sunshine bouncing off the ocean
Reflecting her exquisite taste
Her dialect was diamonds
Refinement, her vocabulary
Her goal was gold
Her native tongue was luxury
She could outshine the sun
At least that’s what they say
Mystery girl dripping in jewels
Could dazzle the darkest day
Aug 2020 · 59
Persuasion
Grace E Aug 2020
Aphrodite never died
She scattered into a billion pieces
And shards of her exist in women
Who understand their ****** power and persuasion
Isn’t a joke
Grace E Aug 2020
Dip my arrow in perfume
So my fragrance will linger
Draw my bow and shoot his heart
Get him wrapped around my finger

I aim to poeticize my presence
Become a symbol in his mind
“I could give you what you want. I know you’re unhappy with  life.”

Dig my fingers
Into his malleable male essence
Flash him “I want you” eyes
Then quickly return to indifference

Appeal to his inner hero
Then find a distraction
Praise him for a moment
But always delay satisfaction

That is my conclusion
A feminine deduction
Leave a man hungry
That is the key of successful seduction
Aug 2020 · 133
Athena
Grace E Aug 2020
She wore wisdom and war
Behind the veil of her eyes
A piercing discernment
Her eyes were a monument
Of the undercurrent
Swelling in her soul
Aug 2020 · 98
Getting Stronger
Grace E Aug 2020
Every time you break me
Just know, my bones are adhering
I’m getting stronger
I’m getting smarter
I’m getting harder and harder to break
And one day, darling, one day
I’ll have no more mercy left for you
And I’ll be strong enough to hit back
Aug 2020 · 47
Torn Apart
Grace E Aug 2020
We blazed
Flames in our eyes
****** each other with words
And incinerated our paradise
Cackled like hyenas
Possessed by a strange entity
All we could do was hurt
Swept away by a gale of fiery fury
And after all the pain inflicted
After the repeated jabs in the heart
After we burned what green was left
We stood bewildered and torn apart
Jul 2020 · 66
The Final Act
Grace E Jul 2020
The weight of the water crushes her
The result of pain she didn’t tell
No one stood between her and the brink
For her final act, she bowed... and fell
Jul 2020 · 42
Unconditional
Grace E Jul 2020
There is love
Unfathomably deep
Boisterous currents
That churn far underneath

Emotions can drown you
A rumbling abyss is this love
The faint of heart
Cannot rise above

Yes there IS a love
For which you would die
That’s what I feel for you
I pray it’s what you feel for I

But even if you don’t
My feelings will not halt
For it is the very nature of unconditional love
To love, even to a fault
Jul 2020 · 67
Knight in Shining Armor
Grace E Jul 2020
I am indebted to you sir
Thank you I must
For reminding me
Of the feeling of trust
So long I’ve pretended
To be stronger than I am
A force to be reckoned with
That is in need of no man
But you’ve changed my heart
You’ve made me see
To be vulnerable is beautiful
And it sets us free
You alone rekindled the maiden
That is within me
So thank you so much
For helping me see
Jul 2020 · 71
Lost Opportunities
Grace E Jul 2020
I wish I would’ve savored that final hug
Just a little bit longer
Jul 2020 · 239
Binary Stars
Grace E Jul 2020
Pulled in by one another’s immense gravity,
The tragedy of binary stars is,
They are locked in to a eternal orbit
Dancing around each other for eternity
But will never touch
Jul 2020 · 69
La Sirena
Grace E Jul 2020
In the underworld
Beneath bellowing breadths
In weighty waters
In disorienting depths

Thats where she lurks
Completely unseen
The siren
With a seductive gleam
This is for all the girls, who aren’t “shady” per-say, just a little “underworldy” we are the true mermaids ❤️
Jul 2020 · 163
Room Full of Men
Grace E Jul 2020
In a room full of men
Of brawny size
Winning smiles
And confident eyes

If they all had wit
And clever charm
Were gentlemen
Who’d offer a girl their arm

And if they were all
Impeccably dressed
Suits and ties
Their formal best

Intelligent
With a high IQ
In a room full of men like that
I’d still look for you
No else compares to you.
Jul 2020 · 52
Playing the Game
Grace E Jul 2020
She’s acting aloof
Not revealing her best
She’s got a good hand
Her cards are pressed to her chest
She’s got her eyes on you
With a winning poker face
You won’t know what hit ya
When she reveals that ace
Jul 2020 · 47
Modern Poetry
Grace E Jul 2020
Forsake the word
Abandon rhyme
Keep no measure,
No beat, no time
Trade in thought
For mindless prose
Beginning, middle or end?
Forget about those
No point to make?
That’s the poem to keep
ALWAYS muddy the water
To make it seem deep
In a world where people have ALL their thinking done for them, thoughtless poetry is going to happen.
Inspired by a terrible “poetry” book I bought blindly from Barnes and Nobles that was fake deep and awful.
Jul 2020 · 76
I’ll leave the light on
Grace E Jul 2020
I’m closing up my heart for the night
I’m locking the doors,
But please know, I’ll always leave a light on for you
And a spare key hidden under the mat
If you ever are ready to come stay
In the home that is beating your name
With its every thud in my chest
Jun 2020 · 48
The Secret Place
Grace E Jun 2020
As he speaks
Sun light dances on the wind
And my heart fills with divine light
Ribbons of breeze thread themselves into my hair
And I am free here in this secret place
Jun 2020 · 138
Lion
Grace E Jun 2020
I used to be afraid of wolves
Until I realized I am a lion
Jun 2020 · 43
Herself
Grace E Jun 2020
She was sophisticated,
Girlish, wide eyed and curious
Peculiarly innocent, but wise beyond her years
She had a rambunctious side
It wasn’t beyond her to climb up a tree
Or run through a sprinkler on her daily walk
She was just herself
And that’s the only person she wanted to be
Jun 2020 · 59
Wrong Motives
Grace E Jun 2020
Some people want to be the leader
For the recognition
But not the responsibility
Jun 2020 · 70
Black Holes
Grace E Jun 2020
My guitar has a big ol’ black hole in its chest
I think that why we get each other
Looks at guitar. Observes hole in center “me too bud. Me too”
Jun 2020 · 40
Ready to Dance
Grace E Jun 2020
Slowly he steps towards her
Eyes locked across a crowded room
Lingering stares as he walks away from her
Knowing in his heart he wants to stay close by to her
It is a slow tethering of souls
A simmer under the surface
A fire in their eyes for each other
They’d be risking it all for one another
They’d be choosing a whole new life by agreeing to love each other
He hides his wedding band
She smiles from a distance
He asks her friends about her
But never approaches her directly
He’s gauging the possibility before he dives in
She’s daydreaming about him
He’s texting mutual friends “what does she like?”
He savors her name on his lips
Tasting what it would be like to whisper it in her ears
She imagines being folded into his arms
Completely safe in his strength
Their thoughts are intertwined with each other
Their hearts are pulled to the other
They know it’s a dangerous thing they’re playing with
Yet they each pursue it
With gentle eyes and cautious steps towards each other
They can sense it
They are almost ready to dance
Jun 2020 · 59
My Heart
Grace E Jun 2020
He was more than a man to me,
He was my heart walking around in a button up shirt.
Jun 2020 · 52
Underneath
Grace E Jun 2020
Her outward details may be beautiful,
Forged with delicate craftsmanship,
O, but she is a sharp weapon.
She is a sword sheathed in a golden scabbard.
Her hilt dipped in bronze.
She may look a damsel,
But she is all dragon.
She may seem a docile sea,
But she is volcanic beneath her glittering waves.
There’s tectonic power underneath her calm soil
Jun 2020 · 78
Dark
Grace E Jun 2020
Deep thinkers often tend to have dark inclinations
Shallow water is always bright
The deeper it goes the darker it gets
Jun 2020 · 51
Creation of Stars
Grace E Jun 2020
He spoke
And light erupted
Trillions of stars scattered
Fixing themselves like diamonds
In the thick, black firmament
Gasping plasma into their regal frames
Their massive weight
Curving the fabric He wove for them to sit upon
They are the princes of the night sky
Singing of the Kings glory
All creation declares what He has done
Jun 2020 · 54
Stretching of Time
Grace E Jun 2020
They say
Time runs slower where gravity is the strongest
That is why, when I am  pulled back to you
Time slows down
You have a gravity I can’t resist
Jun 2020 · 54
Ready to Fly
Grace E Jun 2020
She was chaos
A butterfly breaking from her chrysalis
Ripping, shredding through the parchment that encased her
The light kissing her wings in their desperate flutters for freedom
She was chaos, because she was alive
Jun 2020 · 251
Sediment
Grace E Jun 2020
The years layered upon him
And compacted into dense sediment
The bygone years of all the people he has been
He showing only his smooth, stone exterior
Deceiving the girl he wanted
Never disclosing the years beneath
He wanted to just swallow her up in another layer of himself
May 2020 · 76
Crashing
Grace E May 2020
Your voice was a furious ocean
Your words were sound waves
Reaching my listening shoreline
Crashing on my ears
Apr 2020 · 41
Redhead Recipe
Grace E Apr 2020
Crimson
Cinnamon
Autumn leaves
In her hair
Angry
Fury
****
It’s all mixed in there
Apr 2020 · 43
Working Against
Grace E Apr 2020
Maybe we had all the tools to build a beautiful love together.
But we used those tools to bludgeon each other instead of create.
And now it’s too late.
And my heart is far from you
Apr 2020 · 59
This is Love
Grace E Apr 2020
Love I find is a mystical word used often by those ignorant of its profound meaning.
Love is giving yourself away,
And doing so regardless of if you get anything back or not.
Attraction, yes, is one ingredient in a romantic love
But if you cannot say, beyond a shadow of a passing doubt, I would lay down my life for this person no matter what.
Then it’s not true love.
Mar 2020 · 90
Strings
Grace E Mar 2020
I know what I felt
A string tied from your heart to mine
That is the only explanation
For why I can’t get you off my mind
The strings are tugging on each other
They’re stretching too far
That is why
I want to be where you are
Mar 2020 · 40
Shadows
Grace E Mar 2020
He walks back in forth in my heart like a specter
Quietly haunting neglected halls of affection
I see him in a mirror and he is gone
I see him in shadows then he disappears
He’s haunting me
Mar 2020 · 54
His Guarded Heart
Grace E Mar 2020
The deeper his feelings for her grew
The further he pulled away
For these were feelings that he had learned early on
Will break you completely
Mar 2020 · 52
Pure Gravity
Grace E Mar 2020
His magnetism was like the sun
So many adored him, many surrounded him
I find myself a mystified little planet
Involuntarily drawn to him
A dancer in the chorus line promenading around him
But though I am just another pulled in by his gravity
I’m so happy to bask in his warm light,
Yes I’m so happy to just be near him
I love him.
Mar 2020 · 137
Sunshine Girl
Grace E Mar 2020
She was like the sun
Warm
Healing
Life giving
But she also burned a few unfortunate souls
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