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Sunsets88 May 2022
Drowning in a bath
full of blood
Happy to sink
To the bottom
Where it’s dark
The shadows call
They’re my friends after all.
Sunsets88 Oct 2021
I had a dream,
and you were in it.
Things had never changed
between you and me.
I am always dreaming of you.
I saw you,
stunned.
There you were,
feelings upon feelings
came up.
Experiencing them all at once,
all I could do was cry.
I walked away
because I’m good at that.
I felt angry now, but maybe at myself
I needed to breathe.
I start to run
I don’t want to be around you
Not anyone
No buildings, no people
no sadness
only loneliness.
There it was
maybe it was a symbol
of our relationship
roaring loudly
destroying anything in its path.
Twirling and whirling
I couldn’t scream
only mesmerized
I gazed out in wonder
in what I was seeing
before I knew it
it came for me
to **** me
to silence me
to destroy me
I ran back to you
I yelled for you to run
I wanted a safe place
that place was you.
we held hands
as we ran.
It felt good
to feel you.
I wanted eternity
but only had seconds.
We had to hide.
Finding shelter
not always easy
but it was as if God
was there and gave
us what we needed
at the right place at the right time
we found a safe place
we always did.
I couldn’t even find
the words to say
or maybe I don’t remember
but there was an overwhelming
amount of power
that stung between us.
You asked what I was thinking
we became connected
for the first time
kissing you was different
not a kiss I’ve ever experienced.
People call it passion
it was most definitely
like floating in the atmosphere
nothing mattered anymore
no fear was felt
just you and I
finally free to live
to love
and nothing could  
never stop it.
not even a tornado.
Sunsets88 Feb 17
Red wine swirls in the glass,
A deep crimson longing,
A sip of warmth,
A taste of hope.

The holiday spirit hums,
Soft carols in the air,
Lights flickering promises
Of something brighter.

I raise the glass to the mirror,
A quiet toast to the wanting—
To be kinder, to be better,
To let love linger longer.

Each sip a reflection,
Each thought a spark,
In the quiet glow of the season,
I vow to start.
Sunsets88 Feb 17
I shouldn’t miss you, yet here I stand,
With thoughts of you slipping through my hand.
Your words, now silent, drift away,
But memories linger, they tend to stay.

I’m caught between the good and the bad,
A heart that’s hopeful, a mind that’s sad.
I know I should choose the brighter side,
But the shadows pull where secrets hide.

No texts, no calls, just empty space,
Yet I still think of your hidden face.
I wish the silence would make me forget,
But somehow, it only brings regret.

It’s a battle fought in quiet mind,
Missing someone I should leave behind.
With every step, I try to be free,
Yet you remain, a ghost haunting me.
Sunsets88 Oct 2021
Memories drift on by
They sting me
like the crisp winter zephyr
It hits like bricks
now I'm stuck in its mortar.
I want to run away
but I'm here to stay.
Sunsets88 Jan 2022
We were star-crossed lovers
revolving around one another
like floating galaxies.
But I became a shooting star
One that keept aiming
only to miss.
I long to be a galaxy again.
Maybe you and I could
collide.
Sunsets88 Jan 2022
How do you explain us?
Maybe you don’t?
Maybe you can’t?
Even after all the love,
all the madness,
the happiness,
and the heartache
I still could not let go.
Our love was
a different kind of love
an invisible kind.
The type that lived
beyond the physical realm.
Where only the soul
could see.
Sunsets88 Feb 17
I heard the clock—tick, tock, tick, tock,
Time slipping through the sterile air.
The machines hummed—beep, beep, beep,
A rhythm of waiting, a breath of despair.

Outside your window, black birds swirled,
Too many to count, shadows in flight.
I wished them away, I begged the sky,
But some endings don’t wait for the light.

My heart still beat—pound, pound, pound,
I willed it to beat enough for two.
I tried to breathe my life into you,
A whisper, a gasp, a desperate sound.

I pleaded, I begged, I cursed, I prayed,
Fingers clutching, voice undone.
Wanting to scream, but choking instead,
As if my breath could bring back yours.

Cry on cry, sobs that broke,
Tears drip, drip, drip, dripping slow.
Pooling in silence, staining my hands,
A river of loss that will not go.

Your nurse called softly, sharing my name,
Her voice a plea, a fragile thread.
I held your hand, I swore, I promised,
But silence answered me instead.

You never woke, you never turned,
And time kept ticking as the black birds burned.
Sunsets88 Feb 17
The forest ground is rich and deep,
Sunlight flickers on my face,
The **** dirt clings where roots will creep.

Through towering pines where echoes sleep,
Fresh flowers bloom in wild embrace,
The forest ground is rich and deep.

The morning air makes my skin leap,
Goosebumps rise in nature’s grace,
The **** dirt clings where roots will creep.

Soft rays of light through branches sweep,
A golden glow in tangled space,
The forest ground is rich and deep.

The mossy trails, the hills so steep,
I breathe it in, my sacred place,
The **** dirt clings where roots will creep.

Forever here, my soul will keep,
Wrapped in the wild’s kind embrace,
The forest ground is rich and deep,
The **** dirt clings where roots will creep.

— The End —