sanctuary

Feb 2015

Ocean Blue

... My eyes,
To mirror your sighs,
I will give you my smile,
To dance with your smile,
I will give you my hands,
For you to paint the beauty
Of the fertile lands
In the hills of Tuscany.
I will give you my open arms
To surround your shoulders,
When you feel cold during the winters.
I will give you my soft kisses
To dry up your tears
On your pale cheeks
So I can chase your fears.
I will give you my memory,
For you to remember
Our forgotten kisses, if any.
I will tell you some of my secrets,
Even the ones from the Pool,
In case you show interest,
And there you would think I'm a fool.
And of course I will give you
My Ocean Blue,
For you to dive into.
But I will never give you
Anything that can hurt you.
Somehow,
You need to know
That I can only give all this
When you come back from the abyss
To which you've decided to depart,
Leaving me alone to dream of you,
With art.

Feb 2015

Chelsey

Would You?

If I carved the words "I love you"
into every inch of my skin,
would you believe them?
Would you believe me?

If I painted a picture of my heart
with the very blood that it pumps,
would you cherish it?
Would you cherish me?

If I promised that there was no one else,
that there was only you,
would you accept that?
Would you accept me?

Would you accept me?

#love #relationship #romance #believe #acceptance #promise

sanctuary Feb 2015

Tragedy (n.)

• That moment when you fought and fought to keep things whole.
But it still wasn't enough because you were alone.
• the story of you and me.

You gave up on someone who wouldn't on you.

#love #sad #tragedy

sanctuary Feb 2015

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We tried
Took chances
But in the end,
We just pretended that we didn't have to end it

I have to learn not the look back when I already made the decision to turn
Because I keep coming back to you, just like you knew I would

#love #sad

Jan 2015

Kristica

love. (cont)

here we are
two months later.

time really does change things.
i thought we were different
but i was wrong.
i know you always wanted to prove me wrong so congratulations.

our alignment seems to be off.
i could feel it shifting
but for some reason
i refused to believe it.

actually,
that reason being
is that i knew the man you were capable of being.
the man i fell for was in a similar looking body as yours
so sorry for mistaking you two.
i know i should've been able to tell the difference
but the one i loved was long gone
so i tried replacing him with you.

i guess even we couldn't escape this.
i knew our hourglass was big
but mainly filled with space.
i knew we were running low on sand
but i wasn't close enough to the beach.

but we were put in this location for a reason.
and we both know everything happens for a reason
(at least the old you did).

maybe if we're lucky we can keep in touch.

when you come back from school we should meet for coffee?

it's a shame i don't drink that
*i'm bitter enough as is.

maybe instead of a coffee shop we'll meet at a park.

you know, to stargaze ??
just like you promised.

but if you can't make it i understand.

we'll just add one more broken promise to the list.

Jan 2015

Isha Kumar

The World's End

When the sky
refuses to roar.
When love walks
out the door.

When the flowers
refuse to bloom.
When the leaves
fall to their doom.

When the trees
refuse to be strong.
When the birds
cease their song.

When the bells
refuse to chime.
When a poem
loses its rhyme.

When a child
refuses to be bold.
When a hand
let goes its hold.

When the smile
refuses its charm.
When the life
is put to harm.

Then, we shall
know, my friend.
The world has come
to its end.

#life #end #friend #smile #flower #sky #tree #doom #bloom

Jan 2015

N

I promise

I promise you a love that never dies. A love as real as a rose freshly blooming in the spring, a love that stays as beautiful as the fake bouquet in the window pane of your mother’s kitchen.
I promise you minimal space between our skin, I promise you undying sparks when our lips enfold like pages of romance novels.
I promise a smile that medicates to the pain you feel in your heart, I promise eyes that can identify where your suffering is making home.
I promise words as powerful as eviction notices on the door of your mind, I promise to never stop rolling them off my tongue until the demons make their way out.
I promise to open the curtains just enough for the rays of the morning sun to kiss your bare back. I promise to close them at night and hold you till you feel comfortable in the silence and darkness.
I promise to whisper my love into your ears so you can always fall asleep to the sound of truth.
I promise you days where we stay inside and listen to the rain slide down the glass windows. I promise to stay when the ground dries up. I promise to never make you feel the way your father did, I promise to always remind you that your worth is amplified in my eyes.
I promise so many things, but mainly to love as though it’s the only thing I am capable of doing.
I promise to love you till our skin cracks and our bones turn to dust. I promise to love you when the singing of church bells marks our departure.
I promise to love you when our home changes from brick walls, to mounds of soil.
I promise to love you as long as I am alive and ever after.

#love #poem #poetry #metaphor #sad #life #heart #relationships #thoughts #freeverse