Something Beautiful ~*Must Read*~ **ROTD***Gallery**
Something BeautifulWe wake on the same sideOf a feathered, down bedWhere my cheek has caressedThe cocoa kissed curveOf your sun drenched shoulderThroughout the nightAnd every damp breathThat escaped...
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Hope RemainsTheres a certain shade of sadnessthat some were born to wearthe coloredkeepers of faith that follow the beatof anothers heart when their own has lost its wayMine eyes have seen the glory...
View ArticleWatermark ~*~Double Awarded~*~
WatermarkPen needle-presses parchment,like passion piercing the raw, naked flesh of needInk of cobalt blue and muted whispersof this mighty sea weepwith such sad reverieFor without the mark of...
View ArticleSecond-Hand Heart ~*~Gallery~*~
Second-Hand Heart There is pastel melancholy in my mood of late.Scarlet taffeta splendor has paper-angel tattered to meager shreds of tarnished, treasured yesterdays.I have hope chest preserved my...
View ArticleEvergreen (by Request) ~*~Awarded by Sasha~*~
Because you asked :)Thank you for drawing me out of the shadows.ScarEvergreenDare I return to the mountains edgeWhere past and present have long ago partedupon the broken wings of a wind I have since...
View ArticleA Letter To You ~*Awarded*~ **ROTD**
I'm not sure that I can call this poetry...Rather, it is simply my heart's spill....But it's the first words I have found in so long......Scar
View ArticleSo Soft, These Emotions ~*Awarded*~
So Soft, These EmotionsSo softly these emotions weep,the tender curl of lips pronouncing my name--This call of wonder chimes clearer now,taunting me with fiery intrigue I dare not deny,and words form...
View ArticleRevelations
RevelationsForgive these arms of mercy-If they offer unwanted homageto a heart bent as brokenas a fallen willows spineFor I no longer know the differencebetween a day denied breadand the constant...
View ArticleRevelations ~*~ Awarded ~*~
RevelationsForgive these arms of mercy-If they offer unwanted homageto a heart bent as brokenas a fallen willows spineFor I no longer know the differencebetween a day denied breadand the constant...
View ArticleArdency ~*~Awarded~*~
ArdencyThis story and our newborn emotion is ardent, far from feeble and fearful;my desire rages stronger now,a garnet flame flickering in a wild windthat no ship's sail shall...
View ArticleTapestry (revisited) ~*~Awarded~*~ **ROTD**
TapestryI shall knit mend and pearl adorn a broken heartwith fairest, crimson yarn and frail thimble seams-Vintage lace shall decorate my souls veiland these eyes shall never seeclearly through the...
View ArticleUnbroken (*Mature Language) ~*~Awarded~*~
Unbroken By the light of yesterday's sun, I blindly braileyour name upon this stone markingshame's bedGoodbye letters never sent haunt my trembling hands...Fingers push the pain in sick, cursive...
View ArticleAnticipating Autumn ~*~Gallery~*~
Anticipating AutumnI shall ponder if it is best to be the wildflower garden where the rise and fallof your rugged chest retreats to catch breathOr if it is soothing for the fire of my breasts flameto...
View ArticleBleed To Indigo ~*~ Awarded ~*~ **MUST READ**
Bleed To IndigoMethodically, my fingers traceyesterday, every second a reminderof minutes cradled in the temple of your embraceLike cobalt inked religion, my irises absorb scribedtraces of your spirit...
View ArticleSeeking Religion (Robert Joseph & Scarlett) *DBL AWD/SOT
Seeking ReligionIf words were a way to map forever-I would place the heated palm of hand to the Italian, charted lines of your strong cheekand memorize the course of my spirit's destiny without...
View ArticleCome Undone (Voice attachment) ~*~ Awarded ~*~
Come UndonePerhapsIn another timeor another placeOur hands might have toucheda shared forever like silky locks of hairtangled by an autumnscented lovers windBecoming one with the passingreasons for...
View ArticleAutumn's Gift ~*~Awarded~*~
When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinionsMay wound you.And when he speaks to you...
View ArticleBound By Leather ~*~DBL Awarded~*~ **ROTD**
Bound By LeatherThe magic recites psalmsOf enchantment no more--Old, country riverbeds have shed theirDowny bubbled froth like an outgrownWinter coat that never feltQuite warm enough to wearTiny...
View ArticleA Day Denied Rain ~*~Awarded~*~
A Day Denied RainToday, I am reminded that passion is married to the stormFiery rings of reason wed the sky and the clarity of verseis as vague as an Autumn blanket born of velvet, tie-dyed copperThe...
View ArticleI Feel ~*~Gallery~*~*~Awarded~*~
I FeelMy scared demeanor hates me for allowing my heartto bleed upon the page..Raw and exposed for anxious, hungry vultures thatheal and nourish themselves by viewing such sad spectacle on displayBut...
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