WHAT IS LOVE ANYWAY?

When you’re feeling down, And not the best version of yourself, Love is what picks you up. When you’ve had a bad day, And take it out on those around you, Love is understanding. When you’re hurt, And unable to care for yourself, Love takes…

Hour 7: Before I Wake

If I should die before I wake I hope that I go quick I spent far too many years With my mind a bit too sick   If there’s a god above, If I should die before I wake, Please believe I wanted this Don’t…

What is love? #10

What is love But the subtle violence of feeling That slips like a shard of glass Insinuating between my ribs And into my heart All I did was think of you And my body betrayed me My mind, agent provocateur Whispers of forgotten touch And…

There

There There are days when I feel like a Goddess There are days when I behave like a Wild Child There are also days when I look like a fragile mess Still most of the time I seem to be a mix of all 3…

What is Love? (It Isn’t This) (prompt 10)

love watched as I climbed trees wrote me a book of poetry (that called me a whore and compared me to my mother) love had a British accent took photos of me all the time (especially after he’d made me cry he said I was…

Jumble Words (Hour 10)

Eyes say nothing, and heart beats faster. He crosses the room, and a smile crosses my face, yet my lips remain pursed. Should I talk? Make the first move? Is it worth? All or nothing? What if? But if? Possibilities saying impossible things. He mumbles…

Sighs in Tears 3 – Hour 10

His face is seen everywhere. A silhouette within the swarm. His cadence but a drone in wind. Drowning. Sinking in its own splendor. Haunting my steps. Stalking a shared shadow. Always a promise. The exquisite agony of his love. I endure that face. That face…

What is Love?

What is Love? Greeks, adoring words, had many for ‘love’, thus “What are Love” might ring truer than the title above. Agape, unconditional, sacrificial, with naught in return, heroic—Christlike, give til it hurts; Eros, erotica, love’s physical side, Cupid and arrows, lust and desire; Storge,…

Hour 10 – They Sent Me to Fetch the Cow

They Sent Me To Fetch The Cow Come, Cow Come Bossy, come Bessy, come Cow Come on, now. Come Cow. My dinner is waiting and I am hungry. Come now so I can go and eat. Come Bossy, come. The sun is sinking fast over…