#4

This is not a love poem to a person. I have left many of them behind, and none of them have chosen to stowaway in my heart or mind or otherwise to be remembered. This is not a love poem to the home I left…

Rachel

She had eyes the colour of the Islay Sea. Her hair silk and russet. Against the paleness of her marked skin.There was strength in her that burned…. a quasar. When she spoke you listened. As if someone had whispered into your soul. With that it grasped your…

Typhoon

I still recall how loud the wind blew as it slew the wire screens around the terrace, how everything screamed and howled into my eyes wide open, unafraid   while they told me that the banging of the door, the same sound when the old…

Estacy (Prompt 4)

The love I feel for you my love is more than I can explain The way my heart beats for you Its like a drum at bay Drifting on the sea of love I quiver at the smell of your robe the lust in my…

Not Today

Someday the day will come when I can see your name and smile; I’ll be able to think of the good times we shared; And how much joy you brought to my life; Someday I’ll be able to remember your beautiful eyes; How they sparkled…

Hour 4

Surrender From a century of mistakes that I could choose to make I chose what put the laws of love at stake I am fire, he, the sumptuous calling sky I am earthbound, he, heavenly high In passion irrevocable, I betray my creation Where, my…

Life Evergreen

Embodiment of a life evergreen, Be the compass lit path toward my best. I feel your soul echoing in my dream.   Awaken vibrancy in every gene. Provide a solace softening my nest, Embodiment of a life evergreen.   Amid bountiful harvest may I glean….

Old New Me

I’m fighting the ‘second’ old me When it comes to loving you The old me that would Easily give up When things got a little Too tough I’m trying to keep The original me alive The “Me” that had the will to fight Before I…

It’s Home #2

It’s always a good morning when I wake up naturally And it doesn’t hold a five year old yelling out “MUUUUMMY I need the toilet and I think I’ve spilt milk down the stairs And can you get the vacuum out, ’cause I’ve pulled out…

It’s Not Rocket Science

The click of gears rusting, the brain slowing, I feel it surely as can be, that groaning halt as the great steel husks echo, a shuddering clang that crashes through the empty air. You point to the formula before me, college young, youth fresh, frustrated….