"Sweeping back my coat tails, Greetings, It's been a while..."
And so I return,To do the thing I set out to do,To tell tales of rotten love and lust,To muse upon debauchery. The golden lamplight flickers,She brushes a tear from her eye and coughs.She lights a cigarette,Fakes indifference,And says, “It matters...
"What if you were – Margaret Prothero?"
The darkness slowly claws its way through the chilling streets and drags the inevitable dawn behind it. Houses are still and silent. Starlight peppers the streets and lanes but leaves the darkest corners untouched. Oppressive clouds breathe heavily onto the village.Everyone...
Many thoughts stir my heartAs I ponder alone.Many places attract me With charms of their own But my thought of all thoughts When her smile does afford This place of all places She strikes such a chord It’s the end of my pain When she smiles at...
Today, I watched as a Monarch fluttered by,Delicate as she moved here and there.So much of a Monarch’s life is hiddenAnd yet their form is rich beyond compare.Such grace within a captive soul,Trapped in a cage of bittersweet memories,Wanting to indulge,...
"The right woman will make you forget all your troubles."
Outside, outside! The storm rages on.Purple talons, raking the stars and tearing thenight sky asunder! The low inhuman rumble thatinevitably follows is a sign that the beast has notbeen satisfied yet.The steady drone of rain, unpredictable, erratic,random yet certain. It...
Hip Hip HoorayThree cheers for the squid that taught me to dance,To dance with bear and butterflies, but most of all to dance with her.And in her precious arms, she held me tightSafe from the past,Secure for today,Free for my...
"i give you a piece of the real me"
Throughout my adulthood,I have wondered what it would be likeTo have a relationship,To make so many lasting memories That we could have shared,And pass on our experiences.But the only problem,Is my low confidence and self-esteem That every time gets in the way,Maybe...
"A distant online spark constrained by reality"
I want you to lie to meSay everything is going to bePostcard moments, our designThat I'll be yours and you'll be mine.Some day, maybe far from nowNot trapped by circumstance and vowsUnchained from choices long agoThat now seem false amid...
"My heart on fire"
Put Your love in MeMy love races to your heartBecause I can hardly breathePut your love in me Put your love on meIf you think you are losing meYou are crazyI'm never going to let you goEven when you thought it...
"Longing to be with the one that I love"
As I lay here on the beach,As the waves brake upon the shoreI dream and wonderWhat is just over the horizon.Closing my eyes,Dreaming of what lies beyond the horizonOver where I just can’t seeFearful to move close knowing,It’s always just...
