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She lay on the bed Her arms extended ever so listlessly Her lips quivering with a waxed passion Her tresses arranged in careless swirls… Her skin radiating a lingering warmth of some passing summer Her singular tear with the ripping force of a bursting volcano… Her eyes searching through ...
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Somewhere in the space of time our hearts crossed paths Mine was red with passion Yours, dark with desire And it only took us a few moments to realize that while I reddened yours, you had blackened mine… **Posted for Open Link Night‘s 30th week here at d’VersePoets – one of m ...
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Like haunting shadows dancing in dark alleys They spoke to me in hoarse whispers They told me never to let go of them Like famished souls severed from grungy bodies They clutched at my flaming little heart Their sole desire was to seep deep into it There was no escape from their thorny vines - [...]
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In this universe drizzled with black and white My mind twirls unsteadily - lost- Looking for something - someone - A tap on the shoulder perhaps… But all I see is a maze before me spiraling inwards Dotted with mixed emotion I continue to fumble - watery eyed - Hoping for a green patch A [...]
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I heard your voice fade into a lingering shadow of a hoarse whisper I felt your presence melt into a stagnant puddle of diluted memories I watched you slip into the recesses of a pale obscurity Wells have run dry Trails have gone cold Your teacup lay untouched Your chair by the window rocked… ...
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I have seen you precariously follow me on treacherous dark nights, tugging at my skirt on chirpy sun-soaked days I have heard you bouncing right off the tree-lined scape of a valley, call out my name from the belly of an alarm clock I have noticed you curiously peer at me from the other side [...]
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A stormy eve it was when they had to part She leaving him by the deserted shore He leaving her by the raging waves She making her headway into the open arms of a welcoming world He heading back to his clumsy shackles which he called home She promising to return to his modest love [...]
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For a long time now I have been lugging your dead weight around It lies there crippling my mind rending my gut cramping my style weighing me down And yet I cannot leave it behind Although I cannot move ahead I wish you’d just Disintegrate Incinerate Evaporate over the mountains into grey dust ...
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You dance on a glazed iris like a frozen flame eager to burn the very air that breathes life into it You pacify a rigid mind like a cool breeze ready to salve a tense volcano on the verge of explosion You leap into action like a snoozing engine eager to roll at the slightest [...]
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Gestures flashed like ominous streaks of steely lightning Words rolled like metal beads off a snapped nylon cord Emotions flowed like molten lava from a furious volcano Sparks flew like limpid feathers on a still Autumn eve Silence pervaded like an eerie calm after a brutal raging storm …. The ...
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