Tag Archives: loss

Haunted

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Fatesjoke

I came to the desert, to find the ghosts here were not mine. The streets were pure, the sand bleached clean. Too soon I watched the lighthouse crumble, as I walked a street strewn with red feathers. Clockwork scorpions crawled … Continue reading →

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An Organ Donor On Ice

Posted on June 17, 2011 by The Emotional Orphan

Your very own words fuck you, like you’re drunk on formaldehyde live tissue covering a worthless heart drowning in vague images and tv reruns of a single night that has lasted your entire urban legend. Do you even remember the … Continue reading →

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Youlogy

Posted on October 17, 2010 by The Emotional Orphan

The hole engulfs, more easily than a gravediggers shovel. Grass gone. Soil tilled, ready for the bounty. Dirt rains in blocking a view of the sun. Buried, and finally, needed rest comes. False alarm. Ejection. Back into the sunlight. Warmth … Continue reading →

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Demons

Posted on September 1, 2010 by deadpoet88

Apologies for not visiting for so long. Had stopped writing for a while, and well I’m back now. Will leave comments on other writers’ posts very soon. ~*~*~ The demons of our past stand naked, Running free through the fields … Continue reading →

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The Curtain Of Your Being

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Cassiopeia Rises

My hands open the curtains of your being I have loved you long these many years Our hearts entwined, growing together I have memorized the touch of your fragrant silken skin Each curve a tender path that I must travel … Continue reading →

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Unfathomable Darkness

Posted on August 16, 2010 by deadpoet88

~*~*~ I am the darkness, the darkness me, What no light can pierce for all of eternity… ‘Twas but a silent song I sung with eloquence that night, Which brought with it unrequited love, And the will to give up … Continue reading →

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Waking Sleep

Posted on July 24, 2010 by wondrinsoul

your side of the bed was cold when i woke up today i reached over for the reassurance of your hand and grabbed only sheets i didn’t want to open my eyes because then i would have to see the … Continue reading →

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Unrequited

Posted on July 20, 2010 by deadpoet88

Here is another poem, written in Elizabethan English though. ~*~*~ ‘Twas the song of a solitary nightingale, The sadness and beauty satiated the air with warmth. Ne’er hath this heart within me been so lively, As when thou looked into … Continue reading →

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Everyone at 3 A.M. by Gally Lines

Posted on July 2, 2010 by lestismitethee

Gally’s copyrighted poem about loneliness, insomnia, and forgiveness titled “Everyone at 3 a.m.” Continue reading →

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From Sorrow To Acceptance

Posted on June 24, 2010 by franny124

From Sorrow to Acceptance -By Frances Ayers On sorrows’wings I journeyed to a land where I had never been. Each loss was undiscovered country,landscapes I had never seen,mountains I had never climbed. I had taken a journey past familiar landmarks … Continue reading →

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