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You were the only one
Who
Made me feel safe
Around fireworks.
Wrapping me in your sunny warmth
Laughter
Holding my hand
I knew everything would be fine
Until it wasn't.
hardwood memorieswell-rooted, time-tested, safe~ hiking in mind's woods......Mark Toney © 2021.5/15/2021 - Poetry form: Haiku (for you)
I wear my mask not for me, but for you
For your children
For your parents and grandparents
With their cancer, heart disease, and asthma
I fear for their lives
The sickness is brutal
I kickstarted your heart, Benz.
Pushed your fetal blood in the right direction,
connected your neurons.
The foam in your infant lungs,
I turned that into oxygen.
“There is no such thing as safe sex, since no one can create a condom for the soul.” -Jayce O’Neal
To think that we are here,
Connected pelvis to pelvis
By tubes and fluids
It is in these actions
when my mind
makes me realize
maybe a place
called heaven can exist
Lips
breathe the breath of life
save me
from drowning
in an abyss
“Same”- sounds safe.
Almost easy
Because When I wake up everyday, I knew
I knew what tomorrow held
So used was I
I feel the cold close around me and the skies close up with darkness,
Ice fills my veins as the night grows inevitably longer, darker,
Stone replaces flesh inside my chest and breathing becomes harder, heavier,
Bruises of words blue and black
Pain, and disregard, and bleeding attacks
So I come to
Lines of words white on black
Ambrosia and nectar for scars
Sketched in the mind
On the sky, stars
premeditated achievementwarm kisses sporadically laidin a sea of bewilderment between the cotton waves enclose me in your pillowsdeep in the feathery sandour smiles graze the skies
You can't blame me for the nights you went out. I didn't claim to save you from that needle when you behave the way you do.
People say when you miss someone
To go look outside at the stars and moon
To then take comfort in knowing that even in the distance between you
They could be looking up too
The view is shared with others
I had become accustomed to the monstrous features beneath his surface -
The claws that grasped my hands;
The cold lips that touched mine;
The fire that burned in his eyes.
A fire flickers in the hearth, warm and cheering,
Glowing and growing, its essence my heart searing.
Oh say can you see
America I breathe
Powerful and free
Stop trying to bring us down
The best in the world
But I am only a girl
Am I allowed to dream?
My dad's an alcoholic,
so naturally,
I've always been afraid of him drinking and driving.
Sources say that ever 53 minutes,
someone die from a drunk driving accident.
My dad could easily have been one.
Scoop out my insides and take from me what shouldn't be mine.
Blinding pain, pounding guilt, drowning in sadness.
It doesn't end.
Forever doomed to question, wonder, dream, who, what would you be?
At night
I'm the darkest sky
The stars are my path
The moon is my guide
My mind travels
To far away places
Where my grass Is greener
From the other side
you place your hand on my cheek
and everything seems to melt away
the dystopia we live in adulterates
as the pillars of greed and mistrust comes crumbling down
Life is a gamble
and ther are all different types of players.
I'm not hte type to place bets
before the game begins.
I wait until the dice have been thrown,
then play my cards from there.
I reminisce of weightlessness:
peering down into 10, 20 feet of air.
My delicate days,
I recall,
as a haze
full of branches:
a careful cloud
of offshoots
that, long as I could,
When the ships starts to tremble amid the threatening waves of the ocean
As the sky turns into giant puffs of blackness
Hold on
Hold on tight
"Thought she was alone
And still she prayed
Her hurt reached further than her bones
And still she stayed
Her mind can't handle control
Instead she gave
Through Him her love would reach a world
"When the city falls asleep
Your promise you do keep
To guide our silent footsteps
Give us limits to test
Till our bodies are put to rest
Set down in a grave
Silently we lay
Tears roam. They taint the atmosphere as light ominous vapor. I've cried enough for us to both be pain free. The idea of leaving this room is the catalyst of a cataclysmic brain freeze. I don't wanna be free. Anymore.
Heavens Rain
I do not know If my skin will ever be as clean as others seen
But i dream to let go of a constant stream..
Aesthetic symmetry floods me
When I look up; I see emptiness,
When I look down; I see limits,
When I look straight; I see destruction & beauty,
But all that changes, when it goes dark.
When I look up; I see infinity,
An Infinite Sky Dive
I want it.I miss it.Even though all its caused me is pain and heartache.I can’t talk about the past without building walls and iron gates locked down without key in sight.
Remember yesterday, when I told you
When I told you I laid
Laid on the concrete floor
In fetus position reaching for my heart
Raven,
slow down!
where you are going is not worth
your life
their life
no ones life.
slow down!
you'll get there in time
better in peace than in
p i e c e s.
I looked up and saw that dark shadow,
My keys fell to the ground, and I knew I wasn't allowed to make a sound.
The next few seconds went in a blur,
Until you bashed my head against the window my words began to slur.
My mind is wise
but
my heart is naive
and
my soul is worn and weary
yet
my body is of a young girl
I don't even know
how
I'm so young
but
I'm so old.
What would I change?
Id change alot,
But the main thing would be a home,
For everyone no matter who you are,
You will have a home,
A safe place free of critics
Free of violence
cold, crisp air
the night sky, a navy bluefabric
specled with tiny dimonds streatching across the horizon
your chest firm and warm
on my chapped cheek chat presses against it
one day
I was walking somewhere new
singing an unfamiliar tune
in a voice that was not my own.
the sand uncomfortable in my shoes
and the wind skipping across my skin
chilling me through
Oh beautiful Mother,
with limbs branched outward,
rustling the voice
of your brother the wind.
Punches and bruises,
Laughter never seems to come my way.
Yelling, screaming,
No one seems to hear me.
Day by day,
I wish life will end.
Then somthing happens.
The blade on your wrist,
The bottle in your hand,
The foot off the ledge,
The noose around your neck,
Stop, back up, put it down.
You have a future,
You have a passion,
You have a home.
I used to stay firmly on the side of caution
I used to use my brain logically
I was the smart one
I was the safe one
I was the perfect one
At least I tried hard as hell to be
Silent elfin streams drift through and between
small hills covered in dead coastal redwood leaves,
soft and plush, my toes slide between little needles and
soil made of decomposed forest.
I write because
my pen doesn't stutter like my lips do.
I write because
it is easier for my to convey feelings.
I write because
I can touch a person's heart through written words.
I write because
I look at you, and all I seeIs raw emotion, pure, unrefined.Tepid air dances in from outside, Deathly still yet comforting.Your blue-green eyes bind with mine in this dim light;
He covered his mouth to hush
the panting breaths he took.
Leaning his bare back against
the shed, he re-formed his hand
and placed a finger to his lips, asking
a nearby rooster not to give away his position.
some people disregard the actions they make.
many tend to forget the opportunities they take.
but when it comes to love, and the true definition.
they don’t know until it’s gone, that something was missing.
