Tagged: loss

Poetry About Life 0

The Price of Life

Poem About Life They still pick his pieces off the pavement, Careen. Puzzle pieces pick such somber songs. Astonished explanations, all strewn insides, vacant Empty manhood. Cheating mothers leave only nothing. Here he flies...

hopelessness poem 0

Life Without A Star

Poem   Behind the bars of iron cities, under clouds of smoke, you try to touch the sky, you have forgotten what’s a star… The sky is never blue, but pale and grim, you...

impending loss fiction 0

Coyotes

Short Story   Dad said he heard Coyotes around midnight every night. He slept on the couch a lot, which made it hard for him to sleep. The television would be on quietly until...

beach poem 0

Nostalgia

Poem   My eyes are always searching, see again this endless blue. Was it real, was this dream true? My fingers want to touch again- warm and golden sand, Feel it’s pulse, rhythm, life....

Sparkler 1

The Blaze

Today there was a fire in Williamsburg A huge storage facility went up in smoke 200 firefighters fighting the heat against the January cold As ash filled the air with the familiar smells of...

sorrow poem 0

No One There For Me

Poem   At the end of the day when Sun is setting and all summer dwellers are playing tango in the lights of crimson, pink and auburn I’d hold you forever, never let it...

heart poem 0

It Can Last

Poem Fluttering inside the walls Imagination flowing like waterfalls Heart light Glowing bright with childhood flight Wings expanding Rib cage inflating With sunshine Crisp and twinkling In your squinting eyes Rosy cheeks raised up...

poetry books 0

A Collection of Short Poems

Short Poems   Dishes Silverware askew, two empty plates, bits of food still clinging to the white china before being emptied down the sink, are all I have left of your voice, your face,...

True Poems 0

What Was Lost

True Poems   We watched the poets upon the stage Far better ones than I Ones that melt your heart speak their tongues swirl their breaths intermingling their emotions with the crowd As they...

emotional poetry 0

Even Death Is Better

Poem   The clock is ticking, the room is dark, no one’s breathing, I want to hide, I want to cry, but she holds me tight. Her image is a stone, her smell is...

bereavement poem 0

Forget Forgiveness

Poem   Months have passed Summer turned to fall. Days are growing cold- and the wind is blowing fast …away to a crimson sky- bloody sunset and do you know? I still hide to...

forgiveness poem 0

Do I Deserve It

Poem   You trusted me I failed… You loved me I hated… You gave me bliss. it faded away… Sunny morning kiss all is now astray I know what I did bad and dark...