One year I made a resolution No more gambling Stick with what I got Then I met you Straight away I knew That you're the jackpot The ultimate prize Without you in my life No other vice would suffice So against all advice In outward defiance Of all who considered it unwise I took the… Continue reading Jackpot
Category: Love, Life & Loss
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I was just a stupid kid When we first met Didn't know the weight Of all the things I said Could never have imagined The road that lay ahead I'm sorry I deceived you But I deceived me, too At the time I thought My love was real I've never tried to lie about… Continue reading Oh look, another untitled poem
Numb
I laid bare My soul You covered it In a blanket Of promises And a vow To bring an end To my pain And, in time, You did For since you left I no longer feel Anything At all Response to the Word of the Day Challenge prompts: climax, belated and naked
Heartstrings
A rope Weaved From heartstrings With which Our souls Are bound Together For eternity
Oasis
I sought you out Though I knew not Your name nor face Only that you Were out there An oasis In the desert That my world Had become Response to the Word of the Day Challenge prompt: oasis
Language of Temptation
You speak to me In a language That needs no words To be understood That need never be spoken To be heard And need never be written To be read It needs no teaching Nor learning And requires No translation For you are fluent In the language of Temptation
Miracle
You are A one in four hundred trillion Possibility An almost impossible Pile of space dust Riding On a giant rock Through the infinite That is our universe Brought into existence Against all odds There is no-one And never will there ever be Another just like you You are Absolutely And unequivocally… Continue reading Miracle
Eulogy
I wish to write My own eulogy To tell the story Of my life As a rhapsody Of mistold memories A jagged melody Born of reverie An elegy A parody With obscenity To remedy The tragedy That my passing Will inevitably be Response to Word of the Day Challenge prompts: rhapsody & jagged
Doubt
Do you ever wish we'd never met? Or maybe in the future But not yet? Was the timing just not right For this to work without a fight Or were we destined from the start To end in tears? Maybe this is how we're meant to be A constant battle with the doubt Do… Continue reading Doubt
Tattered Heart
I need to knit me a sweater From the strands Of my tattered heart - So weathered and worn - To keep me warm On these dark nights spent Without you The world is so cold Since you left Response to the Word of the Day Challenge prompt: knit
