Summer’s Promise Gone
What can I say? What can I write? Summer’s promise lost its way alone now, in the dark night. Midsummer’s over, too. I know you’re…
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Sailor’s Sea
As he faded in a hospital room, he stared out the window, bruised eyelids low. The sunlight turned his irises a watery blue. Washed out.…
Sleeping Memories
“Have you asked?”She fell silent,Which makes you wonder,Should you talk,As if it would discomfort.Yes, I talked,And I labored,Detached,Intrigued by her;She gave mysteries. “No more”,I took…
Jewel
She was exotic,Fully formed from the formless,The foreign lands,Far from my own,Of age and mystery. She came up,Out of the holy waters,And my tongue stumbled,To…
Another Gray December Day
Another gray December day I don’t blame her these last years for not wanting to stay We are left with tears. A December year of…
Failsafe
A life without a failsafe is one fraught with endless wrong turns and dead ends. If you take an erroneous path, there’s no way to…
Love Remains
So many of us know the pain of losing a loved one. I write in empathy with you. Whilst everyone’s hurt is different, that we…
Lost Teeth
This poem relates to the loss of true friends in previous decades when forms of communication were less easy, but travelling or living abroad was…
Beacon of Light
There is a beauty to being the sole bright light in a vast sea of darkness and a curse as well. Melanie Raynore should know…
Thanatos IV: Drunk Driving
“Night, guys. I’m heading home.” At least, that’s what you thought you sounded like. Everybody else just heard indistinct mumbles between your hiccups and lapses…
