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Untouched Heart Strings

Walking through the door to a meadow,The rain a light mistJust enough to shroud the horizon in a blanket of grey.Tears stay hidden within my eyes.Not shed for her,Not shed for her leaving,Not breaking my heart as I stumble from my home.I walk among the droplets of waterFrozen in a breeze not blowing.They cling toContinue reading “Untouched Heart Strings”

Tragically Hip Survivor

It started, oddly enough, about 8 miles outside of Bobcaygeon on highway 36 towards Big Island. It was a weird place to start an invasion. Most people think it’s because it’s out of the way and they were looking for a place to happen. I have other thoughts. Though nobody cares what I think, atContinue reading “Tragically Hip Survivor”

Kiss Me Kisses

Kisses that radiateTouch my lips and take my breath awayLick my lips, slide in your tongueMoan for me babyMmm, let me get someKisses upon my lipsOn my neck, my tits, my hipsKiss your way downOooo and back up againKiss me baby, let’s beginKiss me with kisses that touch insideDeep down where secrets hideBehind the wallsContinue reading “Kiss Me Kisses”

Smiling on the Inside

This feeling of joy trapped inside like a xenolith within my dread. I listen with half an ear to the ramblings of strangers I sometimes call friends. Yet within, this joy, small, near insignificant, grows. Your smile, my joy,Ignites a small flameLove? This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 wordsContinue reading “Smiling on the Inside”

Love In ADHD

Does she love me?Let me count the ways One banana, two bananas, THREE Bananas Hahaha!A Bert and Ernie kinda love, But if they were g a y R a i n d r o p sKeep falling from my headBut that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning Laaaaady in Red I don’t thinkContinue reading “Love In ADHD”

Writer’s Block Carving

Within this stone lay my imaginationUpon this blank page I will spill my bloodChisel and hammer I holdThe pen no longer my fingers splayedI look within to find the heart; my own and the stone’sThis block of writers’ my hesitationI type in furious frenzyThe first edge goes, the stone takes shapeAha! Aho! Ahee! The wordsContinue reading “Writer’s Block Carving”