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We Need To Talk

Red color silenceAnger in the words not saidI long to listen I hate when she does this to me. So demure, so fragile, curled up within herself. Shutting me out. It no longer is about what was done, I was wrong as was she, but this silent war has become our battlefield. The initial shotsContinue reading “We Need To Talk”

Turn Away

Turn awayThe silence is betterThan when I held you in my armsThe thunder of your beating heartWith mineEchoesIn my hollow chestA bass drumWithout a beatWith you in another’s armsTurn awayThe silence is better This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a quadrille (a poem of EXACTLY 44 words, not including the title) AND include theContinue reading “Turn Away”