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Rising from Rock Bottom

What more can one wish for at the end of the counting of blessings?
Past the limit of their greatest efforts and exhausted breaths?

What love is should be tested, and if true, never broken.
Immortal to beyond a dying breath, where patience is our only friend with faith.

Holding hands and walking through Hell with your head high
and a love for your lover coursing through your veins.

Through thick and thin stays the course on which I tread,
while loving you with each and every step.

For better or worse, until death do we part only to later meet
and love one another again and forever. Persevere, my love, for I am with you always.Rising from Rock Bottom14 hours ago in Free Verse

Ruminations on a Fallen Star, Not Yet Fallen A priori:
Though I am not in love yet, I will be.
I remember how our eyes will meet;
you will see the green stars in my eyes for what they are.
I am afraid.

1. I am star-crossed, tattooed and traversed;
my clumsy limbs build a bridge of my belly
for the constellations to write their paths onto my pounding heart.
Some days these star charts are a chain link fence across my body
and on others—I can trace your name in the lines between my stars,
not the name you bear now but the true one I have always known,
the one that is for me.

2. Nostalgia is always poetic, but the blood memories
are harder to pinpoint; they do not catch like bRuminations on a Fallen Star, Not Yet Fallen15 hours ago in Free Verse

I Love YouOnce upon the hundredth time,
A beautiful princess caught my eye.
Her smile dripped with pigments
No master could ever mix.
And her eyes were a masterpiece
My lines could never describe.
She broke through stanza after stanza,
And stole my ink drenched heart.
She captured it with an artist’s charm
And painted it over with question marks.
Would her watercolor hand
Fit with one bound to the pen?
Would lips caressed by the brush
Be too delicate for a poet’s passion?
Would a soul baptized in paint
Twirl with one tattooed by her words?
Could eyes trained in color
Read the inky passion in mine?
Could eyes drawn to landscapes
Sparkle forI Love You19 hours ago in Free Verse

For want of WingsIf I could have wings, I would fly to you. I would fly away from the land I've always known and cross the distance on passionate fiery wings. I would fly to your home of eternal summer, a place of sand and palm trees.

I would sing out for you, my beautiful swan, and we would fly away together, leaving the earth behind and enter the sky of love. We would dance among the stars, a swan and a firebird, our voices filling the night sky as we sing together.

We would laugh and smile, holding each other tight, never letting go as you guide me in every dance you know, while I would sing sweet lullabies and beautiful love songs softly into your ears.For want of Wings21 hours ago in Free Verse

I read your words and pretend I read your words and pretend
not only to know you but to
be the one that saves you too.
Who will restore your faith in
humankind,
or rather
womankind.
Who will erase the pain
you don’t feel but in your rhymes,
because the poète maudit is so much
more attractive than the metroman.
Drink another whiskey, smoke some more
and write with a coarse voice,
I’ll fall at your feet and pretend
not only to know you but to
be the one who is saved by you.I read your words and pretend 23 hours ago in Free Verse

White DressYou steal the very breath from my core
I've never seen you so beautiful before
A tear comes to my eye
I let it flow
because I'm so happy
that you're mine

All my worries and doubts disappear
when I see you in that dress
Everything around me disappears
All that matters is you
the only words I can manage to say
are I love you
and you're so beautiful

I must congratulate you
not only did you make my day
you made my life
I'll gladly stand by you
as we become husband and wife
I promise I'll remember
you in that white dress for the rest of my life
babe you only get more beautiful from now on

I promise to love you
through sickness and health
I'll sWhite Dress11 hours ago in Free Verse

You, strangerOur proclivity to use words like love and
forever has lead us to proclaiming
statements that held no truth but
our loneliness, yet they caused an
all too real pain. We never understood
that saying it out loud would magic
it into being and believing in it
would make it gospel. You were too
young and I was too jaded and we
left holes in each other’s lives that,
over time, filled up with regret and
bittersweet memories of the days
we knew what the other thought and
felt and needed to dream on. Now
you are a nameless stranger and I
hurt for the wounds you carry because
of me and the coldness of the stars
and the silence that belies the
scYou, stranger23 hours ago in Free Verse

Through Hell and BackWhen you are on your last leg.
Broken down, wishing someone would stay.
Remember there will always be someone watching.
To hold your hand in harmony, hope you haven't forgotten.

When you have seen the worst of it all.
Feeling drowned, like you are you are ready to fall.
Remember someone close will lend a hand.
To bring you back up and help you understand.

-

Falling endlessly
State of decay
Chained memories
and so many other way.

Having to watch you fall
Was the worst I ever felt
Like watching some block my call
I could not help

Retrace my steps
Go back through sands of time
Drown in it
Claim back what is rightfully mine

Because for yoThrough Hell and Back11 minutes ago in Free Verse

True Love Is,True Love Is...

True love is, knowing his breath isn't the freshest, but kissing him anyway. Even slipping a little tongue in too, knowing he'd like it.

True love is, not feeling offended when he comments on your slightly hairy legs.

True love is, being completely comfortable talking about absolutely anything. No matter how awkward.

True love is, not puppy love. Not so unbearably lovey that everyone in the room could vomit in unison.

True love is, respecting eachother's wishes, limits and boundaries.

True love is, knowing her feet taste awful, but you lick them anyway. You don't know why. You just do.

True love is, knowing the food sheTrue Love Is,4 hours ago in Free Verse

The Dark OceanMost of the time people see me with a big smile
My eyes open wide
Shining like the sun in the sky
But there's another side
It’s darker, scarier
Where I keep the things I hide
A place devoid of color
No splendor,
A pitch black ocean
Eats away at my insides
Like acid it burns
Destroying my heart
And everything for which it yearns
The ground is made of the glass;
Shards of shattered dreams
Broken by reality,
or my own misdeeds
When I'm here all I do is bleed.
Screaming someone help me;
PLEASE!!!!
Trapped within a prison of my own design
Only sometimes do I escape for a time
it’s not an easy escape through
the subzero cold ,
Up thThe Dark Ocean5 hours ago in Free Verse

Our worldFunny how it is...,
My nights and days just melt.
Time,
Unless used to measure
How long I wait for you,
Is irrelevant.
You are the only drink of coffee
I will ever care to have.
Sleep, exhaustion and weary eyes
Catch up to me in your absence
Because when you leave, you take
With you, your world. Our world,
Where sleep is obsolete, time is frozen,
Our bodies ethereal, our minds infinite
And our hearts
Merged.
Our magical, nonsensical world
Built of your voice, your breath...,
And mine.
Soon our realities will converge
And sleeping will be just as good as waking
For I'll be with you from
The setting to the rise of your eyes.
Time will be deOur world5 hours ago in Free Verse

borrowed wordsi am not the best with words
although i call myself a writer
i lose eloquence when it matters so

i borrow words that echo in me
(itself a borrowed metaphor)

there are words that are forthright
and honest in their intent
that say i love you in as many words

and they are for everyone
who has ever been in love

there are words that are a secret
hidden without their context
that only say i love you if you look

and they are only for us
if we choose to hear them

there are words i steal for you
but they all boil down
in the end, to: i love you

i love you
i love youborrowed words6 hours ago in Free Verse

Never to ComeFlowers bloom across the summer fields
Love grows between two young people
Soft winds of summer blow over the field
The love grows stronger, warming their hearts
With the wind come the sweet scents of the season
With the love comes the sweetness of joy and togetherness....
...The fields are filled with the songs of birds,
The love the two share fill them with songs of happiness,
At night the field is peaceful as the creatures of the night continue the song,
Nights bring the young lovers closer together as love’s song grows stronger.

Many days pass the same as those before them-
Warm, welcoming, sweet and happy
Many nights pass as the one before light by star,
light by the soft light of the moon
Peaceful and filled with soft songs and love

The flowers bloom in the fields,
The love grows stronger between the two.
The wind turns cold and gets stronger,
Trouble comes into the lover's lives.
The flowers are torn up as the wind rips its way throughNever to Come6 hours ago in Free Verse

your voiceis it calm and smooth
like soft waves splashing up against a dock
or rain dripping down a window
like rubbing rose petals
between your fingers
or draping silk across bare legs

is it rough and gritty
like bits of sand stuck between your toes
or dry paintbrushes scraping against paper
like planting a kiss
on a stubbled man
or riding bikes down gravel paths

is it warm and gentle
like the air in late may
or a hand caressing your cheek
like burying your face
into a comforting shoulder
or cuddling under blankets mid-storm

is it really that important anyway
i doubt i will be unhappy
when i hear my name
whispered
by you
in the first place.your voice6 hours ago in Free Verse

Looking till the ends of the earth to find (You)I long for a soul a companion like mine, to gander in their eyes.
Looking at how much beauty they have.
To feel there heart beat as fast as mine.
Knowing they feel and know my thoughts, my struggles, and desires.
Wanting to keep them safe and close is all I want.
Wanting it to last forever and ever.
That they accept me the way I am.
Knowing when the end is near and comes our days.
I will rejoice that I found them and never letting them go.
Even in death I will always love you so.Looking till the ends of the earth to find (You)12 hours ago in Free Verse

amuzescunutesuparaamuzescunutesupăra

când m-ai găsit
singura aproape de poezie erai
tu
acum mi se face rușine gândindu-mă, dar îmi trece repede
arunc cuvinte știind că asta o să mă facă bine
iar tu o să zâmbești și mai mult

chiar dacă te aștept 10-20-30-40 de minute
o geometrie simpatică
și niciun drum nu mai pare atât de lung

voi târî mereu hainele pe asfalt
asta pentru că ceva albastru trăiește în mine/ la adăpost
mulțumesc jocului de șah și ție
și sper să fiu mai bun azi
în lupta cu mine/ în călătoria asta făramuzescunutesupara12 hours ago in Free Verse

CocaineYou offered it to me
snow on your fingertip
“sniff it or lick it” you said and
without hesitation I
leant and sucked
hungrily
lingering
slightly too long
perhaps
and as my tongue
turned numb
and I walked away
I wondered
if that turned you on
just a little bit. Cocaine13 hours ago in Free Verse

I know that somedayI know that someday you'll see your self like I see you.
Transcendent, to the point that these metaphors I write as I try and show some small part of how I feel for you wither in comparison to the real thing.
If I had from the beginning of time, an thesaurus of every language and a computer to write with I could hardly start to describe to you how much you mean to me.
And no matter how many times I tell you it's never enough to convey how much I truly mean it.
But it's the best I can do and the easiest way to express my self to you. I love you. And you can ignore all the pretty words and fancy similes because that is what it comes down to andI know that someday15 hours ago in Free Verse

The Art of Language AcquisitionYou are not good at pretending in degrees
you are unpracticed in slow accumulation

love comes to you from the foam of the river
tremendous and fully formed

you do not learn words like other people
picking them up one by one
like pebbles from the dust:
they are there, small and beautiful
in your palm without any effort

you wonder how many
the others have collected
if you can speak to them
without translation
if they will understand

the peculiar connotations
the cadence of poetry
the way the water births
us whole and naked

(your mind is a riverbed
of smooth round stones)

there is no greater sadness
than speaking your heart
in the wrong woThe Art of Language Acquisition17 hours ago in Free Verse

UnrequitedYou are one of the most beautiful, amazing people I know

Your smile, your voice, your happy attitude, everything about you is good

Your cute little childishness that you occasionally show, the way you never want to hurt anyone who has done you no harm

Physically you're stunning, your eyes and how they squint slightly when you smile, your smile and how it lightens up your whole face, even your freckles that you try so hard to conceal are really cute

My vocabulary isn't large enough to convey to you how beautiful you are, how beautiful I see you to be

Even just being around you your happiness spreads to me, I enjoy being around you, talkinUnrequited21 hours ago in Free Verse

pt 2când nimeni nu poate fi
totul e dragoste
și tristețea mea e dragoste
și lipsa mea de curaj e dragoste
plânsul meu în hohot e dragoste
omul-câine e și el dragoste
cască gura, prospero.
poezia asta e pentru tine
am nevoie să spun te iubesc
și-ți spun ție. și ceva asemănător se întoarce la mine peste câteva luni
înăntrul unei fete străine

ilinca are o umbrelă mare sub care intrăm toți trei râzând prin noroaie
marius își face cruci. știe că așa ceva nu se uită

am multe mai mulpt 212 hours ago in Free Verse

ich liebe dichsååå her vi er igen
that smile that spreads on my lips
the words you've written heard in your voice
faen i helvete eg savne deg
not much longer not so many more months
if we wanted to we could run away
we could disappear if you wanted to and never be seen again
free to roam free to fuck about, free
logic would deny that kind of freedom
but then again down with logic
tying ropes to the top of the structure
lets pull it out of balance and bring it crashing to the ground
down with the acropolis and all shrines to Athena
that is my mind and in yours stands the city of athens
a dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and its goddess
aaand the traiich liebe dich2 hours ago in Free Verse

The lightFireflies are out again tonight
Near a lake they sparkled

In a shining lake
where diamonds seem to float
and trees seem to shine
there was a girl

She held herself, oh so, tightly
'til I spared to look
she was hurt

as I saw her

The stars stopped twinkling
the moon stopped shinning
for she was all that I see

The small diamonds faded
Diamonds that all I see
were in her tears

she was everything that a gloomy forest needed

The wind swayed the grass
and made her smile

Her smile was more radiant than the sun itself

but what is this?!

Into dust, she came to be
and was swept again by the wind

A figment of imagination
she will never be
ForThe light5 hours ago in Free Verse

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