by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
angel,
To you who knew me in my youth,
Who spread sweet joy and spoke with truth;
Before you passed to heaven’s skies,
I saw an angel in your eyes.
To you, the stranger that I met,
Who spoke no word of English, yet
Gave aid to me, you are God’s prize.
There was an angel in your eyes.
To those of you within this place
Whose gifts of words show love and grace,
Though I’ve not faced you, I surmise. . .
There is an angel in your eyes!
by Frederic Parker |
Categories:
love,
If, my darling we dance again with memories
of smokey eyes from the scent of love that lingers
in thoughts of yesterday when dreams were found
in passionate moments unrestrained from the world
lost in wrapped limbs of illusion that watered
our flower's bloom in the meadow of our soul
where wings were found to carry us to shaded realms
of wondrous passions that coloured the rainbow
crossing the landscape of our hearts in glorious beauty
to meet a lover
yesterday was a stranger
we will meet again
7/28/18
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by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
grief,
Grief I have known little of.
It’s not as if I ever lost
my one true love.
One brother taken in his prime
saddened us, and yet I know
we’ll see him in good time
My father - two years ago -
passed away, but a stranger was he to me.
Grief too difficult I’ve yet to know.
Yes, great grief I think has yet to be my bane.
I’m compensated physically instead
with chronic pain!
April 23, 2021
(thanks for the reflection you had us do on grief)
For Line Gauthier's Grief In 12 Lines Or Less Poetry Contest
by Kelly Deschler |
Categories:
future, hope, longing, love, soulmate,
Out there is a stranger that I already...............love
no, you don't know me now, but you.................will
just keep looking and eventually we will..........find
a winding road that ends with you and..............me
before these short years find their end....someday
that rarest moment will surely happen...sometime
with us finally meeting face to face.....somewhere.
"End Line Word" contest
by Jan Allison |
Categories:
caregiving, dedication, lost love, mental illness,
You stare at me with vacant eyes
It’s like living with a stranger
Tears and tantrums we both despise
Where is the man I once loved?
Locked inside your own little world
Sometimes a piece of music makes you smile
But every day I know I’m losing you
I’m losing you bit by bit
I no longer get greeted with a loving kiss
These days you lash out uncontrollably
I get battered and bruised by your flying fist
But I’ll never give up loving you
NOT written from personal experience of living with someone with dementia
08~07~16
by Esther Muchai |
Categories:
inspirational, joy, mother daughter,
MAMA CRY NO MORE
The most tender I have ever known
The world of never you created
Best example of love a lesson learnt
Mama cry no more
Stranger no more am I to this world
Mama I have learnt its tricks
The hills are lower now, the tunnels are brighter
Mama cry no more
Mama let me dry your tears
I will pop the toaster, crunch the flakes
Spread the marmalade, bubble your bath tub
Mama cry no more
The jet is ready, your ticket at hand
The line will dress you up with the queen’s taste
The fruits of your labour, its time you had the taste
Mama cry no more.
by William Crocker |
Categories:
death, friendship, lost love,
You left an open door,
And a stranger wandered in;
She straightened out
The cluttered rooms
And mended broken things.
She wiped away the dust
And stains from many tears;
She brought flowers, soft music
And candles for light.
. . . And . . .
I closed the door.
by Emile Pinet |
Categories:
confusion, emotions, feelings, imagery, lost, sick,
Hiding in the shadows
dementia devastates;
as sanity slowly
begins slipping away.
When your memory fails,
life loses its meaning;
and you become depressed;
bewildered, and confused.
Your heart morphs into a
desolate derelict;
a floundering vessel
not even love can save.
Hope's quickly depleted,
for trust doesn't exist;
only time remains true,
in this facade of lies.
And when reality's
stranger than any dream;
Alzheimer's tethers your
soul to oblivion.
by Jslambert Mister Roboto |
Categories:
angst, confusion, depression, funny, girlfriend-boyfriend, introspection, life, love, passion, people, philosophy, romance, social, sorry
not sure how she got here
only know she needs to leave
underneath the stranger
my arm numb; asleep,
mouth a desert.
a hundred dead cigarettes dance my tongue dry
princess of night
exposed by light.
get me out of this;
another dreaded morning mess.
bed broken
along with my will.
I swore never again;
the lie is half the thrill.
~JSLambert
by Travis Klein |
Categories:
addiction, angel, break up, girlfriend, identity, imagery, lost love,
Heroin
Oh, My Love— Oh, My Love
You seem to have come from Above
You are my dear Angel
But you are now Such a Stranger
Our Life here was So Short
Yet So Long we did really surely Court
I was going to give you My Last Name
But now you would of put IT to due Shame
I Still do love you with All my heart
Every and All of my heart Every Single Part
Wish you would bring your Life back to me
And Together Forever we could now Forever be
You found a New true Love that Stuck
It killed your Heart for me— and no Luck
Heroine— who’d she save?? She’s not a heroin
She Killed us; deep with- in!!!!
Travis ""Ceijaeh" Klein
by Wren Rushing |
Categories:
dark, death, desire, horror, murder, poetry, poets,
They once met upon a poetry site,
shared romantic words by computer light.
His poems of rose pedals and floating doves,
her verses of broken hearts and jilted love.
Those touching comments soon lit a fire,
innocent flirting now burning desire.
Their public secrets fanned the embers
and played out before all the members.
Alas unable to contain their lust,
to finally embrace became a must.
Soon they soupmailed their secret plot,
to meet in the nearest Wal-Mart lot.
What happened next no one can fix,
for her light was turned off at Motel Six.
It seems her tall dark poetic stranger,
turned out to be the "Trailer Park Strangler".
1/4/19
by Windy Mehder |
Categories:
love
Familiar stranger
Speaking echoes
Of memories
I cannot recall
Singing sweetly to my soul
And in a dream I knew you
I remember it now
Your touch lingers
A ghostly caress
Leaving me breathless
The soft penetration of your gaze
Reflecting in my eyes
The heat of your flesh
As it burns in my hands
And radiates from my lips
Your voice is the sound
Of a distant song
My heart has always known
by Bernard Chan |
Categories:
age, celebration, happiness, life, love, nature, senses,
Before gathering gloom takes away our eyes,
Let’s fill them with dandelions’ dance.
Before our mouths are closed by the curfew of age,
Let’s deposit in them the taste of kisses.
Before dusk deafens our ears,
Let them hear the just and the righteous sing.
Before sweet scents are sent away,
We’ll feast on the potpourris of wines and seas.
Before the world is a stranger to our hands,
Let the sun press into them the shapes of light.
And when our hearts can no more crave,
They shall declare, “My riches? You have no idea.”
by Priya Yanambaka |
Categories:
beauty, deep, desire, longing, love, passion, sensual,
Like solving the mystery of a stranger,
The topography of your body unwinds,
Letting me outline your smooth hands,
Reflecting an endless journey of lies,
Carried by the curve of your shoulders,
That stops me to plunge deep inside,
Your heart beats resting,
Breathing and believing,
In my passion, so tender,
Filled with devotion and surrender,
Will calm down the ocean in your eyes,
Changing the game like an urban spy,
You tiptoe with smooth innocence,
Unlocking doors to my every defense,
And lead me to the planet of sensuality,
With the topography of your body.
by Pratibha Singh |
Categories:
care, dream, for him, i love you, life, love,
All I think
I want
I dream
....is love
All I do
to get love
to be loved
fall in love
with you again
I never expect anything
but love
I am not asking more
but love
Do you love me
I still do not know
You care for me
You think about me
but sometimes
You are so different
as if you are stranger
Do I know you
I do not
Love is weird sometimes
I am not sure
If you love me
or I love you
or we both do
by Janetta Harrington |
Categories:
hope, introspection, life, love, nostalgia,
i
am so special
i
won't suck you dry
i
need to be someone
I
have such anger
i
am a stranger
to myself, myself
I promise to me
to let myself be free
I WILL do better
I WILL forget
the things said
be better, no regret
I will be better
than you
I already am
Damn...
by Lifes' Tapestry |
Categories:
abuse,
I fear our next encounter;
haunted by your sight.
Your presence penetrates my heart like a knife.
Your not a man but an intruder,
forcing your way, judge and juror.
Hand down your penalty, much we must take.
Abrasions, contusions, are your biggest mistake.
Hugs and kisses, only come from jerks,
"I LOVE YOU - I'M SORRY",
your BANDAIDS don't work.
Brute force.
Torn at the seams.
Dare to move.
Dare to scream.
Noise not permitted,
take it, be silent.
Withhold your tears in his judgement.
Is there a thin line between DISLIKE and HATE?
Can you define where one begins and the other one waits?
by Keelu Ak |
Categories:
emotions, feelings, for him, how i feel, longing, love hurts, sad love,
My dear faceless stranger
No reason to mean so much to me
My defenceless heart caught unawares
By your remorseless charm apart
Weaving beauty with your verses
Blazing my soul with indelible mark
Consumes me within and without
Makes me doubt all that is familiar
If only I can be all that you ever wanted
If only I can be all that is dear to you
If only you feel what I feel
If only it is only you and me
But there is no you and me
There is you in your own world
Far away from me in touch and sight
Me in my own word as it ought to be
Be happy my nameless feeling
Sure of your virgin glory
Pure as only truth can be
Cherished safe till my breath lasts
by Kristen Bruni |
Categories:
lost loveme, me, , sweet love,
Such a wonderful city of angels
Full of dreamers and schemers
Cowards.
Posers.
You poisoned me with sweet love
Then poisoned me with anger.
A lion with an impatient roar
Slowly eating me alive.
Ever so cleverly.
I never saw it coming.
I've been devoured and feel invisible.
I look in the mirror at a stranger now.
The Gods have allowed me gentle protection
The Angels hover over me, shadows on my wall.
Safe, yet damaged and scared.
Shock.
Unhappy, bitter and vengeful.
Emotions that exploded all at once
A bomb ticking away. you ignited it and detonated me.
I love you but don't know what to do.
by Brian Anderson |
Categories:
introspection, life, lost love, love
her place smells like lavender
or violets
i've slept here many times before
but never well
never fitfully
alien atmosphere i suppose
the bare bulbs in the bathroom
kill my shadow
i'm a stranger in the kitchen
smoking weed on the couch
pissing in the tiolet
and screwing her in the shower
intimately removed
she wants me to move in
i miss her already
by Windy Mehder |
Categories:
love
Softly
Sweetly
Caressing my soul
Silently, I shudder
I am blinded
By the sun in my eyes
As I look at you
And what is it I see
An old friend
A stranger
Funny, I can't recall
And, oh, that smile
Facetious
Knowing
So gentle
I think that you
May just be
A part of me
Soft lips
So tender against my skin
And we are love
Making love
In love
Bodies connecting
Belonging
Becoming one
by Brandlynn Young |
Categories:
depression, love, sad, me, love, me,
Sometimes a hug is needed
To dry up someone’s tears
Sometimes a hug is needed
To calm a person’s fears
Sometimes a calming touch is needed
From a friend or stranger too
Sometimes the hardest words to hear
Are the ones “I love you”
Sometimes your path gets dark and drear
And your days pass by in no hurry
Nobody is around to comfort you
All is left to do is worry
The best of days can be forgotten
When the tears come falling down
All you can think of is grief of the past
All that will fit is a frown…
Will some one please just give me a hug
And tell me they love me so?
This is one time that sometime is needed
Just hug me and let your love show!?
by John Watt |
Categories:
love,
One word
Like a black cat
Prowling on a starless night
Sneaks past my notice
Quiet and still and
Unobserved
Escaping from my well-intentioned lips
“Someday”
“We’ll have to get together”
“Yes, soon!”
“Write me when you get there”
“I will!”
“Don’t be a stranger”
“It’s been too long”
“Here’s my phone number”
“I’ll call – I promise...”
“Someday!”
Every emotion has an enemy
The enemy of joy is “if only I had done it differently…”
The enemy of peace is “what if something bad happens…”
The enemy of spontaneity is “when the time is right…”
The enemy of I love you is
“Someday”
by Tifarrah Miller |
Categories:
depression
she wanted to cry but she couldn't
she wanted to feel but she wouldn't
she wanted something to fill her heart now empty
and full of despair
she wanted love and hope things that made her happy yet so sad
she wanted to be devoured by life in all its flowers and butterfly wings
she wanted so much,she wanted to much till having became a must and
she broke the morals and values that shaped and broke the code of honor
that made her. Till she only saw a stranger when she looked at herself anymore
by Don Johnson |
Categories:
adventure,
Meditation exists,
my love the unkist
waits in the rooms candle gleam,
no stranger, a sweet comely miss,
love lost, once, before and between,
and a cuddle i stole,
behind the door of the green,
where willingly met,
by the candle lit scene,
i nuzzled tween breasts,
the nipples erect,
and happy i was there,
in between,
your nighty was white,
see through it i might,
permission i'm asking ,
in fever an steam :)
right there in the midst of my dream:)
Don Johnson ..........meditation rocks