Rhia Madison Thomer Poet Narrative

To Write the Words of Love

i CRAVE sweet dark night
   (we use the nights)
for daylight
  daylight betrays SUFFERING eyes
   (to hide the bruises)
and 
                PALE KISSED SKIN
(the blood)

lathered in angry red
     (the tears)

"My Love?"
       (the GOODBYES)
         AND THE MOON BATHES US IN THE BLUES AND BLACKS OF MIDNIGHT

(the secrets)
i CRAVE sweet dark blood

(and lies, lies lies lies)

for it gives
     and
ESCAPE
             to morning.
(and the words the blade left behind)

"We have forever"
         (buried deep inside your mind)
Leaving you wishing that you 
had---
____________________
"or so we thought."

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Brandy Megens May 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM im glad you didnt --- well you are full of pain and i wish my magic wand could erase it all but it only works on toads:)well another great write