The Other Side of the Pillow
...In the dark of night, where dreams bear bloom,
and silence reigns in my shadowed room,
my pillow waits, serene, composed,
awaiting my sleepy head to doze.
Beneath my head it yields its form,
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Categories:
sleepful, dream, funny, good night,
Form: Rhyme
Learning How To Say Goodbye
...Two weeks
Left to say I love you
14 days left
To hold you
336 hours
Left to watch as you sleep
20,160 minutes
Left to breathe in the air that fills my lungs and enjoy the smallest moments...
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Categories:
sleepful, death, deep, grief, poems,
Form: Free verse
Echoes of the Angel's Fallen
...Invocation to the Muse
From the gleaming skin of life’s underbelly,
sin unreconciled, formed from Nephilim seed,
fleet footed jokers mask pawns into flight;
To the epistle of the Most High.
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Categories:
sleepful, allegory, angel, christian,
Form: Epic
Freedom
...My freedom is mine
To do what I I want
To sail on drunken waters
With souls you can't measure.
My freedom is mine
To take Jefferson to task
For every slave he never freed, and
Impregnated, h...
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Categories:
sleepful, drink, ocean,
Form: Free verse
The Moon
...The Moon ------- By: Ruth R. - 11-24-2014
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way up in the sky a beautiful round sphere
oh so bright and oh so high up in the sky
When the curtain of darkness fa...
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Categories:
sleepful, beautiful, best friend, creation,
Form: Free verse
Sleepless Nights
...I lie beside you
Trying to keep still
Yet…this need is eating away at me
I sigh
Sure that my desire
Is working its way out of my body
Glowing out through my pores
I’m sure it will hover over you
And ...
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Categories:
sleepful, husband, passion,
Form: Free verse