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Best Poems Written by Rosemary Bryerton-Schiff

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Tweak

he wanted to 
tweak my ashes
just so

i laughed cause
i couldn’t even
do that 

i don’t think that
he really knew
how old they were

so anyway 
i gave in and let
him try

he gathered them
gently 
smoothed them out

found some thorns
old heart breaks
i thought i forgot

he sifted through 
the worry
that hurt my shoulders

the dirty parts
the shame
he didn’t seem to mind

he let them run 
through his fingers
and gathered them up again

he decided to mix
them with his

then we drifted down
our sea 
and the waves 
washed us

clean

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Bonfire

write me a poem
one that caresses 
my face

opening the portal 
that only you 
found

one that warms 
my bones
and makes me forget
bonfires

iron hot
the steam rising
from the pages

whispered in my ear
the warmth 
that is you

carving it’s canyon
from sunset
to the sunrise
of my soul

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Found

found 

and so i told him
you better find something 
to love
and grab ahold of
something that means 
the world to you

something that 
when you’re breathing 
and doing it
you feel completely whole 
eternally in love
no doubt comes in or out
and you’re there
not just anywhere
but there

doesn’t matter what it is
but you better make sure that thing 
becomes yours
and it probably shouldn’t have 
any type of legs 
or a heart
cause those leave baby
those leave

that’s why words are good
and pure
they flow in and out like breath
and even breath will leave
but words 
words
last forever

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Break

break

then we could
meet at the
lighthouse
and i’d let you
have your
way
my neck
while the waves
break
my arms
while the ocean
turns black
under the
crescent moon
my lips
while the soft coral
sways
then what remains
as you work
your way
down the depths
and currents
collide
we’ll teach the waves
all at the lighthouse
where I’d let you
have your way

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To Carve

i could use 
some wood
right now to
whittle and 
carve

a rugged, slow 
carve
one i know well
one you taught me
a couple springs ago

we were carving away 
at lust 
at seduction
which led 
to love

we both thought
of stopping
and stared at the 
mess we made 
of each other

you looked bad
said i carved into
something no one 
else ever 
found

but i looked 
far worse 
most of me was carved 
away
you went down to dust

i think you 
liked it though
you said it reminded you
of sand
of wind
of nothingness

of freedom
and
of running
away

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Bridges

and with him I dream
of water
and all that is crystal

he teaches me to 
trust the bridges
the little fractures 
carved in 

with him
we waste time looking
for sand rubies
and trash castles
that seem sturdy

he teaches me how to
kiss my wishes away
and shows me the forever
blank canvas of
perfection

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Roots

was it always
your vision
to break apart
the flower beds

to tear 
the roots 
out of everything
you knew
how deep
they were

but within
your hands
the melt
began
till you found 
the deepest root
of all

it was then
i hid it
after you held it awhile
and decided it wasn’t
for you

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Melting

i wasn’t always
like this 
my flesh burned 
my desire for you

you with hands
that covered mine
melting me
my hard swallow 
of what 
i could never have

i remember 
the last glance 
flames you denied
instead threw on me

you turned cold
out of survival
out of guilt for
other’s sins

you numb
safe with your numbers
hanging on a net
well above the flames
our flames 

like i said 
i wasn’t always 
like this
my flesh scarred
my embers of you

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Fading

you see
i liked the way
he saw me

pure bone
no lies
he saw the dust
already forming
knew exactly where i’d go

and he loved me
my blood
my black
my pure white
stained in sin

he saw all my flowers
and imagined the
fading
my leaves crumbling
within his fingers

we’d tumble down
the highway
the crisp faded leaves
chasing each other

just out of reach
and other’s hands
and hearts
interfering
cutting love’s
truth with their
axes and demands

but he loved me
with a purity
and with his gaze
she’ll never, ever
know

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This Was Hard To End

weren't we
what life was
meant to be

we played out the little parts
we saw by heart
i even wore my hair
the same way
and wore shoes
with nails through
my feet

i wanted gardens
bigger than me
and thought that
blisters only happened
to others

funny all the tricks
that get played on you
we took it to forever
way too far

to fire
to  ice
maybe to the sea
endless bitterness
on the other side of promises
and broken locks 
with rusty keys
finding you
finding me

and then i wanted nothing more