Night Echoes

~ Night Echoes ~

 

Beneath the barren moon

the night echoes with sacrifice

and not even the forest breeze

can coax forth the breath

she didn't realize she was holding

 

Footsteps only she can hear

relentless in her head

though his or hers, she isn't sure

she only knows the weight they bear

and the price of silence

 

Death by doubt - of heart or flesh,

the end result's the same

as it feeds on misconceptions;

a slow decline into wasted land

from which she cannot walk away

 

Beneath the barren moon

the sound of footprints fades

resolute, in their departure

and the collective sigh of dreams unrealized
filters out on the forest breeze.

 

© Dahlia Ramone: October 11, 2015

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 34.8

Topic:  Night Echoes

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts):  Incorporate an Elmore Leonard quote (I didn't)

(Easy, 1 pt): Include the phrase "forest breeze"

 

 

 



The Sound of Grey

 

~ The Sound of Grey ~

 

There's a place where the moon shines grey

where silence sings and emptiness rings

a haunting place for haunted hearts

seeking refuge from their own disarray

 

Cry baby cry

cry for a shadow disguised as hope

cry as edges blur on a downward slope

cry when dreams falter and you cannot cope

cry baby cry

but there'll be no reply

 

Between black and white, intent loses its way

words curl up and drift away

their meaning lost when no one stays

and she circles back around to yesterday

 

Yesterday, yesteryear - when did it start?

she carries the weight of the devil in her heart

insecurities bleed through wounds that won't heal

as he strengthens his hold, truth become surreal

 

Cry baby cry

cry for a memory you once held dear

cry for a time when you loved without fear

cry for a way to be reassured

cry baby cry

but there'll be no reply.

 

© Dahlia Ramone: September 20, 2015

 

 

 

*Disclaimer - this is not a reflection of my current muse. 

The prompts just took me dark this week.

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 31.8

Topic:  Between Black & White, There Lies a Lot of Grey

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 puts) Incorporate a song by the Beatles

 (listed below)

 

(Easy, 1 pt) Mention Kid Rock (I did not)

 

Beatles' songs I used:

 

there's a place / cry baby cry / cry for a shadow /

carry that weight (paraphrased) / devil in her heart /

no reply / circles / yesterday

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forsaken

~ Forsaken ~

A well-worn path cuts through the night

heart to moon, begs to understand

how tides turn on nocturnal dreams

to unravel on the morning’s light

Time contradicts, and negates the years

where happiness danced; but it cannot unsee

and now it hangs, a mocking presence

through a mist that tastes of tears

Only questions remain, born of the heart’s folly

a gentle breeze, touched by sorrow, stops to listen

but the moon has no answers

and her silence sings melancholy.

© Dahlia Ramone: August 3, 2015

This was written for Blogophilia Week 24.8

Topic: Monday Mornings

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts) Incorporate all five senses 

(sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) 

(Easy, 1 pt)  Mention the word "melancholy"  

(I did not write on topic, 

but I used four of the hard prompts and the easy one)

At Land's End

~ At Land’s End ~

I’m searching for a brand new world
to live and love with souls unfurled
look inside and you will find me
at land’s end, where I am most free

Essence captured, no need to roam
a place to make and call my home
share my sight, and feel what I see
at land’s end, where I am most free

Kiss the sunlight, sing to the sky
love in freedom, and don’t ask why

watch my heart soar (does yours agree?)
at land’s end, where I am most free

I’m searching for a brand new world
at land’s end, where I am most free

© 2015 Dahlia Ramone

This was written for Blogophilia Week 22.8

Topic:  At Land’s End

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts)  Mention a line or lyric of any song by the musicians "WAR" **

(Easy, 1 pt)  Incorporate the phrase 'kiss the sunlight and sing to the sky'

** “I’m searching for a brand new world / to make and call my home”

from the song Gypsy Man (I cut the lyric up into two stanzas)

In Darkness and Love

~ In Darkness and Love ~

I saw you through the clouds of someone else’s fears

in that place where all reason disappears

dark and brooding, misunderstood

a dark angel, they saw more harm than good

You looked right at me, I couldn’t move

battle of wills, what had we each to prove

that I would abandon all for you

and to me you would never be untrue

A pact was made, lives to rewrite

we’d come together upon midnight

you told me sleep, and then I’d see

in a dream, you’d come for me

When the dream came, I held my breath

you whispered “forever starts with death”

with my eyes closed I went insane

the transition nearly inhumane

I saw my funeral, mourners wept

an unexplained end they could not accept

helpless, I watched them from above

if only I could tell them I’d died for love

You watched me wrestle with my grief

and compared yourself to a lowly thief

for selfish reasons, stealing me away

just so you could love me without delay

I saw your truth, and I remembered

that my days on earth were always numbered

it would have been a matter of chance

as to when, or if, I’d find true romance

My face the world will soon forget

and I’ll follow you, with no regret

to hear my name, forever from your lips

as we love in the shadows of our souls’ eclipse

© Dahlia Ramone, July 3, 2015

This was written for Blogophilia Week 19.8

Topic:  Dark Angel

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts)  Integrate a lyric by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young **

(Easy, 1 pt)  Incorporate a funeral

** “When the dream came / I held my breath /

with my eyes closed / I went insane” 

from the song ‘On the Way Home’

 

 

 

Command your cards (for Blogophilia)

Elevate a jack to a king

wonder why he does not sing

realize the truth he tried to distort

you never held the same court…

Refuse to bow to any queen

laugh at restrictions, sight unseen

wear independence as a second skin

you hold the power within

Love the joker who called your bluff

ignore your heart when it cries ‘enough’

listen when it makes no sense

you could always climb over that fence

Believe the truth within your soul

restore conviction in every goal

remember life is yours to embrace

you always hold the ace.

© Dahlia Ramone, April 14, 2015

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This was written for Blogophilia Week 8.8

Topic:  From a Jack to a King

(I did not use any bonus points)