Walk Unafraid



Walk unafraid

let go of the past

and learn to get out of your own way

(I'm working on that one)

 

vow to explore one new place a month

be it a sleepy little community

or an exciting city

or that park across town

that you've been meaning to get to

 

don't be a brat, face your insecurities

you are stronger than they are

and they are not the boss of you

 

let your mind

your heart

your dreams

wander

 

Fear nothing.

except for spiders

there's just no getting around some shit.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 31, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 45.10 Topic:  "Walk Unafraid"

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts):  Mention any nickname you have been called (Bratface)

Easy (1 pt):  Include a New Year's resolution (explore / wander)

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mystic Love

~ Mystic Love ~

 

Smitten seas, lunar breeze

life becomes carefree

senses tease, lovers please
sail away with me

 

mystic ease, moments to seize

a wanderlust potpourri

private reprise, love's guarantees

never say never to me.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  December 29, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 44.10 Topic: Never Say Never

 

Bonus Prompts:

 

Hard (2 pts):  Incorporate Bell's Brewery or one of their beers

(Smitten) (Neptune the Mystic - I only used the 'mystic' part)

 

Easy (1 pt):  Include a style of hat (private)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Other Side of the Moon



Windswept tears and boomerang fears

clears, but never quite disappears

seeking ways to become immune

on the other side of the moon

 

hiding here, but throwing clues there

juxtaposed desires ensnare

the heart, it retreats into a cocoon

on the other side of the moon

 

look for truth behind the danger

pay homage to love, the stranger

to hearts that land wherever strewn

on the other side of the moon

 

windswept tears and boomerang fears

on the other side of the moon.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 3, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 41.10 Topic:  Truth Behind the Danger

 

Bonus Prompts: (I did not use any)

Hard (2 pts):  Quote Carl Jung

Easy (1 pt): Use a line from "Lysistrata"

(ancient Greek play by Aristophanes)

 

 

 

 



Starlit Dreams



Once upon a time

on a starlit night

I dreamt of you

 

I didn't know you, of course

you were only a figment

of the moon and the stars

a gentle breeze that I could feel

but couldn't hold

 

I imagined

a mischievous smile in the twinkling lights

a loving heart as wide as the indigo sky

and a kind soul as soothing as the moon

 

I traced lines in the sky

drawing a path

through the universe

that might lead me to you

 

you may say I'm a dreamer

but I'm not the only one

for as long as the stars and the moon

inhabit the sky

romantics will trace their silhouettes

and try to connect the dots.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 19, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia



Week 39.10 Topic:  Lines in the Sky

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Use a quote or lyric from John Lennon *

Easy (1 pt):  Incorporate the phrase "starlit night"

 

* You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moon to Moon

 

~ Moon to Moon ~

 

Sitting in a clearing

my heart sees the fern at the edges

intricate as lace and soft as silk

oh, my heart longs to lie in its luxury

to get lost in teal-colored dreams

and let my heart sail to a faraway land

where it is only me and him

at the beginning of our own era

 

but the dreams are a sham

and I awake in the rain

 

my brain is my prison cell

and I am lost in a maze

of my own doing

 

I react

but I do not err on the side of caution

instead, my body begins to arch

in anticipation of my impetuousness

I con myself into thinking

there is no other way

and I aim for the moon

lashing out in desperation

into the ail storm I've created

 

I intended to pit crater against crater

(the one where my heart used to reside

against the one in the sky)

 

but my battle cries ring thin

as I realize in my gut

that the moon has not forsaken me

and this was the beginning to an end

 

crater to crater

becomes moon to moon

and neither moon will die tonight

 

my pain begins to ebb

spent, I look up at the moon

and for the first time,

I listen

 

the rain turns to mist

the air turns sweet

and I see

 

I am the indigo of the night

I am the dewdrops on the fern

I am the moon in my heart

And he is now a memory

 

I apologize to the moon

said I never meant her any ill will

'keep me strong' I asked of her

as I turned to move on

 

I didn't look back

but I knew she followed me

and I heard her when she whispered

with the gentlest of breezes

"as you wish."

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 5, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 27.10 Topic:  Lost in a Maze

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Include a quote from your favorite 80s movie *

Easy (1 pt): Mention something you love to cook (I didn't)

 

* "As you wish" from The Princess Bride

(last line)

 

 

 

Side note:  For this poem, I used the following link to make anagrams out of some of my friends' names (this is something that I did back in 2010(ish) on MySpace).  Feel free to use the link if you'd like to try this - it's a fun challenge :)

 

http://www.wordplays.com/anagrammer

 

These are my friends' names (and their anagrams) that I used:

 

Andrea (and / era)

Brian (brain)

Carter (crater)

Charlie (arch / lie)

Christine (cries/thin)

Colleen (cell / one)

DeAnna (end / an / a)

Debbie (die / ebb)

Donna (and / on)

Fernando (fern / and / a)

Halkios (silk / oh / a)

Leslie (ill / see)

Leta (teal)

Lia (ail)

Linda (land / I)

Lisa (sail)

Maria (air / am)

Marina (rain / am)

Michael (him / lace)

Monica (con / aim)

Patti (pit / at)

Rutgers (gut / err)

Stephen (he / spent)

Thomas (sham / to)

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Bell, Book and Candle

 

 

Bell, book and candle

some say spell, I say scandal

on this theory, you have no handle

best left to your neighborhood vandal

 

Under cover of thunder, he'd storm inside

watching his back as he'd spin side to side

breaking and stealing things, he was quite satisfied

then he pushed over a bookcase, exposing a bride

 

She slipped into an alcove, the vandal intrigued

he didn't stop to think he was out of his league
until he followed her in and hit a wall of fatigue

 

"Why am I so tired?" he asked as he fell

the bride smirked and said "welcome to Hell

t'was not meant for you but, meh, a farewell is farewell"

and that that she reached for an intricate bell

 

He could see the bell's symbols from where he lay

and knew its evils, when summoned, would not disobey

but to death he defiantly said "not today!"

 

Giving the room a desperate look

he searched for anything to get him off the hook

his eyes spied an object over the bride, in a nook

perched precariously on a shelf, was a giant book

 

She followed his gaze and said with a laugh

"what, you want to read?  Don't be daft.

Now, what would you like written on your epitaph?"

 

Remembering the candle he stole from the hall

he sought to find a way to stall

he'd need momentum as the candle was small

but if he threw it just right, that book might fall

 

"You've such a beautiful dress," he said with a smile

the bride blushed for a moment, caught up in his guile

she gave him an inch, and he took a mile

 

He leapt to his feet and she took a step back

caught unaware, she didn't expect this attack

she lunged for the bell, but he was no hack

he heaved the candle, and it struck with a smack

 

Now he had aimed for the book, but instead struck her head

he watched as she fell, not sure if she bled

but he didn't stick around to see if she was dead

 

Bell, book and candle - the theories abound

the quest nearly put him under the ground

it was a lesson he vowed to expound:

don't seek that which should never be found.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  October 29, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 36.10 Topic:  Bell, Book and Candle

 

Bonus Prompts:

 

Hard (2 pts):  Use 3 compound words, but separate the words

(i.e., if you use the word "anybody" you have to use the words "any" and "body" separately) *

Easy (1 pt): Quote Herman Munster of The Munster (I did not)

 

* thunderstorm / backspin / overexposing (second stanza)

underground (last stanza)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Color Me / Color You

~ Color Me / Color You ~

 

Jump

then fall

color me

with the magic

of new beginnings

encompass me with blue

(a love deep as the ocean)

share with me all your shades of red

(the hues where romance and passion meet)

trust me with white, that I may cradle it

(goodness of heart, purity of the soul)

don't fear to burden me with your black

(pain and fear can be overcome)

and I will give you yellow

(days marked by happiness)

safety and wellness

(with all my greens)

jump; let me

color
you.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  October 22, 2017

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 35.10 Topic:  Look at the Magical Colors

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Use a song title or lyric from Taylor Swift *

Easy (1 pt): Mention a blue object (ocean, 7th line)

 

* jump then fall (1st and 2nd lines)

* red (8th line)

 

 

 

 

 

 



Errant Moon

~ Errant Moon ~

 

Under the guise of romance

the moon pulled me from my sleep

my heart never stood a chance

 

a victim of circumstance

wayward bound, lessons aren't cheap

under the guise of romance

 

the moon calls, and I advance

no looking back, in too deep

my heart never stood a chance

 

I pause, promises enhance

I see their allure, and leap

under the guise of romance

 

dawn breaks to release the trance

laugh's on me, nothing to keep

my heart never stood a chance

 

errant moon, a sideways glance

with recycled tears, I weep

under the guise of romance

my heart never stood a chance.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  October 15, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 34.10 Topic:  "Wayward Bound"

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Incorporate the musical term "requiem"

Easy (1 pt): Quote Jerry Seinfeld

 

(I did not use any bonus prompts)

 

 

 

 





Letters to the Moon

~ Letters to the Moon ~

 

 

My Dearest Moon,

 

About last night...

You sent me the perfect dream

you lit the candles, and set the scene

and though I couldn't quite make out his face in the shadows

I knew his soul mirrored mine.

It was an enchanted moment,

and it sees me through the day.

Thank you for the wonderful gift.

 

     Fondly, a Dreamer

 

 

Dear Moon,

 

About last night...

I have to thank you, for your guidance

'trust your heart, let Fate decide'

you whispered in my dream.

I never would have found her

if it hadn't been for you.

 

Best regards, a Listener

 

 

My Dearest Moon,

 

About last night...

It was just a prelude, right?

An introduction, of sorts,

to the rest of my life?

As the dusk grows darker

I have to wonder

will I see him again tonight?

 

     Fondly, a Dreamer

 

Dear Moon,

 

About last night...

I surrendered to you

and lost my heart to her.

I've heard no one has the same dream twice

but if you don't mind

could you take me there again?

 

Best regards, a Listener

 

My Dearest Moon,

 

About last night...

You left a bit of mystery

as to who my love might be.

If I could just ask this one favor

- a bit of clarity

so I may find him in your absence.

 

     Fondly, a Dreamer

 

Dear Moon,

 

About last night...

I get it now.

The light you showed me, was hers.

A reflection of love

you bounced straight to me;

and now, I know the way.

 

Best regards, a Listener

 

 

My Dearest Moon,

 

About last night...

I understand your gift now.

Before, where I couldn't see his face

the shadows were mine.

I had to clear the cobwebs

to open my eyes to him.

I know, I shall see him again.

 

     Fondly, a Dreamer

 

p.s.  Until tomorrow night...

 

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone: October 1, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

 

Week 32.10 Topic:  About Last Night

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts):  Incorporate three things found in a haunted house

(candles, shadows, mirror - first letter; cobwebs - last letter)

 

Easy (1 pt): Use the words from a Disney song *

 

* An enchanted moment, and it sees me through

(Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King - first letter)

* Trust your heart, let Fate decide

(Two Worlds from Tarzan, second letter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Vintage Lies

 

 

They weren't particularly clever

the words you laid before me

yet I was blind to your endeavor

to lure me out to sea

 

I hadn't time to raise my guard

so quick and earnest you appeared

I gave my safety no regard

as the shoreline disappeared

 

I basked in adoration

in the gentle waves of your caress

you spoke with such elation

I saw no reason for distress

 

our future seemed so flawless

as we swam together in bliss

me on the back of your promise

tenderly sealed with a kiss

 

cerulean waters and crystalline dreams

white freesia breezes on our skin
is love as simple as it seems,

or did it ever really begin?

 

your presentation, so appealing

was intended for different eyes

to win back another's feelings

you hooked me with your vintage lies

 

treading water, I was suddenly alone

not knowing why you had gone

all your lies turned to stone

and I struggled through the dawn

 

I called for you, begging to know why

but you were nowhere to be found

you couldn't even say goodbye

you just left me there to drown.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  September 24, 2017

 

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This was written for Blogophilia

Week 31.10 topic:  Vintage Lies

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pets): Incorporate a lyric front the rock group Genesis *

Easy (1 pt): Include a scent (freesia breezes, fifth stanza)

 

* "Because you never said goodbye"

from the song More Fool Me)

(last stanza, and I paraphrased the lyric)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Abundant Heart

 

 

 

 

 

~ Abundant Heart ~

 

Build me with love, strengthen me with hope

shape me by the colors of diversity...

 

 

you'd risk your life to fight for me

and help to keep our country free

a Soldier foremost, no place for labels

honor knows no gender identity

 

love who you will, I'll bake you that cake

to celebrate joy is never a mistake

A common thread, a simple right:

to live and love in equality

 

abundant hearts should not be denied

protections redacted, Lady Liberty cried

when we deny the American Dream

we've closed the door on humanity

 

inward, not outward, is where it begins

see the beauty of color on different skins

we are different and we are the same

unite and embrace in mutuality

 

build me with love, strengthen me with hope

shape me by the colors of diversity

 

what was lost by ignorance and hate

will always be found again by love.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  September 10, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 29.10 Topic:  Lost and Found

 

Bonus Prompts:

 

Hard (2 pts):  Include the word "Inuit" or "Eskimo" - I did not

Easy (1 pt):  Incorporate a favorite color - Diversity

 

 

 

 

 

 







The Bucket Moon

~ The Bucket Moon ~

In indigo dreams, I carry you
a vision, transpired by moonlight
into something I can hold

there is no space between us
perchance, there never was
celestial eyes have always seen
that which we never could

in between breaths
the breeze softly sighs
rippling moonbeams
across the sky

contentment echoes through the night
as stars gather in gratitude
simpatico with the moon
and I know I have been blessed

I look into my bucket, past the moon and the stars
and the rippled moonbeams
there, in my indigo dreams,
I see you.

(c) Dahlia Ramone: September 4, 2017

This was loosely written for Blogophilia
(I say 'loosely' because I did not write on topic)

Blogophilia Week 28.10 topic: "Tell us about your summer"

Bonus prompts:
Hard (2 pts:) Writer's Choice
(incorporate words given by friends)

Easy (1 pt:) Writer's Choice
(write about the moon)

I was given sixteen words by friends.  I used the following ten:

indigo / vision / transpired / moonlight / space
perchance / moonbeams / gather / gratitude / simpatico








 

 





Diaphanous Heart

~ Diaphanous Heart ~



 

Diaphanous heart, sheltered deep

protected only when I sleep

walk no more tightrope in the grey

just one more dream, then break away

 

I have some scars from where I've been

I know I'll walk that path again

a heart's yearning, love will betray

just one more dream, then break away

 

trapped by my past, sometimes I wish

to emerge from this chrysalis

and fly away from yesterday

just one more dream, then break away

 

diaphanous heart, sheltered deep

just one more dream, then break away
 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone: August 27, 2017
 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 27.10 topic:  Sometimes I Wish

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Include a lyric from a U2 song *

Easy (1 pt): Incorporate the word "diaphanous" **

 

 

* I have some scars from where I've been (Song for Someone)

(second stanza)

 

** First and last stanzas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Sojourn with the Devil

~ Sojourn with the Devil ~

 

"Name your price" the devil said, "and you can have it all"

he looked at me intently, wanting me to fall

but I could hear the sunlight, banging on the wall

it wasn't over yet, I just needed time to stall

 

they say all things are cyclical
and I've been ever cynical

the devil's promise... so cryptical

and my next move is critical

 

I listen for the sunlight, it whispers your name

the devil's eyes light up, he knows how to play this game

"it's cyclical" he tells me, "it always ends the same"

I search deep within and wonder where to lay the blame

 

the room grows darker, I'm losing the sun

walls are closing in, there's nowhere to run

time seems to be over before it's begun

the devil smiles gleefully, thinking he's won



but he doesn't have me yet, and watches in dismay

as I fall to my knees and begin to pray

it's not a long walk if you meet me halfway

don't be the sun that fades away.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  August 20, 2017

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 26.10 Topic:  Name Your Price

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Include a lyric or song title from The Grateful Dead *

Easy (1 pt): Use Last Shadow Puppy lyrics **

 

* Don't be the sun that fades away (from Easy to Love You)

(last line)

 

** Sunlight banging on your wall (from Pattern)

(third line)

 

 

 

 

 



Moon Song

~ Moon Song ~

 

I used to know a hundred songs

that gave me hope to right the wrongs

I'd serenade the moon each night

but one by one, they weren't quite right

 

somewhere in between you and me

she's hidden a song, in her key

I searched each place within my sight

but one by one, they weren't quite right

 

she said to listen, close my eyes

but I could only agonize

I sought answers to ease my plight

but one by one, they weren't quite right

 

I used to know a hundred songs

but one by one, they weren't quite right.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  August 13, 2017

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 25.10 Topic:  Puppy Love *

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Include a Kate Bush Lyric **

Easy (1 pt): Include the phrase "an elephant never forgets"

(I did not)

 

 

* I did not write on topic

** Somewhere in between (second stanza)

(from the song Somewhere in Between)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Fire and Wind

 

 

~ Fire and Wind ~

 

You are fire and wind

elements that ignite me

 

fiery passion

temperatures rise

your breeze becomes a tempest

I become lost in your storm

and it's contagious

 

your smile, so warm

heats up each path it travels

it eludes me now

and I tremble

 

your touch, but a whisper

it passes right through me

as if I wasn't there

 

you are fire and wind

elements that destroy me

 

I stand in your arena

the seeing, and unseen,

walk - don't run

I hesitate

(do you remember me?)

 

fan the flames

keep the scars

the warning flashes in the sky

 

tempt the tempest

seal my fate

what have I become?

 

you circle me

I feel your heat

not sure I can resist

 

you reach for me

I say a prayer

and enter into the storm.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  August 6, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 24.10 Topic:  Walk, Don't Run

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Use a Regina Spektor lyric *

Easy (1 pt): Include a radio station call letters **

 

 

* "And it's contagious" (from the song Us)

(second stanza)

 

** KEEP (103.1, Bandera, TX)

(seventh stanza)