The Black Rains

 

 

Underneath the shade of misconception

words that don't mean a thing

weigh heaviest on broken wings

 

silence sings and emptiness rings

words curl up and drift away

their meaning lost when no one stays

 

wounds never heal, insecurities bleed

in the dark, the black rains come

seeking redemption, then drowning the need

beneath the stains of time, the feelings disappear.

 

 

Dahlia Ramone:  October 16, 2016

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 35.9

Topic:  Black Rain

 

Bonuses: Hard (2 pts): Incorporate a Johnny Cash lyric *

Easy (1 pt): Include a fireball (I didn't)

 

* "beneath the stains of time, the feelings disappear" - 'Hurt'

 

 

 

 

 



Full Moon, Madness and a Solitary Whisper



"There are some things you don't come back from.

You either live with them, or you don't"

- Martinez from The Walking Dead

 

 

~ Full Moon, Madness and a Solitary Whisper ~

 

Ebony skies

darkness cries

a misplaced moon

madness consumes

 

is this real? am I here?

wake, wake up

 

swimming in lies

stars in disguise

a full moon mirage

felled by sabotage

 

keep walking? or disappear?

wake, wake up

 

consciousness revised

by the onslaught of spies

called upon by the mind

to rob the heart blind

 

am I insane? is nothing sincere?

wake, wake up

 

stillness becomes my demise

uncertain how to rise

every direction

is a question

 

can a windless night carry a whisper?

wake, wake up

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone: September 18, 2016

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 31.9 Topic: Full Moon Madness

 

Bonuses:

Hard (2 pts): Incorporate a quote from The Walking Dead

Easy (1 pt): Include the word "bucolic" (I did not)

 

 

"Is this real? Am I here? Wake, wake up" - Rick

"Keep walking" - Rick

"Every direction is a question" - Abraham

 

 

 



The Faltering

~ The Faltering ~

 

In the dark of night, I falter

having tripped across your altar

I tried to make my heart adjust

when asked to once again face Trust

 

'hear my voice; hear my voice' I plead

apparently, you found no need

and I learned your love was unjust

when asked to once again face Trust

 

nail to coffin, you were one more

to a truth I cannot ignore:

time and patience just turns to dust

when asked to once again face Trust

 

in the dark of night, I falter

when asked to once again face Trust.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone: September 11, 2016

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 30.9 Topic:  Dark of Night

 

Bonuses:

Hard (2 pts): Incorporate a lyric by The Talking Heads *

Easy (1 pt): Include a Shakespearean character **

 

* 'Patience' (fict) is an attendant on Katherine, in Henry VIII

** 'Hear my voice, hear my voice' ("Warning Sign")

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





~ Before the Winter Moon ~

 

~ Before the Winter Moon ~

 

Memories ripple

like time, indefinite

like my love - my downfall

inevitable and bittersweet

 

we knew the risk

we were of two different worlds

but what did a far-off future matter

when time would stop and the sky would fall

every time we came together?

 

"I guess we'll make love under the Cherry Moon"

you'd whisper in my ear each night

my return smile would get lost in your kiss

the sky turned indigo

and the moon blushed

as you took me across that forbidden bridge

 

you're the wind and the rain

you've got a river that takes away my pain

drowned my ghosts and made me sane

but while we loved, we loved in vain

 

the tide pulled, the moon turned

and winter came too soon

I closed my eyes, you slipped away

and all the midnights in the world

couldn't bring you back to me.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  May 22, 2016

 

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 14.9

 

Topic:  Smile

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts): Use a Prince lyric in your blog *

(Easy, 1 pt): Mention your favorite board game **

 

* Prince lyrics:

"Like time, indefinite" (Reflection)

"Time would stop and the sky would fall" (One Kiss At A Time)

"I guess we'll make love under the Cherry Moon" (Under The Cherry Moon)

"You're the wind and the rain / you've got a river that takes away my pain"

(My Love Is Forever)

"All the midnights in the world" (All The Midnights In The World)

 

** Board game (not my faves, but still board games):

Downfall / Risk / Indigo / Forbidden Bridge / Ghosts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silence is not golden

 

 

"You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see,

but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel"

~ Johnny Depp

 

***

 

"Wishing you were here, honey"

"You're the reason my heart beats"

"We're going to have an awesome future together"

"Wish I was there helping you. One day that will not be an issue"

"I'm gonna hate my night; I won't have you by my side"

"I will get there for New Year's, no matter what"

"I miss you and need you, baby"
"Thinking of you, baby"

 

 

Do you remember the words you said

from summer, half into December?

 

In the beginning, you told me you trusted too easily

and that you'd been played before

Those words are a little ironic now, don't you think?

 

What were you thinking about me, on December 17th?

And December 20th... 25th... 27th?

Those days I texted you, and received only silence

What about December 31st, when I texted you to tell you Happy New Year?

A day you told me you'd be here with me, 'no matter what'

but you never told me you weren't coming out

you just stopped telling me anything

 

Six more times in January

I tried reaching out to you

six more times, I was met with silence

 

There were only four times, in a month's span

when I'd receive a random text from you

I'd reply, trying to engage you in conversation
but you'd just ignore me again

 

Silence is golden?

My ass.  Silence is pain

Silence is questioning what went wrong

What did I do?  Who are you?

Silence is the absence of closure

 

February 16th, I reached out to you one final time

I knew it was over, even if you never said goodbye

I told you I needed closure

I asked why you just walked away

I asked you to be honest with me

 

And your answer was complete silence

you had gone from loving to stone cold

in the span of a few weeks

I deserved truth, but there was no truth anymore

perhaps, there never was

 

Imagine my shock, and the hurt

when I found out you married in the middle of February

rendering everything you said to me above, a lie

 

I suspect now, you knew her before

and I was just played to try to win her back;

barely two months after you were calling me baby

you are calling her your princess, and the love of your life

perhaps she is, and you finally got what you wanted

 

You just picked one hell of a way to go about getting it.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  May 1, 2016

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

 

Week 11.9 Topic: Silence is Golden

 

Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts): Quote Johnny Depp (There is no truth anymore)

(Easy, 1 pt): Incorporate a medical device (I did not)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Here I Am

 

"From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

a light from the shadows shall spring;

renewed shall be blade that was broken

the crownless shall again be king"

J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

 

 

Here I am

in the joyous summer

when you discovered me

your words so sweet, they swept me in

as you spoke of our future

and how much you needed me

I believed it all, basking in your romance

and in your arms, I finally felt at home

 

"False hopes are more dangerous than fears"

 

Here I am

in the bleak midwinter

when I discovered you

I learned your truth as your shoulder grew colder

that you past wasn't really in the past

proof of my presence was meant for display

purpose served, I was discarded

as wedding bells rang for you

 

"How do you move on?

You move on when your heart finally understands

that there is no turning back"

 

Here I am

at the edge of spring

trying to find myself again

crawling back from the hell of betrayal

where hope lies in ashes

and empty words weigh me down

 

yet I rise

with a quiet strength I had forgotten 

dusting off your lies and false pretenses

I turn toward the sun, determined

to reclaim the fighter in me

I focus on not looking back

as each step takes me

farther away from you.

 

"I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted.

I have forgotten much that I thought I knew,

and learned again much that I had forgotten."

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  February 28, 2016

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

 

Week 2.9 Topic:  In the Bleak Midwinter

Bonus Points:

(Hard 2 pts:) Incorporate a Lyle Lovett lyric (Here I Am)

(Easy, 1 pt:) Use a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien (in italics)

 

"False hopes are more dangerous than fears"

J.R.R. Tolkien (The Children of Hurin)

 

"How do you move on? You move on when your heart

Finally understands there is no turning back."

J.R.R. Tolkien

 

"I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted.

I have forgotten much that I thought I knew,

And learned again much that I had forgotten."

J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

 

 

 

 



Crossroads

~ Crossroads ~

 

You left your fingerprints on my soul

the connection, a thousand kisses deep

and I cannot erase the memories

 

because of you, I measured everyone

by how well they thought they knew me

and the results always ended in darkness

 

the night comes on, the moon comes out

and I implore her to show me

the place where I belong

 

She smiles at my confusion

and says everybody knows what they need

once they figure out what 'home' means

 

a person...a place... a sense of familiarity

what puts you at peace

who makes you feel safe?

 

I sift through an avalanche of emotions

and weigh the years gone by

wondering if they've changed anything

 

time can change everything or nothing

but when I close my eyes and think of you

it just feels like going home

 

in my secret life

I am always coming back to you

because you never left my heart

 

we have two choices:

I can leave well enough alone

or you can take this longing

and dance me to the end of love.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramones:  February 21, 2016
 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia:

 

Week 1.9 Topic:  Two Choices

 

Bonus prompts:

(Hard, 2 pts):  Use three Leonard Cohen Titles*

(Easy, 2 pt):  Incorporate a confession

(you never left my heart)

 

*I used multiple song titles:

Fingerprints

A Thousand Kisses Keep

Memories

Because Of

Always

Darkness

Night Comes On

Show Me The Place

Everybody Knows

Avalanche

It Just Feels

Going Home

In My Secret Life

Coming Back To You

Take This Longing

Dance Me To The End of Love