All other poems: May 2016

Sunday, May 22, 2016

~ 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.

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

Sunday, May 1, 2016

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.

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)