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)