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)