Why do I keep doing this?
Fucking lemming lunging over the cliff,
Over and over, it’s never really over,
I think I’m addicted,
To the twisted
Way I hurt myself for you. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #48 – Really”
Category: Poetry
Misplaced Missive #50 – Mixed
I held back,
And you looked hurt.
Mixed signals.
I don’t know how this works…
I’m trying to respect your words,
Even when you don’t…
Do you realize that you flirt
With the line between
Hypocrisy and restraint? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #50 – Mixed”
Haiku Sunday – Voices
“Voices”
I hear the voices,
echoes shifting in and out,
caught between moments.
Steve D
The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take Two
The rules are simple. Incorporate the following five words, or synonyms of them, in flash fiction or poetry.
Charcoal / Shade / Pale / Wake / Lucid
Here goes my second entry following the Tanka poetic structure.
Ace of Hearts
Hypnotic beats wake,
Emerald eyes captivate.
All becomes lucid –
Riveted by charcoal shades.
The fair draw of coming fate. Continue reading “The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take Two”
The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take One
The rules are simple. Incorporate the following five words, or synonyms of them, in flash fiction or poetry.
Charcoal / Shade / Pale / Wake / Lucid
Welcome back to the DMV, me. Feeling fairly immersed in the ramifications of the current government shutdown, I jotted this guy down sometime late last night. Hope you enjoy.
Nonet
It’s in the shade cast by yet-to-be
Built walls – the pale horse’s terror.
Fear of change, fear of the other
Lucid cries for neither.
Walls made of burnt bonds.
Left with charcoal.
Power will
Wake Up
Soon
Continue reading “The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take One”
Haiku Tuesday – Sick
“Sick”
A bug in the throat,
a tickle, until it spreads
like a sickly web.
Hope you enjoyed the haiku. Apologies for the short post. I had wanted to write my end-of-year Numberbrag, but that will have to wait.
My laptop appears to be on its way out after 10 good years. The battery (with which I replaced the first battery) is not functioning well, and I’m still not able to turn the computer on at this point.
I’m shopping around for a new home desktop, but in the meantime, I’ll have to use my wife’s laptop.
I also came down with a cold last night, and I’m trying not to get my son sick. He’ll probably be fine, but only he’s four months old. So I will be washing my hands compulsively for the rest of the week.
Steve D
Misplaced Missive #47 – ‘Now’
I know you know
You’ve broken a lot of hearts.
You
Never think ahead
From where it starts. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #47 – ‘Now’”
Haiku Sunday – Exist
“Exist”
A defiant cry
to the Universe: “I am!”
No reply required.
Steve D
Misplaced Missive #42 – Healthy Outlets
dramatic.
Writing rages out in verse,
anger given a hidden outlet Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #42 – Healthy Outlets”
Moonlit Musing – Identity
Had a dream with you starring
Woke up mid scream
Won’t call it a nightmare
‘Cause it was still good to see you.
You never saw me
And won’t have the chance again
Not ’til a procrastinator’s later.
I can’t see me either
Not clearly
I’m a blur of
indistinguishable labels. Continue reading “Moonlit Musing – Identity”
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