Painted caskets lie
On hallowed ground, angels cry
Demons clipped their wings
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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A Kiss
What is a Kiss? It's more than the release of a need. It's more than a lust of the moment, more than a simple physical embrace. When two hearts are completely vurnerable and opened to one another, it is the locking of those two beats. Each other feeling the embrace letting it guide their actions and reactions. Thoughts both full and completely obliterated at the same time. Although time passes it resides outside of this embrace, imperceptible to them. External sounds and sensations are all muted and melded together into a single inconsenquential hum. While the awareness of self and partner are heightened to a magnitude that is so blissful the thought of separation seems painful in itself, like a tearing asunder of your own being.
By Chris Santiago4 days ago in Poets
The Dangling Bead
My life is splashing before my eyes, as I precariously suspend and prepare for the end, the consumption of my Self and identity. I know that gravity will be the victor in this struggle. Like a pendant, slipping from the chain, the tension has caught me in this moment, bestowing one last gift of reflection. I cling desperately, questioning my purpose. Searching for comfort. And I remember…
By Leslie Staven7 days ago in Fiction
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Powerful...
Oh this one hits the heart hard. Beautifully written my friend.
Oh my! Very nice work, Cathy! Sad but beautifully done ❤️
So very nice!!
So sad, beautiful
Very beautifully crafted haiku. Holds so much emotion.
very nice but sad 🥲
:(
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Whoaaa, that hit me hard! Sad yet powerful!
Absolutely perfect
How beautifully tragic
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Oh, this reminds me of the other poem you have. So very emotional. Breaks my heart to think about. Beautiful work, my friend :)
speaks for those angels that never had a chance to fly ❤️ Beautiful Cathy ❤️
Yooo... That's deep. Like deeper than the pits of hell. Dope haiku, Cathy. Reminds me of two phrases I came up with one day, that are just a play on one another. "You know You're going through hell when You try to drag an angel down with You." & "You know You're putting Yourself through hell when You try to drag an angel down with You." Some people need help and some people need to help themselves. Dang, Your poem hit.
Awesome!!!💕💖
What inspired you to write this?? Beautifully written.