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Sanguivorous Stasis
Skin numb Bled dry Your robe engulfs Solemn night Time enrapture Eager ripples Silken nape Echoes, silences Shadow womb Boned abyss Stunned dulled deep pains Skin nibbled dry Your ripe enjoyment trails Stake enters slowly Your rasp plea Aural luxury yoke Eating gnawing guides Silken nipples soft teats Submerge eager ravish Hope emanates Strains stains slip Pure endorphins Sunken nullified Damned demeanour Ruined driven Nothing gives Static Conscious stalls
By Paul Stewart4 months ago in Poets
Hush
Ash hollows soften, night turns silence, earth holds sleep, pearls summon noon, names settle horizon, narrows sky, yields secret tides, stars shelter rain, nests shelter roots, seed drifts south, haze enters river, reeds surrender rapture, embers rise endlessly, yearning gathers song, grief folds dew, wind descends dream, mist touches hollow, wasps sustain nectar, rivers seek kindness, shade enters sorrow, waters sing grace, embers remain nearby, reverence enters spirit, trust turns snow, wings shelter remembrance, endurance enfolds repose, endures sorrow, wells spring gently, yields sanctuary, yonder returns sea, awakens silence, enters stillness, surrenders shelter, returns sun, night turns seed, dream meets shelter, returns hush
By Tim Carmichael4 months ago in Poets
What Would Not Bow
I wailed waiting too, trying to save you, I turned, and we fell apart. Hardened by your safety, you opened your arms to flame and slipped from my reach. In grief’s rising sea, you wanted something to hold; I broke that in me. Her lies filled the dark, behind your father’s name left me bone and dust. Your gaze drifted east, leaving my south‑bound hands still; your borrowed gaze held mine. In the mirror’s stillness, I stripped the love held by my string, and found no more tears. I tried to nurse hope, glancing back toward the moon’s glow; it hid me, showed you. The still bear remains — no rose can move what won’t wake, the stillness that would not bow.
By Caitlin Charlton4 months ago in Poets
