Cleansing sea wash over meSkin scrubbed away by wind whipped sandAm I new again?Reborn and reset?Will the memories of you pour out of my mindlike salt sea from my ears?Will my heart restart from the poundingwaves against my chest?No longer a dead man floating at the mercy of life'swaters but alive and swimming against the … Continue reading Against The Tide
Author: thelifeanddeathoflove
77 days
Absent for 77 days. Damn that's a long time! I wish I had a better excuse than the ones I'm about to make but quite frankly, I don't. Talk about writers block...I guess it wasn't a case of not having anything to say but yet having too much to say. So much so that it … Continue reading 77 days
Alpine Green
Like a breath of air through alpine green I still see him there I've been healing inside this dream out of focus in life it seems Nobody else for miles around Me and him inside this silence, loud I wake up, see that I'm still bleeding Reality no longer bound So I drift back to … Continue reading Alpine Green
For A Second
My mind screams Pause for a second Love life for a second Love yourself for a second, love My heart screams Be free for a second Now breathe for a second Lets dream for a second, love My past screams Don't regret for a second Don't forget for a second Be yourself more than ever, … Continue reading For A Second
We Can’t Fly
dont let me get drunk here tonight dont let me get drunk here tonight I'ma fuck some shit up take out some blade tell some lie that it's fine I told you not to hide while I laid in your bed and cried fucked up and still whiskey couldn't take away the chill of your … Continue reading We Can’t Fly
Call Me King
Blanket of pink, lay me down I'm out of mind but you don't mind Your minds been missing for a week Lay me down let me help find what you seek Lost for a week But now I'm finding myself inside these sheets No more hide and seek We're not children anymore Let me lay … Continue reading Call Me King
Luminous Blue
Cotton ball clouds linger, frozen within luminous blue the sun and the moon share the sky and I'm somewhere in between springtime the sun is golden as it illuminates every new leaf on the trees I'm wearing yellow, waiting for my heart to glow like the trees but I'm not there just yet I'm waiting … Continue reading Luminous Blue
One Last Moon
I quit smoking for three days but I missed the moon too much somehow a 20pack brings me closer to you when I stand inside the night and I close my eyes I can hear the pheasants calling feel you next to me in the chill night air and I remember everything I choose to … Continue reading One Last Moon
‘Good Vibes’ I wanted to die
My T-shirt said 'Good Vibes', it was new. My dad had passed away, I was fresh out of a toxic relationship and I hadn't been back from Spain long. I was getting ready to go out and feel seen, smiling in my room for selfies I would never post, seemingly happy even to myself. I … Continue reading ‘Good Vibes’ I wanted to die
Haiku
Hope is a starling. I cried for a whole damn week. We cut all the ropes. Freedom is a swing. All the dead leaves are gone now. Pink skin in the spring. I wrote it all down. Love was left by the ocean. let me sing to you. Love is not a game. He taught … Continue reading Haiku