Not here. ~*~Awarded By Cho~*~
Not here beneath the sky scrapers gazebut far away in a distant landlies my heart.Please, all I want is to belongto forget the distant yearningfor that which I cannever have.I have known such hurtsuch...
View ArticleSleep-scarred ~*~Awarded~*~
I drift upon the misted riverlost in the silence of the caverns of my souluntil there it is - A jewel of such beauty that it hurts my heart to breathe.I step into it and all at once I am away,into the...
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I love you.These three words are burned into my souland I say them every daywith a heart full of what ifs.What if you got sick?What if you got hit by a bus?Would I be able to say goodbyeand walk away...
View ArticleInked on skin ~*~Awarded~*~
Fingers trace this small celtic knotand I remember...It's a memory inked on skinto remind me of you,remind me of the day I said goodbye.I stood beside your hospital bed,and you smiled at melike the...
View ArticleCrying Wolf ~*~ Double Awarded ~*~
The tearful phonecallshave started again.It's all too much...you just can't cope...But I answer you calmly,steeling myself to be strong.This time I will not come running.But all they areis pretty...
View ArticleThe Lost Boy **ROTD**
You were the most gorgeous childthat ever graced this earth.Chocolate eyes like melted gold,Blue-black hair with wayward charmand a smile that could light up my heartfrom a thousand miles away.But the...
View ArticleThis land ~*AWARDED*~
This land is made upof a patchwork of my memories.Each hill and valleyan echo of my past.Today we drove for miles and miles.Past the gold mines,and I remembered.I remembered the daymy parents split...
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How many times do I have to say nobefore you will actually listen?Last night we were lost,somewhere in the gapwhere love has blurred the differencebetween right and wrong.There are many things I will...
View Articlesomething silly
because my muse has run away for the winter.Oh Jellybean,With your shiny taste-me coatingAnd your soft chewy goodnessHow I love you,Oh food for the soul!mmmmmmmmguilt is a monster that lurks in the...
View ArticleThe thief
It was with guile you stole my heart,with such soft touch that for my partI did not know what I had lost,nor did I know what love would cost.You scaled the walls of my defenceand sidled past all my...
View ArticleThicker than blood ** Awarded **
I met up with some old friends last night,People I had left behind to start afresh,yet caught up with in a moment likeno time had passed between us.And as we reminisced about times gone by,about that...
View ArticleAll about you ~*DBL Awarded*~ **ROTD**
If I could give you a giftit would be this - I would take a tear that I have shedthrough hurt or joy or painand make of it a white sapphireto hang around your neck.And as each prismatic facetcuts the...
View ArticleForgiveness
Forgiveness is a many-splendoured thing,an act of shedding,of easing a burden,an act of generositythat may hurt but also warmsin the giving.But forgivenessis a double-edged sword,hurting those that...
View ArticleRising storm ~*~Awarded~*~ ~*~Gallery~*~
Round and round and round it goes,and where it stops, nobody knows...Though wind-swept foammay lash you all about,and bleak grey skiesdrain all the hope out of your soul,cling fast to me my loveand we...
View ArticleLord, Let Me. ~*~Triple Awarded~*~
Lord, I have not asked for much in this life.You have shaped of mea woman of tempered flame,forged in heartbreak and yetstrong of heart.You made me broad of shoulder,to carry those that could notcarry...
View ArticleOn the edge
When all about you falls awayand you stand at the edgelooking into the abyss,stand firm oh my brotherwhile the abyss also looks into you.For it will strip awayall that is superfluous thoughtinto...
View ArticleWhere the Red Kites fly **ROTD**
I journeyed today to Devils Bridgewhere the violet and burnt umber hills are cut out against the steel-clad sky,bristling with the silver spiresthat harness the power of the wind.And I stopped on my...
View ArticleWelcome To Riv's Private Sanctuary...Leave Messages Here....
Welcome to Riv's InBox....leave messages here.....Follow me to Poetic Constellations...bleed my ink...etched in whispers....."and when you find you're spending your time wanting for words, but never...
View ArticleYour eyes **Awarded**
Last night a fairy visited youand I wonder where he got the sparklesthat he set so beautifully in your eyes,did he skip across the Arctic and select them from the ice?Did he soar into the heavensand...
View ArticleButterflies and roses ~*~DBL Awarded~*~ **ROTD**
The old year fadesand with it flies winter's bleak despairas the air soars brightwith the promise of spring,It's a time to wishfor butterflies and roses,to hope for great things,for breakthroughs and...
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