The Tempress's Torment
The Temptress's Torment Night shifts, and in it's midst, shadows dance Amongst the folds of the black satin drapes. While crystalline bodies reflect unseen light, Casting their jewel like prisms...
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The Vigil She sits in the dark keeping watch while he sleeps, her hand on his chest listening to him breath. She wills to him all her energy, peace and calm, in hopes it will stave away the nightmares...
View ArticleAn Old Memory ~*~2 X Awarded~*~
An Old Memory I remember you You were the white knight, who saved the day For a five year old girl, who sat sobbing uncontrollably And when you lifted me in your arms…you became my first love I...
View ArticleDancing with Fairies
Dancing With Fairies An age of innocence and make believe Unicorn pictures in crayola green Autumn days jumping in colorful leaves Teddy bears in hats join afternoon teas. Dancing with faeries in open...
View ArticleThe Whipperwills Song (haiku) ~*~Dawn's POTW For 05/04/09~*~
The Whipperwill's Song The whipperwill calls While the waning moon is high Lonely is the song Dawn's Poem Of The Week For 05/04/09
View ArticleMidnight Musings
Midnight Musings In the quiet dark of the witching hour I slip out and seek the memories that once brought me joy, which now have been tossed into a corner like forgotten keepsakes stashed in an...
View ArticleCrossing Bridges Best Left Burned
Crossing Bridges Best Left Burned I met you in a faded memory Once upon a silvery midnights dream In ethereal form you beckoned me To sit next to you beside the babbling stream. You reminisced on...
View ArticleEnchantment
Artwork Gail Rein "Fantasy Unicorn" Enchantment Underneath a rainbow sky In a field of monet watercolors, A unicorn prances towards the princess, Taking silvery sugar cubes from her gentle hand. On...
View ArticleMerely, Just Me
Merely, Just Me Paint me not an angel with gold spun wings Nor a fragile flower in April snow Do not claim me a nightingale that sings a song as the purple of twilight grows. Lock me not away in a...
View ArticleFor Sake of Promises Once Made (language)
For Sake of Promises Once Made Was it the beginning of the end, or had the fates set those wheels in motion years before when the beast reared it's head? fingering the black and gold band that he...
View ArticleDreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher If I had the power or were love alone enough, I'd weave a web around you to keep away the demons that haunt you while you sleep. Yet muses and memories, pleasant thoughts of what was and...
View ArticleMemories of a Lullaby ~*~Awarded~*~
Memories of a Lullaby Oh the memories of a song from a time, now long gone. "Put your head on my shoulder" So long ago when sands ran slow, in my arms I held you so dancing in the rooms soft...
View ArticleDreams of Ink ~*~Bill's "Must Read" Award~*~
"The Favorite Poet", Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Dreams of Ink Sweet words, script of black on parchment gently touch a troubled soul As a cool hand, pressed against a feverish forehead. Providing peace...
View ArticleFor A Friend
For a Friend Never a goodbye my friend those words I will not say because as long as I love you will always stay wrapped in my memories and close to my heart. No matter where our roads lead our...
View ArticleTell Me It's Okay
Tell Me It's Okay Tell me it's okay to drop my guard as I fall asleep in your arms that tonight you're at peace and the demons aren't chasing you to that place you go sometimes. Tell me it...Read More
View ArticleDaybreak
Artwork: "Daybreak - Three" by Sue Smith Daybreak Morning, arising from the arms of night beckons to me to come wish upon fading stars that will soon disappear with the soft, gentle light of...
View ArticleFairy Tale Dreams ~Double Awarded~
Fairy Tale Dreams Big blue eyes filled with wonderment as she merrily slips through translucent curtains into the night to dance with faeries On moonbeams bright. Her laughter echoes in silver spun...
View ArticleSomewhere
Somewhere Somewhere in time with a whisper upon the wind, two hearts collide as providence waved her fateful hand. And somewhere in the night with a wish upon a star, two souls connected as if destiny...
View ArticleTrepidations
Trepidations Dare I whisper your name in the dark The very word, an incantation that summons a demon from the mist which draws me deep within your fire Or a muted prayer upon my tongue answered by an...
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