Just Like The Sea

just like the sea

just like the sea, I drown in your eyes

your eyes of blue, green, and gold

your fluid grace as you come near then pull back

and all of your secrets untold

my blood is burning, rivers of poison,

my heart a great tree you so swiftly felled

down I fell, cradled in your arms

yet so gently I was held

just like the sea, your temper was slow

yet I was caught in your storm

tossed aside and half-drowned

until I crawled back home

just like the sea, crashing against stone

the stone of the walls of my mind

cracking, crumbling, tumbling down

as our fingers intertwined

yet just like the sea, I couldn’t see

the true depth of your heart

beyond the surface of those waters

so deep I sank as I fell apart

so just like the sea, I chased the horizon

chasing after your heart

yet as sun set and darkness came

no stars guided me out

just like the sea, you are wild

uncontrollable by people like me

and perhaps that’s why I fell so hard

for those eyes just like the sea

We’re in this together. (Poem)

Put on that brave face again,

Nobody needs to know.

Another day is dawning,

Are you ready for the show?

Look in their eyes and tell them,

Let’s do this face to face.

Let them know you’re doing fine,

Fake a smile, just in case.

They never have to know,

As if they even care.

It’s easier to lie to them,

Pretend it isn’t there.

But it will all get too much,

You’ll want it all to end.

Just promise me that you’ll think twice.

I’ll be here if you need a friend.

wistful whispers of a weeping willow

they say that if you listen close

to the tree of a weeping willow

as the branches knock in the wind

and the leaves as the breeze gently billows

that you’ll hear the wistful whispers

of the spirit of the weeping willow

as she cries and murmurs and tells

of the hearts she’s seen broken before her willow

she weeps for her lover, a lover long lost

of the lover’s embraces and gentle kisses

and of how she yearns for a lost future

with her lost Willow—whom she so dearly misses

Icarus

ah, to be a lonely moth

adorned with wings of earth and night

to always be unable to face the dark

and so take refuge in the light

to circle round and round the flame

to almost reach the fire

alas, to be another Icarus

and burn under the sun’s ire

As the end of October creeps closer, I present to you: a Halloween themed poem!

Dark is the Night

Dark is the night

The wind’s a whispering

Dim is the light

Candles are flickering

The shadows, unfaded

Creep across the great land

A dark veil aided

By Lady Nyx’s hand

The moon’s ghostly cast

Illuminating the dark

Black flags raised half mast

As Death makes his mark

Gray clouds flood the sky

Blocking stars as they fade

As a creature’s last cry

Is muffled by decay

So silent is the twilight

And sorrow so lonely

As souls take flight

As the angels sing, “if only!”

Fear gathers in the heart

Chased by beasts from the start

For dark is the night

And dim is the light

Hello! I am Raven---writer, poet, and dancer. I like to dabble in a lot of things, but at the moment my main interests are writing, arts and crafts (especially textiles), and psychology.

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