The Muse
Ditto Boat
Samara Roberts
Sail with me
On the open seas
Taste the salty
Breeze
Clasp my longing hand
Gaze into my eyes
Burning as the sand
Sparkling in warm waters
Plunge in deep
Go ahead
Let the blue
Swallow you whole
And
Wholeheartedly
Laugh your love into my ear
Let the sun give you
What winter took
And sink into the marrow
Of your weary bones
Darling
These rolling waves
Will be the best ride of your life.
Past Encounters
Anon Satin
They will never regret what they did.
And I will never forget,
I was only a kid.
A person should not have to go through so much pain,
From words,
From actions;
Venom building in their veins.
The suicidal thoughts will only grow,
Before their time,
I'll be whiter than the snow.
Because the thoughts engulfed me,
And the people ignored me.
Yet I'm the one who still feels the touch,
Of the people that I loathe and despise, oh, so much.
Her Story or Mine?
Anon Satin
Consumed by her misery,
She bleeds her pain away.
Living in a world so cold,
No one cared what she had to say.
The memories that could take a life replayed in her head,
It went on and on,
On and on,
Because they wanted her dead.
She ran and hid,
But what did that do?
It only catches up.
It only follows you.
She makes another scar,
That was how she coped.
3 to 10.
Then she lost all hope.
The lesson she learned?
People are sick.
You'll never know who,
Just take a pick.
You'd never even ask how this I know,
And if you did, I couldn't say so.
Fragmented
Samara Roberts
I am a broken bottle -
Refracting bright beams of light
In a kaleidoscope of pain -
Shattered -
Useless -
Beautiful -
Sharp edges gradually worn smooth over time -
I am beach glass -
Soft -
Useless -
Irreparable -
Clinking in the sunlight -
Smeared with mud -
Encrusted with sand -
Rinsed clean in the salt of the ocean -
Stained blue green -
Scattered -
Lost -
Pieces of me become pieces of the swirling sea -
Drowning -
Peacefully sinking -
Silent -
Alone and still broken.
To This Day
Alexandra Wheeler
To this day I have loved someone
And my love for him will never be done
He makes me happy and glad
He barely makes me sad
Soon he and I will be united as one
And I will soon will bear a son
Our lives are completely different
But something brought us together
Maybe it was the rainy weather
To this day I have known someone
I truly understand he is mine
And he sure is fine
And eventually take out for some wine
My love for him is strong
And it can never be wrong
He makes me think
So it can sink
But all I want to do is flirt and wink
Never have I met a guy who cares so much
And I do the same
I want our love to last
But it’s been so fast
We’re in love and no one is in our way
And I forget he surprises me everyday
“I love you,” he says
In different ways
To this day I know Nick Gardner
The love of my life
The completion of my heart
And he punctured it with love darts
And venous farts
And will eventually push the baby cart
Whispers of the Ocean
Emily Treibs
A girl pauses, stands
At the edge of the ocean
It is whispering
A shine on the water
Moonlight drifting,
And it caresses a bottle
It washes up to her feet
Softly caught in sinking sand
She stops.
Quietly, waves all around
Waves in her heart
Waves in her soul.
She reaches for the bottle
Time suspended
She lifts it.
Clear green, moonlight shines through
Parchment.
A different world, or the same?
She turns the bottle upside-down
Gently, gently
The parchment slides out
She sets the bottle back into the sand
Softly it slurps it in
Back to the paper, her gaze falls
She unfolds it
Crinkling and the waves
Wash over her once more
Dear Natalie.
I write to you one last time.
The journey has been long.
Maybe one day
We will meet again
On these shores.
I love you, Natalie.
May the ocean take this bottle
As the waves took you.
Forever Yours
Beatrice.
P.S.. I put my ring in the bottle
The ring from our elopement
The ring you were buried with.
The girl looks back to the moon
The whispers and the waves
Continue to crash over her
She remembers now her name…
Natalie.
And the shoreline grows
And the tide pulls her in
And the whispers are quiet.
Am I Free?
Brittany Smith
I know you will forsake
Me in my time of need.
Every action you take
Is telling me to plead
With you to not break
Me and make me bleed.
I ask that when you wake
You will leave me freed
Of the way you take
To satisfy your greed.
Grey Morning
Samara Roberts
I lie awake missing
My love in the bead-black dark
Not even the kiss
Of fresh morning dew can mend
My so softly tearing heart