Fear the love that does not grow each dayWhere stagnate buds wilt into decaypetrified petals screech vexationand tortured roots become fixation Clarity forms in stark concessiontrue love is not found in obsession Each line in the stanza is nine syllables long.The stanza has an even number of lines.Each line in the stanza end rhymes with … Continue reading Cyhydedd Naw Ban: Fixation
Tag: Romance
Tanka: Mistletoe Kisses
yuletide affectioncoerced by old traditionmistletoe kissesa promise of a promisethe contracted connection Weekly Theme: Christmas
Tanka: Timeless In My Mind
timeless in my mind a still frame etched deeply thereI dance with your ghost a sudden shift blurs the lensI wake, you were never here
First Kiss
Mountains rise around me Thinly veiled in purest snow The path laid out in front of me No other way I would rather go Where the water meets the land There forms a gentle stream I will take your given hand As if it were a dream As one we will not falter We will … Continue reading First Kiss
Star Crossed Commuters
The flash of your eyes lights electric highways across my skin. Sparks dance playfully in the air between us. Has anyone felt this way before? Distance holds no power, and the world holds no sway. Without a spoken word we understand that life can never be the same again. The train draws into the station … Continue reading Star Crossed Commuters