unlivedin -haiku

stumbling through the days

never chasing after dreams

a life unlivedin

~Melanie Thomason

Hope

Holding on to

One dream one

Promise to be

Exempt from despair

~Melanie Thomason

 

A year and a poem (or 3)

One year ago, today, I started my WordPress journey.  It was my first ever attempt at blogging AND my first time sharing my words with more than one or two close friends. I wasn’t sure if anyone would even find me amoung the thousand of blogs out there… much less find my offerings of value.  I wasn’t sure if this was the right avenue for me or if I would even continue more than a week or two. Now, here we are.

The support I’ve found here is amazing.  Beyond the “follows” and the “likes” I have experienced some heartfelt, thoughtful comments, critique and encouragement.  I have even made some connections that now extend outside of this blogging world; making friends I hope will be part of life for years to come. All of this is to say Thank You to all of you.  Because of you I have not abandoned this journey and I am truly living in the land of the word that I so love for the first time in ages. In fact, I’m currently working on a book of poetry and a novel…something I have never had the courage to actually pursue before.  It was always only a dream, until now, until you.

This WP community is full of talented people and I am happy to be one of them.  🙂

♥

And because this is always all about the words, the art, the poetry…I leave you with a poem or 3.

⊥

I.

I hear the rain

as it advances

you rush inside 

I’ll take my chances

I’m not afraid

of getting wet

the pouring rain

helps me forget

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II.

rain

washes

away the shame

accumulated through years of pain

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III.

It’s raining here, the skies are grey

but I do not feel that way

I am not sad, I don’t feel blue

I close my eyes and think of you

with face upturned and arms outstretched

your love for me doesn’t seem farfetched

it’s raining here, I dance and sing

for in the rain, my heart takes wing

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~Melanie Blackwell

 

 

some-thing

countless midnights

unsleeping

spent walking quietly 

in the darkness

enjoying the comforting solitude

the night affords

but this night

something

earthbound

some thing prowls

shadows rustle

haunt and growl

nerves jangle

shivers careen down my spine

panicked 

I run 

alone

in the black

imagining a stampede

of horns and teeth

of maggots swarming beneath skin

some thing grabs hold

squeezing

screams

from my unwilling throat

chocking

sobbing

I strain

I break in two

sins run red

–

mutiply my body into darkness

–

~Melanie Blackwell

Tranquiliser by nokindofmagic

I had to reblog this poem. If you haven’t visited nokindofmagic from my Featured Friends please do so now. I think you will disagree with him about his name…

Tranquiliser by nokindofmagic

Just name the price, you devil.   Sweet and clear I put out the fire I’ve sworn to protect from wind from sanity from the ordinary And it made me realise a single tear suits me more than boiling blood giving ghost between hungry fingers or passing warmth for the sake of unsheltered morning Kiss […]

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unlivedin -haiku

stumbling through the days

never chasing after dreams

a life unlivedin

You!

You!

you are

an infectious disease

–

you

plague

my every waking moment

–

thoughts of you

even creep in

to corrupt

my dreams

–

you

attack my cells

metastasizing

and multiplying

–

my system

cannot fight you off

and you spread

until

you and I

are one

no longer

distinguishable

or divisible

and

I

am

better

for

it.

–

~Melanie Blackwell

Hope (Acrostic) Take 2

~Made a slight revision based on some wonderful feedback.  What do you think?  Do you like Version 1 or 2 better?

Holding on to

One dream one

Promise to be

Eternally despair free

~Melanie Blackwell

∞

Written  for acrostic lesson #1 from http://typewriterworkshop.wordpress.com