last night i was the moon full ripe hung on an indigo canvas painted with thousands of twinkling lights my silver mercury glow reflected in still waters meandering rivers crashing waves and your sea glass eyes full of awe full of wonder last night i was the moon © 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – … Continue reading Last Night I Was the Moon. . .
I stand on the shore of an ocean named loss where my eyes are always drawn to the horizon scanning encroaching fog for the outlines of those I have loved of those I have lost How many empty shapes have been etched on my soul like shadow like negatives of photographs from those who … Continue reading Loss is an Ocean
You feel Impossibly distant Elusive Like the receding tide Like chasing Sand castles Before they are reclaimed By rushing waters Our connection Has become Reduced to Collisions in the dark That throw us Off balance Knees And hearts Left aching I have been Studying the language Of oceans Gazing out At the horizon … Continue reading Chasing Sand Castles
I stand on the shore of an ocean named loss where my eyes are always drawn to the horizon scanning encroaching fog for the outlines of those I have loved of those I have lost How many empty shapes have been etched on my soul like shadow like negatives of photographs from those who … Continue reading Loss is an Ocean
You are drowning In the choppy waters Of life Engaged in Never-ending battle With punishing tides Buffeted Tossed head over heels By relentless waves Bone tired Limbs heavy Clothes water-logged Dragging you down You struggle to tread water But refuse to swim back To the safety of shore You alone Hold the balance … Continue reading Life Jacket
Writing prompt: Grab the closest book (Station Eleven.) Go to page 29. Write down 10 words (impossibly distant, collisions in the dark, studying the language, sea blurred) that catch your eye. Write a poem You feel Impossibly distant Elusive Like the receding tide Like chasing Sand castles Before they are reclaimed By rushing waters … Continue reading Chasing Sand Castles
Brave & Reckless 