Candlelit Corridorsand Other Goodbyeswax On Your Fingersand Wool Over Your Eyes

candlelit corridors and other goodbyes wax on your fingers and wool over your eyes

candlelit corridors mercurial highs the distance stretches and so do your lies

candlelit corridors and orange skies bittersweet endings broken-voiced cries

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cinnamon from @writeblrcafe's spice prompt bingo

why do we suffer? why do we grieve? why do we feel the pain and believe? why do we continue through this never-ending plight? why do we struggle in darkness to find light?

why do we question all that we know why do we seek to understand the unknown why do we long for answers that elude why do we search for something to include

why do we hope for something more? why do we dream of life without war? why do we strive to make sense of it all? why do we stand when we could fall?

why do we ask when there may be no reply why do we seek when the truth makes us cry? why do we wonder when it’s all in vain why do we ask “why?” again and again?

why do we pour our heart’s desires into this question like wood to fire perhaps this question will never end for life’s mysteries we will never comprehend

wintertime comes with white snow and blue ice

with lights so merry and fires burning bright

with holly and pine and mistletoe

and children laughing in joyful delight

crisp is the wind and warm is the hearth

open to the weary travelers who roam

on this winter day, let none be alone

welcome home—welcome home

my secret santa gift to the lovely @azriel-alexander-holmes! May you have a wonderful holiday <3

Another dark poem… Halloween air leads to Halloween poems!

Leaves of Gold

As I laid in darkness deep,

Dark thoughts, dark dreams,

As I laid asleep,

A single leaf - or so it seemed

Floated down the midnight stream

Soft and lush and gold in hue,

A shining star in darkness true

And as winter chill so strongly blew

Up into the sky the leaf flew

To settle with the night of twilight blue

I reached for the gold,

The life so vibrant

It frosted with cold

Crumbled, left silent

My mind left so violent

So silent once more, I laid asleep

As my heart so quietly, 

so quietly weeps

As my mind screams violently

For death to come silently

The trees have been blackened for so many years

Burnt from fury and watered with tears

So long have I hidden in the night from my fears

The gold I once held so closely dear

Left my land of sorrow, never to appear

The trees no longer grow leaves of gold

The gold of before

My kingdom grew cold

The gold I once so hopefully adored

Now it will grow – nevermore

So my soul wanders, despairing and saddened

As it wanders in darkness and shadows so cold

As I walk within the night with anguish untold

And woefully I wonder, whatever happened

To the vibrant leaves of shimmering gold?

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.