Words That Echo

Dani. 29. F. This is my poetry blog, thanks for stopping by stranger, I hope my words can relate.

[onlysilenceechoes]

If I showed you the scars,

would you understand?

That the ink in these pages 

are written in blood. 

That I had to 

Scream

Bleed

Die

No voice.

No sound. 

Yet the words burned. 

A fire. 

A chasm. 

Aching

Clawing. 

They need out. 

I had no ink. 

Only the pen. 

-And the blood you spilt from me.

[onlysilenceechoes]

The water deep, 

It’s dives and dies

Endless.

It shapes us. 

The winds howl,

Echoing in waves

The tide beckons.

Calling. 

It changes us. 

The depths are waiting. 

The sirens call

The gulls cry in answer.

The mother beckons. 

Back to the water. 

Back to the sand.

The taste of salt and rain. 

Her pull like a memory. 

Her grip like reigns.

Her endless song. 

The night her refrain. 

Our return is written.

We are her remains.

[onlysilenceechoes]

A single word to describe,

A simple sentence to explain,

I have none.

But it’s

Like the wings of a butterfly that ripple the air,

Like laughter dancing on its wings.

The pull of the sun to burrow into the soft grass.

A whisper of warmth.

The softness of a perfect pillow,

the warmth of a worn out blade.

The nostalgic hum of a forgotten melody,

A touch of belonging.

Like shelter for from the rain,

A dreamy place to lay one’s head,

Like plains of wheat hiding everything beneath,

The fields of autumn beckoning.

Wild eyes and a wild mind,

Alluring and calling

Captivating with a stare.

Calling and pulling closer.

Like a sky not big enough to hold all the stars,

Meadows of flowers waiting to be found,

The forest depths waiting to be seen.

It brings

The desire to explore, to wander,

Stolen smiles and beads of joy,

Tangled hands and passing glances.

Wandering souls seeking adventure.

Prose and stanzas come to life,

A single thought, seeking words,

Poetry always goes to you.

[onlysilenceechoes]

Icarus, oh Icarus,

How far did you fall when you touched the sky?

How far did you go to see the sun?

What did you see up above it all?

What exactly made you fall?

Icarus, oh, Icarus,

Do you know how they laughed at you?

How they damned you in folly?

Too high, they said, too close, they cried,

But darling heaven knows you tried.

—

Oh didn’t they you he didn’t die?

The one who tried to fly and took a dive?

—

Icarus, sweet Icarus

What’s it like below the waves?

A pool of feather to show your grave?

How many secrets do you keep?

In the deep, in the deep.

Icarus, oh, Icarus

Are there others, like you, lost in the water?

Do they tell you their secrets?

Did they fix your wings, or give you scales?

How many others so often fell?

-

Sometimes what you seek belongs to the deep,

Yet you climb so high to reach the sky.

-

Icarus, oh, Icarus

Are you well?

Hidden beneath within the swells.

Have you lost the want to fly?

The desire to touch the sky?

Does the sun still wait for you I wonder?

But Icarus dear,

We’ll keep you well.

Here down beneath the swells.

Into nooks and crannies,

Whenever you mention

We will go.

-

It’s safer here, in the water.

.

[onlysilenceechoes]

and you will find her among the trees,

in the wilderness of the breeze.

Gentle wings with the faintest sound,

trying to touch the ground.

Back to the roots and the earth,

back to the trees she goes.

Until she grows wings again.

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Oh tick tock, tick tock

While the clock escapes us all,

I’ll be here with you.

- Daily Haiku #1

[onlysilenceechoes]

And the Earth watches,

the sky burn.

The Sun chases the Moon.

She wonders,

If she’ll ever have a love like that.

[onlysilenceechoes]

The taste of whiskey on her tongue/a pull of honey and spice

A pool of warmth/a spark from her finger tips

- You could drown in her lips

[onlysilenceechoes]

And I’m still breathing,

Everything is different now.

And I hope she’s proud.

- Daily haiku # 4 (to a younger me.)

[onlysilenceechoes]

I knew your name before I knew you,

I knew your heart and how it beats,

I knew how you moved and how you grew,

I knew I loved you before I met you.

I watched as you learned your name,

I watched as you felt how my heart beats,

I watched as you learned how to move and grow,

I knew I loved you when I saw you.

I saw you smile at your name,

I saw you count the way a heart beats,

I saw you learn to walk and go,

I saw you love me as you know me.

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“Do you even realize? //

The endless eyes captivated by every move,

The softest sighs echoing the sound of your voice,

The hushed steps as the follow watching,

Awed and waiting for you.

Always you.

// That the whole world stops just to listen to you breathe?”

- The thoughts between

[onlysilenceechoes]

The moon was lonely,

So I kept her company

For every day break.

- Daily Haiku #3

[onlysilenceechoes]

Sunshine and Bitter Coffee

The roar of lightning in the passing storm.

His eyes more desperate then her.

Never would I think they were lovers.

Distance between, as wide as the sun and moon.

Tick, tick, tick

Her name, stolen by the clock.

Leaving.

Desperately reaching out too late to hold on

Never would I believe she’d turn around

I know now everything dies in November.

[onlysilenceechoes]

And maybe I should

Let the words flow like whispers

The wind will carry them

- Daily Haiku #2

[onlysilenceechoes]

Rinse and Repeat It

Round and Round We Go

Take it From The Top

- Daily Haiku 1 (Again.)

[onlysilenceechoes]

Burning embers and broken wings

Cold floors and soothing tiles

Aching bones and haunting shadows.

- A rest is needed

[onlysilenceechoes]

Do you remember the flower or the thorns?

Or the braided vines tangled in lattice?

Which one was me? Which one was you?

So tangled together it was hard to see.

Or was I the bee and you the nectar?

A brief respite against the wind.

Messy limbs and tangled sheets.

You go one way and I another.

A path once walked together.

A petal on the wind and a hum of wings.

The lattice withers and the vines undone.

The flower wilts and the throne brittles.

The fork in the road comes all too soon.