Rose Thorne

The Digital Storehouse of my Poetry.

[thepoetofdespair]

From One Place to Another

Sitting inside trains

Looking out the window

The frames picturesque

and your longing denied

Its a new start

From tomorrow

And today is everyday

Opposite to strangers

Flashing pearly whites

Seething on the inside

Leave me alone

I want no company

Not even the thoughts

that keep me up at night

Its velvet fluff

Its leather, shiny

But its hated all the same

At least as long as

it takes to reach my hometown

Then its lovely

And worth more than

gold hand-me-downs

Its finally tomorrow,

but it stays the same

until the train stops

and all your baggage

crashes round your thighs.

[fiftypurpleroses]

92. No Longer Free

There's a little voice inside my head

It's telling me what to do

And how to feel

Telling me I'm not good enough

Not for you

I forget the voices

When I look at you

Because you're hurt too

And the dimple near your lip

Distracts me from what you're saying

And the piercings in your ear

No, they're not too much

Listen to me, you're beautiful

Everytime I smile

It's because of you

And every time I cry

It's because I can't tell you

Now I blink

And the tears fall

Drip straight from my eyes

And into my lap

So I dive into my fantasy world

Where they're all so sad

It makes me happy, that they're sad

Sadder than me

That's when the voice comes back

And I'm no longer free.

-Rose

[thepoetofdespair]

83.Don't Forget The Endless Stars

I hold these hands

Like they used to hold mine

I look in those eyes

Waiting for a sign

There's a hitch in your breath

And I have to let go

I hold that stubbled cheek

And your eyelashes meet

The corners of that seam

Never really closed properly

You hold my arm

They're going to darken tomorrow

A pretty blue-black

Just like the sky at midnight

Do you remember the stars?

The way you spent hours

Searching for your mother

Said she burnt the brightest

Up there back home in August

I hold these hands

Hoping you will remember

Like I can never forget

The look in your eyes

And the taste of my name

Upon your soft lips

As you held me close

And counted the endless stars.

-Rose

[thepoetofdespair]

66. Into the Eye of the Storm

Aren't you like me?

We smile, we laugh

And yet cannot hide

The pain in our eyes

Because when I smile

It's a brilliant light

And no one can see

The darkness inside

Did it hurt, they ask

When your mother died?

You look at them

Disbelief in your eyes

Some people cry

Some people laugh

It's those who stare

Who are worth the war

Peace is for those who try

And I simply cry,

Coward, am I?

I embrace chaos

To enter the calm

Like the eye of a storm

where we have gone.

-Rose