love – Kindled Shadow Poetry

Empath

(Turn on music at the bottom for the full experience) Harpoon me through the heart In this river of sadness Pull me a million directions And I’ll know it as if it were my own Oh, tragic beauty of feeling for another This torture of empathy, a burden I won’t put down For I knowContinue reading “Empath”

Unpacked Memories

Carefully placed thoughts
Bubble wrapped in the bittersweet
Forgotten for another day
Dust lightly blanketing its resting place…

The Sun

When I behold you, I see the sun
You’re like the rays beating down on lapping water
Warming the surface and streaming through to caress the coldest depths of my sorrow
It may never be down here what it could up there, trapped within the forboding depths of my mind
But because I know you, I know warmth all the same…

Symphony of Color

As Fall leaves of red
Orange and yellow
Flutter to and fro
Dancing across Earth’s floor
In a crunchy symphony of the changing seasons
We snuggle inside
And give thanks to all
Blessed with another year
And those we hold dear

Apple Cider Doughnut Day – #WDYS

Cinnamon sugar covered hands and powdery lips The evidence drawn across your adorable pretending face This quaint lil’ game we play Apple Cider Doughnuts that were taunting, teasing – fresh scrumptious aroma Daring you to steal an unsuspecting bite Tantalizing your fingertips, dancing across them as a dust of sugar coats you First its aContinue reading “Apple Cider Doughnut Day – #WDYS”