From the cup we drank
Thicker than blood
More intoxicating than wine
Our taste of heaven
Under the stars
With our names
Written on them
The moons of two lives collide
We were one another’s offering
Replacing a God of Ashes
And bitter grapes
We were one another’s religion
To the end
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Your poetry wrapped her in a blanket
Of midnight and melancholy
Sprouting rain from stars
And bitter cold from the moon
You carved loss
Into her bones
And she had no right to dismay
She had never witnessed
Such beautiful in sadness
Such pain from an hour on the clock
Or such love you could have
In such a dark place
And you made her love it too
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I looked at you
Whiskey bottle in hand
And knew
How meeting you
Would just lead into
My ode to goodbye
Another kiss
On the way out the door
A smack on the ass
By text
But your hello
Was irresistible
And I am a sucker
Nearly every time
©Entirety 2016
You shouldn’t
Have let me love you
Your distance now
Is too far to fill
These constant cravings
Now hidden from your gaze
My skin
Perpetually aflame
©Entirety 2016
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Ten subtle and not so subtle ways they let you know you’re just a booty call:
1) they only text when they want sex. (No brainer right?!? The first stage is acceptance people.)
2) they don’t see you out, instead they yell something incoherently from another part of the house as you exit their door at 2am.
3) they want to share you with their friends. (#jokingnotjoking)
4) when you show up at their house and there is evidence of a date taking place just hours prior.
5) they only text you when they want sex. (Denial denial denial)
6) they don’t take you out to movies, for coffee or walks. (Aka if you can’t be naked they won’t be taking you there)
7) they don’t ask about your kids, your job, your anything. (Or if they do its just to bridge the gap to the awkward goodbye that they are yelling incoherently from another room.)
8) they tell you they miss your kitty but not you.
9) they don’t text you in between those texts about them wanting to get together to have sex.
10) they tell you they’ve met someone…and it’s not you…but still text you when they want sex.
If you’re still not sure, friends are pretty good at giving feedback if you can take the honesty. All of these red flags though are only red flags if you want them to be. Not everyone is looking for a relationship, some are just interested in a place to let go, and if you are happy with pleasure alone they’ll be no judgment from me. But if you’re wondering if you’re just a booty call, you’re already most likely in some form of smitten denial.
And I totally can’t relate. (Insert sarcastic eye rolling emoji here.)
No matter how you look at it though, you know you’re fucked. Now that’s just bare honesty.
©Entirety 2016
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This excerpt is from a series I began on getting back into dating after nearly twenty years of being out of the dating loop, some are my personal experiences, some have been relayed to me by others, some will make your jaw hang open in disgust, some will make you giggle, others will hopefully make you think…enjoy; the beginning of the series starts here on Wattpad http://my.w.tt/UiNb/bUkypHdSGx
Burning up
This one way track
Barely breathing
As the bleeding
Finally slowed
And as I move away from you
A gasp of life returns
The path is set
Headed home
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photo by Mihai Dulu
Lost strokes
Inside the mulch and mire
In winters approach
Letters and leaves
Scatter our way
Of naked elms
Inconsolable limbs
Illegible ink
As the shaking hand
That writes
Fills with intemperate moods
Causing autumn to flee
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Beneath the brave
Ghost of graves
Fled my soft soft heart
Blood be bled
Trade instead
Life for an ending
Tell me why
Wretched sky
How you shine
When all the pain
You wore in grey
Now shimmers silver
And 6 feet deep
I lay my love
For just another burial
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The sky falls
With lying eyes
A subtle nuance
At dawn
Turned rage
At noon
Uncovering the seconds
That laid
Between its truth
When it believed
It fell for you
©Entirety 2016
photo by Farshid Alizadeh
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