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In search of the Red Bra by ANDREW
Fiona went to Footsie to get a brand new bra, it was a big adventure, as such things often are! The fitting was demanding, the lady rather stern, a red bra was the outcome, as soon she was to learn. She didn’t find it easy, it wasn’t a good fit: The soreness and the chafing…
Read MoreHeart of Pain By Kristi Kirby
They call you self sabotage A mirage of the truth You always feel unworthy A fool with desires Spitting fire A dragon Heavy breathing An alcoholic Who frolics A complainer Looking for gain Heart of pain Heart of pain Will make you a deceiver Heart of pain Heart of pain You must be a believer…
Read MoreRiding a Wave of Light by Kristi Kirby
Riding a wave of light Beam beam beam Courage wakes Deep in the sea It carries me Lifted to the sky Riding a wave of light Beam beam beam Lightning fast compassion Gracious and humbling Flying so high Two claps Riding a wave of light Beam beam beam Endure all things Always moving See the…
Read MoreET BIEN MA CHERE by Karen Marie Christa
Always, with you, there was moon. Drunk and merry, You in your party dress and pumps, we cut loose the mooring and drifted out past midnight. When the wind came up We lost the oars, Were whipped out two miles past the old mill. O how I hated loving you, then! Visions of your potter’s…
Read MoreThe David By Fiona Goodwin
Michelangelo‘s David The one that slew goliath Started life buried in a block of marble That had been abandoned In a quarry A leftover from another project. ‘Mike’ as we shall call him Said he didn’t sculpt the David He simply chipped away until he found him It took two years. ‘David’ he says, ‘had…
Read MoreThe light By Rhonda Ceccato
The light ~ The love ~ The romance. The dance ~ so intoxicating to all. But wait ~ the music changes. A tune ~ you do not like. Then the balloon ~ that carried you in ~ bursts and all the trauma ~ it carried within ~ falls to the ground. You choose not to…
Read MoreSweetness by Julie Williams
She asked if I take sugar in my tea. The look that came next went through me like a bullet. Her words above her like a cloud slowly dissipating. I didn’t want them to leave. She asked if I drank wine sweet or dry. The wink that followed flashed through me like a blade of…
Read MoreSubmission by DK Linda
I can feel her everywhere deep inside with just a thought There’s something about her kiss And how it melts my heart I can shake 100 hands Yet her fingertips know exactly where and how to land Falling asleep in her arms Is exactly where I belong She is the sweetest song Her heartbeat is…
Read MoreSweet and sour Caroline Jamison
Lying hidden alieanated Truthfulness is sweet Sour is Unrevealed Honesty Transparency Barely in sight Loser Fell Sunk Mired by concrete steel Pain Stirs Coming Hope alit Now Lost Like sunken treasure Just there to touch A glimmer Tossed away Discarded Yo Dreamer Sweetness N Sour Seductress Loser Such was the sweetness Stolen Little bird Didnt…
Read MoreSo sweet Susan Byrnes
I think it is sweet When the rain falls But I don’t have to get wet When I think of people I used to know And would rather forget It think it is sweet so sweet When the wind blows And my house doesn’t fall down When I look at myself Without going down I…
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