Writing

darling dresses

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Wear this coat of my caress Dressed up in dearest wishes Graceful garb for gentleman Adorn yourself Darling Draped in adoration

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dark clouds

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

O my cloud Weighted with sorrow Worn out worry Born of my story Of secrets suppressed The cumulus Regret Rains into cries

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cape of darkness

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Where stars don’t shine Night time cloaks In predators Evil deeds Done by dark Where no man sees But god alone uncovers

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narrow streets

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

No narrow streets command her veins Nor huddled homes The warm windows She is wild Winding streams Freedom, wings & panorama

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perfect poem

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Shattered thoughts Scattered from her pain Worst of them Delivering An almost perfect poem

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feelings of fire

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

He touched me My breath held In burning shallow lungs Muted awe for want of him Struck silently As feelings fired on my skin

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layers

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Layers of us leaves of life falling from the tree Bore bare draped in dogma Take off your clothes and shed the sin

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time stands still

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

It’s that song, you know Flooding memories The one comes on & takes you back Time stands still but I am dancing With your ghost

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the sweetest kiss

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

How I long to linger lovingly Lavish him with lips on lips His mouth on mine The sweetest kiss Gifted from my dreams

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mermaid

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Sirens at twilight Serenading by the sea Sways of singing Lilts that lure love When mermaids murmur Sailors sigh & succumb

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loveless

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Her dream became Nightmare’s stampede Hoof-beats on heartbeats Fancy to fear No-one to hear her cry No more moaning love

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life

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

I go not without you For you are life Beating my heart My forever moments Everlasting love

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narrow streets

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

No narrow streets command her veins Nor huddled homes The warm windows She is wild Winding streams Freedom, wings & panorama

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lure of dapples

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Remember the plight Of the wandering moth As it wings thru the night Something bright & attractive Lures him on He burns in it’s light Or polka-dotted pixies Dressed up…

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cry and you cry alone

By Denise Carruthers / 5th July, 2017

In a corner of my mind It’s always raining Pushing water thru my eyes I know it is not wise to say I’m crying Do my duty as the sun…

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gut decisions

By Denise Carruthers / 4th July, 2017

my gut feeling it was red not green but color blind, made me go, when i should have stayed. So bad… not to listen when the voices tell. but others…

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money

By Denise Carruthers / 3rd July, 2017

All the world is in his money Fills desire and sets the table He chooses from a smorgasbord  And pretty ladies wait on him, fattening by flattery Becoming spoiled One…

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muse

By Denise Carruthers / 1st July, 2017

He thought her an angel, Fey like and faerie in his mind So Ethereal she all but floated. It made her the woman of his dreams As vapor trails the…

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eyes

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Drawn to his eyes Into the deep blue well Like a sky’s memory With sunshine stolen from the day Which she longed to return

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love is blind

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Always dark But ears listen Fingers touch Feeling a picture Painting his mind Glimpse of her beauty In the softness of night

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