Poems

A hummingbird’s shadow sliced through dawnpockets empty yet eyes packed with midnight quartzmarket’s gold teeth winked behind wheelbarrowshunger wired my wrists to the burning dream of EnoughI slid through reed-thin alleys, each step a drumbeat choking on smoke–CHORUS– Give me spark in a closed fist, blood ringing like coinsI break the seal, own the night, […]

“Flames and Shadows” (Ode Structure)Verse 1Oh, how the fire burned so bright,A love we thought would never die.But shadows crept into the night,And all that’s left is a quiet sigh.Verse 2Your voice, it whispers through the smoke,A love that once was full of heat.But now, the flame is just a joke,And all that’s left is

Fire and Whispers In the heart flames gleam brightWhispers fill the silent night Dreams ignite in the darkCasting shadows leaving marks Oh the echoes loud they cryThrough the fire we will flyTill the morning light is highTogether you and I Feel the embers ‘neath our feetWhispers sing a tune so sweet Through the blaze we

“Fire and Smoke” (Pantoum Structure)Verse 1We loved like fire, wild and bright,But now we’re left in smoke and dust.Our hearts once danced beneath the light,Now shadows stand where flames were just.Verse 2But now we’re left in smoke and dust,Our whispers fade like dying coals.Now shadows stand where flames were just,We’re lost inside what love controls.ChorusFire

Enduring Darkness Where darkness reigns and hope seems lost,Your heart withstands, no matter the cost.Amid the void where shadows loom,Your courage lights the coldest room.Through hell’s own fire, beneath the frost,Your spirit braves, though all seems tossed.When demons dance and sorrow blooms,You stand unshaken, ‘midst the gloom.In cryptic silence where fears exhaust,Your will persists, regardless

Eternal Flame In catacombs of dark despair,Your light persists, a flame so rare,A beacon in the endless night,Against the void, you fiercely flare.Your light persists, a flame so rare,A torch that sears through shadows’ shroud,In darkness, where the lost souls wail,A beacon in the endless night.A torch that sears through shadows’ shroud,Defying silence, cutting deep,The

“Falling Through the Fire” (Fire and Whispers – Villanelle Structure)Verse 1I’m falling through the fire, but I feel so cold,The flames are high, but I can’t feel the heat.The whispers in the dark are getting old.Verse 2I try to stand, but all I feel is tired,The weight of every doubt, a burning feat.I’m falling through

Elegy of the Moonlit Spirit Through haunted nights, your spirit flies,Beneath the moonlit, ghostly skies,Where darkness, dense, in shadows lies.In worlds where specters roam and play,And haunted whispers dare to sway,Your essence moves in spectral ballet.Each wraith that flickers, cold and clear,Each shiver traced from fear to leer,Your soul defies their spectral sneer.The midnight’s chill

Embrace the Midnight In the night we find our hidingShadows dance where we are bidingEvery whisper feels like thunderDark’s the place we seek and plunder Light becomes our silent keeperBut the shadows cut in deeperMoments lost in dark embraceGive our brilliance a soft grace Oh yeah we shineEven through the grimeEvery shadow’s part of our

Elegy for the Nightingale’s Serenade In the silence of the deepening gloom,Where shadows twist and specters loom,A nightingale sings in a mournful room,Its serenade is fate’s dark bloom.In the midnight’s chilling embrace,Where hope’s faint pulse leaves not a trace,The songbird’s notes a hollow chase,Through haunted dreams, in death’s grim space.Though echoes wail through vacant halls,Where