You went from being my drug to the reason I need them. January 24, 2017 at 05:44PM

Sonnet: I Thank You
I thank you, kind and best beloved friend,
With the same thanks one murmurs to a sister,
When, for some gentle favor, he hath kissed her,
Less for the gifts than for the love you send,Less for the flowers, than what the flowers convey;
If I, indeed, divine their meaning truly,
And not unto myself ascribe, unduly,
Things which you neither meant nor wished to say,
Oh! tell me, is the hope then all misplaced?
And am I flattered by my own affection?
But in your beauteous gift, methought I traced
Something above a short-lived predilection,
And which, for that I know no dearer name,
I designate as love, without love’s flame.

By Henry Timrod (1965)

Tags: #post, #pensivepost, #WritersClub
January 28, 2017 at 12:46PM

A Happily Ever After

Blessed by the Gods themselves
Two from the heaven
A mortal so ordinary
And an angel
Fallen from her grace
Salvation not in their virtues
Savaged by their faults
Preying on the fallen and weak
Ravaging them in their wake
Forgetting and forgiving
For the peace of mind
As they were undeserving
Forever in a bind
Unknowing and ignorant
Of the reality around
Recognizing and arrogant
Forever suffering
Blessed by the Gods themselves
They never found their souls

By Girija

Compare and Contrast
By LeviathOfNullDreams

Eternal Sunshine
reeks oh the weariness
ephemeral darkness
leaps so young
golden keys
stains sorry princess
Under for
Stairs, you
Nimbus sung
Beyond
aloft waves wrung
scream into the abyss