SenseWrds: bashful, melliflous, storm

shy song begins
soft patter on window
swelling susurrus
each drop adding
until we drown
in the deluge of sound
and i find my voice
in cover of the sky's cry

the grudge

i cannot forgive

i cannot forget

and still i wish

we had never met

part of me gone

replaced with regret

happiness now

in spite of

not because of

Madverse: October

black and white
a flash of red
lose my heart
lose my head
stories in bottles
hanging from trees
climbing the clouds
words in the breeze
intense in tents
and these
these moments
are mine
to treasure
in the torchlight
the clock ticks
above the gate
and we all dream
together
if only for a night

SenseWrds Prompt: bones, frayed, serenity

peace coalesces
sets and ossifies
starting in her marrow
until her core defies
the torn and tattered shell
of one who's marched through hell

irony

i would be
happy
to wallow
in misery
for that
would mean
my feet
still could
find purchase
on solid ground
instead i drown