Barbara Borel : Writing

Dead Ruby Lips

Dead Ruby Lips

A Poem by Barbara Borel


He held her head under the water with his blue hands wrapped around her neck, as the bubbles of freedom came up. She had never felt so alive. All o..
Twist the knife

Twist the knife

A Poem by Barbara Borel


Twist the knife when you stab me because I like the pain. I deserve the pain. I know I will never be pretty enough or thin enough or smart enough. Bu..
Digging My Grave

Digging My Grave

A Poem by Barbara Borel


You have won. You have slain me with your love, letting my heart here alone to die. You stabbed me with your gentle eyes, your kindness, your lies..
Boy to a Man

Boy to a Man

A Poem by Barbara Borel


Underneath that thin skin is a small child waiting to be let in. You left him there in the cold... hungry and thin. He is a child you made yet you..
Did your Love Go Away

Did your Love Go Away

A Poem by Barbara Borel


To my loved once and always adored. Dost thou still love me? Do you remember my eyes of brown with a sad dark sunset falling. I have followed your sou..
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

A Poem by Barbara Borel


The death it fell from her eyes as glitter roll down her face. Death becomes Her. It dwells in her and impregnates her. Of which will bore a child..
The Lie

The Lie

A Poem by Barbara Borel


Take my heart my love, crumple it up and throw it away like a piece of garbage. Take all of the love I have given you and choke it to death. So I ..
Soulless devotion

Soulless devotion

A Poem by Barbara Borel


I can't see you, feel you, smell you, touch you. Yet you are so real to me. The core of my being all of my soul loves you. All of you. Your goodness a..
Dreadful Solitide

Dreadful Solitide

A Poem by Barbara Borel


You don't know me at all. Facade and fake smiles , happy eyes with sunlight beaming through. This is what you see. Belly laughs and joking, sweet tuli..
The Fool

The Fool

A Poem by Barbara Borel


Ever so played as the fool once again. Ignorance is bliss. Close your eyes and hold your ears. Just turn the other cheek. To the obvious, the real, to..