Gaia Octavia : Writing

Graveyard Angel

Graveyard Angel

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


I always wake to find you there: a wisp of memory, soft as a palm pressed to my cheek. Your eyes: two celestial reflections, polished in glistening mo..
Unrequited

Unrequited

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Of sparkled jewelsin parking lotsand hired foolsas cosmonauts.Olympianswho don't practice,umbrellas heldby dry cactus.Never usingthat perfect excuse,a..
Trigger

Trigger

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Bent beneath this heavy heart while tempted ghosts do knock about, these shadows long since chased from sight return now, chained in Marley's pligh..
River Stone

River Stone

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Worry has worn me smooth, like a drowned river stone, begging to be lifted-- still at the mercy of the current, yet going nowhere.
A Little Life

A Little Life

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


I have lived a thousand livesand felt each death as sharp as knives,circled the globe 'round and 'round,wept oceans into which I've drownedbeen haunte..
Wet Dreams

Wet Dreams

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Pockmarked streets, slick with rain, collide against the ridges of our feet Traversing boulevards of forgotten times, our thoughts emptied o..
The Big Empty

The Big Empty

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Scattered promises, shattered dreams, rips and tears of hopeless things Fluid fire, hardened ice, this heart of stone a heavy price Shifti..
Love's Pyre

Love's Pyre

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


While I wait for you, my love, I will shape a lofty pyre And hold my match - set to strike For what is passion if not fire? I yearn for what I f..
Faceless

Faceless

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Two soft lips to brush your own, a beating heart to make you mine, you shapeless wraith, you haunted thing, a shifting shadow untouched by sun ..
Too Soon

Too Soon

A Poem by Gaia Octavia


Your face, etched in the vales of my memory Your smile, echoed in the music of my soul Your eyes, locked in the recess of my heart ..