Lydia : Writing

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

A Poem by Lydia


How strange that someone's face in a photograph can knock the air completely from my lungs He always did leave me writhing on the floor a fis..
Altar

Altar

A Poem by Lydia


I wonder when the wedding is -- as if I have a right It's not me who will be standing by his side dress of white smiling It's not my ring..
Flesh

Flesh

A Poem by Lydia


You resurrect my heart like Easter Sunday and I don't know what to do with the newfound drumming in my chest We do our best to hide as if the ..
Muse

Muse

A Poem by Lydia


I want to tell her that every time it rains in the summer I still think of her -- Those violent thunderclaps remind me of her for eternity wrapp..
Tasting Magic

Tasting Magic

A Poem by Lydia


There is a single red rose growing next to his door step and half of me considers this to be a sign as I sigh and gather myself for this whirlwind..
Flame

Flame

A Poem by Lydia


He said it would be better if he had never met me and wonders why I take offense - We are all just children masquerading in these grown bodies..
Modern Romance

Modern Romance

A Poem by Lydia


Our torrid love - Violent not with hatred But with the ferocious grace Of a leopard's kill Or of the ocean In the midst of a whirlpool - Has now..
Dark Matter

Dark Matter

A Poem by Lydia


Look out your left eye Then look out your right Different views contained within us The universe inside Galaxies of synapses Comets of endorphins..
Deep End

Deep End

A Poem by Lydia


The words get stuck Caught in my throat The way the pool water will When it goes down the wrong pipe And it burns. Love is not the breath of air ..
Safe Words

Safe Words

A Poem by Lydia


I called and she answered, Laughing Asking, sorry, who is this? Like the sound of my voice Wasn't a constant sound Every day Ten years ago. The..