highonwords : Writing

old and alive

old and alive

A Poem by highonwords


i slept under the moon,died happily in my sleep,but woke without the sun,over me - the grass was cold,the world became rain,there was no one. i was ol..
nowhere

nowhere

A Poem by highonwords


to my right mind, memory clings,where my heart has gone with youthere is a shaft of crimson light,it colors the emptiness on my left,now a vivid blue ..
i know this

i know this

A Poem by highonwords


i've only known rain,right under our roofbeyond closed windows,i've tasted only water,without the heat, the storm,up waterways, below clouds,i never h..
closer

closer

A Poem by highonwords


too close to see,you are too close to me,an eclipsing gaze,all arms across us,i wouldn't leave,if i could gobut you know this -you knew of love onceyo..
only you

only you

A Poem by highonwords


streaks of oblivion,your face a desolationof the heart that left,quietly without a beat,that fled your ears,loosened your bones,where the past holds,y..
rooted

rooted

A Poem by highonwords


sun-ripened fruit,breaks out of the hollow leaves,bruises the air, nudges the earthi could taste its pulp,before it tastes the salt,the sun curtains a..
gray

gray

A Poem by highonwords


to remember,is to feel again,how i wanted to forgeti walk on thin ice,not looking back,not stopping once,i see you everywhere,there is only nothing,en..
love letter

love letter

A Poem by highonwords


is this the root of all your pain,the why to your who,naked of innocence,starved of loveand longing -must you long for her,does she wonder about you,i..
brilliant blue

brilliant blue

A Poem by highonwords


not for you are the lonely lights,the suitcase and the doorway out,these shoes are not for your feet,says my heart, almost staying,without you, for yo..
hurt

hurt

A Poem by highonwords


gone is the feeling, goneis the song; all we could be,gone with all we are, and we aren't hurt at all,we haven't changed, whichhas changed everything ..