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 Jan 2016 Michelle
Maria
A long time from now, past discovering if there really is an After,
when our bodies have disintegrated into the soil to start again,
maybe a particle of me and a particle of you will join
to create a new organism
for a short time.
I will feel your touch again briefly
every once and a while.
But for now, all is quiet and still and breathless
and the hazy sheet over my eyes is telling me that it's time to go.
 Jan 2016 Michelle
River
Red
The fiery passion shared between lovers

Orange
The comfort of knowing the warm embrace of your lover awaits you

Yellow
The exuberant smiles and shrills of laughter you share with your lover when taking delight in nonsensical fun, jokes and pranks

Green
The breath of fresh air that swirls through your relationship when you and your lover do something daring and adventurous together

Blue
Those moments when you look deep into your lover's eyes and you know that they completely love and understand you

Indigo
That feeling when you and your lover do something bold together, like stand up for what you believe in or tell those bullies to scram

Violet
That feeling you have that's almost spiritual about your lover. You know that with or without them, you'll always love them.
 Jan 2016 Michelle
mk
fly away
 Jan 2016 Michelle
mk
i watched the pigeon
fly in circles
and wondered why
he didn't fly away

in the window of
a city apartment
he built his nest
and it seemed as if
he planned to stay

functional wings
and no constraints on flight
i questioned why
he didn't fly west to green meadows and clear skies
instead he chose the bleakest grey

and yet maybe i should
turn the question on myself
despite my freedom and wings
why indeed did i choose not to leave;
*why instead did i choose to stay?
 Dec 2015 Michelle
Jellyfish
I won't be sad
While you're away.
I'll try my best
To not be afraid.
Of everything
That I'll need to face,
To take care of
My past mistakes.
But I'll miss you.
And I'll think of you
Every day.
 Dec 2015 Michelle
Nathan Pival
She ****** my **** and fell in love
I mentioned that it was a bad idea
That I was broken and not ready
She pushed for us to go steady
I found myself not listening
As I had already predicted
Yet she kept on keeping on
And wouldn't leave it alone
Trying to fix me and change me
I knew from the start that wouldn't happen
But in the end
She still ******
She was the one that needed fixed
 Dec 2015 Michelle
Jellyfish
I'm having a  
(b               t
        a
    l          s)
dancing all on
  m y   o w n
we were never
in the same show
and now I    

                       k
                         n
                           o
                             w
how much fun one
person can have **alone.
Sometimes it's fun to be alone.
 Dec 2015 Michelle
mk
he was the kind of boy her mama always warned her about
eyes full of mischief and words full of deceit
but, oh God, when he spoke it was as if the clouds would bow to him
& the mountains would crumble in his presence
the way he cocked his brow and gave her that sultry smile
sent her round and round as if she was on a never ending ride

he was like a bottle of sweet poison
addicting, even though it's bound to **** you in the end
she knew she'd never be able to look at him and see her future
but she saw in him her present and a world left unexplored
she knew how much she would be giving up
if she died without knowing if the lips which spoke the sweet words
tasted as good as the words themselves
she knew she would never be at rest in her grave
if she never felt the melody in his body combine with her own symphonies
running her hand down his spine, discovering the mysteries often left unsolved
she knew she would regret it if she let him open her book and read her
but a greater loss would be if she never read his

& so she gave in.

his eloquence was her personal brand of *****
and tonight she was intoxicated all the way up to cloud nine
his body in the moonlight was like crystal under the sun
she just couldn't look away
his nails carved words of wonder in her back
and his mouth tattooed poetry between her thighs
it felt to her as if the words he etched words on her body
were even better than those spoke on the stage beneath the spotlight

with eyes full of mirth and wonder
she looked at him like he was the only star in the night sky
no,
boys like him were beyond stars
*boys like him were galaxies
I am looking
at my naked self

   you are looking
at it too

my milk-bottle skin
     wisps of hair buttered up
   to the wrist

this is one of those
   mortifyingly awkward
   situations

     like giving a presentation

standing all gangly

an unwrapped
   second-rate present

     that you didn’t really want

   my clothes are
a primary-coloured splash
     by my feet

     and I expect you to talk
  
to cease the blistering
silence in the room
   but you only nod

eyes on me

   slither your bra strap
down one arm
Written: November 2015.
Explanation: A poem written in my own time, not based on real events. All feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page can be found on my HP home page.
NOTE: Many of my older pieces will be removed from HP at some point the near future.
 Nov 2015 Michelle
Myriah
It's the most beautiful time of the year it would be more beautiful if I had you here with me
Sleigh bells ring are you listening ?Snow falling gently to the ground lights fill the streets
Bringing so much cheer
Everybody is happy
But me
it's a blue Christmas
Without you here with me
Oh baby,  
My Christmas is cold and grey I wish you were here to hold me tight
I wish I could be under the mistletoe with you .

~Myriah j. Young ~
 Nov 2015 Michelle
Emma Henderson
Molly came to school when I was fourteen
but she was years older, appearing as a beautiful traveller
who'd circled the globe and made friends with everybody.

She was always the popular one, but one I never got to know,
because my sister at thirty-five told me that she had killed a man
once or twice.

The kids I knew found this hard to believe, as Molly got to know them all.
She'd hang out with them after school, and was always there,
waiting to widen her circle.
Molly never lost her charm,
and she stole the hearts of boys I loved.
She opened their eyes to a world I could not show them,
she drank their blood on Friday nights.
Every boy I'd meet would have a story to tell,
her name dropped like an atom bomb into conversation.

They'd all met her.
They all knew her.

They met her at nightclubs,
and stopped caring about how **** the music sounded
They met her on their holidays ,
and tasted her before the alcohol wore off
They met her at festivals,
where she'd creep into their tents before the main stage lit up

I wonder maybe one day will we be friends
Instead of resenting each other
because she's killed a man
more than once or twice
For N, D & F and all the boys and girls that found love in a pill
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