the closing embrace

two lovers in an embrace

the conductor calls for

everyone to board the train

perhaps that embrace

is the closing chapter

and the tears in her eyes

are her parting words

- Written for Writers Digest Poetic Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 30

dalliance

it was a short affair, like a summer season

it passed by so quickly we didn’t realize

that the clock had struck midnight

and we had to depart on separate paths –

back to the lives we briefly escaped

while lying in each other’s arms

- Written for Writers Digest Poetic Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 25

running around

I am running around everywhere

at home, at the office and store

to gather up my thoughts

keep myself ahead of the game

I wish I could leave this rat race

behind, to sit in complete silence

by a lake and think about nothing

- Written for dVerse Quadrille: Shall We Gather? and Writers Digest Poetic Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 23: action poem

black thread

I shouldn’t have pulled on

that piece of black thread

but I was in a rush and didn’t

think of the consequences

so I pulled on it and slowly

everything unraveled

now I sit here mending

the pieces of my life

back together again

- Written for Writers Digest Poetic Aside April 2018 PAD Challenge Day 19 and dVerse Open Link Night #218

among cherry blossoms

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among cherry blossoms we walked in silence

neither one of us had the courage to say

what we held inside our hearts

I wish I could have that day back 

I would have said the words that laid

like heavy stones within instead of 

letting them slowly drown me in regret

Inspired by Writers Digest Poetic Asides 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 12: lament poem

Battle of Self-Acceptance

the battle to accept who I am

is a struggle I have dealt with

since becoming aware of my looks

I try hard not to judge myself

based on how my jeans zip up

but the world’s distorted ideals

always creep into my head

- Combining two prompt:  dVerse Quadrille #54: Zip It! and Writers' Digest Poetic Aside 2018 April PAD Challenge Day 9

stop

sometimes we need to stop

take in the scenery

and remember how beautiful

life can be

but life is a nonstop train

that keeps moving along

even when we want to stop

for a moment

- Inspired by Writers Digest Poetic Aside 2018 PAD Challenge Day 3 - Stop and/or Nonstop Poem