My Moon

The following is my entry for a word challenge hosted by the amazing Justin Case. I hope you'll take the time to check out all the entries as well as the beautiful prose of Justin himself.

 

 

Your precious soul

I'll cradle tight

For you are my moon

You are my light

 

Just as the tides

So too I am drawn

For upon my darkness

Your love you have shone

 

(c) SA MacNeil

Poetry Challenge: Tattered Heart

Recently I participated in the poetry challenge hosted by VoElla. There are so many amazing entries, I hope you'll check them out.

A tattered heart

Broken and bleeding

Words from a distance

Misconstrued and misleading

 

A tattered heart

Each bruise and scar

A direct result

Of being so far

 

So far from the one

I long to please

With eager lips

I long to tease

 

So far from the one

I wish was mine

With hope in my heart

I wish upon time

 

I wish upon time

To close this divide

To be in your arms

To feel you inside

 

Only then will I know

This love is real

Only then will my wistful

Tattered heart heal

 

 

(c) SA MacNeil

Auburn Sea

Walk with me

Through the auburn sea

Fingers entwined

Down the path we wind

Leaves crackle

Feet shuffle

Our pace languid

No need to hustle
Birds of the forest
Sing their fanciful chorus
As we bask in the glow
Of a warm autumn sun
We pause for a kiss
You squeeze my bum
I smile and giggle
On your ear I nibble
Snug in your embrace
Together tucked away
In this gem coloured place
Nowhere else we need to be
Let's stay a while longer
Get lost at sea

(c) SA MacNeil
photo not my own

 

 

 

 



 

Hungry Shadows

Day long turned to dusk

Last fragments of light quickly fade

Consumed by hungry shadows

Come out to feast and play

An eerie silence permeates

The dark recesses of your mind

As a sinister growl escapes

From somewhere close behind

Your head quickly swivels

Peering into darkness you see nothing there

Eyes still blinking to focus

He's peering back at you but you're unaware

A gentle tap on your shoulder

Slight brush of your long hair

Sending shivers up your spine

Warning you need to beware

The air now oppressive

A cloak of black still shrouds your sight

Trying not to panic

You search for any slim trace of light

Sweet salvation beckons

Just across the room

A tiny break in the curtain

A sliver of silver moon

Your desperate escape from harm

A frantic dash towards the light

Only to find he is waiting

You will not be saved this night

(c) SA MacNeil

 

*photo not my own

Poetry Challenge: Words Across the Oceans

The warm golden glow
Of a slowly setting sun
Casts shadows
Hiding the tears
Accompanying my thoughts
While its bright amber rays
Illuminate the empty space
Remaining by my side

The only embrace I feel
That of the autumn winds
Billowing off the sea
Swirling around me
Chilling my flesh
But not my heart
For it beats steady
With an everlasting hope

Hope for one day
Someday...
To find myself in your arms

As I sit silently
Watching the promise of today
Sink lower
On the distant horizon
I place my hope in tomorrow

With the blow of a kiss
I whisper my wish into the wind
To carry my words across the oceans
Riding upon the waves
Of this crazy life
Straight to the shores
Of your awaiting heart


(c) SA MacNeil


This was written for a poetry challenge hosted by the wonderful DebraDML. Please visit her site to read all of the amazing entries.

Just One Moment...

If I could have just one moment...
To see my smile reflected in your eyes
To feel your arms wrapped round me
To feel your heart beat against my chest

Just one moment...
To feel your lips on my cheek
Your mouth on mine
Stealing my breath with your kiss

Just one moment...
To breathe you in, immerse myself in you
To feel the warm rugged skin of your neck
Under the gentle caress of my tongue

Just one moment...
To hear your voice whisper in my ear
To share a laugh
Maybe even a tear

Just one moment...
To see you
To kiss you
To feel you
To taste you
To hold you

The stars could fall
The sea could rise
The earth could shatter...

And I wouldn't care

Because I had that one moment...
With you


(c) SA MacNeil

Guest Post

Really pleased to welcome @nocte_esuriunt to my site and be able to share with you this beautiful and poignant piece...

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before the fall

standing on the edge, waiting to fall in
waiting for tHe emptiness to envelope
the small light that was once within
the mask I don is paintEd in love and laughter
but the skin beneath is cold and the souL contained is still
I feel lost in the anguish of despair
with no light to guide my way
or hands to cuP my broken will
so I stand alone in the darkness
yearning for a love we once shared
I’m standing on the edge, waiting to fall in

(c) @nocte_esuriunt