His watercolor promises
Were breathtaking
Transcendent love
A touch of the divine
Then one darkened day
Pools of light disintegrated
My beloved artist gone
Along with his masterpiece
Blissful dreams dried up
In my heartbroken hands
Category: Accidental Life and Love Poems
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Artist
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Broken
We had only
One belief
In common
Only one
Unshakable
Conviction
Despite
Disagreements
Suspicions
Accusations
Arguments
Possessiveness
A broken record
Of incompatibility
Neither of us
Was ready to go
Our separate ways
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Ghosts
Ghosting is a cutesy name for
Cowardly and rude
Whatever the reason
He wanted to cut ties
He could have just stated it
Ghosting was not about him
Trying to spare my feelings
It was about his discomfort
I can move on from hurt
It is hard to move on
From silence
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May I Have This Dance
Anxiety and depression
Are dance partners
Attempting to #claim
Your days and nights
Spinning you in circles
As hope desperately tries
To cut in
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Help
Those who rarely
Ask for help
Have often repeatedly
Been denied it
To be vulnerably
Embarrassed
Again
Is worse than most pain
They must endure
Physically or mentally
If a person who rarely
Asks for help asks you
Do what you can to give
Or get them help
They need it
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Light the Way
The sky is permanent
Our troubles are not
Lightning piercing
Through this darkness
Reminds us to fight fiercely
For the light of our world
To bring us back home
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Them
Sitting on the edge of the bed
He held an apology in his throat
A near empty bottle in his hand
She sat at the kitchen table
Holding a chipped coffee cup
Tears trickling down
As she drank the last drop
She held a goodbye in her throat
Neither of them would hear
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Being in denial
Is not the worst place to be
If it keeps you sane
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The Date
I wish I marked down the date
You last held me in your arms
I would turn back the pages of my calendar
Find the month and circle the date
Before our evolving love faded
By what could not survive distance
We would have broken our hearts
If we had become an us
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Monday
Start right where you are
Change direction if needed
Your future is yoursWhat if
Make a wish today
Then get out of your own way
Begin to grant itHope
Benefits of hope
You can lose it completely
Then find it againHere
Here on shaky ground
Hanging on by a thin thread
Just treading waterWindow
Look out the window
Decide what you want to see
Now enjoy the viewThinker
Been thinking too much
At least I think I have been
Better think againTired
Need to fight off stress
Make a wish in the morning
See if it comes trueCat Dreams
Cats have a tenth life
A parallel universe
Made of daily dreamsSmile
Positive people
Have often endured great pain
They smiled to surviveDating Advice
Never follow up
Guys who like you will reply
It is that simpleNo shrugs
Put the string away
Be with him or not with him
Just rule out limboGrumpy Cat
Your beautiful frown
Turned all of ours upside down
Our lost joy was foundGrumpy Cat
Such a good kitty
You made us laugh at ourselves
What a gift you wereMonday afternoon
A walk in the sun
On a Monday afternoon
Has magic in itAnswers
I got distracted
Then the answer came to me
Funny how that worksGoals
Knowing what you want
Reveals all the obstacles
You can overcomeLife
You only get one
Decide what chances to take
Live the life you wantWorry
Nerves thrive on inaction
Doing fends off worrying
Get to work todayTry
Just decide to try
See what miracles unfold
You may be surprised
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Depression
Looking out the window at the rest of the world.
There’s me and there’s everyone else I wish I could be.
The old man in the coffee shop quietly sipping coffee and reading the newspaper, while I smoke outside trying to steady chronically shaky hands.
The young, pretty mother in the supermarket helping her little girl tie her shoe, while I wish I were the younger, better man who married her.
The guy tearing my ticket with a smile at the movie theater who seems destined for greatness somehow, while I pray a movie can silence my crazy mind.
But instead I remain unsettled disordered me.
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Word Mirage
The weight we assign
To text messages
Saddens this heart of mine
The number of messages
The rate of response
The length of replies
Who initiates
Mixed up emojis
A tragic triple text
Do not fret dear one
Technology is new
Love is blessedly ancient
Your lovely purple lilacs
Your hand written letter
Your secret surprise
Will arrive on Saturday
At 8pm on the dot
I will text you then
To let you know
I am at your door
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Him
Something struck a chord
Floodgates opened
Damn it to hell
All the years
Of hidden words
Suddenly flowing
To say exactly
What I always
Thought he meant
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Take my Hand
Your kind compassion
Your faith in others
Your innate need to help
Your deep empathy
You often label
The weakness in you
If you only knew
What unparalleled strength
Your soul granted
This broken person
The dark night we met
It is only years later
Before I find the courage
To muster my weakness
Take your hand and say
I love you
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Knowing what you want
Reveals all the obstacles
You can overcome
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Yours
Solitude is beautiful
You are your own joy
No one can take it from youTell me
Why must we compare
When we could listen and learn
From what isn’t oursA little less conversation
Elvis had a point
You can press pause on the words
And see what happensCommon denominator
Just figured it out
How they look looking at me
that is what it isHow i got here
Steady as can be
Extreme in fighting extremes
to stay calm and wellPain Meds
It feels like i am better
But then like clockwork
It begins to hurt againFire
Don’t get too close to the flame
If you aren’t careful
You might learn to love the lightChange
You weren’t paying attention
Until you got scared
That you had actually changedShifted Focus
I tried to watch a movie
But got distracted
By my soft pajama pantsGo ask Alice
Not a bad place to visit
Just confirmation
I wouldn’t want to live hereI was thinking of you
When you think about someone
You write a story
That they know nothing aboutDream Haiku
Dream notes don’t make sense
But they are still fun to share
Kind of like a lifeHaiku – Thought
Psychedelic brains
Are often misunderstood
But those minds don’t mind
Poems of Pandemic Days by Alice Curley 