Poetry Corner

 

  Sunshine, My Love Sunshine My Love, Flowy golden locks Glistening in sunshine Pale pink Roses Sitting on a wrath On top of your crown Clutched in you palms As pure as fresh snow One single lily Our love will shine With blooming fresh hope As you await my word For my white stallion Shall come no more To bid you adieu; For I shall be bound To my everlasting duty

  Hope I sat there, without a care As I wondered, without a hope My once six figures balance bottom Hanging lowly, nearer to zero For I used to be, everyone's hero Lowering to the seat beside mine Glancing at me, the blue eyed stranger Gulping the remainder, I don't bother a smile 'One more, of the same,' I call She nods, the pretty bartender 'Why are you drinking?' Stranger asks 'Because I'm sad,' I deadpan He chuckles, the silly man 'Why are you sad?' I shrug 'I lost hope recently,' His brow furrows 'Why did you lose hope?', 'Someone stole' 'How do one steal hope?!' He cries 'Same way you steal everything' His eyes crinkle, as I stare He finds me strange, the fool 'How do one steal everything?' 'Oh, there are different ways, though mine was stolen by a thief who broke in, in the middle of night, As I was heavy asleep, drunk yesterday' 'Why were you drunk then, without losing the ho

  Blood Rose As red as Roses, It flows In a dimly lit hall, I lay heaving "Angels don't belong here..." His voice rings, Piercing the silence As red as Rubies, Glistening, Seeping through the white Of my silk wedding dress Escaping, Running down my temple, Splashes on the white tile, A dew of moisture, With a thud A flutter, A soft caress, Down my cold, clammy flesh "Such a pity..." He murmurs, "Oh Rose, Blood Rose"