My peace and quiet was stolen from me...

Maybe I'm too far gone

You'll never catch me now

There was a time

A long time ago

When you swore

You'd never let me go

This has the beginnings of a list poem...

The Top Five Things I'm Currently In Love With:

1. Pirates

2. Headbands

3. Hockey

4. Keepsake boxes

5. You

Day 30. Until Next Year.

Day 30. Bittersweet. For today's Read Write Poem prompt I decided to go back to yesterday's prompt. This is what I came up with. Until next year NaPoWriMo; it's been a slice.

Now onstage
Kidding the clowns
Is a toxic anger

The cost of delay
Is taking inventory
As death approaches

The headlines were taken from the New York Times online version.

Day 29. Haiku.

Day 29. Long day.

The wind hits my face
White butterflies fill the sky
I remember you

Day 28: Found.

A found poem for Day 28. This was taken from an email my co-worker Gabe, a.k.a. BFF.

60 minutes till the sun
bathes our complexions,
titillating the melanin
that brews deeply beneath
our pseudo professional attire,
as we navigate through hunger
and insecure times

Day 27: The end is near. I still adore you.

I wrote two poems using the same word. Is that weird?

You can find the prompt details here and other things to keep you busy at Read Write Poem.

Poem One:

A dream of you
Dancing into my world
On your white horse
Riding in like a knight
Except without the armor

Poem Two:

All this time
Deer in the headlights looks
Only helped to focus on
Revolving door secrets
Everything changes and you’re gone

Day 26: I wanted to say so many things...

Day 26. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's still really far away, but it's there. :)

Thanks to Read Write Poem for the wonderful prompt. And thanks to that poem that never quite worked out. Oh and thanks to Him.

I struggle to remember
the last time I felt like this.
The last time my heart raced
with an unabashed lack
of good intentions.

It must have been in college.
I don’t think I ever told about
who I was in college, but then
again, I don’t think you ever asked.

I want to ask what it is that you
want from me, but I don’t want to
ruin this with words.

So who’s to blame for your
busy hands? Me for allowing
you to touch everything your heart
desires without speaking up? Or you
for being so quick to explore and leave?

The heart wants what it wants and
want to pry you open. I want to pull
your insides out, to understand how
you are able to start and stop without
any regard for what is does to me.

Day 25: Are we there yet?

I love the fact that I'm writing everyday, but I am so ready for this month to be over. Here is my day 25 poem. I tried to work with the prompt from RWP, but no one was saying anything interesting near me... or maybe I just wasn't listening hard enough.

We can give it a try
Pull each other down
Then back up again
Move the baggage
To the corner
Sweep everything else
Under the rug and tug
At each other’s clothing
Like there’s no tomorrow
Because for us there isn’t
You belong to someone else
And I should know better

Day 24: Love is Blind

My poem for the day 24 Read Write Poem prompt. This one took a couple tries.

The window is open
The breeze hits me hard
And like a new beginning
It sweeps through the house
Blowing past our memories
Tempting them to fall off the walls
Whispering love is blind
Our footsteps tell a different story

Day 23: In honor or Erick

It's Erick's birthday and I am in the middle of preparing for his "surprise" party, but I had to post my day 23 poem! It's a haiku in honor of his birthday.

A celebration
Devotion, love, happiness
And turning thirty

Day 22: Fun with words!

For today's Read Write Poem Wordle Prompt. I used all the words! Words in bold are taken from the prompt.

It’s pepper, it’s rust
It’s saffron that reverberates
Through my veins
Makes me dizzy
Don’t be fooled, I am still
A fierce opponent
I do not flinch for the squall
Or the crow in the bowels of the emporium
I mark the spot with a tendril for today
And a rose for tomorrow

Day 21: First loves are far from perfect...

I wrote today's Read Write Poem prompt while doing laundry.

We stole kisses
Broke the rules
Painted dirty words
On each other’s bodies

You said you liked me
And I believed you
You said you were picky
That I was special

I should have known you
Said that to all the girls

We stole glances
Broke promises
Asked each other
For forgiveness

I said I loved you
And you believed me
I said I was hard to please
That you completed me

You should have known I
Said that to all the boys

Day 20: The Hero Poem, a.k.a. my prompt for RWP!

So much more than a mother. So much more than a best friend. I had a hard time with my own prompt! It was hard to find the right words to say what my hero (my mom) means to me, so I decided to work in a funny story. Well, it wasn't so funny at the time, but it's pretty funny now. :)

Anyway, here is a poem about my hero. Prompt details can be found here. And a special thanks to Read Write Poem for accepting my prompt!

I probably never told you
the real reason I hate bangs on me.

It’s because of the haircut
you gave me when I was seven.

A valiant effort on your part,
with such dramatic results.

I probably never told you
I cried myself to sleep that night.

I knew all the kids at school
would make fun of me the next day.

As if they needed more ammunition.
Still, I loved you for trying.

When I look back on it now I say
Thank God for headbands.

But more than anything
I thank God for you.

Day 19: After the light bulb moment...

Thanks to Read Write Poem for the fabulous prompt.

Long after I realized most
Of the pieces were missing
I decided to force them to fit
I have no regrets

Day 18: Nine Lives

I wrote a Lune for today's Read Write Poem prompt.

Our love is long gone
Departed
We don’t have nine lives

Day 17: I'm a fire sign!

Here is my response to the day 17 prompt from Read Write Poem.

We built it up tall
Now it’s burning
Before our eyes

The way I see it
We have two choices
Douse it in water
And salvage the remains
Or fuel the flames
And walk away

Day 16: Smell What?!

This prompt was fun and not as hard as I thought it would be. Courtesy of Read Write Poem of course. :)

The scent of lavender in your hair,
I wondered how it overpowered
the smell of the grass as we rolled
around like the boys.

Down the hill, then running back
to touch the base, the old oak tree.
Dodging bumble bees and picking
dandelions, my fondest memories.

Day 15: Not much of a tune...

For the Read Write Poem day 15 prompt. I'm not very "musical" and this is the best I could do while attempting to carry a tune.

We cannot bend
We cannot break
We cannot go on
Like this forever

We cannot push
We cannot pull
We cannot go on
Like this forever

We cannot move
Only through the maze
We cannot go on
Like this forever

Day 14: Today's Prompt Was Beyond Me

I'm still trying to work on the Read Write Poem prompt for today, but for now I have this haiku. I passed a tree of cherry blossoms this morning and have been thinking about it all day!

The city twists, turns
Makes way for cherry blossoms
The glory of Spring

Day 13: My longest poem of the challenge!

I tried to cut it down some, but this is the best I could do. It was a bit longer before. Find details on the prompt here and find more fun poetry related things to do at Read Write Poem. The first two lines are courtesy of Norman Dubie.

Poem Starting with a Line from Norman Dubie

A kiss is like a dress
Falling off a tall building
And every time our lips touch
I lose myself in eyes that sparkle
Like a million stars

Your body is the water,
Warm and pure blue
I navigate gently,
But can never arrive at your heart

Your hands move like the wind
Through my hair
I wonder how I ever existed
Before this

When the sun comes up
In all its yellow and orange glory
Against a sky that begs to be forgotten
I realize it’s the morning after
That hurts the most