
So much pressure
So much weight
But I serve a purpose
Protecting a surface
I’m movable
Depressed when I’m not used
I can see water dripping
Ruining surfaces when I’m needed
Please use me
Every day
Regularly
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So much pressure
So much weight
But I serve a purpose
Protecting a surface
I’m movable
Depressed when I’m not used
I can see water dripping
Ruining surfaces when I’m needed
Please use me
Every day
Regularly
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Disregard
the aroma of the carousel
Disregard
the unforgettable thirst
Disregard
the saturating hunger
Disregard
the mist in your tone
Disregard
the fears that dwell inside
Disregard
the yearnings you bury
Disregard
the cravings you once had
Disregard
the sarcasm in this riddle
Disregard
the awakening of the tension
I am accepting
that you continue to disregard me

Roaring parking meters
Stoplights slurring
Traffic jams sound like an arcade
Vendors flipping dollars
Counting change in thin gloves
Smiles parading like a festival
Inhaling the scent of hot dogs
Car doors slamming
Taxi cabs galore
Newspaper stands hand shakes
Concrete greetings
Tap dancing on pavement
Bartenders barking like a pit bull
Candy shops humming sweetness
Downtown in a ornament
Brick walls glaring spray paint
Little Anthony circling fire hydrants
Simone shouting obscenities
Dimes shoved in a jukebox
Ingredients of simplicity

Curling inside the cylinder
Walking on a plane
Cutting up the circle
Seeking the blistering radius
Dissecting the intersection points
Slipping in symmetry
On the edge of a Cartesian distance
Defining the articulation
Inside the angles and 3D lines
Glaring at the 2d lines
Placing the trihedron
Sliding down the cone
Hiding behind the slot
From hexagons to lines
A world of preciseness and exactness
Divine numbers are bold
No gray in the atmosphere
A place without emotions or drama
No mystery in the madness
Problem solved

Florescent wildfire
A scattered chill
Ignited by your tongue
World class enthusiast
Lessons learned
Sincerely apologetic
Exposed to your
magnetizing glass world
Sensing fragility
But armor and strength
Cherishing every second
Recording your laughter
Questions compiling
Curiosity rises
Raising me to the clouds
Wishing for three more hours

From the decorated tricks
to the lustful and tart candy
The crimson plasma spreads
like a tormented disorder
Calm like a grenade
Held by a tremulous clown
Waving his God smack hand
Tossing hundred dollar bills
to purchase genocidal vodka
Tick tock tick tock
Inside the gray rats nest
Morbid clocks humming the
melody of Enter Sandman
The crack of the numb skull
opens up and echos rape
Recognizing the basket case
Jolted and ramshackle
Hunger for disease thickens
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Untamed and unforgettable
Ripple effect spreads like a disease
Lip licking and chomping
Like a wounded dog without a collar
Even your shadows cry
All you do is scratch
Tick tock…
Chasing traumatized winds
Clotheslined by barbwire
A feared and reckless beast
Gnawing at my insides
Even your skin is distasteful
All you do is claw
Tick tock…
Crippling my essence
Ruthless and disturbing you crawl
A relentless bitch
Foaming at the mouth
Even your tears want to run from you
All you do is manipulate
Tick tock…
You won’t know what hit you
Calmly
I wait for my empress
Delicately
I dwell in her vast ocean
Patiently
I embrace her awakened scars
Quietly
I salivate for her two words
Passionately
I wait for her wicked arrival
Faithfully
I cradle her butterfly skin
Sincerely
I welcome the grand gesture
Softly
I sit here waiting for her two words

Between the handshakes and
the cold New Hampshire hospitality
Salutations and red carpets
are the cornerstones of this
broken down concrete
Standing ovations and hugs
are shared among the living
from the golden curbs
Wreaths of prosperity are
hung on the door all year round
Love thy neighbor is a
song sung in multiple languages
Perhaps Welcome Street is
the Apple pie of the United States
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(1st Verse)
I use to cradle the magic in your eyes,
I use to sing to your majestic wings.
I use to love your bitten sarcasm,
I use to appreciate all the little things.
But there is no use to pretend,
The is the beginning of the end.
Chorus:
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see it coming miles away,
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see the colors fade.
I still can’t believe, that you refuse to see.
I still can’t believe, you took pieces of me.
(2nd Verse)
I use to fear the moment of truth,
I use to stare into the darkest cold sky,
I use to be afraid of the painted tears,
I use to know what I really felt inside.
But there is no use to pretend,
The is the beginning of the end.
Chorus:
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see it coming miles away,
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see the colors fade.
I still can’t believe, that you refuse to see.
I still can’t believe, you took pieces of me.
(3rd Verse)
I use to be numb to the vicious cut,
I use to run into the lion’s roar.
I use to scream to the silence,
I use to be the one who kept score.
But there is no use to pretend,
The is the beginning of the end.
Chorus:
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see it coming miles away,
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see the colors fade.
I still can’t believe, that you refuse to see.
I still can’t believe, you took pieces of me.
Bridge:
You took the turn before I could see the road,
You took the wheel while I was in control.
You took the words from the previous page,
You took the lights from the center stage.
You took the pictures from the gold frames,
You took the hope and all that remained.
Chorus:
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see it coming miles away,
I couldn’t believe you didn’t see the colors fade.
I still can’t believe, that you refuse to see.
I still can’t believe, you took pieces of me.

Once upon a time,
I used to wish for a love like ours,
Once upon a time
I pondered that very phrase.
I sat under those bright stars beside you
and saw the words “forever” ring in my ears.
Or at least a love that the stars would forever engrave in themselves,
To be look upon with awe and wonder,
Questions of how did they over come the odds and make it to that kind of happiness,
A love worthy of songs and fairy tales and beauty,
As we gazed into each other’s eyes
I wanted to see a glimpse of happiness.
In my heart I could feel the world stop
but darling in my mind our lives continued.
But I’m starting to find that once upon a time only begin once,
The moment had scratches and it was no longer clear to me.
The only clarity I saw was that we should no longer stare in the fairy tale and stare into reality.
And everything that falls in between is up to chance.
Love is just not a word in a song, card, or in a poem.
Love isn’t just displayed in a movie scene or a play.
Love requires action, consistency, and a splash of romance.
So darling, I could be your perfect once upon a disaster,
Tangles in the highest tower laced with thorns and roses, tasted in the last bite of the poisoned apple,
Or….or we can work to create a new fairy tale.
Once I threw our written fairy tale in the trash can I grabbed a note pad.
I wrote 10 reasons why I am madly in love with you.
I wrote 10 reasons why I want to be with you.
I tore this sheet out of the notepad and placed it on the refrigerator.
Let the old stars die, fall with the hearts of those before us,
I don’t need a fairy tale nor a “Once Upon A Time” beginning.
Sweetheart, my love, I just need to be open, expressive, intuitive, caring, and considerate.
And lets give birth to a new galaxy full of stars that will shine and dazzle those who look up and wish a forever on once upon a time….
If I truly love you, every day that word “forever” will truly mean something.
Forever starts with my attitude, outlook, and the desire to show you how much you mean to me.
A Writer’s Soul – Non Italics
Overflowing Ink – Italics
I had done a collaboration with Kristen and it was quite fun! Kristen is a wonderful writer. Please check out her blog if you haven’t – you will read some great poetry!

“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.”
You are the Breath of Passion
The Embodiment of all my Heart beats for,
Longs for,
All this understanding
So unworthy of the least of You,
Can ever perceive.
You are the blood in my veins
Saliva drippings from the fire ooze magic
All this longwinded gust
Soar through every inch of
my glowing urges
Stars that span the ebon Nighttide,
Miracles of Light and Time
are mere phantoms,
shallow and hapless,
Unremembered figments of Yesterday
Compared to the Depth of my Love
I can see fragments of the twinkles
Sweat pouring from the golden heavens
Caught in a whirlwind of passion
Your moans are magnetizing
Never ending cravings
Watching you grip the sheets, sigh
All that Speaks of mystery
All that Whispers portentous enigmas
All the Hums with the Vibrancy of Forever
Are Fading shadows,
Dim and Meaningless
Compared to the Depth of my Passion
Caution tape ripped
Entering euphoria without bounds
Slippery and yet rough edges
Lip biting memories etched
Nonexistent tenderness
Unleashed saturations
How I Sigh in your Sweet Embrace!
How my skin yearns for the Touch of Your hands,
How these lips long to be Kissed by Yours,
How I have waited,
Breathless, Trapped, Longing
For Your Sweet Honeyed Love!
A bellow of raw words
Intoxicating oceans
Commanding you to vulnerability
Taste the lava, taste the lava
Overwhelming fervor
Yearning for more
This was a joy to collaborate with Morgan!
Braeden – Italics
Morgan – Non
Cynthia A. Morgan is an award-winning author & blogger; columnist for the national publication Fresh LifeStyle Magazine; and member of the Poetry Society of America and Artists for Peace. Creator of the Epic YA Fantasy Dark Fey Trilogy, Morgan’s powerful story relates how the power of Hope, Acceptance and Forgiveness can change the world when Positive Action is taken to create change. The only way to achieve Peace is to become Peace.
Morgan is also the author of the popular blog Booknvolume where her over 17K followers are regularly treated to Morgan’s own brand of poetry, English Sonnets, musings about life, personal recipes, photography, book reviews and more.

(1st verse)
It hit me like a cannonball,
You could see it on the other side of the wall.
It hit me like a freight train,
Maybe that’s why I’m going insane.
I don’t know how to stop time from sitting still,
I didn’t realize how much silence really kills.
Chorus:
We took something perfect,
Now we are slowly removing the parts that made it work.
We took something perfect,
Maybe I didn’t notice but maybe you felt the pain first.
I don’t know how to be strong,
Just like you, it will be hard to carry on.
(2nd Verse)
It hit me like a tons of bricks,
I couldn’t see how much I would truly miss.
It hit me like a morning car crash,
I always thought this was built to last.
I don’t know how to stop it from rolling down the hill,
I didn’t realize how much silence really kills.
Chorus:
We took something perfect,
Now we are slowly removing the parts that made it work.
We took something perfect,
Maybe I didn’t notice but maybe you felt the pain first.
I don’t know how to be strong,
Just like you, it will be hard to carry on.
Bridge:
I never thought it could get better than this.
I never thought it would be everything I would miss.
I never thought it would hurt so much,
I never thought I would have to bottle this up.
It feels like I have to be the strong one,
I can’t have you see me come undone.
Chorus:
We took something perfect,
Now we are slowly removing the parts that made it work.
We took something perfect,
Maybe I didn’t notice but maybe you felt the pain first.
I don’t know how to be strong,
Just like you, it will be hard to carry on.

Goodbye desolate shivers
Goodbye forgotten aches
Goodbye swallowed tears
Goodbye opaque walls
Goodbye erratic fears
Goodbye discarded pages
Goodbye to a dark clown’s frown
Goodbye to a lightless mirage
Goodbye to my lost and last words
Goodbye to the faceless sun
Goodbye meaningless friendships
Goodbye somber passions
Goodbye sensitive heart
Goodbye drowning memories
Goodbye deep blue sky
Goodbye unread poetry
Goodbye Trampled Feelings Pass

Pearl of the generation
A gypsy in psychedelic rock
Chugging beers in her bellbottoms
The queen of Woodstock
Unforgettable decorated wail
In the circle of the blues
Never drove a Mercedes Ben
Taking a piece of my heart
Playing Try just a little harder
over and over
Addictions took her away
Forever Me and Bobby McGee

Zooming with the
matchbox cars
Playing cops and robbers
Wide eyed for the fire
on the big wheel
Playing cowboys and Indians
Not caring or understanding
Gender differences
Just playing for hours
Carefree and not using
an ounce of technology

Tense and rigid
An arctic dialogue
Indifferent and standoffish
Words thrown like darts
Sticking like super glue
Toxic and demoralizing
Like talking to a brick wall
Hateful and unemotional
Unraveling the anger
Removing myself
Wasting energy on you
Walking away
from your rigamortis breath

Eyes filled of ocean blue
A smile that turns me into mush
Unexplainable amounts of love
Precious and adorable
Billion dollar laughter
In awe of his presence
A curious personality
Blessed and lucky on the inside

On the outside of the glass
Aphorisms ringing like a bell
Insensitivity weaves a cobweb
Vulnerability trapped in a
medical syringe
Harshness spoken with a sterile
and violent tongue
Commanding and demanding
Blatant and in bright lights
Waterworks flowing like a creek
Hearts awaken and cringe
An awkward silence creeps
Hoping love seeps through the cracks
seeking a mysterious ocean

Trembling locked lips
underneath the flashing red light
Caution tape torn between
Wicked Lust Lane and Insatiable road
Full force of ripped love
Entangled speeding tickets
Stilettos bright as fire engine red
walking Romeo’s Kiss Boulevard
Seeking infatuation and
burning sensations among the chatter
Sirens storming in the air
Exploring hands twisting
Passing every stop sign
down this riveting and passionate road