Beauty | Modern Romanticism

My hands wet with the dewThat has crossed my eyelids,And dropped with graceUpon the flesh of my palms,As I fell to my knees. I bleed wine, from my wrists,And bleed the sea, from my eyes.And, bitterness encompasses both. Late when the feeling comes to subside,Under…

Poem – "My Hands Wet with Tears" – Romantic Poetry – 1/18/2020

January 18, 2020

And what seat have I placed myselfWhen beside me, seats only a space?My Queen had bledA drop of melted snow into the soil,And its color was red. For a King with his vulnerable selfIs merely a man. I dreamed sweetness, of softnessBefore the morning arose,And…

Poem – "Upon Love's Throne" – Romantic Poetry – 1/18/2020

January 18, 2020

I cannot decideWhat to hideWhen I falter beneath what stirs me. Your beauty has hues, not alike the sun,And most unlike the shimmers in the rain.It has more brightnessThan ever a sunshineOr sun-shower.Brightness, that stings me, though soothes me;Brightness, that burns me, though soothes me;Brightness,…

Poem – "To Crawl beneath your Gaze" – Romantic Poetry – 1/18/2020

January 18, 2020

Tired of all,When yearning to crawlAlong fields sprayed with your tears.Here is beauty,And there is sceneryFor me to weep over, in view of your slumber. Your darknessFights me off,Intrudes upon my light,The comfort I’ve aimed to grant. I have placed roses for you to wieldLike…

Poem – "With Placement of Beauty" – Romantic Poetry – 1/18/2020

January 18, 2020

Poetry is but a glimpseTo your feeble story.Woman, who was once my beloved,My treasured soul,My song,My emotions,And, my mind;All has now fled far from me. Your eyes, a twinkle of starlight,Beside your cheeks, the porcelain sheetsThat were made as the bed to lay my kisses,Once…

Poem – "Your Empty Clouds" – Romantic Poetry – 1/18/2020

January 18, 2020

In all the time, I had thoughtThe tears to be worth their sour taste,I was wrong in my mind, to knowThat in our place,There would be eternity. Love is a power against the impossible,And yet,I do not want to border myself on obsession. It is…

Poem – "When the Pain Feels Closer than Her" – Romantic Poetry – 1/17/2020

January 17, 2020

“For a King to gain his soul, he must gain it from his Queen. For a Queen to gain her form, she must gain it from her King. A man’s hands sculpt a woman’s form, to make art, and thus, it is the intimacy that…

Words of Wisdom – "The King & Queen's Message" – Philosophy on Immortality – 1/15/2020

January 15, 2020

Near the windowsill where you wept,While the wood still keptThe stains of reddest tears,Because, your wrists didn’t agreeWith the color of blueThat drained from the sky. Near the windowsill where you slept,And I’m still with the memory of a facePainted by sadness, despite my gladness,For…

Poem – "Near the Windowsill where you Wept" – Romantic Poetry – 1/15/2020

January 15, 2020

Open yourself up to meWhen you close your subtle glare,And point your deceitful direction, at the dagger to your womb.Allow your sorry stare to accompany itUpon when ecstasy reaches its height.Leave a sigh to my words,The one word,The lonesome word,That touched you deeper than this.…

Poem – "Agony Representative of my Eyes" – Romantic Poetry – 1/15/2020

January 15, 2020

All I wishFor you to doIs to say you want to live. For you seem to want to die,And leave memories behind. Is depression truly this deliciousThat you’ll forget what pleasures we hadIn times where comfort was wieldingIts own sword? A sword against poverty.A sword…

Poem – "Why won't you ever Heal?" – Romantic Poetry – 1/14/2020

January 14, 2020

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