Love Twisted

Either to protect ourselves or our partner, how many of us have found ourselves in this position? I know I have been there. This one hit home for me as I saw myself at various times reacting harshly out of self-preservation. Luckily, it didn’t ultimately harm the relationship but rather gave insight and healing. How about you?

Reblog – To Love ( an etheree)

Published on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 by Susi Bocks2 Comments

So delicate and sweet, and yes, mushy! Aren’t all love poems supposed to be exactly that? 🙂

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to
love you
is to hold
you in my arms
stare, with loving gaze
kiss, passionately too
make, memories together
maybe, sing a joyous love song
write, a vow of loving each other
from this day forward to eternity

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Cheryl Wood

Published on April 10, 2020March 26, 2020 by Susi Bocks9 Comments

Bloody words
Scratched on rough parchment
Last farewell

Scribbled words
Messy cantation
Hasty love

Smiling lips
Decadent nature
Blooming love

Eyes flutter
Luscious lips parting
Seduction

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A Love Eternal

Published on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by Susi Bocks20 Comments

The fantasy of time travel reveals a love so captivating it transcends time.
“Oh Richard, you are here!”
And they finally lived happily ever after.

Inspired by Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Captivating, VJ’s Weekly Challenge #91 – Transported & Sadje’s What do you see #24

Wait, did she do a challenge or write a movie review?
Does it matter? LOL
What a wonderful way to spend 1 hour and 48 minutes. 🙂
**SPOILER ALERT – You may shed a few or a hundred tears.

#Whatdoyousee

Reblog – Eccentric Orbits by Frances Tates featured on The Drabble

Published on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 by Susi Bocks3 Comments

A reader commented “Exquisite”, I agree. 🙂 Thank you, Frances Tates, for this beautiful piece of deep, heartfelt emotions. ❤

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By Frances Tate

You are moon to my tide,
You pull away – I ebb and flood.
Rare blue moons, I keep up
with your wax and wane.
Hunting through clouds to see
which bloodied or
honeyed face you wear-
which scars and valleys show.
But the black moon, the dark sky
reveal nothing.
I’m not ready to stop trying.
Stop hoping that,
of all the courses run,
one will be your resistance.
I can’t explain why it matters,
what it is about you
I can’t relinquish-
even though you’ve never
been mine to lose or hand back.
I never question my lunacy.

Frances Tates writes because, “the words made me.”

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Tina Stewart Brakebill

Published on March 20, 2020March 12, 2020 by Susi Bocks3 Comments

living love

dancing to their song

eyes flickering with passion

the night too fleeting

II.

a faithful promise

of harmonic convergence

binding him to her

III.

singing a duet

as the days pass too quickly

lifted by their song

IV.

breathing in true joy

between the tiny moments

two hearts forever

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Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, travel essays, and haikus, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com.