Brand New Page

Too painful was the pen to hold...

As acidic-words of hate it told

It dipped and ripped my heart in two

With an ink of deepest crimson hue 

Traced from my heart, each verse it sketched 

No holding back... it etched deep regrets 

The letters rained upon the page 

Rivers of remorse each sentence raged

The paragraphs, it emptied still 

Till of my soul it did have its fill

So I, now barren... crawl away

To face the world with a brand new page 

© Debbie Razey 2018  

Tenebrosity

I thought that I saw you... that you saw me

On a deeper plane which no eyes could glean

Surpassing the words, that between us danced 

Yet, pixelations... were all that were seen 

See I'm a fool when it comes to romance 

Still my soul would seek yours... given the chance

I see clearly now that I was deceived 

Your penchant unveils you... at second glance 

Was it my own reflection... I perceived

Or tenebrosity casting its seed? 

Perhaps sheer desperation was to blame 

Through my chasm of ever-expanding need

My imagination... I hope to tame

You'll no longer be in fate's window-pane

My mirror, the pond... steamy shower-pane 

I'll see you no more... my dreams they will wane

© Debbie Razey 2018 

Delf

In moments of obliteration 

I steal away in contemplation 

As the empty is too hard to bear

Would only solidify... if shared

So I seek a nook beyond my mind 

Where the faint of heart won't tread to find

As the path is thorny, plagued by truth 

With an underbelly lost on youth

Pure minds, who've not yet the apple had

Who've only savoured one shade of sad

A bliss often missed and ne'er perceived 

Until in retrospect... hearts they bleed 

For, what I once desired... haunts me still  

I have no power against its will

And yet in gratitude, peace I find 

As it quells the potholes, pain has mined  

So from the dank darkness of my delf 

I have, in time, gained a richer wealth 

One without the woe, would ne'er have been

My greatest blessings... remained unseen

© Debbie Razey 2018