ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Deviation Actions
Literature
Apocalypta
Dawn breaks soft,
You are sun glare
in the rearview;
and I, the heavy mist
ahead
on a road that forgets to end.
Literature
Endless
Memories so visceral
I can still taste them,
like the salty sweet wash of your skin
after a slow morning run
in the dancing summer rain.
Eyes a shade of amber,
golden flakes glowing in the warmth
of a crackling fire,
your lips parted like an envelope
I'm aching to seal.
Words whispered silently,
a tender glance exchanged,
an undulation of emotion,
a burst of color and a blast of light,
two lone figures unite.
Hands in the dirt,
knees in the slushing mud,
battle weary and fatigued,
I trudge step by step
toward the peak of this moment,
a banner raised,
emblazoned with your name.
For I'd rather die on the hill,
swathed in the regalia of my d
Literature
the ghost
I don't know what I'm waiting for,
because I am a ghost and yet
I sit on my hands and wonder
where you've been -
I walk the forest in circles,
the methodical crunch
of leaves beneath my feet
and I remember
that you made me feel small,
and alone. here I am, facing
this brilliant hue that is me and myself
and I am the ghost but somehow
you are haunting me.
Suggested Collections
Written 8/24/2014
Part of the Bitlets project.
Bitlets 149 © 2014 Nic Swaner
Part of the Bitlets project.
Bitlets are about quantity, not quality. Free-write at least one a day about what is on your mind, going on around you, or the state of your life. Ignore the urge to edit; it's not about being profound on purpose, it's about stumbling on it by accident.About this Bitlet
Originally written in a journal entry, this line stood out to me.Browse Bitlets
Bitlets 149 © 2014 Nic Swaner
Comments9
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
deviations have been moving quickly. I almost missed this.
you have the right. it is innate.
the pain comes when you assert this as a non-assertion and someone attempts to insert an assertion.
instead, assert that you are still figuring it out.
I know, that's a pain in the ass to read and understand, but it is about gaining yourself by saying "let me do it my own self, don't tell me how" in such a way that it instills confidence. the problem is also a pain.
you have the right. it is innate.
the pain comes when you assert this as a non-assertion and someone attempts to insert an assertion.
instead, assert that you are still figuring it out.
I know, that's a pain in the ass to read and understand, but it is about gaining yourself by saying "let me do it my own self, don't tell me how" in such a way that it instills confidence. the problem is also a pain.