Poetry – Ellis Kaye Creates

Red Line, Flatline

Red line, flatline Rhythm and time Everyone, everything Sometimes is fine What will she do When she sees you again? Nothing It’s nothing It’s all in my mind Red line, flatline Rhythmical prose A delicate, flowering Green-petaled rose Where would it leave me? Where would I be? If all that I’m feeling Inside were to…
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My Joyful Woe

Skies of glassOf dewdrop stainsA satin sash andWindow panesYour ghost is hollowHaunting pastIt longs to haunt meMake it lastMake it whisperCall my nameBlessed beThe blessed savedJoyful woeI revel thereI revel yonderSpirit bare Written June 28, 2013as I reached a crossroads in my life Skies of glass Of dewdrop stains A satin sash and Window panes…
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The Dance

At midnight A flower blooms Petals lifting To the moon Like a bird Who sings her song Sweetly, swiftly For too long Too long, for She’s out of breath A kiss held fast ‘Til her love’s spent She is me And me is I And my eye sees me Left behind A heart not found…
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A Day Without

Call me crazy Baby Maybe Lives long past Are pushing Daisies The sun is full The moon has set It’s never soon I soon forget The things I see You see It’s me The part I lost The part I sing In joyless wonder Hope’s regret A day without Is heaven sent
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Into Pieces

I’m a broken mess A wreck Cracked in half by sinking sand I can’t do this anymore Rejection stings as I run out the door Like a punch in the gut Or a slap in the face I’m down, I’m injured I’m out of this race And I don’t know if I’ll ever go back…
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All that Saves

A warm wind blows Her warm-blonde hair Waving, washing If you dare A day that washes Over me A pale black night A memory A scent that makes it All come back A warmth that crushes Tit-for-tat A surge that brushes ’Gainst her mind That rushes through The sands of time And in that moment…
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Red Line, Flatline

Red line, flatlineRhythm and timeEveryone, everythingSometimes is fineWhat will she doWhen she sees you again?NothingIt’s nothingIt’s all in my mindRed line, flatlineRhythmical proseA delicate, floweringGreen-petaled roseWhere would it leave me?Where would I be?If all that I’m feelingInside were to show?Red line, flatlineThree-quarter timeA sweet-sounding waltzIs so dangerously blindFinger my heartThen shatter my moonA thousand I-love-yousBut…
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True Love Endures

Love is heartacheLove is rhymeNot so lovelyAll the timeLove will make you sadTodayTomorrow’s joyIs marked by painSorrows multiply the truthHappinessA fleeting fruitBut this one thingI know for sureThe truest loveIt shall endure-Written October 1, 2021 while crying and thinking about the ones I love and miss 💔 -Written October 1, 2021 while crying and thinking…
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Lost in Translation

Online is… lighting angles poses doses (of a drug called attention) faux things deceptive ways the best photo out of dozens the perfect look out of tens or even hundredsI say: “How can I be expected to keep up?”They say: “Easy, baby. False lashes and body-editing and filters with fakeup”It began with fake it ’til…
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Extraordinarily Ordinary

Extraordinarily Arbitrarily Ordinary ‘ole me Not particularly young Not particularly old I’m stuck somewhere in between Pretty (with effort) Questionable (without) The fact is I am pretty plain Not reserved Not bold Not baleful Not cold But also not really that great Extraordinarily Arbitrarily Ordinary ‘ole me Aching to excel At just one thing (anything)…
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