Blackberry Thistles ✓

By katernator1

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poems as delicate as the fruit itself, and as thought-provoking as the sour aftertaste. All Rights Reserved... More

foreword
I
01 | the illusion of happiness
02 | the fountain of youth & other fairytales
03 | of broken bones
04 | the seven deadly sins of the new era
05 | the diety of the dead
06 | even space feels lonely (I)
07 | the metaphor of icarus (II)
08 | a moonwalker's dream (III)
09 | ashes to ashes
10 | screaming thoughts of a quiet mind
11 | goddess
12 | april has kindness (#entry)
13 | may is moving (#entry)
14 | witches & wives-tales
15 | laughter lines
16 | relish & pickles
17 | candlelight & burnt desires
18 | echo zone
19 | roots
20 | ancestors of old
21 | rosemary bush
22 | both hands up (#BLM)
23 | melancholy relations
24 | dark academia
25 | national anthem
II
26 | lilly of the valley (I)
27 | forget-me-nots (II)
28 | lavender and lemon blossoms (III)
29 | a lighter note
30 | haphazard strokes of moonlight
31 | the art of falling gracefully
32 | strawberry sandwhiches
33 | brown-eyed oasis
34 | if the shoe fits
35 | hushed coffee and bitter mornings
36 | wishing wells
37 | the son of ares
38 | like a shipwreck lost at sea
39 | cruel undertones of an otherwise bright mind
40 | a vivid juxtaposition (#entry)
41 | a kaliedescope of spinning tops
42 | the one where juliet saves romeo
43 | lake boats swimming in a restless mind
44 | infatuation ≠ love (haiku)
45 | the water of angels
47 | london boy
48 | i don't mind mind games
49 | my eureka! moment
50 | finite - a love letter to myself
+ | you & i

46 | the only thing i'd ever ask

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By katernator1


My thoughts droop like low
hanging fruit, pairs as sweet
as the ripe nectar inside.

Sway my mind i beg of you.

Words blister and rot in the sun,
oh how they ache for the shade of
your common-sense and calm.

I flock to your shade to quieten the
buzz amidst the haze - the scorch that
burns and flares the flesh inside.

You're the breeze that tempers the tempest,
the relief of a cool breeze in the sharpness
and sting of summer heat.

Sway my mind of only this, please.
It's the only thing i'd ever ask of you.

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