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It Ends With Me

Title Image of a painting of purples and blues with white text saying, it ends with me.

He never learned what to do with all of that hurt… So, he painted.

Posted byJohn OnyxJanuary 24, 2024Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:generational pain, hope, poetry, toxic-shameLeave a comment on It Ends With Me

Whole Again

That kid did his best, because he believed that the man deserved a fighting chance.

Posted byJohn OnyxMarch 1, 2023Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:heartbreak, honesty, love, play-on-words, poem, poet, poetry, rhymingLeave a comment on Whole Again

Honest Tea

silhouette couple dancing in the sunset.

Sit with me. Let’s have a cup of honest tea, and figure out exactly where we’re meant to be.

Posted byJohn OnyxJanuary 24, 2022July 25, 2022Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:best-friend, heartbreak, honesty, love, play-on-words, poem, poet, poetry, rhymingLeave a comment on Honest Tea

A Monopoly on Madness

At the end of the night, we all must pay our tab. And when the money runs out, all that’s left is everything we’re running from.

Posted byJohn OnyxDecember 28, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:chaospoetry, johnonyx, moneyproblems, monopoly, poem, poet, poetry, self-discovery, selfharmLeave a comment on A Monopoly on Madness

Why Write Poetry?

Blog Title Why Write Poetry

A long time ago, in a classroom far far away… I wanted to be a writer.

Posted byJohn OnyxDecember 3, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx Blog PostsTags:beginings, blog, dreams, growingup, loss, poet, poetry, reason, writerLeave a comment on Why Write Poetry?

Ashes to the Wind

And though I have spread your ashes to the wind, I have always held on to the parts of you that could never be burned by fire. The parts of you that live in the kindness of my best smile.

Posted byJohn OnyxDecember 2, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:acceptance, deathofaparent, heartbreak, loss, moving-on, poem, poetry, remembrance, verseLeave a comment on Ashes to the Wind

Fear of Light

I’m trying so hard to forgive myself, for all the things that were never my fault.

Posted byJohn OnyxOctober 13, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:beauty, depression, heartbreak, loss, pain, poem, poet, poetry, verse, writer

Watercolor Chaos

I asked your heart to hold still so I could paint you in my dreams; knowing all along, that I love the way watercolor runs in the rain.

Posted byJohn OnyxOctober 5, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:beauty, depression, heartbreak, loss, love, pain, poem, poet, poetry, verseLeave a comment on Watercolor Chaos

Impossible Odds

Please… Let me torture myself a little longer, so that I don’t forget what it feels like to fall in love.

Posted byJohn OnyxSeptember 28, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:beauty, depression, heartbreak, loss, love, pain, poem, poet, poetry, verseLeave a comment on Impossible Odds

Sweetest Dreams

Maybe someday, I might show up, in your sweetest dreams…

Posted byJohn OnyxAugust 4, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:depression, heartbreak, love, pain, poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on Sweetest Dreams

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