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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, 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

Wonderful Wandering

I often wonder, about the world in your mind… I know its colors, are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before…

Posted byJohn OnyxJune 10, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:beauty, love, poem, poetry

The Wanderer

The madness, might grip my soul, and crumble me like the ten-page love letter I never sent to my high school sweet heart.

Posted byJohn OnyxJune 6, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:depression, pain, poem, poet, poetry

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