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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

Dark Stranger

Everything you’ve ever done, has been to hold me, between the stairs, of heaven and hell. And you have done phenomenal…

Posted byJohn OnyxApril 12, 2021December 1, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:depression, dreams, love, poetry, self, verseLeave a comment on Dark Stranger

Mamma Bear

Sometimes, you have to let the sadness take you, to the times in your life, where love and happiness live.

Posted byJohn OnyxMarch 25, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:loss, love, mother, poetry, verseLeave a comment on Mamma Bear

The Toxicity of Silence

So I’ll be honest

Silence gives me too much time to myself…

Posted byJohn OnyxMarch 4, 2021December 31, 2021Posted inJohn Onyx PoemsTags:love, pain, poetry, toxic, truth, verse1 Comment on The Toxicity of Silence
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