by R.D.Wylder | Jun 17, 2018 | Poetry
I didn’t know I was over you until I saw her.I didn’t know I no longer wanted you until I started wanting her.To be honest,I think I wanted you from the very beginning.It wasn’t love at first sight.It might have been an infatuation.It might have been...
by R.D.Wylder | Feb 12, 2017 | Poetry
You scare me.I wouldn’t say I have an adventurous spirit.I wouldn’t call myself a coward either.I could be convinced to do a great many thingsOn a dare.But you…Quiet, unassuming you…You scare me.You make me feel things I don’t want to,But...
by R.D.Wylder | Oct 30, 2016 | Poetry
My eyes betray me.My hands have learned not to touch you.My face has learned not to show any reaction to your presence.My heart has learned not to flutter when you walk through the door.But my eyes…My traitorous eyes…They expose all that I have fought to keep...
by R.D.Wylder | Aug 20, 2016 | Poetry
You think I don’t understand,But I do.You think I’m still in the dark,But I’ve already seen the light.I have seen myself through your eyes,And I know who you think I am.I am your safe place.I am your home away from home,When life gets in the way of living.I can make...
by R.D.Wylder | Sep 20, 2015 | Poetry
Forget me.I know it won’t be difficult for you to do.You’re already half way there.I’m not sure what happenedBut I have my suspicions.Did you think I wanted more than I did?I do not love you.I have never loved you.Such things are beyond my capabilities,Broken vessel...
by R.D.Wylder | Aug 2, 2015 | Poetry
They say the night hides a multitude of sins.Can it hide ours darling?Or is desire destined to find daylight?I don’t need lessons in morality from you.I know it’s right.I feel it’s right.But the things I want to do to you…Oh, they’re so wrong.I need to teach you...