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Drifting – Haiku
Posted on March 4, 2021 3 Comments
more time between usmore our hearts break us in twowhen I think of you
Empty – Haiku
Posted on March 2, 2021 14 Comments
I am surroundedin a life so full of lovewhy am I alone?
Journal Entry # 216 – Flowers Picked From A Garden
Posted on November 10, 2020 3 Comments
I miss you every day of my life. Today was no different. Maybe tomorrow will be. – Dad
Journal Entry # 215 – Our Life Story
Posted on November 6, 2020 1 Comment
We can’t carry on with the story of our lives without finishing all the chapters. No matter how some of them ended. – Ash
Soiled
Posted on November 3, 2020 2 Comments
Like a flower starvingI long for your lighta drop of youreplenish meor…leave me to wilt
Unfather’s Day
Posted on June 21, 2020 35 Comments
Today, I don’t want to exist.Tomorrow is fine, but not today.Today, I don’t deserve anything. I hate the happiness, I hate the gift ideas.I hate the attempts to cheer me up from friends and family.I hate cards, I hate phone calls, I hate the internet.I hate robbing my stepfather from his day, I’m so damn […]
Journal Entry # 187 – It’s Hard When The Scars Still Remind Me
Posted on June 18, 2020 4 Comments
To heal a wound you must stop scratching it. – Paulo Coelho
A Shade of Ash # 6 – Why does the happiest day of my life keep breaking my heart?
Posted on May 21, 2020 3 Comments
I tried again today as I have tried so many times since the last heartstring that bound us severed. For a split-second, I got to hear your voice. For a split-second, I thought you would listen to mine. It was the longest pause yet…trust me, I know. So, Ashton, I guess it’s another “Happy Birthday” […]
Unbroken
Posted on April 5, 2020 Leave a Comment
Dead of winteras the winds howlI’m still out there searching for youfootprints quickly coverforgetting how far I’ve comemy hands, no longer feelmy breath, stolenmy eyes, blinded by this stormmy heart, almost emptymy will…unbroken
PublAshed
Posted on March 27, 2020 13 Comments
Hey all, I wanted to drop in and let you all know that one of my most recent poems has been published on Spillwords. It’s live as of today. I submitted it a little while ago, they liked it, and informed me last week of their intention to share it for their own audience. It […]
Ash Douglas