Dusky pink moonlight
Cherry blossom arabesque
Dreaming tomorrows
Ryan Stone
Divorce
From this bridge of sighs
They watch the chasm sunder
Here, where dreaming ends
Ryan Stone
Reflection
Above the still lake
A smoke and pepper patchwork
Birds entering clouds
Ryan Stone
No One
dawn pauses, explodes
in a flash of carmine fire
flaring in the east
flaring in the east,
Icarus ascends his throne –
blazing flight of one
blazing flight of one,
Labyrinth behind, no one
makes it out alone
– Ryan Stone
Written for National Poetry Month 2016 @ The Music In It – Being Alone
Lover
she is a poem,
electric brush of moonlight
stroking naked flesh
she is a poem,
crimson rush of forest fire
burning hidden dells
she is a poem,
the heated blush of verses
written on my soul
Ryan Stone
Ash
determined thief—
forest fire steals all
but their last embrace
Ryan Stone
On her death
ice on her duck pond
gently melts into water
changing…not leaving
Ryan Stone
Beer Town
while shopping abroad—
beer, bibles, guns and sweatpants
all in one aisle
Ryan Stone
Fledgling
after the dance
her questioning hands—
is this your first time?
Ryan Stone
Priceless
At the garage sale
Cherished toys in an old box
A man asks, how much?
Ryan Stone
days of stone 