Her mop’s rhythmic stroke
A bondage unlike the kiss
Of sweet leather nights
Ryan Stone
Housework
Untamed
Oh, the wild places
Tattoo parlors, biker bars
Your lips in the night
Ryan Stone
Salute
Silent tears at dawn
My half-mast heart in tatters
London Bridge is down
Ryan Stone
Firefly
In a dead soldier
The captive firefly’s slow death
Holds the night at bay
Ryan Stone
Oblivious
A widow slumbers
As red and blue fireflies weave
Swiftly through the night
Ryan Stone
Rainbows
After she left me
I stared at puddles so long
A rainbow appeared
Ryan Stone
Hollow
Towering ghost gums
Never show inner turmoil
Until they tumble
Ryan Stone
The Fall
Alone on the edge
One more tree in a forest
With no one to hear
Ryan Stone
Discordant
The sound of his name
From lips that once whispered mine
Nails scrape a chalkboard
Ryan Stone
Mother & Son
He faces the world
Armed with a rose and a shield
His mother’s blessing
Ryan Stone
For C&J
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