by the men of f-8, facilitated by Tejal Murray

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Women

by Jonathan Ray

 

Women, love, hate, companion, sadness, Happy, closer, reasonable, mother, sister, daughter, lover, grandmother, queen, princess, death, pain, life.

 

Women may be the death of me.

Love turns to hate when I’m untrue even thought I did my best.

Oh the stress I cause my mother, sister daughter and to my grandmother, the queen bee of the family.

 

Grandfather, how heavy your heart must be.

 

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Burnt Bridges

by Shadow Bear

 

Dreams of you are like a long extinguished fire.

Your perfume left behind like residue from the smoke.

The faint taste of your skin still lingers on my tongue.

Thoughts of you are like third degree burns still healing.

 

I’ve gone the last couple of months trying to forget,

Memories of us and what we had, I just can’t let go.

You’d think it would be and easy task,

Like forgiving and forgetting.

 

We took the fast track,

Which could’ve been the problem.

But I doubt the feeling I have for you

Would be any different, then or now.

 

You were like an angel of long unanswered prayers.

I fell quickly and I fell hard for you.

The very first sight of you left me breathless,

Wanting more of what I thought I could handle.

 

I knew I just had to have you,

So I stepped up to the plate.

Ready for what you had to offer,

Not having a clue where our curiosity would lead us.

 

Now I sit here with lonely painful memories.

Wishing I could hear you sweet sexy voice

Thinking about late night conversations,

That would last until I hear you purring in my arms.

 

I miss seeing your beautiful smile

Which put a smile on my face.

You looked stunning when you got all dolled up,

But looked beautiful in just your t-shirt!

I can still see your cheesy smile,

After I’d told you one of my stupid jokes.

 

Now I look back at the bridge I’ve burnt,

Knowing there’s no going back.

I miss you more than you’ll ever know.

Wishing there was a way to fix everything,

Yet still coming up empty handed.

 

Your presence, your company…

The easygoing conversations…

All this I truly miss.

You’re the one in a million that I just lost.

 

Yo Te quiero Mucho…

Je t’aime…

Ayo niish nii…

You’ll always and forever be in my heart.