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Lydia Rae Bush Poetry

On Hope Pt. 1

December 18, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

Certainly, no words remain to describe-
A strip of paint could serve just as well for the first line-
I’ll leave a space for anyone else to tell of the ever present-

Darkness.

But let them use the best cliches,
for this is the darkest night
of the year.Read More »

Nativity (Image poetry; See attached word document for formatting purposes.)

December 15, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

Nativity

Decision

December 13, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

The curtain you’ve drawn o’er the windows to your soul,
but I still see you go
back and forth, back and forth.

Do I sit down at the right hand of your dreams?
How long will you stay in a stage immobilized?

One kiss Read More »

The Disturbed, Distorted, Haunted, Never-Ending Carousel

December 11, 2017October 13, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

I’ve tried caring but I got tired,
but it isn’t even that- It’sRead More »

Projection

December 7, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

The sliding glass doors reflect the light
‘til the room
is a doubly aglow,
and I can see you as well
as the squirrels heard hunting for morsels
on our balcony see us.

You sit close enough for me
to smell your butterscotch skin,
but your words are music to my ears-
not pleasant, but foreign.Read More »

Radiant

December 4, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

Pushing forward where none would dare,
I do not need the audacity,
that I could never muster;
I bring with me boldness.

And does it make you happy?Read More »

Scruffy

December 1, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

I called the disorder by its name,
and it stopped, dead in its tracks,
jerked its hand from the crooked heart and
tried to wipe me off its face,Read More »

Options

November 29, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

If not left dead, left strengthened,
but for the first time, I’m starting to think
this may not be the kind of story
where I make it out alive.Read More »

The Gown

November 28, 2017January 19, 2020 Alphabet Ravine3 Comments

The memories we’d yet to live
unrolled before my mind
like a black and white scroll full
of mural after mural, and I
longed for the day when
you’d come color in.

Little did I know you’d shadeRead More »

months bent sweating in the field

November 25, 2017September 14, 2023 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

harvest pumpkins for a gift

given with cold final kiss

as the once green leaves fell down

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