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A Peach // a poem

Once they thought they had finished all they had left They just laid like that for a while, sharing large exhausts from their working love. He is not so weak from it, in fact, he is made stronger because of it and when he stands naked Like that it reminds me of a Greek God overwhelmed at the site of acres of her skin when he moves slowly over it Remarking on all he can before he Pledged his loyalty to an absolute rose and swore her generous majesty That he could bask in their love’s glory whenever He chose to love her, as if he had the choice Not to. He made circles over her stomach With his fingers like skimming the fuzz of a peach Before kissing it. Support Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/prettypoems <> follow me on social media <> I N S T A G R A M Hyla Brook Books – my shop The Pretty Poems – My Poetry

Nouns // a poem Mar 2014

Deep in these moments of silent reveries memories are all that remain. It was snowing so hard the wind looked like italicized apologies on a break-up note. Luckily, the hot air is blasting, chipping your expensive no make-up make up. There at a stop sign on the street perhaps waiting for the bus, two girls laugh, they are hanging on to each other for support as they laugh, their laughter creating billows of steamy joy. I thought I'd crack under their warm and comfortable togetherness, instead I let go of the breaks and lurched forward. There was this faint tug persistent that back there was a life reminder: it's not those who have everything but who make the best of everything. . . . Instagram: the pretty poems etsy: hylabrookbooks

Doom // a poem Jun 2018

First it was my throat. My lymph nodes were swollen. I knew it was a blocked throat chakra. The words would not come out right, The words would not come out at all. It showed itself on your hands And it’s the first time you ever felt Death pat you on the hands. Many things you wouldn’t understand. Like why every night you would wake up at 3 am in a rapid temper. This isn’t a pen it’s your fist. My hands kept turning purple, bruised. This is the first time that I’ve wrote it down, and it’s silent. Then it was my eyes My eyelids swollen, and if this isn’t a sign then I don’t know what is. The mute is going blind. there is a pounding headache, this isn’t a poem, this is just some angst confession about depression and how if I don’t write, I’ll die. . . . instagram: theprettypoems etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HylaBrookBooks

Open Book // poem April 2010

My face peels as if getting to the middle
 of a twisted plot, my spine is sore,
 I’m used too much, I’ve got finger stains
  from every one whose ever touched me.
 Some of my inside is missing, how does one
 come to the ending of things
 if you have to keep skipping the important parts;  
It doesn’t matter really, you get the  gist of what I’m saying. I’m worn and lightweight
  as a paperback laid out on a summer day.
 You read my expressions plainly; your eyes
 skimming over the poor grammar,  you say “
I want to write myself in your story
“ and  scribble your name on my arm. . . . instagram: theprettypoems etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HylaBrookBooks

The Orange Tree By The Ocean // a poem

Rolling it over in my head As I stretch my neck in circles. I’m thinking of you How you make me feel. My head feels great. The way you touch me makes me tremble beneath you My breath shakes itself out and I am entirely yours. I know that you love me by how hard it is To keep the secret hidden Do you want to make love to me? – Hours of hot excitement. I lie in my bed, my hand on my stomach And remember how warm you are. I don’t know how to make you happy. Only to show you how happy you make me. Love that feeling of new new happiness The ripe orange with the citris scent You breathe in and smile radiantly under the hot sun, butt naked, the color of a pearl. You hold me like a gift from the sea, ocean nymph in your arms, your triumphant eyes sink to the bottom of me. When we kiss, it’s as good as a mouth watering orange down by the ocean. . . . instagram: theprettypoems etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HylaBrookBooks

How About These Apples // a poem Dec 2018

she's nervous from the pressure not of what they might think but what they cannot understand the change moving continents brings, the Earth's face crying over changes she cannot change so much shes out of touch of the biggest parts that make her whole, no shes nervous because she has to carry the world and the world is sad enough without her woes. Those sorrows she carries, she picks them up so other women dont have to carry the load the burden of being woman that you can feel the Earth heart break with every riot we shake the trees of eden so eery apple fell and we bite down on forbidden fruit and it was good it tasted sweet and women were not blamed for looking beautiful as they ate. She's trying to carry the school girls in Africa back home she's trying to tell the girl to step back from the knife and society She could not go further but she pressed that our children don't deserve to be punished, they deserved to be loved. the heavy glo...