XO, XO, Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time, there was a girl named aura who wished that she could escape the sounds of her own mind with no one having to tell her what was right and what was wrong but that she could love a life on her own without worrying about if someone was after her heart
Once Upon a Time, I thought I had left my feelings that were no longer free from the glass that held my hand to your heart the whole time, but why can’t I see where my life will be and who I will be
Once Upon a Time, aura was more than just her true colors that came through her locket, but she was someone who wanted to protect her heart at all costs because one slip up and her heart would break
Once Upon a Time, if there was ever a reason for her to see that she was more than just someone who had to choose which path in her life to take, but that all the cards could be laid out on the table

Once Upon a Time, I thought I had left my feelings that were no longer free from the glass that held my hand to your heart the whole time, but why can’t I see where my life will be and who I will be
Once Upon a Time, I will not lie. I felt like giving up on my life because I thought once I changed my path that there was going to be no solution
Once Upon a Time, if there was ever a reason for her to see that she was more than just someone who had to choose which path in her life to take, but that all the cards could be laid out on the table
Once Upon a Time, I became the wanderer of my mind instead of the chaser where if I had to choose between the two I would have still picked you.

Once Upon a Time, I will not lie. I felt like giving up on my life because I thought once I changed my path that there was going to be no solution
Once Upon a Time, aura was more than just her true colors that came through her locket, but she was someone who wanted to protect her heart at all costs because one slip up and her heart would break
Once Upon a Time, I became the wanderer of my mind instead of the chaser where if I had to choose between the two I would have still picked you
Once Upon a Time, there was a girl named aura who wished that she could escape the sounds of her own mind with no one having to tell her what was right and what was wrong but that she could love a life on her own without worrying about if someone was after her heart.

Slip Me a Few Roses

https://www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte/the-false-mirror-1928

Slip me a few roses, stepping stones, need a glass to look through
Slip me a few roses, tied up in the thorns, looking glass almost blank
Slip me a few roses, I tried to wipe all the pages, the tears only became clear
Slip me a few roses, my name is Rose, and I’m coming with a broken heart.
Slip me a few roses, tied up in the thorns, looking glass almost blank
Slip me a few roses, where I almost lost my mind, and my heart on top of that
Slip me a few roses, my name is Rose, and I’m coming with a broken heart
Slip me a few roses, try to run and hide, running past the window in disguise.
Slip me a few roses, where I almost lost my mind, and my heart on top of that
Slip me a few roses, I tried to wipe all the pages, the tears only became clear
Slip me a few roses, try to run and hide, running past the window in disguise
Slip me a few roses, stepping stones, need a glass to look through.

Eyes That Lie

One is here and I am over there where one quick touch could only save me from the pain of the beginning of the next day and every day after that

One cannot erase how I felt once I touched your eyes and felt the way you lie even when I was scared you weren’t feeling the same way

One can come only once in a lifetime where that one only comes around once every time and never seems to stay in one place, but keeps on changing.

One is only one
Never cut the string or line
The one is the one.

After the Heart’s Turn

Long after you turn your back on your heart
You chose your words over your actions
Before you had a chance to be my attraction
To leave me alone with a space of contraction.
You chose your words over your actions
But that never seemed to stop you from making it happen
To leave me alone with a space of contraction
By breaking me into pieces of the same line.
But that never seemed to stop you from making it happen
Before you had a chance to be my attraction
By breaking me into pieces of the same line
Long after you turn your back on your heart.

Dear Diary, oops, my bad

Dear Diary,

oops, my bad

I thought you were the one

but I guess that was my bad.

oops, my bad

I dodged a bullet on that one

I must have crossed the line.

oops, my bad

I must have locked the keys

to that box of memory.

oops, my bad

I must have packed the wrong pens and paper

left dry with ink

no words

no vice

just love and misery

oops, my bad

Dear Diary.

An Ode to Boo’d Up

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up,

You make my heart go green

So deep in my feelings

When I’m with you, I can’t breathe

You make my heart go green

After pulsation, you make me

Into your equation, I must

Have been lost, but now I am

Found

You got me, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up

You running all the chases, watch out, it’s

A green light, pull up in reverse

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up

There it goes again

You making my heart go green

Just sent the text

Come on over

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up,

You know this ain’t really like me

Can’t control my anxiety, feelings

Don’t know what you doing to me

You make my heart go green

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up

Like, I’m touching the ceiling

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up

Grab me by the waist and pull me closer,

No acting, just attraction,

You make my heart go

Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up, Boo’d Up.

Locked Memories: A Heart in Pieces

The lock box of memories

Where one’s that could break her heart in pieces

After she had already given all the puzzle pieces,

But had taken for granted the whole picture

Once she saw the reality behind the eyes of the one

She had fallen in love with

But she kept all of those memories

Locked away from her mind

Where she tried so hard to suppress the urge

To fall for him again

But her conscious mind had already given her the go

Where there was no seeing red, there was just seeing green

But he had left her seeing blue

And in the lock of memories

She had carried them around like a gilt-edged locket.

The Key To My Story

Try and pick the lock

You’re not going to get in

The first draft is already written

I have nothing to hide

Just need the key

I only locked it temporarily

Just to keep the pieces locked

From getting out like a clock

I thought I removed the doorknobs

I never even thought a piece of me

Could be taken so easily

honestly thought I hid it so well

The secrets of me that I will never tell

I was on the phone line

When I cut the cord

When I looked up the link

I found your number on the website

But after reading all the pieces of paper

I realized that it was hidden somewhere in

The book of every chapter of my story

That was written by me and the end is history.

https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/19/everything-we-see/