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Raven Woods

Raven Woods

3
Writings
10
Followers
9
Following
Raven Woods

Raven Woods

3
Writings
10
Followers
9
Following
Cemetery

Raven Woods

1 min read

Night breathes slowly here

sighs as it wraps around

the marble stones

rounded edges softened

by so much time.


The wind is patient as

it rustles through the ivy

that climbs the iron gates

and brushes the names

etched deep, each letter

a song once sung

but now silent.


An owl calls out

from an oak

curious lullaby, its

echoes wrapping

around the branches

where shadows fall asleep.


You touc...

Poetry

1
Found

Raven Woods

1 min read

I carried

your shame

like rocks.

cleaned up

your messes.

hoped my love

could stop

your drinking.

If I worried

just enough

maybe tomorrow

would be

different.


But the

bottles

and lies

stacked.


One night,

after

another

fight,

another

broken

promise,

I told you no.

no more.

I am done.

it stuck

in my throat,

but I said it

and slept

through

the night.


When I

woke up,

I ...

Poetry

2
Can You Hear Me?

Raven Woods

1 min read

“On a scale of 1-10, how bad is the pain?”

“I don’t know.”

“Where is the pain?”

“I don’t know.”

“Can you describe it at all?”

“I don’t know…It throbs. I don’t have a number for it.”

“Can you describe it at all?”

“I’m freezing. It makes me so so cold.”

“Do you want a blanket?”

“I just want someone to hold me.”...

Poetry

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