R.M. Dolin, April 23, 2024 She’s locked in a life that tears her soul so deeply dark clouds of doom hover like an umbrella in rain deflecting any form of light that dares to enter, dashing all hope of ever finding her rainbow. You know …
Read MoreMy Good Name
R.M. Dolin, April 22, 2024 I am more than a toy built up only to be destroyed for your amusement. I’ve earned the right to live outside a world condensed into a single room where everyone judges me as I stand accused, having no clueit …
Read MoreDo You Remember
R.M. Dolin, April 15, 2024 Pages are meant for turning,moments meant for passing,yet some linger like shadowsbrought to lifeunder a fog enshrouded lampposton a misty night.Silent and distant,providing little comfortno matter how muchtheir presence is welcomed.Do you remember loving me,or was it just a lieI …
Read MoreI Came to Paris
R.M. Dolin, April 10, 2024 After things blew up,I vowed to never again visit Paris,but then I did, needingto painfully wander memory-lacedboulevards one last time.To coldly cross cobblestonesthat no longer support me,yet somehow settle my souland draw me toward believingI must return.It’s hard to explain …
Read MoreMasquerade Dreams
R.M. Dolin, March 10, 2024 My heart is certain we’ve met before but, it may have been a dream masquerading as desperate desire. Background poem for the novel, “The Dangling Conversation.” Kyle losing touch with reality as his love for Nadia consumes his sense of …
Read MoreNew York City Marathon
R.M. Dolin, February 28, 2024 My vector turns decidedly east to await horizons hidden in the promise of shadows. It’s still winter with the race nine months out but already my runs grow increasingly long, as if it’s possible to outlast demons forever at my …
Read MoreScattered Cobblestones
R.M. Dolin, February 23, 2024 You can no more change the contrasting colors of sunset than you can rescue tired bones from long forgotten sidewalks, or keep someone from leaving even though they’re still in love. Paris paints me in taunting echos of laughter and …
Read MoreDay After Today
R.M. Dolin, February 15, 2024 Loving you is the easiestmost wonderful thing I’ve ever done,or will ever do again.You brought a profound peaceto my life; a tenderness I cherisheach time we were together.Even while half-a-world separates us,this day leads to the next,that leads to the …
Read MoreRelativity of Time
R.M. Dolin, February 9, 2024 Your trepidations are validgiven the many challengeswe must endure.I share those concerns,but view them as temporary strugglesworth the hardship.Though we can’t be togetherright nowas we’d like,love is not governed bytime or distance.One year, two years,even five, is but a momentrelative …
Read MoreIt’s Easy to Find
R.M. Dolin, February 7, 2024 It’s awkwardly painfulhaving to hide our loveuntil at leastthose reasonsthat seem so constrainingno longer matter.I anticipate that momentwith the eagernessof a high desert flowerwaiting for rain.It’s easy to find someoneto be with every day,someone who’ll love meopenly and unafraid,but I …
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