At what point did I drift
From human to a shade
Walking across the corpse
Of my former life?
I glide past former friends
A lover, a rival
Like a chill running down your spine
Maybe a moment's hesitation
Or a glance of reservation
Before I slide away
Entirely forgotten
– SR Romney 2025
Without you I can't breathe,
But you've cut off my oxygen.
My thoughts revolve around you;
So why did you disappear?
I'm only half a person
When you're not here with me.
I stumble around, incomplete
When, again, you disappear.
Desperately I cry for you,
"Please don't leave me alone!"
I'm frightened by this future
Where you really disappear.
You are the reason I exist;
The purpose in my life.
If you no longer call me yours
I know I'll disappear.
Please don't walk away from me.
Don't take away my self.
Without you, I'm a fading dream
Without you, I will disappear.
SR Romney 2024
I sit on the bench and watch myself
Living someone else's life,
Having someone else's dreams,
Reaching someone else's goals,
All as my time slips away
And days go by unfulfilled;
Hoping I can find the courage
To finally live my self
– SR Romney 2023
Egg
Yolk
Breakfast
Over easy
A sunny side up
The start of a simple custard
A scramble with a splash of cream, salt, and some butter
The thin-shelled reproductive body of a bird, such as a hen, eaten as a food.
The thing you throw at people's houses on halloween
Food eaten all over the world
A fine french omelette
Hard boiled
Tasty
Meal
Full
– SR Romney 2022
Unwinding souls resting in memory;
Silent dreams of forgotten words.
The mist rises
By obscuring truth.
Obscured by rising mists,
The words forgotten;
Of dreams;
Silent memories in rest.
Souls unwound.
– Shaman Romney 2021
I have kinks in my life’s rope
Knots and snarls, tangles and twists
Holding me back from function
But life is a climber’s wall
So I’ll start to untangle
Until finally I’m ready
To make the journey
– SR Romney 2020
If you let your dreams be dreams
They will become your nightmares
And you will be caught unawares
In a life that isn’t yours
Your bars are made of your regrets
Your last meal is life untasted
In your haste to live for others
You rushed to your own conclusion
– Shaman Romney 2019
I wish my mind was more calm,
But try as I might I can’t keep my head from exploding.
My racing brain is a qualm
The constant torrent of my thoughts keeps my brain eroding.I want to cut my brain short
And finish off a single thought before it keeps moving.
Fire a single retort,
Before my brain fires off gish gallop, disapprovingA single second to breathe
Instead of this asphyxiation due to my ranting.
I feel anxiety seethe
And take over my every thought with it’s endless chanting.Maybe some day it will clear;
I’ll find the raging sea inside is finally stilling.
I know the path is austere
But learning to control my storm will be quite fulfilling.
– Shaman Romney 2018
(Today’s prompt was to deal with line lengths in a way that stretched your comfort zone. I decided to do a 7-14, ABAB rhyme poem. This was difficult at first, but I actually like it as form, and I might do more like this in the future.)
My favorite drink
My morning ritual
Something to do besides work
An excuse for conversation
Fuel for a looming deadline
A failed college career
A fond memory
An unhealthy addiction
Brown, opaque water
The roasted seed of a fruit
Coffea arabica or coffea canephora
Eighty to one hundred thirty five milligrams of caffeine
A drink
– Shaman Romney 2017
My life is
Spaced within a metal frame
Uniquely my ownThrough panels of glass
My world is
Full of love, of lossBut yours is
Something unique to only you
Shaped by experienceI wish we could see
The real world
It’s not meant to be
– Shaman Romney 2016
Shame on The Universe 