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  Ruth (Goodbye)

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  My robes weigh heavy today. Their blue, like deep water, is wet with ten thousand tears. Today, my lips hold no tilt of a smile, in my eyes, only sadness. My feet have grown into the earth- they do not want to go. They do not want to leave the warmth of your eyes, of our bed. Mother of...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Losing You

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  Alone in the room, Only whirring of the fan Holds back loneliness. The sky is crying with her, it knows more than she of sadness and loss. We let this door close. It’s shut quiet and tight now. You can sleep soundly....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Already Know You

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  I do not need you to fill some space left empty. You have been inside of me always. Though I know nothing of your face, your eyes, your hands, or your scars, I can feel your heart beside mine. It beats like an ember- flickering low, but maintainnig heat enough to warm its companion. ...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  A Prayer to Memory

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  Germany, November, 1938 I had been Jewish the first eleven years of my life, but it wasn't until the night of November 9, 1938, that I prayed to God and meant every word with all of my heart. That night goes by many names: Crystal Night, Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. It was the night...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Seasons Passing

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  In Winter the world is quiet, the sun seems far away. Earth, like a sleeping bear, patiently awaiting the coming of the first warm day. In Spring the air is fresh, not yet sullied by summer’s sins. Innocent bird songs and careful breezes, This is where life begins! In Summer the sun bu...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You Can't Stop Me

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  You can never stop me writing no matter how trifling these words may sound. Even if only clichés fall or nothing comes at all, I will never put my pencil down. Because it’s I the soft warmth of a poem, like a lover’s arms, that I am at home, and where, always, I will be found. M...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Advice

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  I have never been in love But I have had my heart broken. I flew away from him Leaving words unspoken. But I am stronger now because he gave a token, A small reminder To always stay open. Because life can change In the blink of an eye. And while it isn’t always easy To say g...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Love, Always

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  You are a lover of whom I have grown tired. Once you were so gentle and kind, you held me softly and smiled. Once you let me feel the sun and fly free in joyful abandon. Now I feel your pressure on my body, too heavy, too familiar, pushing me into gloom. Now you hold me too tightly ...
• Fiction > Romance
  One Never Knows

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  Jenson Mathers had perfectly straight teeth; no doubt daddy Mathers had paid for the best orthodontia in Pennsylvania for his son. Jenson had mastered the flippantly perfect look. He was tall and well enough dressed to look good but no so well dressed as to not to relate to his pack of football play...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Out of Here

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  I have a desk cluttered with the memories of people I have been; Pictures and papers, significance worn thin, Because after years of driving these same streets All sentiments feel obsolete. You can see it in my clothes, my hair And the breathless longing in my stare That before my dreams all d...
• Poetry > Free Verse
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  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  The future darts away like a startled doe, her tail flicking teasingly. The past sweet softly like water slipping through grasping fingers. Hopes flutter high in the trees vibrant and sweet as a fairy's wings. Love flits capriciously from one blooming heart to another, a humming bird tha...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Night

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  I run my hand through the sky and watch it ripple like satin. Stars fall like rain, leaving glowing trails. Trees sing ancient ballads for lovers lost to dark. Cricket songs brush my skin silky soft and soothing life's hurts....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Secrets

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  Secrets sliding down my throat, resting heavily in my stomach, flowing outward in my blood, warming my fingers and toes, clouding my brain, making my eyes heavy, slowing my body until I stumble. How I delight in this haze! How sweetly the world melts away, noises ease to a gently h...
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  Guide > College Essays
  The Mountain Pond

  

  By ChampagneSun, Medford, NJ

  The pond was small and still, the only movement coming from the occasional “blip” of a fish coming up to feast on the mosquitoes dancing on the surface. It was early morning, that time when even the animals seem to still be asleep. Peace was rising from the water with the early morning mists. Th...