Blood Red Roses

Blood red
The roses she'd
Always received
Blood red

Blood red
The sole chroma
Of her world
Blood red

Blood red
Spurted out from
His thorn-like barbs
Blood red

Blood red
Her anguished life
Assiduous
Blood red

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poem by Alice Vedral Rivera
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Rebuild

It is time to tear down walls

It is time to take the risk of falling

Too long has the heart been prisoner to memories of pain

Too long has isolation been the only comfort

Freedom from these chains of pain

Freedom from these bonds of fear

It is time to live

It is time to love!

poem by Alice Vedral Rivera
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24 Hour Cycle

The soft whispers of twilight
Hum a melody that will
Haunt the night time skies until
Daybreak sings to me once more
A new song full of promise
A ballad of the future
And unending adventure
Cradled in the safety of
The warming rays of the sun
Carrying me through evening
When the whispers start again

poem by Alice Vedral Rivera (2007)
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Denisa

Ray of sunshine
When she smiles
Energetic
Sunflower
Wise young angel
Introduced
By pure fate
I see a much
Younger version
Of me in her
Exuberance

A few days
In Chicago
An afternoon
In Prague with a
Kindred spirit
I realize
How blessed I am
To have met this

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poem by Alice Vedral Rivera
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