More from Tony Coble
She was simple. Like a poem, and always dressed in sunshine.
Tony CobleTony Coble She was an artist on top of me, and soaked my sheets with poetry.
Tony CobleTony Coble A lot of ugly people hide behind beautiful eyes. A lot of things are only lies.
Tony CobleTony Coble I never drink in the morning. Mornings are for drugs.
Tony CobleTony Coble She could be anything. But she’s just a girl with a broken heart.
Tony CobleTony Coble It’s funny how love fades, and they become more than a poem about yesterday.
Tony CobleTony Coble Late nights. Poetry. Cigarettes. and a wounded heart, trying to forget you.
Tony CobleTony Coble She’s like a jar of butterflies, waiting to be opened.
Tony CobleTony Coble Sometimes I wonder if these rain soaked shoes will get me home.
Tony CobleTony Coble She wanted romance. I just wanted to fuck the stars out of her eyes.
Tony CobleTony Coble Women are beautiful. But some are made of hell.
Tony CobleTony Coble This heart. It’s broke. I don’t want it anymore.
Tony CobleTony Coble Romance is a dream. I can get better shit at the liquor store.
Tony CobleTony Coble With her, the world becomes art.
Tony CobleTony Coble I hated you. and you hated me. But we called it love.
Tony CobleTony Coble Love lives. and dies. as fast as butterflies.
Tony CobleTony Coble
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From our community writers
Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign
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More on cage
A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.
Ayaan Hirsi AliAyaan Hirsi Ali Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn’t tame
Aimee MannAimee Mann Birds are not free since Men have invented cages.
Mehmet Murat IldanMehmet Murat Ildan Bird cage is nice only when it is empty!
Mehmet Murat IldanMehmet Murat Ildan
