Clive Martyn

Writer.

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Reflections of a better life, projected bright, against the window pane, while we stand, cold and bitter, in the darkness, waiting for our moment to shine #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Cold sheets, empty space,
your warmth lingers in the dark,
a ghost by my side.
I reach out through the silence,
longing for you beside me.
#tanka #poem #love #longing

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Bronze-red with salt-tinged hair, she lies in the softest, dappled sunlight, a goddess draped in golden light on a bed of sand, with blue sky eyes, a vision, whose smile conjures mine, and whose easy laughter rolls in waves #poem #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

How can I miss you, when I still see you every time I close my eyes, how can I miss you, when every dream, every song, every scent, brings back memories of you, nestled into my arms, when I can remember, every moment, every sigh, every smile, every laugh. But I do. I miss you. Kx

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

It’s in those moments, those tiny, unremarkable moments, scattered throughout the mundanity, with a smile, a kiss, a touch, you cause my heart to soar and swell, as if our love was an ocean wave, forever cresting, forever growing, a deep, powerful force of nature. #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

After silence,
Cold shoulders,
Quiet regret,
Eggshells,
Bottled-up pain,
To be with you,
Is to walk into the sunshine,
Free from a darkness,
Of my own creation,
To be with you,
Is to breathe deep,
After holding my breath,
To be with you,
Is all I want,
All I dream of.
#poem

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Unaware of her own luminousness, her beauty and grace, she looks in the mirror but cannot see, the light she casts so effortlessly, she is the only ten in my eyes, but she cannot see, and mutters ‘a six - at best’. I wish I could lend her my eyes, so she would understand and see.

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Nature’s filigree
Naked in winter’s embrace
Shadowed and enveloped
In half-light
Dappled moonlight
Turning
Skeletal fingers
Upwards
Clawing the dark
Awaiting
Impatient
For dawn’s kiss
And a long dreamed promise
Of spring
#poetry #nature

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

There are moments I know I will remember forever / seconds / or a look / a single gaze / a smile / burned forever / into my memory / easily conjured / as if never far / etched in my heart / bringing a joy unknown / a new found love #love #poetry #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Love, a simple word, breaking well-worn routines, bringing passion and excitement, freeing hearts from the bleakness of history’s hold, defibrillating lost souls back to the living, strange to whisper together, to hold, to lose oneself in another #micropoetry #love

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

The dark tangle wood of love, briars and thorns, her gaze, a dance of azure, two pools of morning sky, darkened now, holding me in a whispered love story, love song, glowing in the night, afire in the candlelight, a haven and heaven #micropoetry #love #poetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

In the quiet, darkness, the gentle patter of rain, I fall into thinking about you again, holding you, trying to remember the smell of your hair, the pattern of freckles on your back, lost within your smile, lost within you, falling and fallen #micropoetry #poem

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

A gentle, idle touch,
Running my fingers down your arm,
My knee resting on your leg as we sit almost entwined,
Your head close to my shoulder,
A normal everyday moment,
A coffee,
A conversation,
But my heart stops,
Then pounds,
As you gaze at me,
Smile at me.
#poem #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Sometimes you have to be broken, to be made anew, sometimes you have to sink, to find what raises you back up, sometimes you have to be brave, to take that first step, to place your tender heart in another’s hands without fear. #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Laying in my arms, with the biggest smile, eyes looking up at me, sleepy, sated, we didn’t speak but I hope you heard my heart sing, I hope you heard my heart break a million times, realising I never wanted it to end. #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Fitting together perfectly, the broken halves of two lives, shattered by life and unnecessary cruelty, restored and resplendent, more beautiful than before, complete at last. #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Winter moon so bright
Shining on the frozen land
Nature’s icy art
#haiku

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

In dreams, I find you.
In dreams, you are mine.
Am I the dreamer?
Or is this the dream
we are forever doomed to tread
together yet apart
#poem #poetry #micropoetry

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

The crystallised, fossil heart - deadened, splinters with green roots twisting up, through the detritus, through the muck and mire - to reach upwards, pleading for light, for breath, warmth and life. #poetry #micropoetry #autumn #spring

[Clive Martyn @CliveM]

Twisted boughs set leaves to flight as the last breath of October rattles and shakes - warm, dying, fetid breath whispering between cracked, broken lips - before Winter’s kiss goodbye #poetry #micropoetry #autumn