words by dominic riccitello

Dec 20, 2016

yours truly
spring words from my lips
heaven essence
a waveless bliss
the tide brings shells
pieces of our past
questions that leave you breathless
i float in the sea of your expectations
rapids like regulations
to swim with the fish
who nibble at your bits
i loved you with this
details of your chin
scars on your arms
shadows beneath your eyes
i gave you words when there was hell
love when there was infidelity
to tango, i said
how it began with yours truly

waveless
words by dominic riccitello
Dec 19, 2016

The thing with breaking up is they leave, but the memories stay.

words by dominic riccitello
Dec 18, 2016

i call forth
in time
we wade in the divide
a cigarette with devil eyes
smoke and mirrors
i talk to shadows
cries and screams
blood smears
necks leans left
with tears to the right
i wandered to wonder
where these lies came from
deep within the shadows of desire
where knives slice
feelings from fade with wine
i whisper your name
from bodies which aren’t mine

poltergeist
words by dominic riccitello
Dec 16, 2016

You’re not supposed to be in a relationship because it’s comfortable, it’s supposed to be because they make you a better person.

words by dominic riccitello
Dec 14, 2016

tears fall from grieve
your eyes break knees
i hear your tune
the swallow of your spit
how you hid it
i hear you in the night
holding a grey pillow tight
your mind races of familiar faces
dark holds you here
where i found you at 25
the dive breaks in
your drive broke it
feeling pieces
a darkened soul became of me
fighting shadows
holding broken hands
i wrote you a poem
you couldn’t understand

2014
words by dominic riccitello
Dec 13, 2016

Don’t break my heart. Crush it. Destroy it. Let me wallow it until I feel hollow in it. I’ll bash in the pain. I’ll scream your name and then one day I suddenly won’t.

words by dominic riccitello
Dec 12, 2016

my past
quite haunts
the deepest pours
of my soul
i flow with a tingle
down to the depth
of my core
bringing black
fighting in shadows
where doves cry in the eve
bats sway in the night
i force you with words
intensity consumes
wading back
hurling to
in shades of blue
where grey feels pink
purple takes neutral
life isn’t so pleasant
i felt quite transparent

unloved love
words by dominic riccitello
Dec 9, 2016

they seem to cry when they miss you
feel like god until we no longer need you
the question lingers
we slip from their fingers
breaking cracks and bending backs
filling holes where hearts once lied
i turn your pages
leaving you heartless
how my heart consumed
the beat feels detonating
yet it felt like death to me

love once lied
words by dominic riccitello
Dec 8, 2016

If you appreciated all the things I did for you, maybe you would have understood my love for you.

words by dominic riccitello
Dec 6, 2016

i drink to your tune
memories of you
our song in the eve
a sleepless night becomes me
65 degrees with bodies touching
arms tangled, legs without tension
the warm feels icy
how it feels to wake
without you beside me

to wake
words by dominic riccitello