Cathy holmes

Joined August 2021

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Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.

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Don't Cry for Me, Cry for Us.
If tomorrow starts without me, I know that you’ll not cry. You’ve no time for me as I live, why grieve me as I die?
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Red Blue
Red Blue Red Blue Origami thoughts force-fed from greased palms. No sugar coating allowed, just endless servings of
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
The End
Had I foreseen our beginning’s end, that one day we’d be sitting here searching eyes with empty stares across a blank table;
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Poetry
Seeking inspiration in the we, we wrote our love as poetry. Never fully knowing the authentic you and me, our magical prose
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Traffic, Rain, and Everything Else Along the Way
I’ve lost my faith in the summer time, Cos it don’t stop raining* “Oh, shut the fuck up!” Ben scowls as he slams the dial on the stereo. He’s not in the mood for music right now. Certainly not music from Oasis, and most assuredly not a song about summer rain. He’d kill for rain right now. Instead, there’s been nothing but stifling heat for weeks on end, and the forecast calls for more, more, more.
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Fiction
Kleenex. Top Story - July 2024.
Even the Kleenex on the table is mocking me tonight. Urging me to wipe my eyes. Begging me to cry. But my heart has dried. And I’ll not
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
A Very Painful Breakup
I heard you scream when you slammed the door. Heard you cry from the other side, like I cried when you left me with a middle finger
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Withered. Top Story - July 2024.
summer sun scorches her fair countenance, thoughts melt into mysteries - the answers arrive, cool as the crisp ocean breeze.
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Earth and Sky
I gifted you Earth to strengthen your foundation. You buried my heart. - I gave you the sky. You ran away with the stars,
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Tunnel Vision
You joke that I have tunnel vision. And truly, I think you are right. Say I’ve closed my eyes to love, that I only feel spite.
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Bitter Coffee. Runner-up in Breakup Nonet Challenge.
I lay on our bed, thinking of you, hugging my coffee like it’s life. Macchiato memories from a tear-stained carafe soured our love, ‘till
By Cathy holmesabout a year ago in Poets
Steam. Winner in Haunted Echoes Challenge. Content Warning.
With hot, steaming breaths you whispered, "love's forever." Then, I felt the knife.
By Cathy holmes2 years ago in Poets