In my world,
You keep your eyes down low
And opinions to yourself.
Don’t you dare start a fight.
In my world,
You keep your heartbeat quiet
And tiptoe around corners
So as not to disturb the false
Serenity.
In my world,
You stay on your knees.
Make yourself as small as possible
And do what does not need asking.
In my world,
You dream in the shadows.
Become the shadows
And hide any shiny hope you treasure
From thieves
Who have none of their own.
I scribble it all on paper.
Sometimes in such a desperate
Frenzy
I cannot decipher it later.
At stop lights.
In bed.
At the movies in the dark.
A voice memo at the park.
At 3 o’clock in the morning
All these thoughts in my mind
Colliding in time.
Delving into
Emotions I don’t always get.
But I know I’m not the only one
On this planet
With nonstop
Voices in my head.
The few lines I have been brave enough to
Read
Aloud;
I have to stop and catch my breathe
To put life into the words.
The first time I
Hear them spoken
The fractured portions of me,
The passion and the fears
Through life and
Through the years
Stir the tears and they
Begin to flow.
For even I myself do not
Recognize
How deep these feelings
Move without restraint.
And the words uttered
With emotion
Sear the ragged edges
Of my heart.
Remind me how strong I am.
Remind me how far I have come.
Remind me how a warm
Hand might feel in mine.
Remind me that the tears
Will lessen in time.
It might take a while to remind me
How to smile.
Remind me exactly what it is
Your soul finds so
Beautiful in me.
Just take a moment
And
Remind
Me.
Don’t let them break you
Darling.
Don’t let them make you sit
Still.
Don’t let them keep you
Inside
Longing,
Staring out the
Windowsill.
Be that crazy one.
The one they can’t explain.
Be that wild one.
The one they say is
Insane.
Don’t let them keep you quiet.
Speak your mind out
Loud.
Don’t let them keep your head down.
Walk tall and
Proud.
You only live once
Darling.
Don’t blend in.
You only live once
Darling.
Be the fire until the
End.
Come and find me.
In this storm.
Run with me in the rain.
Let it drench your skin
Soak you within.
Run until we are out of breath
Gasping for air.
And there
We will hold each other steady
Until we are ready
To run again.
Do you feel it?
Place your hand on my heart
Do you feel the
Passion?
That is love.
An
SOS
And it pulses through me.
Pulls you to me.
Into you.
Becomes the rhythm of you.
Your every breath
Every move
Pounding out
The steady signal.
Love
Come and find me.
There is love.
In this storm.
In the Rain.
There is
Love.
Insatiable delight.
Once you take a bite
The taste will leave you
Wanting more.
Lingering on your
Mind.
You’ll close your eyes
And shut the door
To any other existence.
Any other way
To satiate your appetite.
The craving will keep
You up at night
Tossing
Turning
Yearning
For it all.
For one more
Taste.
One more
Luscious
Bite
Of
Delight.
I don’t know where I ended
And
Became
What you wanted of me.
I don’t know how long
I
Pretended
Until I forgot
That
I
Ever
Was.
Chole Into Diamonds 