I stand in the shadows
Of the best we were,
Recklessly trying
To grasp pieces of us in the light as
We
Pass by
One another.
Jun15
Jun13
Spark
Then you heard the silent whisper,
Reached out into the dark
And
Lit the light within this heart
With your own warm and gentle spark.
Jun13
Clever
With clever words
You sew my lips shut.
With blameless guilt
You drive me to my knees.
To intimidate
You create the illusion
That you are larger than life
And I cower once again.
I will beg
And I will implore
You to allow
Me to be
No more.
For the illusion of your
Grandeur
Has failed.
Time
And light have
Exposed
Your true
Nature.
Jun12
Smile
I do not cringe at your approach
Anymore.
I smile.
Knowing all the while
You
Cannot hurt me anymore.
Jun11
Storm
Let the storm come over me.
Soak my soul
In tears.
Shake my heart to pieces
With
Thunder from the sky.
Let the lightening
Ignite this love that’s
Been slumbering
Inside
Behind these mighty walls.
Fill me up,
It’s been so long since I’ve
Felt whole.
Hold me close
I’ve been so alone.
I don’t know
Where these dreams
Are going to go.
I don’t know how,
But they are coming to life now.
Jun11
Still
You are still in my heart
Where you will
Always live.
I made it
Through winter’s storm
And carry you still.
I wake up every morning,
Dreams lingering
In my mind.
Yet I hold you
Quietly
In my heart.
The pictures have faded,
But not the ones
In my blood.
The feelings
Recalled reside inside me.
Yes,
I endured the silence without you.
Yet always,
I keep you with me.
Jun10
This Skin
This skin.
These bones
Hold memories
I cannot recall.
Every rise,
Every fall
Are contained
Within.
Every laugh,
Every cry
As the hours
Seemed so often to crawl by.
Every birth,
Every death.
Every hand I have held.
Every sunrise I have beheld.
They
Are alive
Inside me,
Pulsing through my veins.
Jun10
In Your Head
Some things are meant to be.
They just are.
Stop your fretting.
You’re letting your worries get in
Your way.
A stone wall you have built in front of the gate.
It’s all in your head.
You keep yourself trapped inside
Where it’s warm and safe.
I see that it’s living you fear,
My dear.
You have created an illusion
In which there is not a pathway to your happiness.
Jun9
Our Voices
Our voices,
They sing.
Our lungs,
They breathe.
Our feet
Walk along
The paths
Of dreams.
Our hearts,
They beat.
Our Souls,
They see.
Our hands,
They reach
For stars up in the heavens.
Jun8
No Matter
I’m going to love you no matter.
No matter
That
You think
Your wings are useless
And tattered.
No matter your legs are tired
And your head hangs low.
No matter your smile has
Turned to a frown
And your brow is furrowed.
I will love you
While you kick and scream at the world.
As your shell cracks and
And your defenses
Fall
Apart.
I will love you through the
Dark and the light.
I will love you through
It
All.
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