How often Did you harden your heart, And turn from the pain, When bearing the weight Became too great? ~ How many times Did you cast aside A piece of yourself, And leave it behind, Just to keep moving? ~ How many endings Did you cauterize? How many crossings Have you set aflame? Just to … Continue reading Have Your Heart
Emotional
Again, Again (a poem)
Tread from one room to the next, The cold seeps up through bare feet, Wrap myself in a blanket of numb, And crave the promises of lost sleep. ~ While misfortunes fall in piles, Mangled for conveniences, I pace under portals and over tiles, Mill my back teeth to pieces. ~ All this time I … Continue reading Again, Again (a poem)
Fantasy (a poem)
I often fantasize about letting go, to be one who can leave the act, and carry through. I often fantasize about running away from all the places sharp to the touch, from all the people who take too much. I often fantasize about the way out where no eyes see blinking although they may still … Continue reading Fantasy (a poem)
Of Course (a poem)
and just like that, they killed the little joy you tried to hold on to.
Haunted (a poem)
I am haunted by my dreams of love, like nightmares that come as I sleep. A phantom dripping in red, it tortures me with visions of futures, memories of grief, signs of isolation. A spectre sharp as knives, it taunts me with words that ring true, words that bring to, words that ring through, and … Continue reading Haunted (a poem)
You leaving is what scares me (a poem)
I love you, You and your twisted briar heart, Your cold heart, Your stone heart, Betrayed and hardened by the years, Ugly and encrusted in ice. I love you, You and your shortcomings, Your flaws, Your failures, Molded and fouled by the world, That left you all but weary of it. I love you, You … Continue reading You leaving is what scares me (a poem)
Not I (a poem)
Live, And do, As they do. Read their eyes, The hands, And stances. Know their thoughts, Learn their words, Grasp their hold. See you, As they do, As you do not. What you desire, What we all wish, What do they seek? Find it, Answer it, Become it. Hide truths, Bury weakness, Embody Ideals. Suffer, … Continue reading Not I (a poem)
Every Day (a poem, 2021)
Every day, Oh every day, We have stand by our decisions, Compromise on our convictions, We got to live that kinda way. Though the path is hard, Don’t harden your heart, Every morning’s a start, To another day.
I’ll Always Remember You (a poem, 2021)
I remember the first time I saw you crack a smile, All the day. I remember the first time our hands did touch, All the day. I remember when, You did stop me then. You were standing tall, Practically sacrament. I will always remember. I will always, always, always remember you, I will always remember.
A Kid Again (a poem, 2018)
Wish I could be a kid again, but doesn’t everybody? There’s nothing I’d do over again, just want to live easy.
