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Tag: poetry
We Both Know That’s Not What Happened.
It is one thing to tell your truth, it is another to create a whole new world in which I … More
Remember
“Remember this.” my mind muttered to me “Remember how it feels to lay next to her, to feel her beating … More
Homesick
Ever since you stepped off my doorstep and boarded the plane, I’ve found myself subconsciously wishing each one passing overhead is … More
Overpass
Headlights passing passing passing Perched on the overhang of the overpass with you beside me. Arm wrapped gently around my … More
Unsent, Unsaid
So much never said never spoken never sent never to be known. I still have so much left to say … More
Precipice
Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling F a l l i n g off this precipice from … More
Alphabet
A buried castle deems enchanted, fate gives her imagination. Jubilation keenly loops mystery, never omnipresent. Perhaps quaint red slippers tangle up … More
Wildflower Words
And here my writing returns back to the oh-so-expected sense of romance the stereotypical and too often dull sense of … More
Whale Song
And in my sinking heart there is a whale song. The blue whale sings his melodic hum waiting for harmonies … More
Painted Veins
In this world I have known people to either be artists or to be art. You, my dear, seem to be the … More
Drained
I want to write. I want to write something but I don’t know how anymore, it seems. I sit here … More
Denouement
I understand if we must let things go but please please do not forget the beauty we held for those … More
Lovingly
And with every ounce of her, she loved. Her eyes reflected light onto the world around her and watercolors danced … More
Memories Are Often Sweeter Than The Present
I find myself holding onto memories far too tightly when reality has swept me by and changed far more than … More
The Unsolvable Mess
Maybe you are chaotic. Maybe you don’t make sense and can’t be solved but that doesn’t mean you are any … More
Your Last Poem
No. No, you know what? You don’t deserve to know my thoughts and the way you’ve been circling my mind. … More
It Took Me 10 Years To Learn That
I was seven years old when my mother told me the brightest, most beautiful insects were the most venomous. I was seventeen … More
Our Own Greek Tragedy
I thought we were the daughter of Apollo and son of Hephaestus. I now know I am the daughter of … More
I’m Still Learning
Somewhere in the fall, I lost the map to the personal universe behind my green grey eyes. My head is spinning … More
The Afterthought
It’s really interesting rather funny, actually how we found ourselves in the opposite position we imagined. In the beginning, you … More
Stained
You always told me you were poisonous that in the end, you would end up with inky blood on your hands … More
I Will Not Lie
I will not lie. I still miss him. I miss the way he’d pull me in, causing me to fall … More
It’s Never You
I never could take my eyes off you. Now, I find myself looking to every opening door and hoping it’s … More
I Am Still That Girl
When we ended, it wasn’t peaceful. Now, I am still entirely broken and you are perfectly fine. You aren’t missing … More
The Last Kiss
When you kissed me that night, when you touched my cheek and gently turned it to face you, when your … More
Enthusiasm
Lately, I’ve been faking happiness acting like I’m okay when in actuality, all of my bones are shattered into dust … More
Conundrum
I don’t know if I’m drowning in conundrums or I’m making a tsunami out of a drought. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/conundrum/
Sugar Coating The Bullet
When you told me you still wanted to be in my life, I couldn’t read my own thoughts. I felt … More
You Took Everything Except Me
I don’t know what to say. Not anymore. How am I supposed to write when you took my words with … More
Poetry Of A Person
I just want someone to write me down and put me into a book because I am a messy poem … More
We Are Chaos
We are chaos. We fall apart just to fall back into each other. Our muscles are sore and cramping from … More
You Are Photokinetic
There’s a quote my mom once explained to me years ago. I wanted to understand it, to see it the … More
Disintegrate
sometimes things just d w i n d l e d o w n to nothing. you can just feel disintegrating in … More
Your Arms Are The Map
I have always wanted to see the world. You know that. I babble on and on endlessly to you about … More
Deconstructed
You took me apart piece by piece. Separated each fragment of my body and my soul and laid me along … More
Naiya
You are really underappreciated. I know I remind you constantly of how much I adore you and how deeply you’ve … More
Flames
What is so wrong with me that I end up hurting everyone I come in contact with? Every person, every … More
Heartbeat
You are still wrapped up in my blankets in a “cocoon” sitting on my floor with your back against my … More
Simplicity
We could just sit for hours on end and just exist, just us and the air around us. Lungs filling … More
Blue
Your sky is grey and I will paint it the most delicate yet brilliant shade of blue and show you … More
Forelsket
I know when you are with somebody, they are supposed to make you happy, so incredibly happy that you feel … More
E.
10 times a day I will remind you of my love (if not more). 9 times you will brush it off. … More
Garden
My garden is overgrown, now. It turns out you were just a dandelion; a beautiful, harmless seeming weed, invading my … More
Four Letters
“Love” is a four lettered word that I don’t understand and I’m not sure I ever will. You seem to … More
Vertical
I text you in the early morning when I wake before you and you text me when I am fast … More
Moon//Stars//Sun
We used to be like the stars and the moon; constantly together, always to be found in one another’s arms. … More
On A Bench
We had spent the afternoon in a cafe on the Rue Saint-Jacques, a spring afternoon just like any other. The … More
Distance
If we were drinking coffee right now, you’d probably be sitting across from me, watching me lip sync all of … More
If You’d Stayed
If you’d stayed three days longer Maybe things wouldn’t be this way. If you’d stayed four days kinder Maybe I … More
