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If I am broken Then let it be For my pieces Lay scattered Catching sunlight Soaking in the warmth Their edges smoothed By the elements Learning to reflect The beauty of light And blanket The darkness And they will know When it’s time To find their fit For these shattered parts Shall reunite And the…
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When you’re on the road or with those people you share your life stories with and they ask you about me I hope you tell the truth. They should know who they rub elbows with. I hope you tell them you’re the worst kind of monster. One who wears the mask of a kind soul…
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The air is cooler Our July nights are long gone And I had hoped for autumn sunsets Reflected in green eyes But as the crisp sets in And the days shorten As the stars seem closer And our hands get colder You have let me go For the last time Like the leaves on the…
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I won’t try anymore. I love you enough to let you go.
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And after writing all those words and letting you back in again, I lost you anyway. But, let’s be honest. You were never mine to begin with. A woman can give her all to someone and it won’t matter if he has nothing to give in return. I wasn’t even worth a goodbye.
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Excuse me while I purge…. ….as I have so many words inside me right now. They are bubbling up into my chest, spilling out into my rib cage. My heart is enclosed within them and I can feel them in my throat as if I’m choking. You came back. That’s all I’ve been able to…
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so, now I promise to find you again for a heart does not have to be full for a hand to be held. And, so maybe I’ll pretend if even just for a night. LL.
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You asked how I had been And I thought to say that I’d been Looking at the same 2 stars each night And pretending they were your eyes That I’d cried myself to sleep unforgiven More nights than a heart could handle That I had dug and dug Through piles of dirt and layers of…
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I met a boy. He’s giving me smiles I had forgotten about. More than just distraction. He makes me laugh like my heart has never been broken. It’s new but keep your fingers firmly crossed. I just want to love the right one. And have him love me back.
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The Beginning You say bear with me, L. You say this with your eyes and with your lips. You say this with your heart and with your touch. But, if I bear with you, will you let the strength of my calm and the truth in my wake guide you to your path? Back to…