I read your silences Over and over again Hoping to find love In between the lines
HOPE
She rises from the ashesEmbers still clinging to her hairShe slips on her yellow shoesBright against the gray of all shes walked through Each step defiantEvery smile a resurrection She carries light in her pocketsAnd spills kindness like coins into the hands of each person she meetsShe plants gentleness in the cracks of hardened places... Continue Reading →
Seasons Change
In your hate for me I lost my worth In my love for myself I have found it again
One Day
One day, you will meet someone who will break down all of your walls and stare into the depths of who you are. They will see the bruises on your soul. They will see the puncture wounds on your heart. They will hear about all the terrible things you've done, and you will expect them... Continue Reading →
Best of Me
You got the best of who I am Who I was Once upon a time Please return it back to me Not so I can wrap it up In a different package With a different bow To gift to another lover Who won't realize, either The beauty he holds But because I want it for... Continue Reading →
Kryptonite
I keep telling myself that I'm done with you Then you kiss me reminding me that I am not What have you done to me
Enough
You don't have to be pretty enough Or cool enough You do not have to turn your body into an amusement park You do not have to be holy enough Or quiet enough Or agreeable enough Or good enough You do not have to pretend your needs don't exist for fear of being too much... Continue Reading →
Her
She will never be me You don't see it now But one day You'll wake up And feel The weight of the mistake you've made
Give In
I can't quit you. You hurt me You come crawling back You love me You won't leave But you won't stay My heart is so strong, but you break down its walls and leave me defenseless I'm a fool Your fool You tell me I'm the strongest woman you know I think it's only so... Continue Reading →
The First Kiss
There were no butterflies / No fireworks / Just a welcomed peace / slowing the chaos of my restless heart / Where I heard a small but definitive voice / That said, "This is the love you've waited your whole life for." The First Kiss
The blues and other hues of a brown eyed girl 