The sun rises
Graces the falling leaves
With her presence
Causing them to glisten
As they flutter
Silently toward the ground
She peeks through
The highest leaves
To find me
Sitting on a tree limb
She smiles upon me
And spreads her rays outwards
To greet me
With a warm embrace
She stays above me
A guardian in the sky
Watching over me,
As I ponder
New beginnings,
Keeping me safe.
I’ll let my thoughts
Take me on a journey
With no expectations
So they will not disappoint.
They’ll come to me
When I least expect it
And lift me up
So high
That buildings
Cannot contain my spirits.
They’ll take me to new places
With enough spare time to explore-
A forest
That houses my memories,
An ocean
That holds my heart,
A mountain
That captures my soul-
Allowing me to find myself.
But when I least expect it
They’ll drop me
And I’ll tumble
And fall
All the way back to earth
With a rough landing
In reality.
Time has progressed
But no wounds have healed
The pain that was hidden
Comes with a vengeance
Twisting needles in your spine
Twisting
And twisting
While you wither away
And slowly disintegrate
Until finally
You no longer
Exist.
Steam
Comes with
Passion
Friction
Heat
To fuel
Create
Give life
Motion
But what happens
When it runs out?
Secrets shared
From misheard statements
Creating false beliefs
That spread
Like an illness
Crushing ecosystems
And organisms
Standing in its path
Hoping to create a barrier
To save society
But the illness grows
Overcomes
And swallows it whole.
You will not be taken away from me
Before a kiss is placed from your lips onto mine
A secret shared with nothing standing between us
Our secret language that holds more emotion
Than words could ever carry
Before your arms embrace me so tightly
Just like the day when we first met
When nothing could ever feel so right
Except for where we were at that moment
Before my eyes give away my weakness
And my fear of being alone
Without you
You will not be taken away from me
Before I get the chance to say goodbye.
There are times
Where parted seas
Would hold more sorrow
From separation
Than would I,
But I am not a sailor
Nor experienced traveler.
Just a voyager
Learning the paths
Of my own heart.
My whole body
Aches and yearns
As I drag myself
Through the day.
Muscles screaming,
Eyes protesting,
And my mind elsewhere.
I slur
And I stumble
Until finally,
I can sit
Be still
And rest.
There were times both happy and sad
Sometimes we were even mad
But you were always by my side
Buckling me in for the long ride.
We took a trip just you and I
With views that made me weep and sigh
And filled my heart with memories
As we looked out over the cold dark seas
Wondering about all the things to come
Leading us back to where we came from.
Then we hit a downward slope
I didn’t know how we could cope
I suffered through pain and being ill
But this year will be better still.
You don’t know me,
But I suppose you think you do.
Look at me
Critique me
And say what you please
But what you see-
Well, there’s more than just that.
Be mindful of your judging eyes
For they’ll deceive you:
Make you look bigger to yourself
When you’re really quite small
Especially in comparison
To the personality that you’re scoffing at
Because in some way
It mirrors your imperfections out loud
And now you’re the one on display
For all to point at and laugh.