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I have Cancer…
I am reaching out to you all today with a heavy heart. Recently, I was diagnosed with Uterine cancer, a shocking discovery made while addressing my fertility issues. This diagnosis not only means I have to undergo cancer treatments but also that my husband and I have lost our hope of having a baby. This…
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This Place
I thought it would be stomach droppingLike roller coasters I’ve ridden beforeTears falling from theUps and downsThe chaos so familiarAll I’ve ever known But it wasn’t thatFear and uncertainty No, instead it feels like homeComfortable and easyThe lack of chaos at firstMade me wearyWhat was this feelingSo unlike my past But then it settled inLike…
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Again
I’m standing here againMy hand on my heartThe flutters fill my palmAm I ready to jump?You meet me at the edgeNo hesitation in your eyesYour steady hands hold me“Do not be afraid” you sayI am full of fear againBut it’s form has changedBecause this time it’s different You are differentYou do not hold me at…
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Existence
MaleableThis human existence Flights of fancyEver changing directionsNothing feels tangibleAn ether of experience Ungrounded Floating through timeReaching For something concreteThere is nothing to holdGrasping at vaporA moment in timeA breath on the windWe’re all just searchingFor something to call homeFallingThrough life, unwieldy Spinning on our axisDirectionless and lostSecond by secondWe’re clinging to ideasReaching out for…
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Hey
Hey,I’ve got some things to sayLike, “How’ve you been? Do you think of me?”“I hope that you’re ok”I still miss you sometimesBut I doubt you ever miss meYou never let us get that closeCouldn’t give in to what we could be Someone asked me what I fell forBecause you didn’t give me muchAnd I couldn’t…
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Demons
You spend your days with demonsDeep and messy and gripping tightThey hold you frozen in placeAnd drown out the world around you I thought perhaps I could save youPull you out of their graspLift you up to the lightSave you from them and youBut you didn’t want to be savedToo comfortable in their armsYou hid…
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Half of me
They love me when I’m happyWhen laughter and jokes Drip from my tongue like honeySweet and deliciousEasy to digestThey don’t love me when I’m sadWhen tears and painFall from my soul like venom Destruction and poisonHeavy to holdThey love me when I’m sexyWhen lust and temptationWeep from my skin like liquorSensuality and passionEnticing to feelThey…
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622
I want to run my handsAlong your bodyAnd through your mindCaress your soulUntil I know every inchOfYou The tattoos on your armsDrawing me inTracing lines with my emotionsHolding you closer untilI become oneWithYou The ocean of your eyesLike infinite worlds I am desperate to understandUncover your lies and truths Until I fully see and KnowYou…
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Breath
In and outLike airIn my lungsThey come Power and beautyEarth moverUnaltered by timeThey breatheBack and forthPeace and destructionIn equal measureThey moveCalm and balancedI sitThe sound surrounds meThey speak
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The setting Sun
I don’t think I’d ever watched the sun set fullyWatched until it disappeared around the curve of the earthBut today I didBathed in golden light and enveloped in the sound of ocean wavesI watched it slip slowly down Pulling the light with it as it wentThe horizon transformed into orange, purple, pink a cotton candy…