(2014)
That's all
This morning, I was so happy. Clean and ready to work. I thought you would care. Care enough to clean me,
I saw him, standing alone in the rain, crying for someone to love him. Hungry, lost,
Flowers bloom. Seasons change. Petals fall. Nothing’s the same. It’s been a while
I walk around, feeling whispers. Avoiding the eyes that prosecute m… The stares. The glares.
I was sixteen when it happened. My best friend Lilly convinced me to go to a party her boyfriend Joe was throwing and like an idiot I caved. As Lilly and I walked in the door she ran of...
center the tear stained faces staring up at dark ceilings contemplating life
Lord, Things are unbearable. I have been shouting. I have been crying. Hoping you would listen.
Don’t leave me brokenhearted. Don’t leave me in the dust. Don’t pretend you love me, if all you feel is lust. I’m scared you’ll walk away.
I close my eyes to surrender to th… but instead get bombarded by image… Your smile flashes at me from the… Your laughter bubbles out, and it’s like I’ve gone back in ti…
In my eyes I see us, standing side by side, nothing can come between us, no matter how hard people try. In some eyes they see him,
Sister I love you, but only because I have to. That’s what momma told me, when I said I hate you. I hate the way you smile,
I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…
Peace comes: When laying under the stars. When wrapped up in his arms. When listening to bird song. When speaking to God above.
Waking up in darkness, the moon shining through my window… With tear filled eyes I sit up and remember what I was dreaming. His smiling face shining.
Tapping fingers on a keyboard, writing directly from my mind. Stuck in the numbness of detachmen… not noticing the hours that tick b… Tracks from tears made slowly,