Tag: poetry

  • Worldly

    Draped among the branches  Happiness abounds  Yellow finches bathing  In a recess on a granite cliff  Unusually quiet  Beautiful and desolate  And as remote as the moon 

  • The Garden

    Flowers are calling  Forever singing my name  Always flowing free  Vivid gardens bloom  Splashy colors reaching up  Towards the bright blue sky  Showing me my dreams  Always teasing the future  Where I will be free  Photo by corina ardeleanu on Unsplash

  • Alone

    Days seemed longer  The sun seemed to dim  When I started to wake up   Later. And then even later  With the day gone I had less time to feel alone  Less time to think.  I found ways to dull my senses.  Dull my feelings  I avoided thinking  I avoided talking.  I avoided life.  I cried…

  • Filmmaking

    “You want to do what with your life?  And go where?”  I listened to my aunt’s voice get louder with each word.  I know my mother was most likely on the other end telling her only sister she was going back to school. Going back to school with two kids at home and no support…

  • Slam Poetry

    “The Star Chamber is what I am here to invent.  I am here to get out of my comfort zone and to do exactly what I want to do.”  I talked to my mirror and tried to pump myself up.  I knew my nerves were getting the best of me because I was starting to…

  • Wildfire

    “Spread love like wildfire is probably one of the cheesiest lines I’ve ever heard.  Wildfires are dangerous.  Love is not.  Why would anyone want to compare love to a wildfire?”  Hannah sat back in her chair and primly folded her hands in her lap.  I squinted my eyes at her and wondered what her life…

  • Missing

    I tried hard to miss you  When you left me for the last time.  I wanted to move on  But couldn’t quite figure out why.  Or how.  Why you kept invading  My thoughts  My dreams.  When all I wanted to do   Was to love again.  I wanted my heart   To open  And not break.  Strengthen.  Bond.  Laugh.  I’m starting…

  • About Me

    I never wanted everything about me  And yet, I did.  I wanted you to call.  To include me and think about me.  I wanted to insert myself  Into the fun, but didn’t know how.  Didn’t know if you would accept me.  If you even really liked me.  How could I convince you I   just wanted to be included?  You talked about…

  • First

    He was the first one I fell in love with. The first one to break my heart. But he had moved on too quickly For me to forget What he had done and How he had treated me. I wanted to be free. He wanted to control everything I did. I slowly realized what Was…

  • Love Letters

    I knew what letters I wanted to send  and what letters I never should have sent.  The ones I never should have loved  and the ones I should have loved harder.  Hugged longer.  Laughed louder.  I wanted to find my way  with you by my side.  I wanted to let them know how  much I cared.  But…