Only one inch away,
But it feels like more.
I touch your skin, and
Imprint that fire in my veins.
Just one step away,
But it seems like miles.
I burrow my eyes into
The brilliancy of your smile.
Yards and yards away,
But I cling to your face.
Every last second and
Every moment I cherish.
Miles grow between,
But I anxiously await.
Every word you send,
I collect to keep you close.
It’s just ten days,
Is what they say,
But it feels like an eternity
While wishing you were here.
In aisle four
Of a tiny, little grocery store,
I fell for a boy.
His eyes alight,
Warm, golden brown and beautifully bright,
Lit up my whole life.
His lovely voice,
Speaking perfect words that leave no choice,
I fell for his soul.
His caring touch
Breathes affection that I know as such
Vivid, brilliant love.
Now, with my eyes,
I follow his every curve and line,
Falling every time.
From aisle four
I fall in love with him more and more,
His heart, mind and soul.
Why do we fall in?
It’s like we can see a pit,
Before our eyes,
And still, in we fly.
We count the days,
And all our hours, saved.
And yet, we fall,
Into an abysmal wall.
Why do we fall?
A bright, golden sun
Shines brilliantly above
Looking down upon
Those of which all were loved
Everyone below
Basked under the sun’s glow.
They bathed in the warmth
Feeling love and comfort.
Night swallowed the sun
And all felt low and undone
The healing rays gone
No one knew where to run
Yet the sun fought back
Emerging through the black
An endless abyss
The sun pierced through, a risk.
He refused to leave
All those below to grieve.
That thought drove him through
To bring the day back new.
Night began again,
The same cycle again.
But he continues
For all those below who
Tilt their faces skyward.
You build your castle,
Brick by brick,
Taking care of each
Piece you pick.
You have had one fall
Once before:
Foundation crumbled,
Rotten core.
Now, you start again,
Base to top,
Rethink design to
Stop a drop.
Every now and then,
You may slip.
You make a mistake,
And lose grip.
But you won’t fail from
One weak spot.
You go back again,
Never stop.
It seems tedious,
This tough task,
But before too long,
You will gasp.
The work you have done,
Proves success.
Your castle, solid,
Coalesced.
A work like this takes
Many pains.
With patience, though, you
Find a way.
Some days,
I just want to leave my life,
Pick up
And go with all left behind.
It’s like
Shedding skin, this life we live.
I can’t
Think with screaming in my head.
Where now
Are we expected to go?
I’m lost
In a sea I can’t travel.
Tell me,
Please tell me what to do now,
When I’m
Sinking into this abyss.
They say
Life goes on, it really does;
It goes
Dragging, though, and kicking too.
So how,
How can I see past all this?
My life
Is crying for something else.
I love
And I forgive, and find light,
But dark
Likes to keep swallowing me.
Now what?
Find someone
Who lays with you among the daisy flowers,
Staring into a cloudless sky saying
“This feels right. This feels natural.”
Find someone
Who drowns in your eyes
As you drown in theirs,
A beautiful drowning that
Leaves you breathing.
Find someone
Who touches you like they’ll never let go
Like they can’t let go
Because they don’t want to let go.
Find someone
Who brings a smile to your face
When you hear their name
Every single time.
Find someone
Who you can’t help but fall in love with
Every moment you see them,
And they fall in love with you
Whenever they meet your eyes.
Find someone
Who you will always love
No matter what,
Who will always love you
Because that’s all you both can do.
Find someone
To fall in love with.
Go ahead
And knock me down.
Then watch me as I rise.
Fling your knives,
Daggers and swords
And I’ll wing them all down
Even if
You manage to
Burst me with your fire,
I will stand
Taller, confident,
Than in my life before.
I will heal,
Turning these wounds
Into burning feathers.
In my wake,
A life reborn,
I will change the whole world.
I will show,
Through everything,
That I will never fall.
For I am
Bright, burning light
Changed from every fire.
The heat pains,
Leaving me with
Burns and scabs only shown.
Each new scar
Provides me fuel,
To fly to greater heights.
So go on.
I dare you to,
To try and bring me down.
But you can’t,
You never will,
For I am a Phoenix,
Strong and ever soaring high.
The floodgate opens.
I don’t know where I am,
Or whose body I’m in.
Peering in the mirror,
A fractured face of lies
Stares back at me.
I can’t think.
I can’t breathe,
The air rushing right out of me.
How do you go on
Without air?
Without life?
The walls all come crashing down,
Leaving me broken,
And without any sound.
My voice doesn’t carry.
I can’t even speak.
I’m frozen, paralyzed.
I look into the dark.
There’s nothing left outside.
I’m lost in an abyss.
Where do I turn now?
It hurts just to be.
My heart’s pounding in my chest,
But it’s not reassuring.
It just cracks me open from inside.
Tell me where I go.
Tell me what to be.
It hurts just being me.
It hurts just being me.
It hurts just being me.
Life carries the weight
Of every mistake,
From all the risks we seem to take.
This daunting notion,
Put into motion,
By this guilt-ridden emotion.
I have no knowledge
Of what has fallen,
When I stepped back to acknowledge,
It rooted with me,
But you won’t agree
Your anger should not rest with me.
Maybe it’s a lie
That’s made this why
You cannot look me in the eye.
For I know mistakes,
But the ones I’ve made
Are not the ones you think I’d take.
And my guilt is thick
From so many risks,
But you’ve never been part of it.
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