There is this little shadow that lurks inside the light. Like an impossible shadow that shouldn’t exist because of all the light. It carries with it energy and it looks for thoughts it can eat so it can grow. It likes negative thoughts the most but it can sustain itself on little frustrating or nagging…
A friend asked me if I had ever tried to meditate. I told him I had tried but my mind sounds like a crazy drunken concert crowd. Always loud. Always rowdy. He sent me some links to try and I tried. I fell asleep with a quiet mind. It was strange. This morning I woke up…
My #BeReal guest today is Ra Avis. I love fairy tales and blanket forts. I love daydreams and dandelion wishes. I think if you asked most of my friends and family to describe me, these concept would be tossed around. But they’d also tell you, for all my whimsicality, I am real. My feet are…
Nightfall crawls restless Inside invisible veins Caressing my shoulders With shadowy hands Kissing my lips, my body Feeding my hungry aches Anxious for its presence I lie still under its weight Miles from daybreak Praying that night Will absorb my lust And bury me Underneath fields of light
I pray and this is the response I get. I need him. And he comes. I am that last spark In a dying campfire You can’t put me out I am fire I am the last breath In a whispered wish You can’t hush me I am hope I am that last…
Bright white Flashes of light Gathered into Cascading sparks Flowing like heat Over sharp edges Where curves Once guided The life pumping Through my veins Worn crevices Where anger And pain Corroded And marked Once smooth Boundaries With acid stain Leaving me Filled with lava Unpredictable Flashing embers Instead of The soft glow Of morning…
If we are lucky we find someone who can not only weather our storm but helps us survive them There is an impending storm Bitten lips bleed from refrain Sighs escape building a form Rigid hips can barely maintain Please don’t let me blow away Inside old historical nonsense Anchor me inside your sway Be…
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/7069313/?claim=2z6burtxg7y”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Written by Simon and Hastywords Falling inside raindrops made of glass Wordless laments land and shatter On silent sidewalks paying no mind To the broken edges that they scatter Unheard cries and oft ignored entreaties Silence is all that is returned Screaming out into the heartless void…
I have been wanting to post this for awhile now and today seems like a great day to do it. Thank you Jerry for sending this poem to me and for being a good friend. Written by DodgySurfer Dark is the night And long it lasts My demons dwell On matters past I…
I feel like Christmas came early and Lisa gave this beautiful gift. Her words have always been a light inside of my dark despite the darkness she herself fights. I am so very grateful for friends like her. She said something beautiful I never want to forget in her comments. She is more like a…
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