I look upon the crowd to see.
So many faces looking back.
All waiting patient just for me.
Only to see just what I lack.
Preparing, widening my stance.
Breathe deep. Inhale, exhale, last glance.
The music starts, this is my chance.
To show them just how well I dance.
Is this what they are looking for.
They look and gaze, I leap and bound.
I do not look for praise, no more.
I look for what cannot be found.
At least not in a crowd, but one.
The quiet calm of on the run.
The calm of solitary fun.
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021 at 1:34 AM UTC
Our love is calm
Like slipping on a warm sweater
Our love is calm
The feel of your cheek in my palm
Staying at home in bad weather
Lighthouse over stormy water
Our love is calm
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021 at 1:33 AM UTC
My mother told me
Don't wander onto
The lake. Barely frozen over
I listened until I saw
The swirls of snow taking flight
So I took small
Cautious
Steps. Listening to the wind whistle
Looking at translucent ice
Feeling the sting of cold
Like sparks dancing over my skin
Until crack
And I saw dark, blue, flowing everything
Struck with awe, I forgot needs
Then I saw blinding white
Felt air in my lungs
Felt my skin burning
I rose
I learned
Some rules are worth breaking
Feb 16, 2021
Feb 16, 2021 at 1:32 AM UTC
I know something's wrong
So I try to lose myself in song
It starts when I compare
My shape to the one over there
And I sit and despair
Whenever I hear someone's size
I look and memorize
So later I can beat myself up
For not looking like that in someone's eyes
I hate clothes shopping
Because my clothes are never in the front half of the rack
At home I always end up crying
When I got sick
And my stomach ached
They said to just make myself puke
I froze
I got scared
Because if I did, and I learned how
Who knows how many times
I would use that knowledge
Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 11:16 AM UTC
I can see now how your prefer
Her "features", you elegantly called them
Even the inanimate spotlight loves her
She is like a sparkling gem
You put her on such a high shelf
That it makes me doubt myself
She makes me feel so bland
When next to her I stand
But every gem lacks luster
Away from the spotlight she's under
Less sparkle, less clear
If you could see the difference, you would shed a tear
Maybe you would finally see
How she is not so different from me.
Jul 13, 2018
Jul 13, 2018 at 6:35 PM UTC
Winter is breathtaking
Whether from the unbearable cold
Or the sheer beauty
You often can't tell
You can see the first snowflakes
Gently falling
Like shooting stars
You can feel the chill
Right where it is pleasant
When you have a small shiver
A small smile appears
Or you can see the floodgates open
With too many snowflakes to count
Like stars in the full night sky
So many that they smother
Or you can feel the stinging
Cold
The cold that takes your breath
You shiver until you are still
Never to smile again
May 12, 2018
May 12, 2018 at 5:51 PM UTC
The bonfire cracks and snaps
The flames dance in the air
Be too close, and you will burn
Too far and you'll be cold
The ocean shines and shimmers
The earth barely beneath you
Stand on the edge and wind may be your enemy
Too far from the edge
And you won't see the full beauty
May 11, 2018
May 11, 2018 at 11:16 AM UTC