stop
two minutes
just stop
it's two minutes
stop overthinking the overthinking of overthinking
have you forgotten that
sunsets are free?
just like hikes
and kisses
and spirits (both kinds).
let yourself breathe, even if it's just a little
listen to the silence
make some noise
your burdens aren't as great as you may think, otherwise you wouldn't be here
so, stop.
be.
wood is burning
and you are still equal parts shrapnel and stardust
Nov 7, 2020
Nov 7, 2020 at 12:18 AM UTC
"Stay in touch"...
Hurt more than the 'goodbye' it was hiding behind.
May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020 at 4:51 PM UTC
blood-soaked shorelines
the ebb relieves
what it does not remove
but our waters are muddied
since supernovas of hate
are leaking once precious particles
back into our atmosphere
as the carnage begins seeping in
thru our corrupted air
our lungs resist; terrified to breathe
our eyes close; too welled to see
no Ghostbusters
no Superheroes
no cleanup crew awaits
but we will fight
for a tidal wave of change
May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020 at 4:48 PM UTC
after eight years of friendship
seven years of 'will they, won't they?'
six years of kind-of
five years away
four years of maybe
three years as neighbors
two years as strangers
and one phone call that ended with
"Stay in touch"...
what a countdown it has been
letting you go.
Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 at 11:31 PM UTC
i hate that calling you used to fill me with confetti
and now it feels like the morning after the party
Apr 4, 2020
Apr 4, 2020 at 10:51 PM UTC
i look at you
and all of the wrong choices
suddenly
seem
right
rather simple, it seems
when it
never
was
before.
Jan 27, 2020
Jan 27, 2020 at 8:39 PM UTC
And maybe it was us
in a past life
but not this one
And maybe we’ll wake up
in twenty years at 3am
with the same contentment
in separate houses
And maybe we’ll stare
at a photograph of the other
before responsibility set in
and the sun set slowly
And maybe it will sting
for a moment or two
before we both turn back
admiring the result
And
we won’t regret a thing
-L.E.
Jan 22, 2020
Jan 22, 2020 at 10:26 PM UTC
I have made you bleed
I have made you sweat
I have made you starve
I have made you ache
I have put you in the mud
I have put you in the ring
I have put you in the crossfire of heartbreak and misunderstanding
I have picked and prodded you like a foreign beast
I have roughed you up like a schoolyard bully
I have carelessly clutched & betrayed your touch
And, yet, toxically, you stay
You open eyes each morning
You rise
You move
You work
You build things & restore tragedy
You absorb and give
You release
You force air inside your lungs
You put it there, even on the days I don't feel
You deserve to breathe
I am imperfect, as you very well know
But for what you have done
I look in the mirror
And desire to be
Kind.
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 11:04 PM UTC
Leech your stony knuckles to my brow
Excavate the valley where my soul once stood
and tell me what you find
Bury your treachery deep in my breast
and allow my heart to follow at a tasteful distance
Lean onto me the fertile tones of your voice
but cut me loose of your chords
**** my minds thoughts and ********** your prayers
on the corner of Lonely and Broken
Death be to me all the things you are not
Shuttering, staggering, stuttering still
Compromised.
May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 12:09 AM UTC
Do not mistake my skin for a hide
Or my lips a ledge for your lies
My eyes try and be nothing but kind
But your love has left me blind
I wander, but will not be lost
I know your heart has its cost
But for now your fleeting being
Is leaving me without any meaning
I shall endeavor, but not stay
Not for next time, anyway
Sep 5, 2015
Sep 5, 2015 at 8:33 PM UTC