We wear our egos like armor,
A shield against the truth we might break.
Whispers of “stay safe”, “stay out of sight”,
“Don’t feel — but if you do, don’t feel too much.”
We live for very little. Intensity is scary.
We forget we have a heart that needs to feel alive.
We reach, but pull back.
For every human thing we try to do, we are afraid.
We are attached to pieces of our past that broke us,
And being vulnerable feels like a sin.
We disclose so little to the people we meet,
Not wanting to be judged.
We build versions of ourselves for strangers to meet.
Only if you’re lucky do you meet the real us
Soft, simple, unlike the complicated mask we carry.
We bury it so deep, so careful,
We forget we’re human too, messy.
To be alive is not to keep, but to lose a piece of ourselves,
And trust the other person won’t use it against us.
And in that moment, something in our minds remembers
What it means to be heard, to feel, to be seen for who we are, not who we’re supposed to be.
Even when ego screams hold
The heart screams stay
May 14
May 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC
Silence is an apartment full of room
but empty without a vase.
It’s 2am echoing back.
Not good. Not bad. Just quiet.
It’s for a mind that lingers too long,
waiting for the heart to catch up.
Silence is a story with no ending,
only a quiet what if.
It’s the space between disbelief and hope.
Laughter and anger.
A smile that marks your cheeks
while tears fill your eyes.
It’s the thirst for more
because absence spoke first.
Silence is a letter sent to reality,
asking for a say.
It knows when chaos left and peace knocked on your door.
It knows you, sitting back,
staring at the sky,
remembering.
Because silence also knows
the cry of your inner child.
Their innocence.
Their patience.
Their joy.
Still there.
Still yours.
Apr 29
Apr 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC
Look at you, comforting others with words you wish to hear.
We give freely, expecting nothing.
I’ll pour into your heart, the only way I know how
eyes filled with adoration like the precious piece of art they are
I wish you could see yourself the way that I see you
I don’t mean potential or the idea of you, but freely accepted even when you’re flawed
I see your doubt, fears, hear your cries and laugh
I study your tone of voice so effortlessly like it’s a chord stuck to the mind
a student who likes to learn.
I’ll trace the route to your soul.
Hope you find calm beneath the storm,
In a world full of chaos, a place to call home
Two eyes and a nose, an equally flawed human.
One you get to call safe.
But for it to be safe, you need to be willing to receive, fully accept it like you deserve softness.
Genuine, not perfect
Apr 23
Apr 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC
“How is it easy for you to be kind?”
I sigh. Smile with relief, then answer:
“I’ve known chaos growing up.”
For someone who’s been lied to,
you’d think poetry has to rhyme to be good.
Not all. Not the ordinary wounds.
Bullied for my hair color
by mates, grown men and women.
Brutal when mentors use you as the example so the other kids can laugh.
And yet, somehow, I’m still kind.
I’ve had a teacher pull me by the nose,
shove me down for a misspelled word, words I say freely now, calm, unlike then. Me, a crowd, chalk, and my enemy was the board.
How is it so easy to be kind?
I’ve watched death knock more than once.
Nearly crushed by a speeding car, running to my brother
I’d be a memory for the wind,
quiet in the darkness if the driver had no light in him.
So I kneel and say grace.
I’ve only known chaos.
I know what unkind does to your inner child.
So when they ask how it’s so easy to be kind,
I hope hope gets to answer
Because someone once, wasn't.
Apr 22
Apr 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM UTC
He was a shadow, She was his light
A candle of essence
a lily a float
she saw him for who he was
but yet again loved him even more
She was treasure, he was natures silent
It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for
Aug 14, 2024
Aug 14, 2024 at 7:28 AM UTC
Lonely a phase,
Quiet shells of assumed comfortable silence saddened by thoughts, memories flooding the mind at rest
Questions of, "What if", "If only..."
It's all faded little joy
Now a territory of awkward behavior
If only the heart could speak, you'd tell how lonely everyone is
Amidst quiet tired evenings comes the silence, then again I'm reminded, it's okay to not be okay
If it's not yours, you'll lose it forever, if it is yours, it will come to you
Either way you're not settling for anything less just don't be afraid
You're only human
Impatient Imperfect Impulsive, yearning for tiny kisses, greetings and beautiful smiles of what you'd call home
It's no place, It's she
Art like human a soul
I Love you! Always do Miss you.
Oct 28, 2023
Oct 28, 2023 at 6:36 PM UTC
He was a shadow and she was his light
That much he knew
That much he still knows
She's not just any girl!
She's thee girl!
She's her own woman
Beautiful, kind sweet & ****
He prays for her everyday
He hopes everyday she's out safe
He's hurt her before
He's sorry for the hurt he brought
He loves her dearly
She showed him real love
A kind he never thought even he was capable of
He holds onto that for forever
She's his girl
He's hers.
Oct 6, 2023
Oct 6, 2023 at 12:21 PM UTC
From all I say,
You can tell where I'm at
Whether or not am sincere
Whether it's all pretence
You could easily find the lies and the truths from all I say to you!
I'm an open book before the one I love
And that much control you have over me
You know me enough
You know where my mind is at.
I accept it all.
I don't fight at all
It's all okay.
I'll be fine.
I allowed it in the first place
I have to deal with it.
I just hope it all fades and...
and we get back to normal or the awkward new normal
I don't know what it will be
But I hope it's the good kind
One that blossom
One that subdues the gray area we in
So we both live in peace
Apr 29, 2023
Apr 29, 2023 at 3:17 AM UTC
A change in the weather
A mirror with an unfamiliar reflection
A winter without snow
A sad song that plays on
It isn't the life I wanted
Clearly not how I imagined
Rallies for joy replaced by hurt and sorrow
How else could I see you
Only time will tell
My mind creates stories
Beautiful memories I'd want to hold
My eyes adore your every move
Sadly that's all I can have
Well you're you, am simply me
Could I be infatuated
I can't be this weak
I fell in love with an imagination
A vision I'd want to keep
If wishes were true, I'd have you through thorns and ash
Pick up the pieces
Create all for mine
I do want you
But I know I can't have you
Guess good things have you messed up
And all you left with is wishing you could have it all back
That's how scary it is when I think about falling for you.
Mar 12, 2023
Mar 12, 2023 at 11:34 PM UTC
Her: It beats my understanding why you'd want to meet this version of me, like this.
I want to meet her because I want a life with her
Talking to her keeps me warm
She says loving makes her weak but that doesn't make her helpless
She's a strong and easy person to love
Every bit a man wants in a woman
I've fallen for her even though she's afraid to try
Wants to be close but fears she'll lose me the moment she lets herself fall much deeper
Sometimes I hate her for it but she's only human
An innocent soul with an equally fragile heart
"I'll let you meet her when I don't feel like I need a return ticket" is what she says
I could tell she's ready but still in denial
Even when she tries to push me away,
I give her more reasons not to
To say it more plainly, I'm in love with her
That's why.
If there were a child to come
She'd learn to love like her mum
And patience
She's worth the wait.
Aug 24, 2022
Aug 24, 2022 at 5:19 AM UTC