Slow down
Watch the sunset
Pick flowers
Tickle the baby
Remember the small things
Don’t forget to tell your sister you love her
Because she’ll be gone soon
Build legos and have tea parties with the little kids
Because you’ll be gone soon too
Don’t worry so much about the future
It usually takes care of itself
I promise your mum and dad love you
Even when it feels like they don’t
Confide in them often
They understand better than you think
That boy may be cute
And he might make you laugh
But I promise he isn’t worth your time
There’s someone so much better coming
Be patient
Wait for him
Remember it’s okay to cry
As long as you can smile afterward
Always know you are loved and needed
Even when you think you aren’t
Sing in the park
Dance in the yard
Turn up those headphones
Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to have fun
As long as you work hard in between
Read your Bible
Don’t forget to pray
And when you feel afraid remember God always has a plan
And it is always the best plan
Your life will be a good one
Even during the bad times
Look forward to it
Jun 20, 2018
Jun 20, 2018 at 8:51 PM UTC
Your eyes stay dry
But I can feel tears
Kept inside your soul
Hiding behind your brown eyes
Come lay your head
Against my chest
Feel the pumping
Of the heart that beats for you
Let me hold you
Wrapped in my arms
Until the sadness
Is set free from your spirit
Let tears fall steadily
Heavy and scorching
Until your soul is calm
And you find your home in my arms
Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 5:59 PM UTC
Lost in a sea of faces
Not alone, yet lonely.
Friends are all around me
I am enveloped in their arms
And yet so alone.
I am terrified of the darkness
That lies ever before me:
The future, full of unknown.
Others have gone before me;
It is they who lead me now.
Nothing to fear, yet frightened
And so very alone.
And what is this on the pillow?
Tears never used to fall there.
Happy life, life of love,
How did sadness creep in?
Now the tears come often and again,
Sobs shake the body—where is joy?
And why so alone?
Growing up is not the dream
My childhood me happily created.
Too much unknown,
Too much knowledge.
Many to guide through the black abyss
And yet so alone.
How? Why can this be?
Opposites exist all at once,
The same time, the same place.
Is this growing up? How do I stop?
I feel so alone.
Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 2:44 PM UTC
She threw it away
A beautiful little bottle
It tossed between the waves
Crashed against the rocks
Shattered to pieces
Because she didn’t want it
Jagged edges
The smooth glass marred
It hurt those who stepped on it
And took pleasure in the hurting
Because it had been hurt once
When someone threw it away
A rose-cheeked little girl
Hands full of seashells
Sees a glint on the sand
Picks up the little piece
Gasps in awe at its beauty
Adds it to her jar of broken glass
And watches as a stray sunbeam
Shines through her jar
Creating a rainbow on the sand
May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018 at 8:10 PM UTC
I am the swirls in the steam above your tea cup, the whisper of wind in the tops of trees; I am that high and light laugh that you can never find the source of, that soft tap of feet that always follows you; I am always there but never tangible, always just beyond where your eyes can see even when they look right at me; I hide in plain sight, even when I shout it is a whisper; I am stuck between two worlds, always where you are, and yet a million miles away.
Apr 21, 2018
Apr 21, 2018 at 7:06 PM UTC
“Sorry isn’t enough.”
I know.
But it’s all I have.
Maybe it is better to stay silent
Than to give an apology
That isn’t enough.
Apr 15, 2018
Apr 15, 2018 at 2:48 PM UTC
Take hold of my hand
And help me fly
Over crystal oceans,
Through a violet sky.
Let me hold a fairy.
May I give her a kiss?
I’ve never seen a glow
As beautiful as this.
Sit with me on clouds
Over the Mermaid Lagoon.
Let me kiss the stars;
Help me touch the moon.
Let me run with Lost Boys,
Give me a pirate sword.
I’ll obey your every order,
You have my solemn word.
Do not make me leave—
Please! Let me stay!
Better yet, come get me
And really take me away.
Apr 14, 2018
Apr 14, 2018 at 4:54 PM UTC
When goodnight
No longer means goodbye
And I can sleep
Inside your arms
When the world
No longer tries to keep us apart
And we are
Safe from harm
When our tears
No longer fall like the rain
And the sun smiles
Down from her dome
When we live
No longer separately in life
That is when
I will be home
Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 8:53 PM UTC
Your soft brown eyes collide with mine
And my whole world starts spinning
Round like a top
As I drop
Drowning in those eyes
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 4:34 PM UTC
Sometimes I hate you.
But on the good days,
I remember you laughing
And ruffling my hair without pulling it
And buying me an ice cream cone.
Sometimes I almost love you.
Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017 at 3:14 PM UTC