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Aoife Mar 2016
I am a ****** of crows,
my numbers blot out the sun,
killing daylight.

I am an unkindness of ravens flying,
casting a shroud of despair over the world,
dimming all hope.

I am a parliament of owls sitting high above,
a council of seers into the dark.
I see everything in the skies.

I am a cast of hawks at the ready
to strike the foreign down;
a war breaking out across the sky.

I am an exaltation of larks running away.
I keep a trail of my song lingering;
my way back home.

I am a flight of doves dirtied and grey,
returning from beyond the horizon.
I will show you the way.
Aoife Mar 2016
I would already have...

I still do...

I am still...

I am trying...

But I can't...

Even though I want to...

Even if they say I have to...

I can't...

Because I still do...

And I wish you would...

I wish you would...

I wish you would...

Even though I don't know how...

I still want...

I still try...

And always, always...

I already have...
Aoife Mar 2016
Have you ever seen such a good day
that gets you smiling
just thinking about it?

That you know if you had died
in your sleep that night,
you would have done so
with no more regrets.

It's the kind of day
that makes you feel it's alright
to be incomplete.

That every corner of your universe
has been ventured with the utmost courage
Every unanswered question does not matter
Every wonder awed and inspired
And every piece of the puzzle
has fitted each other perfectly.

Have you ever seen a better day
than the day you are about to end
in just a few minutes?
Note to self.
Aoife Mar 2016
Resilience.

Do what is right. Life is too complicated to live like a saint, but you try the best you can. You fix what you have broken. You try, try, try again.

Patience.

A person is a person nonetheless; human and equal. It is not your place to judge another; we err just the same.
"Do unto others what you would have others do unto you."

Know your place in life.
You don't ever need a reason to be kind, and there is no such thing as a reason to be cruel.

Trust your instincts.
When in doubt, ask again and again, and know that the answer that comes again and again, good or bad, is an answer you must take.

Put away your pride. Put away envy, greed, gluttony, wrath, lust and sloth.
Humble yourself before the day you will be humbled into the earth.

Honour. Dignity. Integrity. Honesty. Respect.
Don't be afraid to stand up for what you believe in. Fight for what is important.
Be fearless, and be good.
To know foolishness is the be wise.

Clarity. Truth. Faith. Hope. Loyalty. Love

Love those who love you.
Stay with those who stay with you.
Be present for those who wait for you.
Receive what you are given but give.

Keep giving. You will not lose out.
Go every distance you can because you can.
Rise and meet the challenge. Don't be afraid, you will never lose out.

You know who you are.
Nebisties justies.
See the colours.

No regrets.

Be fascinated.
Be in awe.
Keep seeing wonders.

Dream.

Create.

When it hurts, it's fine.
Keep your centre, stand your ground.

I'll see you there.
Aoife Mar 2016
I had always known
from young
that I had superpowers.

But I knew I was no superhero.

I had always had this foresight
into what would happen
to the people around me.

Like dominoes,
I could always see the pieces tumble;
one into the next
and the next
and then the rest.
A story unfolds as though written
by my own wretched hand.

I would watch
in absolute fear
when it all came true.

I had always been able to catch
the tiniest of emotions
that stirred in the still air.
I hear it like a voice
screaming to be heard.
Screaming in the sound of
my own voice.
And it deafens the world.

But my strongest ability...
A blessing at times, but at the same time
my most cursed one.

I had always been invisible.
Always on the brink of non-existence.
Had I always been a villain then
were I no superhero?
Aoife Mar 2016
It was meant for me that we met

And it was meant for me when you left

I know now it is enough that you were in my life at all.
Aoife Feb 2016
I want things to remember by,
lest I forget.

Things that will break me,
again and again.

My world slowly become one of gravestones,
of people and places and moments passed.

Remembrance so that I know I have existed at least once,
memories so that I know I can stay.

And hope,
so that I know I can go.
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