Arielle

Arielle Jan 2019

How do you make yourself fall out of love?
Do you tell yourself you're just not enough?
How do you forget the feel of his arms around you?
The secrets you kept that only he knew...
How do you stop feeling the brush of his lips;
the lingering feel of the way he kissed?
The rush that he gave you... Oh the butterflies!
Was it all for nothing, just pain... lies?
How do you stop the pain; the tears in your eyes?
when in your mind echoes the repeating goodbye...
How do you make yourself forget his touch
when you allowed yourself to feel sooo much...

Falling in love is easy... But what happens after you fall?
What if you fall and there's no one there to catch you?

Arielle Jan 2019

Mine

In her eyes shone eternity
and I was lost in it.
It spoke of adventure
and freedom;
A life well lived.
Her heart,
though it had been broken,
was mended to give.
I saw islands and oceans.
She'd traveled the world.
It was terrifying
and it was brave,
but it was hers.
And as I stared in to
those fathomless eyes,
they stared back
and I knew...
The world was hers and
she was mine.

Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Do the eyes staring back say what you hoped they would? Can you even hold their stare?

Arielle Jan 2019

Authority

We all hold the key,
yet we keep giving it away.
First we hand it out to kids like us
to convince them we should stay.
We hand them the authority
to tell us who we are.
And one by one the job is done
of leaving heavy scars.
We've now been told just who we are
and we hold it tightly to our chests.
The world screams all around us
demanding it knows best.
We then have an epiphany
and learn the awful truth...
While we fight for our lost authority,
the world has robbed us of our youth.

Arielle Jan 2019

Free

One smile from her
and the world fell in love.
Her beauty was breathtaking,
but it wasn't traditional.
she was beautiful because
she was wholly herself.
No masks.
No pretenses.
She was rare.
Effortless.
She was FREE!!
Boldly claiming to the world,
"This is me. Here I am!"
And the world?
They were afraid.
But that didn't matter.
They couldn't tear her down.
She was untouchable!

Arielle Jan 2019

Untitled

Eyes.
The window to the soul.
Through them, he sees me.
All of me....
Exposed.
My soul at his mercy.
Begging for approval.
For praise.
My heart desperate,
bleeding in his hand.
Will he love me?
Can he?
One kiss
His hold grows stronger.
One touch.
I'm breathless.
Then it happens.
He drops it.
One laugh.
I shatter.
Destroyed...

Arielle Jan 2019

Play

Love does not come easy.
Yet we give it all away.
We hand out every piece of us
with nothing left to stay.

Piece by piece we hand it out.
Consequence be ******.
Forget about hearts on a sleeve,
we hold them in our hand.

No walls left up to guard them,
just open on display.
And one by one they take their turns
to pick it up and play...

Arielle Jan 2019

Broken Mirror

A piece of myself,
but just a sliver.
I try to see more,
but the pictures unclear.
A crack down the center.
I'm cleaved in half.
A shard is missing.
No way to get it back.
The mirror is broken.
My reflection a mess.
A piece of me missing.
A crack through my chest.
A crack 'cross my brow.
Mirror broken and shattered.
My smile is torn.
My appearance battered.
I took one more look
in the mirror to see...
It wasn't the mirror that was broken,
but me...