Monkey bars
Hold on
Do not let go

I climb high
To hold you close
But it takes all my strength
So I let go

Lyrics of pain
A song so dark

She had no shield
Inhaled the words
Right into her heart

Melody severed
Just danced along
A tree in the wind
Enslaved to the song in her head

She is light
Empathy like sunshine
Determined to permeate through every living being she encounters
Gentle, soft, and warm
But oh can she ever burn

Unexpectedly she will set and become darkness
Appreciating her only at her best
Many a creature who once bathed in her light
Flee into hiding
Hurt, sorrow, rage

Little do they know
At her darkest is when she needs them most
She grows cold

Little does she know
Darkness is a deadly place
For those who stick around

If you take my heart
Please leave my lungs
For I will run
Till I'm out of breath
And can barely whisper
"Please love me"

Breath visible
Ice sculpture ephemeral
Fear Inevitable
Beauty Immeasurable

Oh ugly butterfly
They think less of you

When you were a caterpillar
There was hope
The children caught you
Placed you in a jar
Picked you leaves
And watched you grow

Hatched
From a cocoon
Sprouted wings
But "oh no"
They were not colorful

The children released you
Just let you go
"Fly away ugly butterfly"
They scream and shout
"We do not love you
for you are not beautiful"

Black dress
Tears of red
Heart a rose
An open wound
Bleeding petals

Leaping and twirling
An act of deception
Water Beneath
An Altered Reflection

Easy to fall
Slip into lies
Her smile did not quite reach her eyes

The ground beneath
Could easily break

Hid her true self
Risked her own life
To dance on thin ice

Poem whispered in the dark
Color vibrant in my heart
Broken Pieces do not need glued
For there is strength in your veins
Beauty in flame
And meaning in Pain

Flower once loved
Uprooted
Beauty no more
Limp body
Beauty she was
Left there to die
All because she had wilted