The water drips
down her pale face
hiding the tears
leaving not a single trace

And douses her body
with its cold clutch
cooling the scars
with a comforting touch

It washes away
the sadness and the pain
leaving nothing but a broken girl
to remain

In the tidal wave of sunrise,

when the clouds cleared

and the sun appeared


the world illuminated alight

in a fiery kaleidoscope

of a new day brimming on the horizon *****

What they don't understand
is that I need to feel broken
I need to destroy myself
instead of those around me

Because how do I feel
unless I cut cut cut
Cut away the emotions
and cover it with pain

The scars may not disappear
nor the endless grief
but at least for a moment
it will all fade away

A ticking time bomb
Destructive for all
That is all I am
and that is all I'll ever be

In need of a heart
of any kind
a beautiful heart
never broken before

In need of a heart
neither old nor wise
naive, like mine once was
until it aged with time

In need of a heart
bursting to the size
with love and laughter
not shriveled with tears

In need of a heart
filled with dreams not reality
brimming with ambition
to make the world a better place

In need of a heart
any heart at all
to replace this heart
that knows only emptiness

Alone in the world

we roam endlessly

searching to find the one dream

that we can chase desperately

and can either try

and hold onto incessantly

or stop, let go

and give up eventually

As the swing moves back and forth
and takes me higher and higher
I reach upwards
towards the unfathomable blue sky
and let myself soar
wishing for my wings to appear
so that I can leave the lingering ground and all its worries
and finally be engulfed by the clouds

I love the way your eyes twinkle
with joy when you're proud
I love the way your mouth crinkles
as you laugh, booming and loud

I love the way you clean my mess
when I'm too lazy to care
I love the way you put up with my sass unless
I'm being especially unfair

I love the way you can find
whatever I have lost
I love the way you always remind
me of things I seem to have forgot

Lastly, I love the way you know
I love you, even when I never say so

I love you, Dad