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Michael Jun 2020
The pain you feel is real
Pain felt by others is not pain felt by you
Focus on that felt by you

Absorb it
Feel it
Live it

For you are not given this pain without reason
To learn, to grow, to experience as you wait for something better, whatever it may be
Just don’t live ignoring the pain you’re meant to feel

The highs wouldn’t be as high without the lows and the sun wouldn’t be as special without the rain before

I promise things will get better, but please live where you are
Please
Michael Dec 2019
I hope you travel the world
I hope you have a gallery in your home
I hope you have a loving husband and a healthy family
I hope you feel fulfilled
As fulfilled as I was with you
Because if you’re as fulfilled as I was, then I know you’ll feel whole
You’ll feel the warmth beaming from your soul

You’ll feel as I once did
A step in the right direction
Michael Jul 2022
Floating without ambition, letting life crash over me

You ground me to the ocean floor
Though the rope I so barely am clutching on to
I am weak, left clutching the frayed remnants of us

I bake in the sun, cracking
But it doesn’t warm me like it used to
Holding onto a relationship that no longer exists because it is the only thing that makes me feel grounded
Michael Feb 2022
My phone screen is too bright
Parties are too loud
Work is exhausting

And what I’m doing for my mental health isn’t enough

I hope this ends soon
Not with death, I just want whatever this is to stop
I’m getting through it, don’t get me wrong
I’m just worried to see who I am when I come out the other side
Healthcare worker who is very tired
Michael Oct 2023
When I close my eyes I’m in my childhood home playing hide and seek with friends I’ll never see again

I find my favorite hiding spot
I hope I’m never found
To be a kid in my childhood home with my friends I know I won’t see again in this life
Michael Oct 2020
I overfilled my mug with coffee this morning
I saw it reach the top
Then continued to pour until it spilt on the table

I stopped at a green light today
I knew it was green
I wanted to hear the symphony behind me
Michael Jun 2020
I still don’t know when enough is enough
Am I hurting myself?
So much time that you’ve lived in my mind
Tired of not knowing when enough is enough
Sometimes there are people who occupy your mind for so long that you forget it is yours to control. Hopefully this serves as a reminder to myself
Michael Sep 2023
You’re slipping away from me. My instinct is to tighten my grip as much as I can. But I forget that love is water. The tighter I grip, the more it slips through my fingers.
I desperately want to be the one to make her happy, but I need to be ready to support her if I’m not that person. That’s what she would do
Michael Jul 2019
your love
a freshly born sunrise
fills me with bliss

reviving my spirit

you are my source of light
each dark day now a waste

for this is where the danger lies

when your sun sets
so does my life
basically me being sad again what's new
Michael Aug 2022
I threw away your toothbrush today
After I got back from a date with someone new
It’s not because I love this girl, or because I don’t love her
But because I need to move on
I’ve spent too many nights brushing my teeth and seeing you next to me when I close my eyes

Rubbing off your mascara with water because I never bought makeup remover
Holding your face close through my blurry, contact-less vision
Marveling at how lucky I was to have someone of such beauty right here in my arms
Stepping into our cold bed and warming each other like hands around a fire
Falling asleep to the sound of your voice

But it’s just a toothbrush
Michael Jun 2020
Two souls connecting for a fleeting moment
Drunk on the words of one another
The moment seemed so timeless
No one besides you and I

Trivial bodies, they only held the medium with which we connected
Two people beyond the grasp of space and time
Intoxicated on the realization we aren’t alone
We become one that night

I pray our paths cross again, someday, somewhere
Night prematurely left, and I am left pondering the notion we still have the magic we need
Foundation laid with no time to build
Pure momentary bliss with someone I may never see again
Meeting and connecting with someone on such a deep level for a single night, then each going on separate paths, is such a beautiful yet painful thing
Michael Jun 2020
Is love the word you say out of obligation after spending months with someone?
Or is it the rush when you stare into their eyes knowing they look at you the same

Can you love something as simple as your favorite flower?
What constitutes love?
Because i’m starting to think I need a lesson on what love is

But I do know you can’t teach love
came off more dramatic than intended but the principle stands. I don't think I know how to truly love someone, so what will happen if she comes along before I learn?
Michael Jul 2019
Am I venturing into a heart with no room left for me to find myself?
Why is my open heart met with your closed mind?
I have trouble believing your brilliant soul belongs to him
for he is not me
When the gates to your mind open and I get to peek inside
That second of insight is more fulfilling than an eternity with someone else

Why does he send the message I leave in my text box?
Why does he touch the skin I can only wish to?

Oh, what a life it would be with you
Oh, what a life it would be

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