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Jaderbug dreams Apr 2023
I hate the way I think about you constantly
Even when I shouldn’t.
I hate it when you don’t text back
Even when I know you’re busy.
I hate the way your smile lights my soul
Even when you aren’t here.
I hate it when you make me laugh
Even worse when you make me cry.
I hate the way you’re not around
Even when you can’t be found.
I hate it when you hid you feelings
Even when you’ve already showed me a glimpse.
I hate the way I act right now
Even when I should stand my ground.
I hate the way I despise you
Even when I am falling for you deeply.
Wrote this in 2017… just found it again.
Mar 2023 · 3.0k
Orchids and Moonlight
Jaderbug dreams Mar 2023
You were constantly telling me I was sunshine and roses when I am obviously orchids and moonlight.
The way you held me, caressed my body, said my name…
They were pleasant enough but never filled the void in my soul.
You spoon fed me lies and wrapped me in a warm blanket enveloped with deception.
You cared for me up to your standards but never asked me mine.
Your words enraptured my thoughts and buried doubt into my brain.
You said you couldn’t live without me .
You told me you loved me.
That I was perfect for you.
We moved boxes and made a home.
Our possessions and limbs intertwined like lovers in the night.
We were blended.
But like water and oil we drifted, we separated.
You wanted me to change…
Not something as simple as to stop smacking my lips as I ate or to watch my intake of wine.
You wanted me to change core beliefs.
Wanted me to believe in a man in the sky who lets children starve, women get abused, and men to die.
Meanwhile my taro cards and crystals are charging in the moonlight as star dust dances upon my skin.
You were constantly telling me I was sunshine and roses when I am orchids and moonlight.
I am the universe wrapped into a humans body.
I am love.
I am acceptance.
I am all encompassing kindness.
You took it for granted and want it back.
I know who I am while you are searching for yourself.
You are wanting others to change to better your life.
When you should be accepting people you turn them away.
You took a piece of my heart… for it was yours.
But you just took a portion. Not the whole.
Mar 2023 · 281
SPINNING STILL
Jaderbug dreams Mar 2023
Spinning, gninnips, spinning, gninnips, spinning….
The world keeps spinning…
Out
      Of
          Control
While I am standing
                                   STILL.
Mar 2023 · 107
Bullet Holes
Jaderbug dreams Mar 2023
Some people
Cut you
Just to
Watch you bleed…
So why
Can’t bandaids
Fix
Bullet holes?
They are
All you
Leave behind.
Now I
Know…
Now I know.
Dec 2017 · 661
The man in the moon
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2017
I used to think the moon followed me everywhere I went.
Like a beacon of light guiding me to where I needed to be.
Now as I sit in this car looking a the man in the moon asking,

Where to next?
Nov 2017 · 377
That Weekend
Jaderbug dreams Nov 2017
That weekend was unlike anything else.
The music.
The sights.
The touches.
The laughter.
The feeling.

My lips still tremble at the thought of yours pressed against mine.
They stretch in a smile when I think about oatmeal now.
They burn when I think about your skin.

My hands trace this keyboard like they are tracing your skin; lightly and hungry.
They tingle when I think about your hands in mine.
They crave for more. More.

My eyes search for yours in the night, to see your peaceful face.
They roam the skies looking for a glimmer of you.
They gaze into the future in hopes you'll still be there.

That weekend was unlike any other. I cant wait for many more with you...
but now I wait and long for you, yet I feel like I am the only one yearning for the other...
still uncertain of your feelings but I know mine and that gives me hope.
Jan 2017 · 606
Questioning
Jaderbug dreams Jan 2017
As it came for me to leave this place,
All I could think about was your loving embrace,

You were growing further and further apart,
Shattering my heart,

So I decided to put my love on the line,
But I guess I was out of time,

I left and you stayed never knowing how I felt,
How you made me melt,

So I wrote a letter,
I should have known better,

Yet I wrote that letter and hit send,
Hoping that my heart could mend,

You left me questioning,
Everything unanswered,
Always wondering how you felt,
Never knowing the possibility of us.
Sep 2016 · 672
Love was just a word
Jaderbug dreams Sep 2016
Before I met you “love” was just a word to me. A word filled with false hope and lies. I was never the little girl that prayed every night for her perfect prince to come along. Even at a young age I knew better than to believe that there was such a thing as a “perfect” prince. In middle school, I gagged over the romantic movies that my friends were constantly obsessing over because I knew that I didn’t need anyone but myself and that a love like those in the movies just didn’t exist. In high school, I began to convince myself that I didn’t need anyone but myself and my family. And then you happened.
Somewhere in between the chaos that’s called my life, fate brought me to you. I fell in love with the fact that you were far, far, from perfect yet in my eyes you came pretty **** near close. There was something about your flaws that fit so perfectly with mine and I fell in love with all the things that you hated about yourself. And just like that, my opinion of love and how I should live my life changed.
This is the part of the letter where I pour my heart out and try to explain how I feel and what your love means to me. I keep finding myself writing a few words and then deleting them over and over again. I now realize that love simply cannot be explained. It’s so much more complex than that. But then again what in life isn’t more complex than what we think. Hell, even the smartest group of chemists and philosophers cannot explain what I feel. I can sit here and try, yet I would never be able to accurately describe the butterflies I get when I’m with you or how time seems to slow when you’re not. How my heart races at the mention of your name or the way I hate to say I love you when I know you don’t love me the same.
Back then love used to be such a blurry concept, and now it’s the only thing in this crazy world that makes since. You make me crave something that I didn’t believe actually existed. And suddenly every song was about you. I couldn’t escape the through of you no matter where I went. I heard you in the wind, on the radio, in the rustling of the leaves, and in between the gasps of my breath. Honestly you’re still not a perfect man or a prince, but your something better than that; you’re real. Perfectly imperfect in all the right ways. So thank you for changing my views on the world, for understanding my flaws, and for being the only person who can send me to new levels of utter happiness.
When I speak to my future daughter about the one that got away I’ll immediately think of you. You are the man I will be talking about when I am 80 years old. They boy with stars for eyes and the devilish smile. She will ask me why I never married you and I will tell her that I never had the courage to admit my feelings for you because I was afraid that in your eyes I was just your kid sister. I will tell her no one has ever intimidated me as much as you did and that the more I fell for you the more steps backwards I took. Till eventually I had lost you. You are the man I will tell her about when I encourage her to go all out for her love and tell the boy she loves how she feels before it’s too late. To wear her heart on her sleeve because life is too short to be scared of her feelings. You are the man who has always been everything I ever wanted and needed when I did not know what I needed. You are the man I will forever carry in my heart and soul.
But I don’t want to always be wondering “what if…” 10 years down the road. All I know is I am here and this is now and I’d rather give it a shot and tell you my heart now than to sit and think wistfully about this moment when I am 80 years old like I stated above. So finally after five crazy years here it is, I love you, and I think a part of me always will.

The song Not In That Way by Sam Smith explains what I cannot.

Thank you for being my friend, my person to turn to, my first love. I am leaving but I couldn’t leave without finally getting it all out there. Now I can finally be free and live my life.
Dec 2015 · 313
WRONG
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2015
They all think wrong.
They think that men fall at my feet,
That they gravel for my attention,
That men fight over me,
That boys would die for me.

They all think wrong.
Because in reality I'm intimidating
Because I'm weird
Because I won't let them have that one thing
Because I am a lady
Because I love him and he sees me as a kid sister
Because I have flaws
Because I am not worthy
Because I am not beautiful

They all think wrong.
They don't fall at my feet,
They don't gravel for my attention,
They don't fight over me,
They wouldn't ever die for me

I'M REPULSIVE TO THEM APPARENTLY
I'M THE PLAGUE
NO ONE WANTS ME
I AM ALONE
I AM UNLOVABLE
I AM NOT WORTHY
NO ONE LOVES ME
I AM NOT ABLE TO LOVE
Dec 2015 · 382
Desiderata for my soul
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2015
Do not ensconce from affection nor be cynical about love.
Open your mind to endless possibilities and wonders
Forgive, not just yourself but him as well.
Pause the memories and take still frames in your mind because you never know when you will get the chance again.
Become vulnerable and wear your heart on your sleeve.
Be the person you know you are and prove all of them wrong.
It's okay to mess up but only if you learn from it.
Remember that you are still two, four, six, eight, and all the years in between.
Know that you have a spark that need to be spread to all you meet.
Remind yourself that one day your prince will come.
Know that love doesn't always last forever and that people change.
Strive for high ideals.
Humanity is still alive.
Not everything is evil and dark.
The universe will unfold as it should.
Fate and destiny are by your side.
Travel and learn from the earth.
Keep peace in your mind and soul.
You are made of star dust and belong.
Look back on this life and smile because you decided to live it.
Live a life that causes your soul to dance inside your body.
Dance even when people are looking.
Smile.
Don't be delicate be vast and brilliant.
Everything happens for a reason.
Look for the light in people and treat them as if that's all you see.
Live like you will never be forgotten.
**Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Nov 2015 · 360
To Wonder
Jaderbug dreams Nov 2015
Maybe it was all a dream,
Maybe you weren't what you seemed,
That I was lost in the translation,
That you were just ready to move on.

Maybe I was blinded,
Maybe your thoughts were jumbled,
That you didn't realize what you did,
That you never loved me,

Or maybe you are that guy,
Maybe it turned out to be the reality,
That I wasn't stupid,
That you cared and was kind,

Maybe you knew what your feelings were,
Maybe you didn't know how to communicate them,
That I was right on track,
That you actually loved me.

Maybe its just not the time.
Maybe we'll never get forever.
Maybe it'll be us against the world.
Maybe you'll realize that I love you.
Maybe I'll realize you love me.
Maybe we will go our separate ways.
Maybe we will find each other again.
Maybe you will die never knowing.

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.
Aug 2015 · 603
Thinking out loud
Jaderbug dreams Aug 2015
This is where my journey begins. Where my life starts because the life I live now will define who I am. The scars in the past will never mean anything if I don't become something greater... If I don't become a fighter. If this was the end for me then I want to go in peace, content with the life I lived because it was better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. I'm a girl who doesn't mind being alone, sometimes I crave it. I like curling up on the couch with a book, its away to be who I want and forget the world. I love having a good adventure and exploring. I have traveled the world and one day hope to do it again. Life is a beautiful thing when you make it out to be. I just hope my last breath is a sigh of relief.
Apr 2015 · 1.2k
The Best Friend
Jaderbug dreams Apr 2015
He came into my life at a summer camp that felt like a prison.
We didn't know each other then; but we do now.
During the first few weeks that fate brought him into my life were the best I've had so far.
We were so deep, so exciting, so vulnerable.
We knew each other more in those few weeks than most married couples know in nine years...

I went back to Colorado, he went back to Oklahoma.
We never left each other really...
Late night phone calls and video chats.
Text messages and snapchats.
We were together even when we were apart.

Then that day changed everything.
That horribly wonderful day...
Those three words people long to hear spilt from his mouth.
I rejected them.
We still talked, yet not like we used to.

Months went by and I realized that I needed that crazy boy in my life.
I flew to him, his presence near my body made me tingle.
Cuddles and snuggles came and went.
I was just about to repeat the three words he once spoke to me when there was a knocking at the door.
There she stood, looking like a goddess...

He stuttered trying to introduce us.
The best friend to the girlfriend.
I was mortified.
I was crushed.
He could see the pain in my eyes and returned the look.
She could care less for the sad atmosphere we gave off.
The next two days were nothing but her.
Then it was time for me to leave.

Another two months went pass.
He called one day crying.
I tried to comfort him even when these tears gave me joy.
She was gone, that I knew.
What I would do, I didn't.
Comforting him as best I could, he stopped crying and started laughing.

I knew my time to tell him was near.
Time stopped when he called.
Midnight chats turned into midnight slurs when I dozed off.
He thought I couldn't hear him when he said the words that make my heart jump.

The next day he called again and again.
Confused I called back in a panic.
Come get me from the airport he said.
I went and brought him back.
A movie marathon was needed when we arrived.
Anchorman was the first choice.
Him in boxers, I in yoga pants cuddling on the bed.
Laughing at the words said.
He dozed off, I mindlessly said those three words in a whisper.
He answered them with the same.

Surprised I looked at the beautiful man laying next to me.
He said them again yet louder and while looking into my eyes.
A spark, a fire, burning inside took over and finally our lips met after all these years.
Apr 2015 · 343
Ying Yang
Jaderbug dreams Apr 2015
People can be so complex given who they are, yet when you think about it we can be really simple. People just don't see the obvious or the good. A lot like love. You can be in a relationship for two years and feel absolutely nothing; you could be in a relationship for two weeks and feel absolutely everything. Love cannot possibly be measured yet it's so simple. You can choose to see the obvious or the good and you can choose to see the bad. You can also choose to see and accept both, because both the good and the bad are in everything. You can become blind and not see it at all but what would be the fun in that?
Mar 2015 · 645
%'S & ABC'S
Jaderbug dreams Mar 2015
A percentage and a letter define you.
Your parents reprimand you for that one letter.
Your future is conceived from those percentages.
Life as you know it from ages 6-18 you are defined by a letter and a percentage.

**** percentages and letters.
Let YOU define YOU!
grades are ****
Jan 2015 · 423
Damn you.
Jaderbug dreams Jan 2015
**** you. You give me that feeling. You know. The one they write about and make movies about. But you don't have that feeling and you have her. So why the hell do you make me feel this way? **** you.
Dec 2014 · 1.7k
Me.
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2014
Me.
Me, myself, and I.

I'm crazy, I'm dysfunctional, I'm me.
I am bubbly, I am loud, I am me.
I'm sassy, I'm rude, but I'm just me.
I am kind, I am loving, but I am just me.

I can be understanding, I can be stubborn, I can be me.
I can't be perfect, I can't be you, I can be me.
I can be pretty, I can be natural, I can be me.
I can't be a genius, I can't be Einstein, I can be me.

Me, Myself, and I.

I am not you, I am not her, I am not him. I am ME.
I am  not sorry that I'm not perfect.
I am  not sorry that I'm a ***** up.
Deal with it. I am me.
Dec 2014 · 940
Fear
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2014
All my life
Been running from a pain in me
A feeling I don't understand
Holding me down

Rain on me
Underwater
All I am, getting harder
A heavy weight
I carry around.

Today
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid
I don't have to let the damage
consume me,
My shadow see through me

Fear in itself
Will reel you in and spit you out
Over and over again
Believe in yourself
And you will walk
Fear in itself
Will use you up and break you down
like you were never enough
I used to fall, now I get back up.

I'm up here
I'm looking at the way down there
I'm staring through the I don't care
It's staring back at me

The beauty is
I'm learning how to face my beast
Starting now to find some peace
Set myself free

Today,
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid
I don't have to let the damage
consume me,
My shadow see through me

Fear in itself
Will reel you in
And spit you out over and over again
Believe in yourself
and you will walk
Fear in itself
Will use you up and break you down
like you were never enough
I used to fall but now I get back up

I'm moving on
Oh god just move on
Today,
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid....
Get back up
Get up

Fear in itself will use you up
And break you down just like you're
never enough
I used to fall

Breathe,
Ask for more
if you're bitter still
Ask him to help you carry on.
Sep 2014 · 5.4k
Shirt
Jaderbug dreams Sep 2014
It clings to his chest,
and touches his neck.
It cascades down his back and sides
touching every part I crave.
It even goes down near his belt --
maybe even down into his pants.

That's one **** lucky shirt.
I wanna be that shirt...
May 2014 · 380
This Dream
Jaderbug dreams May 2014
This dream is a dream that makes my heart ache. It hurts so much because deep deep inside of me I know it will never happen. He will never love me that way. This dream; well I want it to be my future, my life, my soul. I know its silly to love someone this much when you are just so young; but its the best kind of love. He is the light at the end of the tunnel, my sun, my air, my every being in my body. He is the reason why I carry on. I do not know why he came into my life and made me fall so madly, truly, deeply in love with him but it happened and I did. What is the purpose of him coming into my life giving me such love yet such hot searing pain? No matter who says differently he will always be my first real love; no matter what happens down the road we call life. I will love him forever and always; to the moon and back.

*"A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep."
Feb 2014 · 751
Selfish father
Jaderbug dreams Feb 2014
You  say you love me. You say you care. Then why do you do the things you do?Why do you change moods so easily then bring everyone down with you? Why do you brake what has been given to you? Why do you use these words?

When you say you love me, when you say you care; I can see it in your eyes. The secret lies and betrayals. You said you would stop; you never did. I want you to be there for my wedding in the future, I want you to see your future grand babies. Do you want to see them too? Or are you just too selfish?

You say that you love me, and that you care. But why do you want to leave us? Why do you think we will be better without you? Can't you see my heart is breaking? Or are you too selfish to see?
Jan 2014 · 808
Stay Strong
Jaderbug dreams Jan 2014
I love you
I've loved you all along
I needed you to stay
But I need to stay headstrong.

Not only for my siblings, but for me as well

I prayed, I prayed for you to stay alive...

Harper needs you
Dan needs you
Amber needs you
Deb needs you
I need you
We all do...

We drove all night
we didn't even get a bite
We drove all day
Just to see if you were okay
But... we brought you bouquets to say our goodbyes
I thought you would never leave us
When I see a picture of you I cry...

Inside or out I cry
I didn't want to say goodbye
But I did, and now you are in a better place
Still, it seems like I need  your embrace to help keep me up

But I still love you
I've loved you all along
I am staying headstrong.
For my beautiful Aunt Kris. I love you.
Dec 2013 · 405
I
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2013
I
I mess up, I don't fix it...
I loose it, I try to find it but don't...
I loved you, but you never did...
I try, you never notice...
I cry, you don't care...
I let you down, my heart breaks...
My heart breaks, no one is here to mend it...
I let you down, I let myself down...


I will never be good enough, you know that.
Dec 2013 · 1.7k
If you knew I love you...
Jaderbug dreams Dec 2013
If you knew I love you, would your heart change its beat?
If you knew how many nights I have stayed awake thinking of you, would you think of me too?
If you knew how many times I reread the words "I will always hold you close to my heart, no matter what.", would you reread mine too?
If you knew I cry over the fact that you're gone, would you come back?
If you knew that I put you up on one of my highest pedestals, would you rethink yours?
If you knew I hear those five words in my head constantly, would you hear them too?
If you knew how many times I have longed for your embrace, would you say you long for mine too?

Our last days with each other were magical and filled with love for me, were they for you too?
       That move star hug, oh you know which one. The one where you were strutting down the senior walk out line filled with people and you just stopped about 6 yards away from me. Looked me straight in the eyes and opened your loving arms, not caring about your long time buddies on the side screaming your name. I booked it down that line of loud, sweaty, standing in shock teenagers and collapsed in your arms. You picked me up, spun me around, and with tears in your eyes you whispered those five words that changed my life forever... "I will always love you.". Do you remember now?
       At your graduation party I was a goner. My mother came and talked to yours while I went down and said my final goodbyes. "It's never goodbye Big Sean." You whispered in my ear as I gave you a final hug. My mother was behind me when you said that. And when we got back in the car the first thing she said was "That boy loves you, I can see it in his eyes." finally it seamed like I wasn't dreaming and someone else noticed it too. They way you look at me rather than everyone else, even your girlfriend.

So do you see why my heart aches for you to come back, to love me?
If you knew I love you, would your heart change its beat?
If you knew how many nights I have stayed awake thinking of you, would you think of me too?
If you knew how many times I reread the words "I will always hold you close to my heart, no matter what.", would you reread mine too?
If you knew I cry over the fact that you're gone, would you come back?
If you knew that I put you up on one of my highest pedestals, would you rethink yours?
If you knew I hear those five words in my head constantly, would you hear them too?
If you knew how many times I have longed for your embrace, would you say you long for mine too?
                                                            ­       Please say you'll do...
This poem/story is very personal to me and I cried with every word I wrote, so I'm sorry if its not really a poem.... I just needed to get it out.
Nov 2013 · 699
The Lights
Jaderbug dreams Nov 2013
Nothing feels better than the  way that the lights feel when they hit you for the first time,
every time really...
They aren't just regular lights, or the sun.
Its when you step on that football field with two hundred of your closest friends,
The feeling when you see the crowd for the first time cheering for you, only you.
The shimmering of instruments gleaming and shining all around like brand new Christmas oridments,
When you see the Drum Major's face on the jumbo-tron and nothing else matters in the world.
The first note, the first step. Finally all the hard work pays off and tonight's the last night.
Running through the show you remember all of the smallest details, the steps the notes, you don't just  go through the motions you feel the show, you live and breath  it fully for that  one night.

The last note.
All of the memories good and bad rush through your head.
You take in the crowd, the way it feels,  the way it looks.
You feel the lights, they way they feel on your skin.
You see past members, seniors, freshmen and everyone in between.
You see Luke thrusting his fists in the air cause he knows we did it.
You see Berard, Vogel,  and Greg running down the bleachers to reach us and walk us off the field.

The huddle.
We march off the field proper, collected, classy...
Once we're off  we go into the huddle, Berard says his usual, he might cry some.
But then you see that one person that made it worth wild.
You rap them into a soul crushing hug crying your eyes out.
You feel the love of your other family, possibly your only family.
Crying of joy because you know you ripped your heart up and threw it out in the field.
Crying because its over, Crying because the one your holding is the one you'll miss the most.
Its better than words, more than a feeling.
Its a life style, its your life.
Its the feeling of the lights.
Nov 2013 · 602
Looking for the answers.
Jaderbug dreams Nov 2013
What am I doing?
Why am I here?
Can you answer me that?
What is my purpose in this life?
Why do you need me?
Can you answer me that?
What do I need to do to full fill my place?
Why can you never answer me?

When I am lost and don't know the next step,
Why do you feel the need to pick up my pieces?
Tick toc on the clock, time is running out
I'm already in my years where I need to decide.
So what shall it be?
Who shall I become?
Will I be worth wild?
Will I make the right choice?

So...

What am I doing?
Why am I here?
Can you answer me that?
What is my purpose in this life?
Why do you need me?
Can you answer me that?
What do I need to do to full fill my place?
Why can you never answer me?
Nov 2013 · 2.8k
Knight
Jaderbug dreams Nov 2013
Who will be my knight in shinning armor?
Maybe I won't have one...Maybe I will...
Will he have blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes? Or will he have brown flowing locks and chocolate brown eyes?
Will he be tall or short? Rich or poor?
            Will that even matter?
If I find my knight will he swoop me off my feet?
Will he stay with me forever? Will he be mine and I his? Will he come or will I have to save myself? Should I search for him or should he find me? Will he go to school with me or will we meet when I'm traveling the world...
Will he be my best friend? Will he save me from the darkness I feel inside? Will I meet him at all? Will we die in peace together?
             Do I have to change to find the love of my life?
Will he be my prince and I his princess?
Will he hold me when life crumbles down or will he be the reason I need to be held in the first place?

So where are you my knight? Where are you now? Can't you see I need you? That I need to be held, that I'm lost and need to be found?
I need to be brought back to life and that's where you come in...
             Will you come rescue me?
Do I have to save myself?
What if I'm not strong enough? Will I die alone and unhappy just because you never came? Will you break my heart? Can I be found... Can I be fixed? Can you mend this broken heart? Can you be here for me and I for you?
Will you EVER see me? The True me? If you really were my knight in shining armor wouldn't you see? My prince.. my love? Who will you be?

Will it be you?

— The End —