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rose petals falling
all around me lies the love
we once called home
a tree in winter
the absence of something
i once held onto
Clouds
fall down,
swallowed
snowflakes,
melting inside
the mouth
of the mountain.
I am lost
in the abyss
of the hole
you left me with.
heart-broken.
The nakedness of dark,
                  an indecent exposure,
               peaks the curisosity of moon,
          that peeks through the window,
                       opening my poet's mind,
                        curving thoughts of you
                           into an iridescent light
                         that embraces the soul,
                            kisses slow the mind,
                    fills me with desire
             to be something more
     than the mumbling ghost;
forgotten dreams.

After sunset
did you miss me,
as lush pink skies hardened
to indigo and grey,
as rose colored eyes
drifted into white ocean,
the weariness of sleep?
Did you dream
the same dream as I,
to be held once more
in the arms of love?

I don't know if you do
but I want you to know
that I don't mind if you mind me.
I often do think of you too;
my mind still clings to what was,
my heart knee deep in mourning
                           wavers             between                                   moments
                    we use to share
       and the ones that will never be.

I guess love never fades completely
but is reborn after the sun dies;
in quiet reflection,
       the changing winds
                   shifting loneliness
                        into a spine of light,
                              where lovers lost
                  find each other in the dark.
                     The comforting cocoon
             of dream.
This poem is a combination of some earlier shorter poems that I found worked even better together. Ill format the image better in a word document though.
the world is quiet
but for the whisper of rain
the bray of my heart
I love so hard
yet so soft
a rising crescendo
a subtle speed of sound
like raindrops
falling to the ground
I love you
with intent to consume
every inch of you
The heart is sore
but singing...
and in its song
hope breathes

a stubborn will
like weeping willows
bending but not breaking
It beats on...

Against the light of the sun
The glow of the moon
from the soft of the dirt
amist the filth of the earth
I burst through

Through concrete walls,
of aching scars
unable to to stop this beating heart
I break through it all

I remove the weeds
I make room
For all the beautiful
flowers
that have yet to bloom
My family is going through a lot right now, but I believe that in the end we will prevail, hope is enduring and faith the substance of things hoped for, unseen but soon to be seen; made plain. Strength results from all hardship. Doesnt mean the process doesn't hurt but that it often will not **** us. We all experience pains (it is universal), there may be different causes but it feels the same. In this we can empathize with one another and be compassionate; loving. If you are facing a difficult situation or are experiencing pain, I wish you to be well soon. Know you are loved and supported, carried in the heart of a stranger; someone who cares.
Alone
Always alone
Please
Somebody
Find me
A home
I want to belong
to someone
other than myself
to be the lover
of another
and be loved in return

I am tired
of abandonment issues
the exit wounds
being torn through
left bereft
with holes
and scars
shallow breaths
and worn out beats
a broken heart

For once
I just want to be held
and not put down
not let go
but treasured
kept
swept
off my feet
cherished

All my friends
seem to have come and gone
I feel so alone
Lonely
Always second
a hand-me down
Never first
an afterthought
sought after
only out of convience

It hurts
worse each time
I break open
to let someone in
only to be shut out
by them in the end
Again and again
the third wheel
spinning tirelessly
circling the drain
swallowing pain

When will they notice
that I am shambles
bleeding from the inside out
internal wounds
Hemorrhaging
from all the cuts
the back stabbing
Is it really that hard
to love me
to see me
accept me
for who I am?

I know Im quiet (introverted)
and awkward at times
high on anxiety
lowered to depression
but funny too
sweet and kind
intelligent mind
heart more courageous than a lion
loving fiercely mankind
Yet everyone leaves me
in the back of the car
like a crying baby
forgotten in her booster seat
in Summer heat
dying from neglect

Alone
Always alone
Please
Somebody
find me
A home
I want to belong
to someone
other than myself
to be the lover
of another
and be loved in return

One day
I wont have to try
so hard to be relevant
cared for/about
by the very people
I've come to adore
beg for attention and time
In time
I will find my tribe
kick off my shoes and relax in my socks
by the fire place of warmth
my soul embraced and loved

No longer the one calling out
to hear only a dial tone
or answering machine
receive no response
No longer will I walk
as the wind
nor be the waning moon
an empty shadow
silent company
of leaves and trees
hollow
A bystander
A dead end
or one way street
the ghost unseen
someone who no longer exists
in their world

One day
Ill finally find myself
at home
right where I belong
Just some thoughts on how Ive been feeling lately. Everyone in my life appears to have moved on. Too busy to call or text or spend time. It feels I am always the one reaching out but left with no response. As if I am a ghost, someone who no longer exists in the world. Honestly it hurts because Ive invested myself and it is not easy for me to open up or close the door. I know in life people grow apart, in location and paths in life, all except in the heart. At least mine still feels the closeness that was and misses it deeply.
I have a lot of love for the broken, the tattered and torn; those who carry the burdens of a human heart.
One of my goals is to be of service to people, especially in the mental health and criminal justice field. It is a driving force within me that pushes me past my social anxiety to interact with people, extending compassion, acceptance, and most importantly, showering them with love.
no became yes
transition from negative to positive
self-acceptance
Ten word story.
Split the vein of heart
let all your beautiful colors spill
bleed your love
all over me...
blank canvas of clouds
bare your soul to me
paint my black and blue
pure and new

I will bloom for you
as only the soul touched
by light and beauty can


orange and pink and auburn
like flowers and autumn leaves and sunrise
every sunset
I will spend my moments
with you
in your garden
smelling your roses
daydreaming
in the morning of your eyes
in the night of your dreams
flying like stars
dancing like the wind
sturdy as a mountain

Ill wait for you
underneath a blanket of darkness
pale as the whitewashed moon
flask half empty
waiting to be filled
to drink you in
get drunk on you
be the one
your lips make love to
the lungs your breath settles into
the flesh you crawl beneath
to slumber in peace
the heart you escape into
whenever you are on the run from the world
your place of solitude and quiet
your shelter

*Chose me
and I promise to be
an ending
to all your unhappy endings
your happily ever after
your here and now
and thereafter in the hereafter
forever and always
This poem was inspired by a fellow poet on my IG. Her poems make a dead heart beat again. If you would like to follow her her is her ig @angeadan.
Anxiety: a
hornet's nest inside the mind
inescapable
F
    a
        l
    l
i
   n
g
hard
for his soft eyes
Autumn rain
the leaves slowly fold
into forgotten dreams
a river of
colorful streams
all around
the air translucent with
auburn memories
of Summer nights
bright in warmth
the fire of our hearts
arrogant in love
we thought enough
to keep the chill of Winter
at bay

But sure
as we were
we couldnt be more wrong
We could not weather
wind nor rain
At least not together
So we parted ways
the other left standing
under an umbrella of pain
empty promises made
left unfufilled
only the leaves
to whisper our will
to someday meet in the middle

try our hand
at love again
this time surviving
in the end
Solitary dancer
break free from
your music box
the screaming silence
of a broken heart
Let me be
your audience of one
My heart
your lullaby
Stay in my arms
And I will always love you
You'll never be alone
i am fireflies
i carry luminous light
shine in dark places
i am a travel guide for
the ones who have lost their way
All the walking books
I have yet to read;
the human hearts that beat.
Soon to be acquaintances
or lifelong friends.

Some come and go as surface dwellers.
Others stay,
and come to know you better;
the roots of the tree
that gave birth to its branches.

Reveal to me more
than your shallow surface,
I want to know the deeper you,
the intricacies
that make up who you are.

I will build a bridge
between your heart and mine,
listen to understand.
I will choose to climb the ladder
leaving judgment on the shelf below.

Be unafraid to trust in intimacy.

Hide no part of you
bare your scars to me
for I have them too
my love will only grow
in light of all you show.

Be courageous in faith.
Share with me the wear and tear
of a human heart
Lovers bearing scars,
bare to me all

the unpretty things that make you beautiful.

©achosenword
An extension of two earlier poems that seem to fit better together. I also wrote this because I have such a curiosity about people, a real desire to see beyond the mask of skin and get the know what's underneath; true beauty.
I will listen
as if I am the stars
& your voice is the wind

I'll hold you
as if you are the night
& my arms are the sky

Because I love you
one small voice
a whisper in the crowd
one teardrop
in a bucket full of doubt
had a ripple effect
the echo rang loud
like church bells
or 4th of July firecrackers
and like smoke rising
I heard it clear
as the silver moon
in pitch black
at midnight
I saw the twinkle in your eye
as your gaze met mine
and realized
this is fate
we gotta skate
before the ice breaks
and we fall straight
into a pool of second thoughts
this first impression
is everything
This moment is ours
Let us take it
Embrace it with open arms
Take a deep breath
And follow this dream
for love is ours
for as long as
we dare to believe
Havent been able to sleep lately so I wrote a little bit, one way I put my mind at ease is writing happy thoughts about dreams, about love, so here's one
To the naked eye
untrained to see,
restrained from light,
the beauty of the mind
that mines these words I write,
it would seem it is so,
these wings expanding thought
are merely fiverlous poems.

But if you exchange the eye
for the ear,
the object will appear more sincere,
a purer reflection,
clearer perspective
of the silent solitude,
an introspective perfectionist
commands into clammour.

The manipulation of words
into submission,
feline instruments
that stretch out and purr for attention,
the recognition of a million yells, slumpped down into whispers;
the trappings of self,
surfaced above the outer shell, unwrapping the gift of the internal, exposing the breaths taken
before life reaches untimely end.

You do not need to see
to read me,
but touch the braile,
feel the lining,
the thread of skin.
Press the lips of ear to me
and you will hear my true nature,
the symphonies of my heart
an expression of my acoustic soul;
the sound of me beating
to my own drum.
I tweaked this one. It is an edit of an earlier poem. More often than not you will find a piece of me in each poem.
2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."

In the gleam
of the morning sunrise
i saw the blooming
of the seed of faith;
strength to live
another day,
peace to let go
of yesterday,
grace
for the journey ahead.

I am blessed
going in and going out;
wherever I go
I carry the beauty-mark of success
eternal happiness
because I believe
I am blessed
because you love me
I am alive
because you touched me

And eventhough
it may not be an easy road
i recognize
that you are here with me,
there to guide my eyes to see,
hold my hand and lead me
through treacherous trail of every trial
until I get to promised land
of milk and honey.

I am blessed
This was custom poem I did for one of my twitter followers. Currently I am raising money to study abroad in China or Africa. In honor of my academic achievement during graduate study I have been nominated to participate in the Laureate International Scholar Program, a program in which you study international relations and diplomacy in either China or Africa. I have started a gofundme page to raise the money I need to go and as a thank you for any donation I am offering to write custom poems. If you are interested and would like to know more information about the program and trip I will leave the link to my gofundme page below! If you decide to donate make sure to comment with your email address and the subject of the poem you would like and I will email you one. I appreciate any help! Thanks in advance!! Also if you could share the link on your social media outlets that would be of great help as well.

https://funds.gofundme.com/mobile/share/link?url=a4wzah-trip-to-china
The light is dim.
The wings of a crow
beat the clouds thin
into wisps of fog.
In the residue of silence
I try to think of ways
to make you see me,
only to realize
how naive i am.
There is no forcing sight.
The eyes either see
or they don't.
One in love
and the other not;
the blind cant lead the blind.
One must let go.
I must let go.
She tucked
his worry in her lips
a forehead kiss
he sighed, feeling his burden lighten
carried away in her smile
back against the wall
again feeling so very small
falling down hard
like raindrops often do
in the fierce ferocious storm

unending nerve cells
swell with pain
a well of screams
all screaming the same thing
"i am tired, so very tired"

sometimes
i want to give up so badly
i feel my heart
close in on itself
stop beating in its tracks

then beat again...
as i pick myself up again
knowing this is not the end
only the beginning
of brighter days ahead
Half moon
we are not together
but I wonder
if your are as torn
up about it as I am

Without me
are you more like me
suffering
with desire to be
what we were?

Missing
what we had
chained
to memory
or are you free?
Sun rays
coming out to play
but I am stuck here
in this deserted place
where the clouds never slumber
it only rains
keeping the light at bay

But...
I am not void of hope
a seedling
I will one day outgrow
this dark cocoon
and you will see me fly
into the glorious light

the sun rays
are coming out to play
me too
Side by side

           a curvature of marrow

                    hardened spines

            holding matter into place

                    like the moon

       you are my center-peace

the light of my world
I am stuck between
a rock and a hard place again
and the pain is excruciating.

Today
in the battle of the mind
depression is winning.

Perhaps tomorrow
I will find the strength
to even the score.
Many times I find myself writing poems about living with depression and the everyday struggle to overcome it. It is indeed a grueling battle, but a war, in the end, I will win. Submittung this one to a new literary journal geared toward sharing insight into mental illness. Looking forward to the opportunity and the possibility of getting one of my submissions published.
i walk in the rain
to purge my anxieties
rediscover peace
Love that was blind
was a feathered lie
A delusion that felt kind
lingering in the mind
it spoke so gentle & sweet
I almost believed it
true
the lonely mountain
peaks the curiosity
of wandering skies
the long fingers of the sun
examining its landscape
Languid arms
of a misty rain
hold me tenderly
within the moonlight
a shadow's embrace
shielding me from the pain
of loneliness
Moonlight
crawling out of
the sea,

we are
no longer
inseperable.

One
now two
torn,

forlorn
yet half my heart
yearns for you.

The other part rebels.

There is
no unfeeling
your touch,

no way
to unhear
your voice.

You are an echo,
unforgettable,
part of me.

Your parting gift
was an exit wound,
a way back in

through the time machine,
reflected moments,
good memories.

In a way
I guess you'll always be
a stubborn itch beneath my skin.

A whisper lost to ear
that travels often to heart
persuading me to love you,

or keep fighting like hell to let you go.

Decision's tree,
to be falling branches
or growing roots;

thrive or decay.

To hold on
or to let go of you,
both seem impossible

to choose and to do.
Even though we say goodbye to some relationships; their isn't always closure. Open ended questions remain, like could things be different if we were to try again or is this love one that has reached its ******. The decision and want to hold on or let go.
Falling
in the dark night,
the rain;
soft tears of beauty,
moonlight drips
from the eye of sky
down the cheek of the abandoned city.

The flecks of light
spark  wildfire,
from its whisper,
the sounding of one's desires
reveal in the quiet
the path to finding
one's self again.

After being lost
for so long
it is riveting,
the feeling of being at home
in your own skin;
as earth shattering
as the birds playing their violins,
welcoming the morning sunrise.

It is a pleasure to be alive.
Waking up
not wanting to wake up,
cruel interlude
from the company
of two,
I fall into
inverse reality
feeling blue.
Lonely
without you.

Whispers
underground,
the sound
of the falling rain,
earth swallows the scream,
this cry let go
in the wind;
the words
I could never say
aloud.

Breathing in.
Breathing out.
Within this aura
of grey silence,
a lone cloud
in the sky;
I search for peace
between this storm
and the next sunrise.

I pretend
you're a figment of
my imagination;
as if nothing
is as it seems.
The scars you left,
laid to slumber;
clothed in amour
of a dream.
arrow in your heart
from a lover that's long gone
bittersweet memories
drunk on your favorite wine
waking to a hangover
cloudbursts of beauty
you nourish me with your love
blooming daffodils
age of desire
a constant bloom within
through dandelion years
the seeds of our love
grow ever still eternal
All the paths
I've since tread
Never once forgetting
How we danced so perfectly
In a Summer's dream
Before the road diverged
And everything drifted upstream
How I wish the night had frozen
Still, like the reigning of stars
And the morning
Had not swept you away
With the dawn
did you ever read
the love letters I sent
across the wind,
wept within the ocean?

or am I buried
beneath the sand
of all your forgotten
memories?

did you ever hear
the whistled song of love
I gave the birds to carry,
the whispers of my heart?

or has the tune
long faded with the dark
the lost echo
of a dying star?

do you remember us
or am I just a dream
alone in disillusion
of once upon a time,

flare gun
burning in the night
a single flame
desperately searching for something that is already gone

sailing on the sea
messages in a bottle,
a quest to find you
in the mass of disarray,
broken pieces of my heart.

a lost signal
First the sky
lets loose a cloud,
suddenly I'm drowning
in the emptiness of shadows,
the silence of alone.
Vacant now
but revisited often,
the space within
once occupied by you.
The love we shared,
a beautiful mess
of memories
I can't forget.
A grievance of time,
I waste days and nights on you,
pen of black ink running,
writing poety
to express how much
you meant to me.
Truly
words fall short,
a fraction of these feelings
of love,
fragments of heart
devoid of you
yet hopelessly devoted to you.
It is an odd thing
to fall in love with Winter,
the realization
moments are now memories,
a beautiful tragedy.
In the end
what was once freshly beginning
is now rotten and stale.
I stink of regret,
an ache with a desperate wish
I could forget you.
As the night drags on,
the hole within me deepens,
a hollowing sound,
the echo of the moonlight
disappearing into the sea.
Chill wraps around me
an avalanche of snow,
like all flowers destined to decay
without light,
I sink into cold shoulders
of midnight blues.
Missing you.
Is there no fate worse
than death,
except in the suffering
of the living left
grieving the loss of what was
or what will never be?
Perhaps
someday
the sun will see it fit
to shine again,
revive the dead,
wither the pain
within me;
place my heart
on the pedastal
of love's elusive bloom.
Im not sure what's worse, the breaking or the tedious journey of putting the pieces back together again. The end of holding on, and beginning the process of letting go.
as I live and breathe
I will choose to be kind to
others and to self
Ironically its easier for me to be kind to others, strangers, than it is to be kind to myself. I am often too ******* myself and rarely give myself enough credit. But Im learning that if I am to truly love others I must first learn to love myself.
My heart's a well.
I find it is well
whenever it is filled,
with love.
It feels loved,
whenever I'm with you,
I belong....With you...I am home.
Its simple math.  We add up; we make better sense together.
To be
The wick
Consumed
By your flame
The waves
Crashing your shore
The love you crave
I am desirous
To be yours
Eternally
Cold blade
of rain
cuts trees
down to
white meat
Bone chilled
branches
break off
into wisps
of lonely
twigs
discarded
homeless
The onslaught of winter's increasing cold and a rainy day inspired this poem. It a short description of the disconnection from love, and the often overwhelming feeling of the loneliness thereafter.
Disconsolate
as weeping leaves
falling aimlessly
into a black sea
where light is a dry fountain
and only darkness blooms

a lonely rose
     as memories hang like
        spiderwebs in cornered
           walls
             where loneliness crawls
              recklessly
                aband­oned by love

all I know of life
is forgotten without your touch
only emptiness remains
cold flesh and hollow bones
a heart that beats no more

As night falls
I find myself covetous
of starry skies
whose eyes adorn you
eyes I wish were mine

Envious
of the shadows
curled within your light
all the dream
that lull your mind to sleep

Jealous of solitude
the silent hours that dance
admist the music of your heart
the darkness that penetrates your flesh
drowning in your every breath

breathing in your soul
all the languid arms that hold you
in peaceful slumber

And as the rain falls
I drown in thoughts of you
my heart enshrined in love's memory
curses this darkness
this need to be near you
speechless
as you read to me
I watch your lips move
but find myself
hearing only the thought
of kissing your pretty mouth
speechless
Heavenly hands
are often hell bent
on breaking beautiful things;
humans are gifted to build
and cursed to destroy.

I am a delicate lover
developed in character
a cautionary tale.
I bear the scars,
the wear and tear
from neglect over the years;
the ignorance of the warning label
"handle with care."

I need you to promise
to be careful with me,
a protective shell,
because my heart is
a butterfly wing,
my soul, soft as rain;
I am terribly fragile,
sensitive to holding.

Flying upside down,
head over heels,
hopelessly falling for you;
at risk of being broken.

Don't let me hit the ground.
I wonder
if in the night
you search for me
like misplaced car keys
frantic to find me once more
a needle

through the eye

tiny stars

I knit the dark

into dreams

©achosenword
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