Let me tell you something

I learned Lettin' Go
can be
a powerful show
Of  Wisdom



I always had
this need
to see where each
song leads

Everything I
began...
lovers turned back
to man

I feared I'd miss
forever
I was A slave to
"together"

I became the most
Devoted
You just took love never
Showed it

*though I didn't know it

But you showed me

A wise woman doesn't finish
every book
She knows unfulfilling by
second look

I knew
             I know
                             you showed me

But I hoped If I closed
my eyes

Your words

Your words would
Come true
Passion a new

Ha! You sure showed me

wishing
Loving
Don't change people

I just never thought
You'd
          take
               "no"
                         away
                                 from
                                          me
                                               too

But you sure showed me
                                                and
                                          Yet
                                   still
                            I'm
               stronger
        Than
**you

I adore you
Not as a collector idolizes what's his to keep

You're beautiful
the cusp of your hills
leading to a shallow sink hole
just before the meadows

You're perfect
The circular masses
surrounded by pure white sand
Even when it rains
emotions gleam flawlessly

You're joy
Hide poorly your white city
Covered by soft rose gardens
That part
In a way that evokes happiness
Within me

I adore you
Not the way a collector
Idolizes what isn't his to keep
But as

A traveler...
Lost in another land

...finds himself.

This is For Poet
I find delight
in those who engage
in limitless moments of
Expression

so watch
my prose
dye this page
to life
as i write a tribute
to poet

Who else can take life’s
most valuable lessons
turn them into a
collection of words
Bled
from soul?

this IS for you poet

from whom
life’s greatest lessons
gleam from their faces
always and forever
never hidden

a permanent tattoo

I ink as I speak
life’s truths
to each of you

Dearest poet,

Thank You
for your gift
expression

Your souls
cast
under the glaring light
of perception

as they smother
it
with meager understanding
confined by society's  definition
of norm

locked minds
try to find meaning.

This is for poet

fearlessly fearful

never questions the words
we ourselves barely make
sense of

as we expose
our deepest held truths
hoping that someone
will misunderstand us
enough
to find clarity
in their own depression

This is For YOU poet

Vulnerability?
we have
NO choice
our passion seeps
like a perfume

always naked
our thoughts
gleam on our skin
offering no barrier between us and them

This is for TEOP

Keep Writing
There is light in your pen

I've gotten lost on Lovers Lane
So many times I've played this game
With each encounter I've sought change
Realigning my last name
I've found beauty here
Even
In
Pain
Each end... none the same
I've realized it isn't the Him to blame
I could've long gone back the way I came

Lets play a game
Write whatever comes to mind
...no editing
watch your soul

speak

Here's mine:

Sometimes I'm as delicate
As a rock
And as timid as a lion
Sometimes I hold my breath

For a breath of fresh
Air

Most times I lay awake at night
With the silence of my voice

Thoughts

Finding joy
In the beauty
Of my contradiction

Grateful
I am
My love
For which
All I was
tryna find
tryna find
Was just
you

Complete.
Isn't...

it seems that my present
Requires your presence
Without you
Life
It is not a present

my present
past
I pray that you're in tomorrow
b/c my life is nothing.. but
sorrow without you

Now you see
I fell in love

My love
All I was
tryna find
tryna find
Was
you

And In time I realized
He was just a road away from you
I found security in his  arms

Love sometimes...

Fear

Oh!
What He was teaching me
The very thought now
sends a shiver down my spine...
the thought!

My heart, I thought he had


he knew that
All I was
tryna find
tryna find
Was Just...
you

He was my excuse
Convinced me Not to follow you

his path

couldn’t include...
My happiness, I can only have
tryna find
tryna find
you...

To have your presence
in my present
You were
an invaluable present

This.

I realized...
after leaving you
I never thought you’d love me again
but

you’ve been right here

waiting for me
to choose to lay with you
tellin me

Searchin...

All I was
tryna find
tryna find
Was
you

When I left Fear
I realized...

My love
always had
Will foreva have
you.
Dearest Peace of Mind,

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