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223 · Nov 2020
Paper has more patience
Renae Nov 2020
In frightening situations
Through tears of pain
The anguish of grief
In the pouring rain

As Anne once said,
"Paper has more patience than people"

The strength she knew
more powerful within
More intense than realities
Faith held her hand.
The diary of Anne Frank
222 · Mar 2014
What if
Renae Mar 2014
If I closed my eyes and clenched my fists
Crossed my fingers and bit my lip
said a prayer & made a wish
If I made my wish with interesting words
Or if those words were a song I could sing
A song I could sing to you
Would you sing along or sway with me?
Would that song melt your heart enough
make you want to live again
Would it make you want to stay home
pick up a hobby that makes your hands happy
to save your laugh from dying
or your eyes from crying
Would it bring you back to us?
If it would I would do it
Everyday
221 · Jan 2018
WE
Renae Jan 2018
WE
I am not he
Though I long
for unity
We
are puzzle pieces
bent
yet not crippled
Beyond healing
Are the pieces
irreparable
damaged until
they no longer
believe they fit
Take my hand
Of support
Let me listen
Learn to stay
For I am laughter, I am love
I yearn to let you in
Love overwhelmes
unhealthy callous reasonings
Love can ease the ache
Warm the frozen
Heal the broken parts
what is needed
Is we
219 · Jul 2021
Tired
Renae Jul 2021
I'm less than half a century
there's so much this world tells me I should be

I don't know
how that could be
I did what I ought
I stood and I fought
I ignored what I knew
they thought of me

Now my bones are weary
my muscles have
no get up and go
they feel they have
nowhere to be

I try to see the hope in view
I focus on that narrow
slice of light I knew
I stood with
my feet in concrete

Now I am tired of standing
I am no longer what I can be
This existence wasn't happy
Since the only version of
Love I knew,
never lasted for me
💔
218 · Mar 2014
Want
Renae Mar 2014
I want to love you
I wish we were free
But I get this funny feeling
it's much too temporary
217 · Feb 2014
Everyone says
Renae Feb 2014
Everyone says it's been too long
Everyone says I should have known
Everyone says I'm so young
it's just crazy to hold on
Everyone says I should move on now
try to find someone else

Everyone needs to know
My heart is not made of stone
I've never had to move on
I've never known love before
Everyone says I'm crazy
It's obvious he doesn't love me
Everyone says these things
yet none feel my feelings
216 · Jul 2014
The story of you and me
Renae Jul 2014
Never ceases to amaze me how easily we'd
*self-destruct
216 · Dec 2022
You know who you are
Renae Dec 2022
I told you I
believe
it's just
way too late.

You came back
telling me
It's okay to
take breaks...

How can we
build anything
on avoidance
and mistakes?

My mistakes
Your mistakes
Our foundation
has breaks,
It's broken

When did
you ever admit?
Apologize
to me, for dismissing
my feelings?
For making me feel
like nothing?

Why should I
act like it's okay?
We cannot become
One
With so much space
215 · Feb 2018
A walk
Renae Feb 2018
A walk down my memory lane
might just make you dizzy
trip over boulders
in my obstacle course
A walk down my memory lane
might make you wail
not just cry
Might make you wonder why
life is so intentionally cruel
and why so many lives
fall through cracks in boardwalks and get lost in sand
endlessly twisting in hourglass
canisters sitting on tables staring at happiness
they can not claim
215 · Mar 2017
Done
Renae Mar 2017
It doesn't make any sense
So I'll give up
The twists and knots
You've made in my mind
Too intricate now
Too many times you've
Looped through and through
I cannot pull it apart
It's too much now
Too many lies
Too much uncertainty
It was you
I chose you
With patience
I stood up for you
I withstood humiliation
With understanding
I listened to your accusations
saying hurtful things to me
Another twist
I allowed
Your intentions
not for me to be happy
Instead your intention
Is hurtful
And I am done
I am through
I am finally
Over you
215 · May 2014
Madness
Renae May 2014
Madness spreads through me as I watch
all I wanted was a moment of my own
Silent still alone
Just a song maybe, to keep me company
I did not ask for this life
it was chosen for me
212 · Apr 2019
Solitude
Renae Apr 2019
Listen
Can you hear the peace?
It's calling me
211 · Jan 2018
Broke
Renae Jan 2018
I want to talk to you
Only what would I say?
You will turn the tables
make me feel awful  
Twist my words
Stab me in the heart again
& again
I will continue to be in pain
Drowning in my tears
& confusion
While you smile
as you walk away
No, friends is too hard for me.
210 · Sep 2023
Rain
Renae Sep 2023
I love the pitter patter it makes
on the spanish tiles
of my roof top.
It splish splashes
on my window panes.
The Earth is thirsty
after the summer
the sun was unforgiving
for so long
I watch the fields soak up
What they've been needing
It felt like ages
we went without.
Now the rain falls
and the Earth is quenched
It sprouts again
The fresh smell feels the air
And I sip my coffee
under my cozy covered porch
as I listen in peace and I smile.
210 · Aug 2017
Miracle
Renae Aug 2017
Bravery is unexplainable
how can we possibly comprehend
Like in crisis
How adrenaline kicks in
unexpectedly muscles clench
And all of a sudden
Lifting a car no longer seems
Impossible...
Infact pretty much anything is
Possible
When your child's in trouble
All of a sudden
You have no choice
You have to be a hero
It's like your brain takes over
Your body just minds
Accomplishing a miracle
207 · Mar 2014
Saved the worst for last
Renae Mar 2014
Opening my eyes to
I'm not the one for you
I remember your words
all too well
I tried to forget the day you threw me
Or broke everything
We weren't what I dreamed
She was your tower
I could never measure up
A thousand times I'd been the brunt
before you walked in
You didn't seem to mind
so we saved the worst for last
Loosing all respect for each other
we stopped remembering we were only imperfect
or that we needed this thing they call love
I finally accepted knowing with time gone by
if we couldn't forgive and forget
since we are only human
life would never be kind....&
together we'd never survive.
206 · Dec 2016
Never you
Renae Dec 2016
It isn't impossible for me
To shut it down
To be alone completely

Even in this crowded sea
I could die that way eventually
Only tears slide silently
Down my chin from rosey cheeks

You easily show me what would never be
You give me glimpses just to tease
So maybe I think I should die lonely
And no, it wouldn't bother me
206 · Apr 2014
The master plan 10w
Renae Apr 2014
He wants to hurt me
                      through deception
                                             as I fall
204 · Mar 2014
Words
Renae Mar 2014
Your words
"I never want to hurt you"
sting terribly
10 w
196 · Mar 2014
There he goes again
Renae Mar 2014
Right when my senses tell me to try
Just when I'm feeling forgiving
I'm having those good dreams
And fantasies
Just when I'm thinking it's time
Right when I want to tell him......
There he goes again
square one and worlds apart
195 · Jul 2014
Strong (10w)
Renae Jul 2014
It's what they call you
When you stifle the truth
193 · Dec 2017
What If
Renae Dec 2017
What would life be like
If there were no deadlines
No rush, no hurry
No waiting in line
No jammed up traffic
Or chaotic lunch hours
No frustrated looks
Everyone is smiling
Waving to say "hello!"
On their way to somewhere
They want to be

Imagine if you will
It begins with
A coral & blue sun rise

Slowly you stretch
Close behind
Is a warm cozy cuddle
Holding a hot cup of tea
A delicious home made breakfast with loved ones

Mid morning is spent
in your garden
Hands cultivating rich soil
Flowers greet your senses
Beauty catching your eye
from every angle
Satisfaction is all you feel
Knowing everything you need
Is there in your fruit trees
The ones you planted
In the garden beds
The ground provides everything
Without cost

It is mid day
A soak sounds nice
As long as you like
Hey, why not go for a hike?
To waterfalls
Or a river bed
Or climb a mountain side
Do whatever you want
Leave the country!
There are no boundaries

You won't grow old
Because you have eternity
Age does not exist
Unless we count the years
And there are no more tears
Because sin has disappeared

There's a million things to do
You're happy and healthy
You have day and night
There's joy in every thing
& no exhaustion in sight
What if
Everything I said
Is possible
What would you give up today?
What if there was only
One way
But that way
Is sometimes uncomfortable
Would that make you
Want to do what it takes?
Would that make you
Try to learn what might
Seem implausible?
193 · Oct 2014
Laughter (10w)
Renae Oct 2014
What is life without laughter
Do you know what I mean?
191 · Mar 2018
Fighter
Renae Mar 2018
What does it mean
To always be ready
Offense
Defensive
I am always
On this
One way street
Fists is position
Steady
Pivoting
I am a fighter
It is all I know now
Concussions
Bruised
what is left of me
Bleeds on the inside
where none can see
188 · Oct 2014
When
Renae Oct 2014
When I think of love
I think
There is no such thing
186 · Oct 2020
The Fallible Relationship
Renae Oct 2020
You called
I did not hesitate
We started with
a cracked slate

Neither of us wanted
To end it
Neither of us knew
where we were headed

Confusing as it was
I stumbled
out of love
You tried to get me to wait
Without any effort
on your plate

I said we need to communicate
I wanted forever
You told me friends is better
I told you it's just too late
186 · Dec 2020
Gotta get back to me
Renae Dec 2020
I've been at
your beck & call
when all you wanted
was for me to fall
I picked you up
again and again
as you watched me
crawl, break & bend
For you
it was never enough
I couldn't carry it all
Like I'm nothing but tough
...as if your flaws were my own
the weight of you crushes
right down to my bones
I may be alone
Only my thoughts
to set me free
The comfort I have is
knowing me
Knowing exactly who I am
seeing through everything
helps me to understand
I gotta get back to me
Focus on what's at hand
Disappointment happens sidetracking
Chasing storms in the sand
185 · May 2014
I can't stop (10w)
Renae May 2014
I don't know how
I'm lost in thoughts of you
184 · Feb 2020
Listen
Renae Feb 2020
Let him go play with her heart
Loosen your grip on his
He won't give
This tension is relentless
You're far too precious
don't shrink yourself
Into believing you're less
You're not a fraction of the best
He doesn't know how to love
Your head will stay a mess
Charisma isn't enough
Chemistry will pass
Being in bed isn't all you need
To make it last

A listener who cares
A love whose there,
More than pillow talk
more than lifeless stares
Someone who'll hold you
Through your tears
He picks you up and lights your fears
The journey is together
Connected so deep
when you speak
Commited to eachother
I help you, you help me
Make it last forever
This is something you keep
Relationships are between 2 hearts. Only 2
184 · Feb 2018
Honey
Renae Feb 2018
honey catches more bees than vinegar ever will
Hahaha who the heck wants to catch something that stings?
No I'll keep my honey, honey,
I'll feed it to the mama bears  they know what it's like to be stung
183 · Mar 2017
Simple truth
Renae Mar 2017
I cannot love based on imagination
I cannot imagine love into my life
To truly tell I'm loved,
that it's not infatuation,
Takes a real man who wants a real wife
183 · Jan 2018
I am a work of art
Renae Jan 2018
I suppose I am not so broken
it is impossible for me to keep it
together

I could use gold to piece my heart together in a mosaic fashion

Then I can proudly display my masterpiece

I am still golden
I still have a heart of gold

Only
a much more delicate
Far more valuable
work of art
181 · Sep 2020
Blind
Renae Sep 2020
Tonight wasn't the 1st time it's ever happened to me.
I've always felt that I could change the past, break cycles and break through ceilings.
Thought by now people would feel the same as me.
It seems that some are just too angry.

It's sad to stay as small as your own race.
I thought we had finally made it to where these things didn't take place.

I guess ugly stays, you put yourself in their shoes & repeat the same old school mistakes.
Take the upper hand like it makes you cool, like it makes you better, but it only makes you the same.
Prejudice
181 · May 2014
My Letter
Renae May 2014
I know it's been years
Time is something we can never get back
Knowing you care is a comfort
Still, it's not enough to make me okay
Sometimes I wish you didn't care
That way I could stop loving you
When you're near I can't help myself
I lose my mind in sweet memories.
Smells, tastes, affections,
You showered me in moments
Moments that won't leave me
A caress on the small of my back
A gentle kiss on my neck
Lying against each other
A passionate embrace
during a romantic scene
Smiles of gratitude
Stares of love
I will never dwell on the misunderstanding
I will never love another
Not the way I loved you
I will not get over the way we fell apart
I know with time I will get stronger
Perhaps my heart will harden to stone
Perhaps I will forget eventually
With Jehovah's love I may rise above
I have already forgiven you
If only you were sorry
180 · Aug 2021
Rise above
Renae Aug 2021
Sadness and confusion
Go hand in hand
Complimenting eachother
Sticking together
Building eachother up
Tears like a river
Drowning out
the ability
To rise above
179 · Jan 2018
Obsessed
Renae Jan 2018
Only thoughts
Become words
Sounds
Every inch corner, crease
So please
Stay captured with
Excessive longing
Desperately watching....

Wanting
In-depth
Togetherness
Hopeful

Tomorrow
Heaven smiles
Eternally

Tenderly
Helping
Our endeavours
Under seemingly
Graven circumstances
True intention is revealed


Only
Forever


You will be
Obsessed with me
Until time is no more

As
New
Desire

Makes love
E**nevitable
175 · May 2014
Tonight
Renae May 2014
Thank you
Thank you for minutes,
for sideways smiles and winks
For laughter and honesty
I felt the freedom tonight
I was 10 years ago
Life was in the moment
A rainbow broke through storm clouds
Tonight
I was young and in love
with a calm from above
I smiled up to the sky
Said a prayer in my mind
It went something like this
**I love you
171 · Jan 2
Tired
Renae Jan 2
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of spinning.
Same stories been told for thousands of years, still, nobody's winning.
Pockets of pigs continue to grow while ones they call peasants, sit in the snow.
Kerosine's sparse, lights about to go out
as the wealthy eat steak, warm,
in their 12 bedroom house.
The people of NC are feezing
165 · Jul 2021
Realistically
Renae Jul 2021
What is real?
I can't see it but I can feel
Is it lust? Is it fire?
Is it only appealing to my desire?
Is wrong is it right?
Should I put up a fight?
I once read it was either
A test of my faith,
will I stand firm
Or teeter
Will it destroy my heart
Rip it out and tear it apart?
Like the myans of old
Sacrificing all I own
Theives, they steal
Take & only reveal
lust for power
not a tower
Of refuge
They are hills
Crumbling and stumbling
With nothing but feels
no foundation
No peace of mind
empty philosophy
is all you find
Realistically
The answer is deeper
It is not hidden or confusing
It is something to live for
Stronger and taller
Than the highest height
emptying thrones
bringing the truth to light
More powerful
than your mind
a treasure of gold
is what you'll find
165 · Apr 2019
RIP
Renae Apr 2019
RIP
Go ahead
tear me open just to sew me shut again.
All I ask, is that each time please
take some more stuffing with you.
164 · Aug 2021
Unite
Renae Aug 2021
I don't claim to know
What's good and what's not
There's things I know
that aren't just thoughts
I remember that night
the wind blew cold
it tried to **** us
But we were stronger
than the wind
We were stronger in the end
We stood up
We fought
took our stand
Full of endurance
Resistance
They swung and hit
but the ball it missed us
They're aiming For something
they can't reach
Someone who loves us
strong enough
to make us trees
Our roots growing deep
Holding on with both hands
Drinking from streams
They cannot touch
We know what's right
The end is in sight
Now we take our stand
Unite
164 · Jun 2014
Think about it
Renae Jun 2014
What is in a word?
Does it matter?
Is it useful?
Is it kind?
Do you say it in a song?
In a letter?
In poetry?
How do you see others?
First do you see yourself?
Do you listen?
Do you help?
Do you pay attention?
Do you pretend?
What is in a word anyway?
I believe words are powerful enough to build up or tear down, what do your words say about you?
163 · Dec 2024
AI
Renae Dec 2024
AI
Aren't you concerned
as you listen to money talk?

It seems to be the one thing everyone's after.

It may be what causes the biggest disaster.

Bow down to the heartless green & I assure you, it will be your ending.
AI is not the answer.
162 · Nov 2019
I lose
Renae Nov 2019
I face the mirror I see in you
My grip loosens from my rope
Where I tried to tie us in a knot
162 · Aug 2020
Love to me
Renae Aug 2020
Love to me is not a whisper
It shouts from the rooftops
No
Love is not a secret
You place in your pocket
Love connects
Interacts
yearns for & craves
Love is always thinking
Of ways
For laughter to overturn
The frown
For respect to take the cake!
For oneness to accept
Forgive & forget...
Love
Conquers and saves
156 · Aug 2021
Better
Renae Aug 2021
She said he said
It's all so salty
Wanna know the scoop?
Mostly she thinks
"I'm better than you"
Blessed and chosen
From only a few
You don't know how little
I mean to you
156 · Jan 2018
Destroyer
Renae Jan 2018
Shove the knife in deep
Make me think it was me
Destroy even tiny bits of what might've been
Try your darndest to make me
Think you're someone
I should still need
In the end all I see
Is a destroyer
155 · Feb 2018
Storm
Renae Feb 2018
Tonight I felt lost
Deep in thoughts
The angry world trying to start up a storm with innocence
Why do they love to
Cause uproars
Meddle and pick and pry
Love is not that easy
Love does not happen overnight
Love is tucked away
In a safer place
Sheilded from wicked ways
ruthless minds
Who play with truth
& shout out lies
Renae Apr 2020
Wandering mind
Wondering what's gone wrong with me
And try not to try
Swayed in the wind
Swayed by desire
Can't reach the moon up above
And I don't dare touch the fire
'Cause the trouble with wanting is I want you
The trouble with wanting is I want you
The trouble with wanting is I want you
And I want you all my life
Always on my mind
You're miles and miles away
But somehow you're close
If I can't have my cake
And eat it too
I guess the sound of your voice on my machine
Will just have to do
'Cause the trouble with wanting is I want you
The trouble with wanting is I want you
The trouble with wanting is I want you
And I want you all the time
And if you never come back
If you never call
I say I'll understand....
149 · Sep 2023
What's worse?
Renae Sep 2023
I thought it would be bliss, I never thought about anything falling apart. He was my heart, my forever.
I was so excited every time he walked through the door
I remember his sent, his laugh, his whistle... It sounded like happiness.
The way he embraced me
Made me feel like the only woman in the world.
I just knew he would never hurt me. Did he make me feel safe? Safe was an understatement.
As the years dragged on,
Disagreements arose, issues I thought would be important to him because they were important to me, left him cold. Aloof to me.
His temper grew with each year, it seemed to bring the house down.
The children and I never knew how to walk on those egg shells.
Making too much noise, saying the wrong thing, doing the wrong thing.
Uncomfortability became our life,
Wine became my best friend.
Singing was an outlet I cherished, I would never blow up as long as I could sing.
The separation was the longest and hardest suicide.
The divorce finished me.
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