#difficulties
Life is like a wave.
That’s why we say we’re “going through the motions”
Peaks and falls. Violent crashes against life’s edge that melt into a mellow sweep of the shore.
Calm waters running back to sea to be churned over again… what will the next tide bring?
Life is a wave
We have to learn to ride it, to keep ourselves from drowning.
May 13
May 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC
when days turn hard,
I close my eyes,
to see what's left
inside me.
when nights stretch long,
I cry quietly,
into softness that never judged.
life is too dark,
blindfolds my sight
but will peek through it,
to find that ray.
this human heart
still will fly,
even with burnt wings.
Nov 20, 2025
Nov 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM UTC
the unexpected storm
on another day
could have ruined
that intimate moment
of memories and ice cream
sat on the rocks
of the sea wall
surrounded by calm waters
even as the rain fell
and thunder rumbled
they headed for shelter
on their own terms
only when they wished
this time it had
done nothing more
than bring them
playfully
defiantly
together
Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM UTC
So easy for you being done with me
Tears cried for your name
Things begin looking up for a bit
They always end the same
That doesn't make much sense to me
Spin circles round and round
Scream at the top of my lungs that I love you
Your ears just ignore the sound
Like trapped inside a transparent box
Too incompetent to escape
Hands are bound with ropes
My mouth is covered in tape
To make peace with you is all I desire
Understand irrational fears
On surface situation is black-and-white
Beneath layers more complex than it appears
May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM UTC
I'm from a small two-story house on Heatherwood Circle
from mild Summers and freezing Winters
from snow days and hot chocolate to bike rides every morning and evening
I'm from Olmsted Falls ISD where there are four different schools for elementary school here
from Helping Hands and computer lab
from everyone in the class is invited to birthday parties
from a surprise visit from Ronald McDonald
I'm from Kids First Daycare
from Summers of fun and field trips
from taking the wagon to the other grades to collect their leftover food
from the best lunches I've ever received from a school; Buttered Noodles, meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs
from kind teachers and amazing friends I'd watch movies with while we waited for our parents to pick us up. We never got to finish Wall-E
I'm from change
from moving
from new friends, new house, new school
I’m from new
I’m from restarting
I'm from not-so-happy endings
from ups and downs that made me a better person
from learning how to make the most of my current situation
I'm from New Beginnings
Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024 at 11:26 PM UTC
I have
Kept my faith and
Finished my journey with
Difficulties fought a good fight.
In life
What may come, I will bravely fight.
With courage, brevity
And take life so
Easy
Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM UTC
Release me from these shackles,
I don't need to be contained,
away from the guilt of it,
I don't need to be constrained.
Release me from the burdens,
Release me from all Fears,
Release me from these Hardships,
That I have dealth with for so many years.
Release me from Constraints of sorrow,
of shedding so many Tears,
Wishing that someone would save me,
Wishing that help was near.
Release me from Trail and error,
Release me from all doubts,
Loose me from the thought of thinking,
If the fact that there's no way out.
Constrained from Financial difficulties,
Constrained from the ware and tear,
When you're feeling down and low,
When Life is treating you unfair.
Release me from ALL CONSTRAINTS,
This is my beck and call,
Oh, Please Release these shackles,
To be unconstrained FROM IT ALL!!
B.R.
Date: 10/1/2024
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024 at 1:36 PM UTC
I listen to point of view
Eyelids opened so wide
I never see until too late
Thoughts moseying through your mind
I hear your message with ears
Try practicing what you preach
So I witness joy cover your face
Gentle ways you cannot seem to teach
When fingers lace together
Forget our friction for awhile
Avoiding conflict best as I can
Still fail to make you smile
Refuse to learn from mistakes
Present is clouded by dread
Human histories breed hesitation
Future is dangling from a thread
Tired of being the erroneous one
Doomed to displease from the start
Afraid of ruining intimacy
How easily I fall apart
When you're less than perfect
Stop treating you like the enemy
The truth is I don't deserve you
Swear I'll change and become a better me
Sep 9, 2024
Sep 9, 2024 at 5:31 AM UTC
T-rust lost.
I-ronically hopeful.
R-espectfully alone.
E-ndlessly worried.
***** promises.
Sep 8, 2024
Sep 8, 2024 at 10:24 AM UTC
conundrum: an intricate and difficult problem
He was having conundrum
with his Life Expectations.
He had No degrees,
no diploma or a set
firm Education.
He knew certain crafts,
but people did laugh; but
he still had a firm
Foundation. He knew ABC's and
123's, For, Carpentry was his niche,
He worked hard for his degree, and
He got it with ease and now
He is making it.
B. R.
Date: 01/12/2023
Aug 22, 2024
Aug 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM UTC
so many once here
have now disappeared
long gone into the white
rambled and veered
on to paths unclear
faded from all sight
their bark was their bite
but this dark toothless blight
has quickly 'come revered
so we write
that we might be a light tonight
in lieu of the disappeared
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM UTC
the key went
in the lock
easily enough
with no resistance
in the cylinder
nor any loose pins
catching inside
yet try as i might
it would not turn
all three keys
were the same
identical in height
of teeth and
depth of notch
i could not have
picked the wrong one
still the deadbolt
was unmoved and
would not let me
into my own home
May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024 at 7:23 AM UTC
New day, with dawn of rising sun
off the docks, cruising towards horizon
light and breezy all, felt like blessed by Poseidon
Skinny dipping for happiness, hope I find some.
Many I got bon voyage, many I curses,
many were on board, many kraken lurks.
Head straight, high sail,
ignored all, focused on right trail.
Pleasant journey until now, premonitions around,
dark clouds, high tide, ensuing panic in crowd,
blinded became Travis, undermined the upcoming crisis
Darkness engulfed, realized too late, next moment...
**** hit the fan down came the rain,
followed by storm and a huge hurricane.
Bulldozed through, but that's just iceberg's tip,
it's gonna be titanic soon, already feel like losing grip.
Beyond horizon, can't see,
calm sea or whirlpool will there be.
All I know, strength of these sails,
sailors and that mysterious gentle gale.
May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022 at 9:52 AM UTC
There are times I turn to the river,
when life roils and churns like the rapids,
and I remember what the river has always
known when it heaves and ebbs, and runs
swiftly by, carrying broken branches just
as abraded stones appear as polished gems
Feb 12, 2022
Feb 12, 2022 at 9:39 AM UTC
Face cards are considered at the top, we get greedy for them,
Learn to take what comes your way
Different cards pop up every time as different faces.
Joker is ignored while playing, such unwanted things in life should
be avoided for a good play
Winnings are not always at your step.
Four Colours makes us believe life is colourful and attractive
Wait for your turn to showcase your excellence.
Ace leads the face cards
Reach the topmost level, so no one can pull you down.
Mar 22, 2021
Mar 22, 2021 at 1:14 PM UTC
Sun comes up,
she goes down
on some upended main drag,
if i were an archaeologist
i still wouldn't dig this place,
every other day she dwells
in tedious, empty cafés,
but on the weekends she flashes
her "license and registration"
to oncoming traffic,
hoping for grifted furlough
to wear as silken, shiny beads,
and so we ride
this merry-go-round,
because moving in circles
is far better than being trapped in a square,
we've stopped climbing the calendar
in search of higher elevation,
she used to pour it on thick,
stirring drinks inside my head,
i used to shake
worries from her hair,
now with bitter orange marmalade
low in the sky, and stacked against us,
it's home before dark,
lest our eyes open wide to see
we are nothing more
but strangers at sundown.
Feb 17, 2021
Feb 17, 2021 at 10:57 AM UTC
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Hey my dearest friend, help me I am growing self-conscious
Society’s expectations make me anxious
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I carry your troubles(I carry it in my heart)
For you are work of sacred art
Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021 at 10:48 AM UTC
Do not break your head to think for nothing
What will happen, will happen for a lot of reasons
Climb the stairs and ring the bell what are you waiting
I know the story from the start from the first season
The last one is much more, much more shocking
14 years later you forgive them, like it wasn't a treason
Just stop and focus on what you are going to do now
Get up, shout out, scream out loud, don't leave nothing inside
Look them in the eye, show them why you make that vow
Loses that weight to not be right of their crowning pride
Free yourself for this burdens and let them see how
Breakthrough and get out of that black shadow side
When we want we can despite the difficulties
Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020 at 7:51 AM UTC
I fear.
The day when imagination is suddenly blocked
The day when inspiration was numb
I fear.
The day when souls dried up with tears
The day when courage chooses to hide from the world
I fear.
The day when senses vanished
The day when life is exhausted and the body is destroyed
I fear.
The day when faith is shaken by the time
The day when the truth was revealed as a lie
I fear.
The day when memory and ambition faded
The day when I rot in a wheelchair
I fear.
The day when I don't recognize anyone
The day when everyone doesn't recall me anymore
I fear.
The day when all these worries come true
I know
We'll always have a sense of fear
We'll always have infinite worries
Maybe it's a nightmare that will never wake up
But let us run forward without any scruples
and one day we will be in the lights.
Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 at 8:32 AM UTC
I've had a life of sorrow,
I've lived a life of pain.
Wednesday's child. Full of woe,
I've lived a life of shame.
I won't elicit sympathy,
I won't be bright & witty
I'll simply be true to self
I surely don't want pity.
Whenever IT happened
Really matters not
But I had tragedy when young
Was by a devil caught.
IT set about a cycle
Which, like a gerbil wheel,
Made me shunned,
Made me run,
To a trap of tungsten steel.
I was trapped by drugs & vice
Alcohol & more
Accepted *** instead of love
Practically a *****
I felt unloved. Unlovable.
Ever since a child.
So I died on the inside
Became rebellious... WILD!
I was a cheat. I was a thief.
I ripped off stores for *****
So I was in the trap of guilt,
Could not help but lose!
I should have died SO many times!
Dragged by a speeding car
By a drug crazed jon of mine
You think THAT left a scar??
But God had SUCH mercy!
He gave me such GRACE!
Heart of stone, and yet...
HIS OWN!
No, I was NOT a WASTE!
I have no doubt I'll always have
Doubts the devil brings
But now I'm *LOVED and LOVABLE!
BY THE KING OF KINGS!!!*
Catherine Jarvis
12/29/2019
Dec 30, 2019
Dec 30, 2019 at 12:20 AM UTC
Hold your head up child
Don’t let the darkness **** you in
Be a light… burn brighter
Love more and worry less
Enjoy this life now
What will come later doesn’t matter
Refuse to dwell in the misery
These things are temporal
Live your life now
Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 at 2:34 PM UTC
Rhino virus in my flesh
My right knee has bursitis
Aching body, stuffy head
Hip to toe arthritis!
I've been slowly going deaf
Bad teeth in my mouth
I'm a "Rice Krispies" critter
My plumbing's going south!
I need a new body!
NOT the one I own!
I've dry-rot in my muscles
And acid in the bone!
What CAN make me joyous
When I'm in such pain?
Who is my umbrella
While I'm dancing in the rain?
I think you know the answer
But I'll repeat again...
Don't find it strange I'm happy!
No, don't find it odd!
I have a gracious Savior...
Jesus Christ's my God!
Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019 at 6:15 AM UTC
I noticed that I always say
"It will be alright"
When things are difficult.
And I never broke that promise.
Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019 at 5:56 PM UTC