#harsher
No one fears losing me.
No one stays awake
with my name clenched between their teeth.
I could vanish tonight
and nothing would be postponed.
No calls delayed.
No prayers misfired.
My absence would not interrupt love,
because love never scheduled me.
I am not anchored
in anyone’s panic.
Not guarded by a pulse
that breaks at the thought of me gone.
I exist without collateral damage.
I can disappear
because no one has invested
their fear in me.
That is the proof.
Dec 28, 2025
Dec 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM UTC
I am a garden just waiting to let spring in
I stand frozen now with wind blown tufts in the air
Nothing but a blankness, as suits the harsher months
I wait for the signal to unclasp my sprigs
To make known my blooming blush
To let down my head of greenery
And fill the empty space where I have slumbered
Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019 at 2:34 PM UTC