#reaching
"Do you miss me?"
Like a plant at night, eager to see the sun rise
Or a heartbeat, anticipating a breath
Like a playful dog, waiting for its owner
Or a chapter book, wanting to be read
Like a clock turning, the next hour approaching
Or an empty sea, reaching high for the moonlight
Like a used pen, bleeding for a new line to write
Yes
Yes, I have missed you
Mar 5
Mar 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC
i want someone to notice
to let it all out
while they comfort me
saying it’s all going to work out
but everytime i try
my chest tightens
i start panicking
suddenly it’s really hot
and i can’t breathe
so i just keep to myself
maybe it’s better this way
because they probably don’t care
Mar 1
Mar 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC
Where does the soul bleed —
from the eyes, blinded,
the heart, broken?
Does it fade in the dark
as it dies with your lies?
Is it burning you alive?
Is it out of compassion,
or by hatred?
Does the wound become its own witness?
How does the soul know to survive?
Can one learn to see the pain
through the light?
Feb 22
Feb 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM UTC
When I reach out,
You grab my hand.
When I reach out,
You listen to my words.
When I reach out,
You're there.
Jun 12, 2025
Jun 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM UTC
Voices inside my head seem endless
Different faces in each phase
I am trying to save my last breath as if I'm drowning
I tried to free a single word, but nothing escaped.
I am no one, I am nothing
Those were my thoughts as I picked you up at the counter.
Finally, freedom!
May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM UTC
I heard
Winds chime for those
with a tendency to feel things too deeply.
Every time it clanged,
I felt you right here.
Reaching.
I think
I’ve done a poor job
accepting
a need to be loved so completely.
Spinning.
Spinning
to outrun you,
to outrun me,
to climb somewhere high enough
where only the wind might greet me.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Breathing.
Mar 2, 2025
Mar 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC
To go so far
And turn around
To take a step forward
And take two steps back
Ambition lost
Courage faltering
And you...
You just keep going
Leaving me reaching and falling short
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024 at 2:35 AM UTC
A voice,
I was familiar with
Previously, deviously
Reaching out
For more of what she had
Before
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023 at 10:41 PM UTC
"I'm treading carefully" you say
with lips that touch mine so sweetly
like warm chamomile that heats my body
A fire is meant to be kindled
and here you are stoking the flames
slowly and gently but
you swear you can't do it
that you're still too damaged
And so my flames die out and I wonder
is it worth trying to keep my fire
when we both know that
neither of us are able to nurture it
especially not right now
But one day I want you
to come and see if we can light it again
Mar 3, 2023
Mar 3, 2023 at 9:28 AM UTC
colored handprints alight
splattered in dots and lines
a glassy pillow stretches
its wrinkled and hairlined skin
cracked
creaking
crooked
stretched wearing thin..
a hold on the waves
grasping currents
passing
rushing farther and farther
painting the vastness
of this open ended question
muddled muddied marred
blurring in sight
May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022 at 5:02 PM UTC
~for the wild child, daughter, wife, mother~
I am drifting into the tender part of the night, when deceit is pointless, and I argue with conviction within myself that in our lives that it will never be too late, but I know I contradict my prior musing...somewhere between the fact that time is a wasting commodity, precocious and precious, lives this idea within, that there is nothing that cannot be navigated, recompensed, even forgiven...
the argument goes on, the tide of battle switching back and forth, and for now I must be satisfied with the meagerness of I can’t give up, be at ease by acknowledging defeat, not just yet, and the fast arrival of a clean slate is a chance, a draw, a ticket to ride, and,
reaching
is a wonderful idea, full of compromise, out and in, extra effort, and tomorrow I may yet teach one of us, even myself, by reaching inside of what churns within, and then have the perfect words you require, for a desperate need, and a comforting that comes forth easily
Jul 17, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM UTC
Standing tall on the highest mountain
surrounded by clouds and the most beautiful fountains.
Against all odds, the tree grew on the toughest rock
up in the sky with the highest-flying hawk.
The cherry blossom reached for the sky.
The cherry blossom wanted to fly
to see the world from up high
to see that last as it dies.
The cherry blossom reached its goal
but all too soon it lost control.
it wanted to see it all
even if it meant it'll fall
The cherry blossom reached and reached
while its trunk screeched and people preached
"trees aren't flexible," they cried
yet still, the cherry blossom tried
the cherry blossom soon adapted
for it never ever got distracted
its trunk had bent and curled
and soon it could see the world.
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020 at 3:36 AM UTC
Lazy and lethargic
Loopy and lost
Little dizzy dots dancing through glass
Distorted and reorganized daily
Finding wiser ways warily
Cutting rosemary from the dirt
Megahertz blurt thoughts into blankness
Blankets on the back porch
Roaches in the feed corn
Violating duties sworn
Better to be never born
Steel shorn clean, violently
Violets growing amongst ivy
Mahogany inseparably blending into ivory
Talking more quietly
For you
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020 at 11:27 PM UTC
Oceans full of tears,
Skies full of pain,
Nothing feels real anymore.
Am I really alive or am I just bones and meat.
We are walking on the same path,
And we are almost reaching the end,
Maybe I am just a dreamer,
But why do they teach us how to dream?
If they all turn to dust.
Feb 19, 2020
Feb 19, 2020 at 5:12 PM UTC
There
comes
a time
when
you
are too
weak
and you
just
have to
hope
'
' ' ' '
' ' ' '
'
there's
someone
on the
other
side
reaching
out
and
maybe
they can reach you
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019 at 1:11 PM UTC
I want to reach for your
twists and curls and twirl
them around my fingers
Nov 20, 2019
Nov 20, 2019 at 2:27 PM UTC
Don’t set your sights on easy marks
Or aim your goals too close at hand
But reach up high, and eagerly
Use every skill that you command
Fear not what others say or do
Pursue your truth and your desire
If others mock, they will not feel
The moving force of reaching higher
What you expect, you will receive
Your fervent hopes are self-fulfilled
So set your course for greater things
With confidence now deep instilled
Achieve by day - by week - by year
Enjoy your dreams, ignite your fire
And show the truth to others now
The fiery power of reaching higher
Nov 7, 2019
Nov 7, 2019 at 2:50 PM UTC
heart grown over hard leather
still living on something dead,
hands extended out for holding
“im just hoping to be enough” you said.
Oct 23, 2019
Oct 23, 2019 at 9:39 AM UTC
Reaching, rising,
touching, striving,
grasping success,
don't accept less.
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 2019 at 9:07 PM UTC
Reaching for worlds I've never known
Reaching for people I hardly know
Reaching for heights unknown
But mostly reaching for a hand to hold
Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019 at 7:37 PM UTC