#upward
I lost my confession
But why u repent?
I shot at the sky
Did sin see me salvaged?
I cradled insanity falling upward
Got the tune with me?
I mocked the thorn, faded
Yearning, bluing, prattling
I hummed the silent lyrics, nested
Could dandelions dare astray?
Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM UTC
It’s liquid or water that always flows
and so in a downward direction goes.
Though never upward is also well known
unless by evaporation or force it’s thrown.
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Apr 12, 2024
Apr 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM UTC
cold sweat trickled down her spine,
gasping reluctantly for air penetrated
her thoughts, but it was just;
she beamed upwards to sight the welkin,
relinquished— she stopped abruptly.
Feb 12, 2021
Feb 12, 2021 at 11:08 PM UTC
the thing about Grace,
is that She doesn't demand to be known.
There are no threats, no shame, no fear.
It's me, and Her.
and She normally comes by when I least want Her there.
when I'm sobbing, locking the door, and sprinting as fast as I can in the other direction.
She says nothing, asks nothing, demands nothing.
My heart, my wounds, my guilt, my shame, my fears, my anger, my doubts, my past.
She keeps pace with me. Stride for stride. She can keep up.
it's funny how She reminds me of hope, and of what was. And what will come again.
Oct 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 at 12:58 PM UTC
White puffy clouds
Soft and bright blue in the background
Greens rushing by
Rain sprinkles
Never fully dry
Not today
Turn after turn
Up up up
To the top
Turn after turn
Back to the bottom
Farther and farther
Whisking by
Town after town
People living their lives
As I rush on by
Going to go somewhere
To learn about me
But this world still is happening
People and their routines
Day in and out
Same clouds
Same temperature
Same constant dampness
But I go
Leaving lovers behind
Wanting to give them one last piece of me
But I go
The greens all blur
Trees become brush
Mountains in the distance
Start to fade behind
I keep going
Moving forward
Upward and onward
Oct 23, 2018
Oct 23, 2018 at 4:18 AM UTC
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
why do you object?
allowing me, to take the lead
no, you don't deserve respect
Don't pretend you didn't see me
or defend your presence there
on the road of progress
completely unaware
Never in the wildest dreams
seeing the beaten path
blocked by lesser demons
an oblivious aftermath
Fools may come and go
I'm not here to make them stop
I only wish they'd move aside
allowing me, to reach the top
Oct 26, 2016
Oct 26, 2016 at 8:38 AM UTC
Through happiness
through sadness
we walk
the journeys of life.
We do not know how
we do not know why
a plague
a sickness
an epidemic
ever begins
what was it
that changed
as it was not
there before
anywhere
in Africa
just a while ago
but now it is
and how it is
we may never know.
We do not know why
the bullets are chosen
again to fly
even when the media
“tells us why”
the knowledge
does not
wipe our tears
dry
it does not
prevent
the next
who will die
no matter
how much
the hospitals
try.
Let us pray
let us hope
as we journey
together
for healing
of the body
of the mind
and a better path
chosen
by those of
the destructive
kind.
Nov 3, 2014
Nov 3, 2014 at 4:51 PM UTC