"achosenword" poems
"And for the first time in a long time I found a hope I once lost to a storm, a happiness I knew I had, but needed to find again."
Isnt it hard to breathe
underneath all that mask?
I ask my self daily,
while I listen to the world,
but hide myself in my shell.
Insecurity:
discouragement of one's true beauty,
an adornment courtesy
of too many misplaced trusts
in society's lust for perfection.
The idea,
planted false notion in me,
a seed of deceit,
one I taught myself to believe;
to question who I am.
How much am I worth?
Am I something artificial?
Somedays I don't feel real.
My doubt undermines my potential.
How do you know if your good enough?
My mind has no answer;
but the heart knows I already am.
I just need to learn to listen,
not be so stubborn minded,
less susceptible to belittling self.
Its hard you know,
when youve been told,
by yourself your whole life,
that you are coal,
instead of diamonds.
Ive been my harshest critic,
forgiving of others
but often unforgiving
of my own mistakes.
Not allowing myself to heal.
Ironic,
to be so sensitive to others
but ignorant of my self,
my own brutal teacher
of lessons in self esteem.
I had to reclaim the cofidence,
I exchanged at an early age
for inferiority, insecurity.
I had to learn to love myself, a hard lesson,
but one worth all the trouble I experienced.
Now I am no longer the girl
searching for someone else,
but a woman who has found herself.
I have learned to be kinder to me.
Accept myself as I am; love me unconditionally.
©achosenword
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 at 12:20 AM UTC
All the walking books
I have yet to read;
the human hearts that beat.
Soon to be acquaintances
or lifelong friends.
Some come and go as surface dwellers.
Others stay,
and come to know you better;
the roots of the tree
that gave birth to its branches.
Reveal to me more
than your shallow surface,
I want to know the deeper you,
the intricacies
that make up who you are.
I will build a bridge
between your heart and mine,
listen to understand.
I will choose to climb the ladder
leaving judgment on the shelf below.
Be unafraid to trust in intimacy.
Hide no part of you
bare your scars to me
for I have them too
my love will only grow
in light of all you show.
Be courageous in faith.
Share with me the wear and tear
of a human heart
Lovers bearing scars,
bare to me all
the unpretty things that make you beautiful.
©achosenword
Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016 at 4:32 PM UTC
"Lonely is something I am accustom to, not something I desire to be, but have learned to accept." -the wolf
In the way
Only the wolf can
Soft cries
I bared my soul
Shed tears
Whispered dreams
Fed fears
To the black widow
Of cold night
Lifetimes
Of alone
Rolled into
A half smile
Of hope
A sliver
Of moon
Perhaps
One day
Soon
The rooster
Will crow a tune
Of love
Ill wake up
From this nightmare
Of hollow
Bones
No longer vacant
Of wamrth
But curiously
Touched
By the fingers
Of a wanderer
Who saw it fit
To curl breath
between
The spaces
To make my empty
A home
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:14 PM UTC
(Mansuetude: mildness, gentleness)
Moon and Sun
are reflections
of the quiet
calm inducing
light
that breathes
in the lungs of
his eyes
immeasurable
beauty
Like staring
into dragon fire
I lose myself
inside
everytime
they meet mine
our souls
a ball of twine
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:24 PM UTC
morning fog
some days it feels like I am
barely existing
above the waves of silence
the small still voice of black birds
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:20 PM UTC
with a thud and clink
of a locking door
my heart did sink
right down to the floor
like a half moon does
into the grey forest smoke
the lonely and lost
I am forgotten by you
the one I remember most
my house of heart
you once called home
now just a rented space
searching for a tenant
to love
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:27 PM UTC
Share with me
the wear and tear
of a human heart
Lovers
bearing scars
bare to me all
the unpretty things
that make you
beautiful
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:30 PM UTC
it is so cold here
in the shade of your shadow
just a memory
the leaves have long fallen now
I wish I could forget you
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 6:42 PM UTC
petals of rain
unfolding into the skin
love shatters soft
like warmth on a stone
it tempers all despair
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 6:37 PM UTC
a needle
through the eye
tiny stars
I knit the dark
into dreams
©achosenword
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 at 7:11 PM UTC