Tag: rhyme

Static

June 18th, 2021

My heart is like water,

It nourishes as it pleases.

When the sun goes down, it begins to falter,

It seeks solace in the pieces.

My heart is like the air I breathe,

Untouchable yet priceless,

So when the sun rises, I reach out with the palm of my hand and check on it,

The beating of my heart reminds me that I still have unresolved matters.

Sometimes, often…at times such as this,

I yearn for that stillness,

the calm before and after a storm,

anything but this turmoil,

My heart like fear is static.

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I want to…

June 9th, 2021

Ask you questions at the crack of dawn,

When you’re half asleep, half awake

So your voice oozes into my heart.

I want to…

Watch you cook,

Trust me, there is something ethereal about the way you chop onions.

I want to…

Walk away from you,

So you know how far you have to go to get me back.

I want to…

Stay beside you,

So your soul knows my own.
Lies

June 1st, 2021

I want answers,

Not excuses or explanations,

I want answers,

To questions I ask with my eyes.

To the questions in my mind.

I want answers and that’s why every time you ask me,

“How are you doing?”

I tell you “Good.”

I want answers and until I hear your question just right,

I’ll always tell you lies.

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Easy

May 27th, 2021

It’s the way you smile,

How you let that cigarette linger in between your fingers,

It’s the way you look at me,

How you see the things I hide.

It’s the way you laugh,

How you let the light in through your eyes and out your dimples.

It’s the way you make it easy,

How easy it is to fall in love with you.

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Sunshine

May 11th, 2021

You know that glow at dawn?

That burst of abundance, of endless light, unlimited possibilities, of maybes and please,

That first kiss of life?

Yes, that one,

You know that glow?

I want that.

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Things

May 6th, 2021

There are things I tell myself,

things that surprise me when uttered out loud,

So I speak them into the void,

The ones I love I repeat,

a melody unseen yet often sung,

The ones I loathe, I denounce,

a melody seen and often sung.

There are things I tell myself,

You are one of those things.

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Truth

April 28th, 2021

I look for you in the lies I tell myself.

I am better off without you,

I deserve better than you,

I can live without you.

When my anger has walked out the door,

Fear settles in, she takes a mug of coffee,

Sits beside me and watches me.

Her eyes dig into my soul,

My soul has long known not to hide from her,

Because the soul knows better, fear loves a mirror

This way she does not spend the night.

I look for you in the lies I tell myself,

because it is easier to set them aside than it is to face the truth.

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Time

April 16th, 2021

Give yourself time

Time to unravel

To choose yourself above all else,

To love and lose,

To sink or swim,

To pick and choose.

Give yourself time,

Time to marvel,

At all the things you’ve done,

At all the things you’ve planned.

Give yourself time,

For you have this life,

Shouldn’t it be worth it?

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Dear Sir

April 8th, 2021

I hope this finds you

utterly bothered, restless,

unsettled,

anxious…I hope it sets your veins ablaze,

So your dear heart may restart.

Or maybe it burns the ice that preserves your heart.

Dear Sir,

I hope you…

Forget it!

I just wish you’d live on your terms,

Not the world’s.

Sincerely,

True.

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Tender

April 4th, 2021

I got flowers today,

a gift from my soul to my body,

white roses.

I got flowers today,

and the sun came with them,

my heart is full,

it is tender.

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