ADHD
Zooming through my mind, Images are like lightning, Pierced by golden arrow. via Daily Prompt: Zip
Stronger Belief, Stronger Dreams
When I was a child, I danced on the toes of my father, Our laughter filled every room, Our smiles, Brighter than the sun. When I entered high school, Christmas had grown bitter, Frigid, Your presence set the precedence, As doors slammed, And bridges burned. Walking across the stage with diploma in hand, The word… Read More Stronger Belief, Stronger Dreams
Ill With Wanting
I am ill. Ill with wanting, Waiting for patience, Among the posterity, Among the harm, Among hatred. I am ill. Ill with warnings, Waring within my wanton ways, These words pulsating across the, Pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages. I am ill. Sick to my studious stomach, Aching through the… Read More Ill With Wanting
Eyes
Heard, but not seen, My words stretching like, “Good morning, love, How’d you sleep?” Questions, Asked but not answered, Our love lay dead, Doorknobs and dustpans, Ashes to ashes, Life, not lived yet, Livable, Side by side, In hushed hallways, Always, hotter than the summer sun, Yet, A heart cold as ice, “Too nice,” I… Read More Eyes
Inch By Inch
What makes the man? Is it the decades, Years, months, days, Weeks, hours, minutes, Seconds in which he measures his life? Is it every mile walked, In his shoes? Or does he walk in the shoes of others, Always the giver, Never the given. Is it the weight he gains in memories, In loves lost… Read More Inch By Inch
White Hair
The stress of dresses dancing through, The stress of doing all for you, The stress of demons drinking me down, The stress of leaving our quiet town, The stress of never being late, The stress of planning our next date, The stress of knuckle-cracking worry, The stress of always, ever-hurried, The calm, it doesn’t come… Read More White Hair
Nineteen
Me, Just me, On the cusp, Budding into my body, Growing older with each year, I’ve been waiting, I’ve been wanting, You, because you mean more than life, You mean so much more than everlasting life, But unseen, I lie waiting, the cusp of adulthood, Unheard, my words woven and weak against your aggravating age,… Read More Nineteen
