Taking Strain

Delicate heart in transit In a body too fragile Drowning in life Suffocated By the challenges of today Wishing Time … Continue reading Taking Strain

Will it Change the Outcome?

I cannot see the scars or purple bruising That I’m sure decorate my red beating heart But I’m almost certain … Continue reading Will it Change the Outcome?

Not national secrets Just regional In the area of my heart The aching kind And no one to tell No … Continue reading Somewhere to Confide

Accept this gift with my gratitude I packed it carefully for you All the insecurities you’ve given me Fears of … Continue reading Giving It Back

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “brush.” Use it as a noun, a verb, or an idiom. … Continue reading Broken First

The lines have been thrown away Discarded in favour of self interest No shame even at the expense of others … Continue reading Wishing for More Heart

Once at a tangent Our souls have drifted Now with a chasm Separating them Filling with the sea Of my … Continue reading No Longer Important

Though bits and pieces of my heart litter the ground The explosion of your death a war zone in my … Continue reading My Smile is Missing

Like a rag in the wash My heart is constricting Wrung, twisted and beaten Rubbed raw of emotion Stain spotted … Continue reading No Time to Feel

My heart clenches tight Like eyes not wanting to see A self-preservation reflex Curled up into a ball For you … Continue reading It is Meant