BlogHide Resteemsresteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoThe Ocean Is A Placehe said he’d prefer to stay far enough away from the ocean and its crashing waves, and I couldn’t help but laugh to myself because prior to him, I dove right into the abyss, collected in the…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoDon't Put Your Happiness In Other People's HandsI placed my sense of self in the palms of a soul that promised me more than he could muster. I placed my love in the palms of a man who would watch it overflow until he lost sight of how to…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoLike California's WeatherI am the girl who begins again, after the credits roll, fixed between the beginning of a soul, and the end of sentences and words, years and years old. could it all just blend together, like…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoTomorrow Will Not Erase My Love For YouPeople so often promise that tomorrows hold the possibility of change, but with each new day, I find that one thing remains the same: my love for you only grows stronger, as each…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoRubble and DebrisThe love I felt for you was something capable of moving mountains; it was everything powerful and strong – we could’ve built empires hand-in-hand, raised kingdoms from ashes and ruin. But…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoI'm Sorry I'm A ProblemI think I’ve made that awful transformation from person to a thing. But not just any “thing” – a very troubled and unsolvable problem. I am so sorry to have become a riddle in your hands…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoBlood BloomsFor every night without you, blood blooms from my body like a flower. (images found onresteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoIs That A Risk You're Willing To Take?I had hoped when I showed you my scars and cuts, that you might kiss them and find a home within them. I hoped that you might settle deep into my flesh and blood so that I might take you…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoAnd Nobody Warned Me About YouAnd nobody told me that, at some point, I would have to release you back into the world that chewed me up and spit me out. Nobody took my gnarled hands and whispered that I’d have to let…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoJust Another One About YouLast night, I killed myself – not with pills and booze – but with sad songs and old memories of you. (images found onresteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoOne More Thing Hanging Over Your HeadI could’ve been your everything, your reason to keep going, your savior, your lover, your light in the dark. Instead, you treated me like I was just another obstacle. Now I’m just one more…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoCould You Love Me Again Someday?I knew it would end like this. I would become nothing to him, though he once said I was his everything. “If I once meant so much, how could I now mean so little?” I wonder as I wait…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoGhosts in the RoomRemember when I used to hold you with those knots in your chest and those thoughts in your head and those demons that played round and round our feet at the foot of the bed? Now…resteemedtoryedana (31)in wordchallenge • 7 years agoWord Poetry Challenge #1: Green Leavestwo kids collided when things felt right and the sun shone brightly without clouds lurking beside. the leaves were green, like the shade of my eyes, strange how you loved them so, now the…resteemedtoryedana (31)in dsound • 7 years agoPoetry Slam Week #9: FUTURE ( A Future That Could've Been)inspected your freckles and thought about how, in addition to mine, our future children would be covered, like honey on beehives. and I stared into blue eyes, sweet and unhindered, we…resteemedtoryedana (31)in photography • 7 years agoA Fresh Start "I stopped looking for the light. Decided to become it instead." Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Webresteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoAnd If You're Truly MineI guess I owe you some space, some time far, far away. Far away from…me. After all, your kind is not meant to be couped up behind doors and dimly lit walls, beside frail and fragile girls…resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoPain Weaving InBut no love is perfect and pain always finds a way of weaving itself in between the stitches of our hearts, so closely woven together, I thought.resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoI Am Not Your Friday Night GirlI am not the girl you’ll spend your Friday nights with, but I just might be the one you’ll be thinking of years down the line, as you quietly wish that you had.resteemedtoryedana (31)in poetry • 7 years agoYesterday's GirlPlans for the future crumble and fall away as you say that you wish to leave me in your past, as though I’m just something born to be forgotten and replaced. And who’s to say I’m not…