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 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 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 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 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 #10 (The Saddest Truth)Sunlit shadows kiss her skin, Undisclosed secrets, caving in, I won’t say that I miss you, But what can I do, When my brain fails to function, And it lets me say nothing. Tell me, what…
