Barriers

I wait for you
To barge through the door
And
Breakdown the walls
That hold you prisoner

I wait for the release
Of the first whisper
The screams will begin to flow
And the emotions that will rage

I wait
Until they shatter every barrier
And you cross the unknown

I wait
To hear the words you fear
The words that hold you captive
That contain the passion

I wait for the man
Hiding in the shadows
Of his past
That chain the man
I know exists

I wait for you
To come to me
Openly
Without deception
Barriers
Or lies

I long for the you
That hides
The man I love

Will you come to me naked
Bare
Vulnerable

Only then

Only then
Will I welcome you

Cancer Awareness Challenge (black/white) Monet’s Bridge

Light
Dark
It comes it goes
Life
Death
It ebbs
It flows
Goodness is remembered
And evil severed
A path some choose
And others only lose
In this life
We are
Too brief
For
Death is the thief
That claims
Us all
We are nothing
If
But small

Dance

Preparing to dance
My feet are heavy
There’s no tempo
Momentum
My heart doesn’t race
Lost without you
Everything seems out of place

I’d give anything to just walk
With you
One more time
Hand in hand
Tracing our footprints
Living a life
Sublime

My dance
Heavy
With a heart that aches
Twirling and spinning
Going through motions
Emotions
As I slowly break

Pieces
Parts
Nothing is whole
Broken
Lost hoping
Left
All alone

I dance
Can you feel
See the emptiness
Flowing out of me

Memorial Day

REMEMBER the person who changed you forever…

Loss

Without the promise of you, I die a little with every breath

Detachment

I watch in silence
As you experience
Pain
You go through the motions
Of suffering
And express your pain
Tears and heartache
No relief is coming
Your pain is
Profound
I see myself
There
But, back then
Pain was mine
And you didn’t care
There’s no attachment
Between us
I feel nothing
As I stare
With detachment

Ready

I have arrived at this forsaken place
Walked through the shadows of my years
Looked past the memories of my pain
To stand at the gate
Ready to accept my fate

Shifting Winds

Rape of a Life

When I died
No one cried
They never knew I existed
Never saw my pain
I was alone
No where to call home
No one to see
The emptiness inside of me

I was raped in silence
My mind broken
My voice stolen
I’m an empty vessel
Hiding in the darkness
Crawling blindly
My trust betrayed
And you ask
Where is my faith

I’m tired of this life
My youth lost
Living with ghosts
Haunting my days
My nights tortured
With visions
Extreme
I wake holding back the screams

Trained by a hand violent
I’m taught to be silent
I don’t know how to cry
Or deny
What you take
Without permission
I never had a voice
Or choice

Living
I don’t know
Because I died long ago

Empath…I Feel You

I am out of sorts
Not a cold or flu
Maybe the blues
I’m sad
Confused
Withdrawn
Depressed
Under stress
What I feel is intense
I don’t know why
I can’t smile
Drained of emotions
Numb
I’m too tired to care
A cycle
Never ending
Wake
Sleep
Nothing in between
This emptiness
Has disrupted my life
I don’t need to hear your story
See your face
Touch you
Or hear your heart race
I feel you
Your sorrow
The nagging questions
And regret
Please let it go
I’m ready to break
Please release me
My sanity is at stake