Category: Poetry
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Break Me So I Can Breathe Again
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It hurts to heal. And there’s one emotional pull that ohhh I just have to have. That feeling of someone I love just ignoring me to the point of full rejection. And when I get it, I’m finally at peace again. I need max emotional pain. Make it hard. I…
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I Loved You Because You’d Stay Upstream
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In a small town on the edge of a wide river lived a 12-year-old boy who always seemed to be an outcast. As he grew, he tried to make friends but could never seem to keep them.Friends came and went, and the loneliness stayed.When he got older, he wanted a…
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Don’t You Dare Say I Love You
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Why say I love you? To keep your wife happy? I’m tired of saying things because I have to.And not saying things because I’m scared to. Should I ever say I love you and actually feel it?Or is it better to settle below the slow—but oh, so fast—shadow of time…
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My Squirrel’s Lonely Aching Heart
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A young squirrel was born under a bitter winter sky, in the hollow of an ancient pine. His brothers and sisters laughed and scrambled in the trees, and the world — though often cold — was lively enough. His parents, proud and busy, seldom paused to listen when he sang.…
