People say they think I’m brave

When they see my adventures a many

They do not know that underneath

Is a mind in fear, unsteady

It may seem like I mirror a goodness

Like the world’s light in me’s reflected

Instead I absorb it into a darker state

Where light is not to be expected

The people can see a smile so warm

A love behind my eyes

Beneath the surface is still unknown

I’ve perfected...

Stars above, please guide me to see

That there’s something out there, something waiting for me

I look to the skies and I wait for God’s sign

That the path will show up with their light as my guide

Praying for the universe to wake up and see me

Wishing so hard on a star that can’t help me

I look to the stars to help me find a way

now they’re just falling to the ground and even they won’t stay

Drea...

Sometimes in a hospital, silence is a voice, the strangest noise. Reprogrammed with buzzers and beeping machines, noise is etched into our brains as a constant focus. I don’t think that will ever go. I will miss the silence though.

I hadn’t thought I would miss it here, I was so focused on leaving it all behind that I forgot to realise what it was I was walking away from. It was a community, a h...

I tried so hard to be what I thought you wanted. The funny thing is, I think I was the person you wanted for a while, but then you just changed your mind.

I spent so long refining my ways, my patterns, my love for you, to be just what you needed. Then you changed and decided that you wanted more.

You have a right to change your mind, of course you do. To make me feel like I wasn’t good enough was...

An ally that I thought I had

I could only see the good, not bad

At first it showed itself so suddenly

Now all I see is a truth so ugly

You made us think that we were wrong

Covering up your shame so long

As we questioned why we were so awful

To think that you were good and lawful

You fooled us once, but not again

I cannot trust you, I won’t pretend

You want it back and I can’t give so eas...

“You’re back” it says with a cheery whisper.

“I’m back” she said.

“I thought it would be longer before I would be, but here I am”

Sammy felt the vibrations of death around her, almost like it was shuddering at Sammy’s warm body hitting her frozen grasp again.

Relaxing her body, Sammy didn’t even flinch at deaths cold fingertips. After all, it was the second time this week, and it was becoming mor...

The spark had not existed

Until our eyes had met

Her hand upon my shoulder

Her face I’ll never forget

She waited on my turn

To point to the book in my hand

I could not have read a line of it

It’s words, I couldn’t understand

Because my breath was taken away

My mind it went so cloudy

I hadn’t know such utter connection

Until that love had found me

I tried to blink but all I saw

Were o...

When cries stop being heard

That’s when we must pay attention

A war raging on for weeks

We become immune to the mentions

“Because life just goes on”

“we all have our things”

Is just an excuse to downplay

all the guilt playing ignorance brings

We all have our hardships

I know that we do

I remain grateful for a life

Where I have a hope I can turn to...

I could think of anything, but I’m thinking about them.

I’m not sure how I feel about it. They’re cool and mysterious. Serious faced except when something makes them laugh and then I can’t stop looking. They are gorgeous. I’ve always thought that about them, if only we had more time together. “I don’t think they care to get to know the real me, the one who laughs and loves and thinks” I say to my...

I’m sure it is paradise, but I am alone

Natural beauty, untouched

A day is far too long

Without another human soul to share it with

Wild animals roam free

Nothing to hurt me

But sinking loneliness

Just one hammock in the tree

Hummingbirds sing, sweet songs to each other

My laughter goes unheard

What life is this, if not to know another?

I would rather have been spared...