Where there is light there is also a shadow beside

The darkness surrounds me,

sticky and thick,

drawing a line in the sand

human, or something else I’m missing

Is it mine?

I wonder, always sensing it near,

fear whispering,

is this my past creeping in?

Or is it my present,

anger left to linger,

feeding what should have been.

Light or darkness

I feel it watching,

waiting for the cracks to form.

...

I am growing older

Two centuries I have stood,

rooted deep in patient silence,

my bark etched with the script of storms that wounded

My rings another year older and counting the days past

I have watched the world grow,

Changing quickly without concern

Once a existence, simple and sweet

Now everyone is staring at their feet

Children who once climbed my branches, swinging like monkeys through th...

Beneath the mask,

you’ll find me

hiding under scars of half-healed memories

I once tried to recreate.

My meditation becomes my shield,

a quiet refuge from enemies,

not escape, but retreat

protecting what little remains of me.

Beneath the mask,

you will see my fear

the trembling edge of letting someone near,

the reason vulnerability

so often slips away from me.

Beneath the mask,

I will show you

t...

(In light of my birthday approaching,I have taken time to reflect on the past. I want my life to be better for the future. I am on a new journey, for once I’m living just for me. I have no clue what I am doing but what I do know is what I need to leave behind…. )

I no longer will hide my truth.

Love has never been easy for me.

Engaging with others comes naturally,

Being the mask of friendly is e...

I held onto you as if love could stop me from falling.

Words tasted like hope before it burned

Your silence cuts sharper than any goodbye

I gave you the pieces I swore I’d keep,

Believing pain was proof that love was real.

Believing pain was proof that love was real.

I gave you the pieces I swore I’d keep,

Your silence cuts sharper than any goodbye

Words tasted like hope before it burned

I held o...

Goodbye to my dream of Happily Ever After

I used to believe in it

the fairytale ending,

the promise that love would stay

if I just held on tight enough.

Doing right by others would payoff

Just a matter of time

Truth is,sometimes it doesn’t

You can do it all, maybe it is a lesson

To learn. Maybe, I should of listened when they told me to put that time in myself instead.

Since I was a child,

I...