My thoughts were only of you, blinded by your sun

but your thoughts of me I am finding none

Your secrets exposed like sharp stones washed by rain

I fall at the sight, cut, bleeding, and in pain

Clouds cover the skies, rain pulls at your eyes

But nothing hurts more than memories turned lies

Authors Note: the title of this 3 stanza couplet poem is inspired by the quote “Once you lie to me, ever...

**Brain:** “Same time as usual right?”

**Uterus:** “I don’t think I’m going to make it. We’ve been working too hard and haven’t been getting nearly enough calories.”

**Brain: **“Okay! See you then!”

**Uterus:** “What? No, did you hear me?”

**Brain: **“Hey where are you, you were supposed to be here 3 days ago… you’re never late?”

**Uterus:** “I can’t come if you keep this up. This isn’t heal...

To me, silence is not the absence of all sound. It is moment where the noise of life disapates and my mind rests. The birds may be chirping and the wind may be blowing but the noise of life stops. For a moment I can rest as a stillness settles in me. It is slilent. It is still. It is not empty, but the opposite. I feel full of peace as I rest in the soft silence....