Trigger Warning: sexual violence Are there any safe places out there? Women don’t feel safe walking at nightLast week, a woman was raped three times and almost drowned during the morning light Are there any safe men out there? The victims of Epstein and churches scream on the streets Their abusers, where are they?O, protected by the otherContinueContinue reading “Safety”
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Allowed?
Your lips move over me my toes curl involuntaryFinally, I am in my body (out of my head) You’ve brought me back to myself Your fingertips dip and trace my curvesmy breath deepens (dizzy with desire) Don’t stop, I need it again This release you give me as I scream your name throw curses towards the ceiling (I can’t contain it) Is this allowed toContinueContinue reading “Allowed?”
Different (a hidden message poem)
I wish things were different I enjoy things I can’t have Life is teasing my heart and time has kept you from me Staying away has become too difficult– there are limits to how much I can bear In the last hidden message poem I wrote used individual letters. Hint, this one uses words 🙂
Around the House
Let’s get drunk make out on the couch Strip off our worries buck around the house Burn off the energy release our pains Lovers letting loose at the end of long days 🦊 I changed one letter in the fourth line (I’m sure you’ll work the original)🦊
Secret Sunday Thoughts
Sundays are for closed curtains, black satin sheets, and enjoying the weight of your body on mine
I’ll Still Be Here
He tells me of his past and his hopes for the futureHeartbreaksand unobtained goals I know he’ll meet ‘her’ one dayHe’ll sneak her name into a conversationas casually as he canhoping I won’t noticehoping I will I’ll witness it grow the heady rush of new love the delight of belonging to someone He’ll share his dreams of their futureContinueContinue reading “I’ll Still Be Here”
Supernova
I felt my heart collapsinglike a supernovaand I realisedthere’s only so much energyone can expendbefore your body gives out
Simple Gestures
He offers me tenderness in the simplest of ways Within his words “I am here” I am seen–important amongst life’s chaos Within his enfolding armsand a kiss on the foreheadI am safe– fear soothed by his strength It’s in these simple gesturesmy heart hears his the loudest
Tangled Strings (with audio)
Photo by Bella Belfield on Pexels.com There’s sadness in these words guilt in the revelation this man I thought a friend loves me without reservation He would empty his heart so he could fill mine and I know it would be easy because our souls align He loves me with no stringsbut my heart’s attached to anotherand if heContinueContinue reading “Tangled Strings (with audio)”
Healing
A raw heartcut by realityneeding healing needing soothing A cup of tea in the morning sun crisp airgentle breezebird songs Chirps and callsdelicate melodies endless blue skiesdancing leaves Heal these human wounds soothe this battered heart A sip of tea comfort in a cup bathe in the viewlet it wash away the sorrow What heals your heart?
Secret Thoughts Within 