Image found here on Pinterest It’s the crushing feeling when they turn you down Your hopes and dreams slip through your fingers crumble to the flooruntil you end up staringat the remnants of all you thought the future would hold It’s the dismissal of your carefully thought-out words and gestures Those meaningful glances held no swayThe most poetic lines didn’t move their heart Gone isContinueContinue reading “Rejection”
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Self-rejection
Original image found here Self-rejection sounds like the great name for a poem, but my own self-doubt won’t even permit me to pen a few awkward lines. I lock a chain on my words even before they have a chance to form in my mind, trek down my arm and through my fingers. I’m annoyed atContinueContinue reading “Self-rejection”
Down
Shut it down Shut it down, shut it off. Removing one small page of poetry is of no importance nor any loss. No one will know and no one will care. To pretend any of it matters really isn’t fair. I am consumed by disgust for my own creativity and clumsy words. When I readContinueContinue reading “Down”
Sinking Comparison
Comparison Sunk its ugly teeth into me I am sinking under the weight I can’t seem to escape it this time She is the Bella Soprano The delight of all who hear her I am but the one who cleans the stage However I thought I might try to hum a tune I skipped intoContinueContinue reading “Sinking Comparison”
Secret Thoughts Within 