unrequited love – Secret Thoughts Within

On My Mind

(Oar, Aika)Ikenaga Yasunari, 2017 On my mind You’re on my mind In the night And all the timeA restless body my heart’s not free I want to give in yet pray you’ll leave Taking real estate in my dreams Your smile features in my fantasiesOn my mind You’re on my mind The sweetest torturelove designed

Untitled Micro-Poem

You walk away and I say, “I love you” under my breath I hide your name in my heart where it will stay until my death

Heaviness (with audio collab)

Original image found here on Pinterest Heaviness sits in my hands and heart weighing me down from all the things we could be and all the things we’re not I long for more of you for more of us Oh, I want to touch you in ways I never have before I tell my hands to move Move,ContinueContinue reading “Heaviness (with audio collab)”

Always Yours, Never Mine

Original image found here on Pinterest I’m here the one you love but aren’t in love with steadfast by your side as we navigate life I’m here lighting up at the very sight of youwhile your casual smile douses my joy every time I’m here sharing all things deep and taboo ready, at any moment,ContinueContinue reading “Always Yours, Never Mine”

She’s (with audio)

Original image found here Music bed by David Fesliyan She’s absolutely beautiful – gorgeous in fact and there’s no way on earth I can compete with that So I’ll paint on a smile pretend that I’m fine ignore the ache in my heart that you’ll never be mine She’s absolutely stunning almost too good to be true and I wish you all theContinueContinue reading “She’s (with audio)”

Lachlan (with audio)

Original image found here on Pinterest If I saw you today I know we’d exchange smiles remembering all we shared and all we left unsaid in those years Our eyes would betray secret longings for a life togetherwhere we would have enjoyed more than wistful memories of our unspoken love

Let me be

I wish you would hold me Like you’re scared of H E I G H T S And I’m your safety rope. If only you would find comfort in me Like you’re scared of the DARK And I’m your nightlight. I wish you would depend on me Like you’re a boat st{caught}orm And I amContinueContinue reading “Let me be”

Secret Sonnet

I know when she’s near, your mind is a blur, She holds the one key to your heart’s desires. But knowing this truth will still not deter, For you, my long aching soul never tires. Stop Babe! Oh don’t give your kind heart away! Know I’d be your sweet love in one second. From your masculine side I’d never stray, Even if a manContinueContinue reading “Secret Sonnet”

Dilemma

100 word story I lay in bed starring at the ceiling, sorting through my feelings in the comfort of darkness. A flip-book of emotions plays before my mind. I get to the end and play it again, checking I’m not misreading what I see there. It’s as I feared, your name is the tmesis betweenContinueContinue reading “Dilemma”

Holding back sorry

I’m sorry I know that you have loved me for yearsTrying to hide it in the shadows I saw it anywayI wish that I could love you the way you want me to For the way you treat me makes me feel so safe But, this rebellious heart won’t co-operate with my rational mind IContinueContinue reading “Holding back sorry”