Tag: strength

Endure

Even though happiness is often short-lived
And hope is a warm meal served on a cold, windy evening,
Endurance is the food on the plate that will satisfy, regardless of its temperature;
Love is the blanket on your shoulders,
And when the wind blows it away,
Do not chase after it;
It is always better to eat a cold meal
Than to starve to death-

Of All Things

​I promise myself every day that I will not become you

I will not lose track of time 

And deny the truth so I don’t have to face the fact that I’m an unfaithful, hateful, violent 

Abuser of all things and all places;

To hear no sounds and see no traces 

Must have been hard to get used to

But you make it look so easy,

And every time my space is invaded by anyone, no matter how innocent, I grow queasy – uneasy,

And I think I am walking away,

But I am not 

And I think that it’s tears that drip down my shirt,

But it is sweat,

And suddenly I am suffocating 

Because every breath leads to punishment;

You made sure I knew to

Always look afraid

Because looking like I could handle yourself

Was a challenge,

Which you never took lightly

Painful Trifling and the Soul’s Death (PTSD)

No matter our strength,
No matter our endurance,
There will always come moments
When we break-
When we are too tired from all we’ve given
To remember how to take-
To remember how to wake,
And our eyes water the skin that covers up the empty space inside,
And our minds convince us that our souls are dried,
That our hearts have been fried,
That our purposes have died;

Am I consuming too much space,
Is that why you needed to get inside?
Or did you think I had something to hide,
Like this body that you shamed after having your fun?
I’m sorry for breathing this air
That was clearly meant for you;

I’m sorry this space cannot be filled
With that naked woman on the screen,
But go ahead and try to pretend with me;
I’m sorry that I have to fill in to substitute
While you fill inside;
I’m sorry for asking you to stop;
I clearly must exist too much;
How dare I think that I deserve anything better than your hands in memorable places;

Out of the Shadows

​Sometimes, the leaves fall off of the trees sooner than they’re meant to;
Sometimes, they’re picked up and swept away by something greater;
Sometimes, we don’t realize that it is the light that hides our scars and lines,
And our courage for stepping out of the shadows is what we should love ourselves for
What happens to us does not define us,
It’s how we make do with the happenings;
And the most beautiful part of him is that he doesn’t think that she is broken;

Breathing Lessons

​Inhale,
Inhale;

You wonder when you get to exhale,
Because every time that you try,
You fall;

The sky goes black
And the walls turn back,
To flee;

The nightmares,
From which you are consumed,
Have resumed to their primal
Hunting instincts;

Don’t forget to exhale;
Don’t forget to exhale;

Don’t let the sky turn black;
Don’t bring that period back;

You are living proof
That it is possible to any length,
To feel fragile,
While embracing strength;