On the edge of another night restlessness served under duress I hear her voice echo in my heart where warmth translates hope I feel her in my arms clinging to this moment praying it will stretch into forever so I will never have to know the crushing cold of her absence again
Tag: poetry
Updated Blog
Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I changed the name of my blog and updated the style. I am now writing as A Wise Woman Writes instead of A Lion Sleeps in the Heart of the Brave. I'm still working on it and hope that it will be easier to read … Continue reading Updated Blog
Never Know
She stood at the door One hand on the knob The other on a suitcase Empty or packed Who knows There was yelling And tears And fear That I know Was she leaving Him or me Who knows Tiny hands Clinging to clothing Taking a stand Uttering ultimatums Memory stores Emotion Snapshots Irrelevant time He’s … Continue reading Never Know
poison
be patient with me for my veins pulse with poison that has no antidote and the half life is a lifetime away
Silence of Survival
Silence saved me cloaked in quiet amid volatile hostility unpredictable as a breeze volcanic in volume tectonic times Silence saved me grateful to a little girl smart enough to know and grow into a warrior woman with voice suffice to bring beasts to knees (Image from Pinterest)
Inertia
A parent perched upon Each slouched shoulder Hands hang useless at my side Oxygen tubes wrap tight round my throat Mentholatum, mothballs and melancholia Mother may I No, dad will hear Shhhh don’t say a word Or think a thing About life or death Or anything in between Just tell me what’s for dinner Chicken … Continue reading Inertia
Suicide Mosquitoes
*Trigger Warning - Suicidal Content* Today you would have been fifty-two Instead the doctor took away my blue Pills and made me start the yellow But I don’t feel like yellow I feel like blue Memories of you Pinching at my heart Suicide mosquitoes buzzing Round my head Today you would have been fifty-two … Continue reading Suicide Mosquitoes