I do not love you today I am counting the ways In fact, I’ve made a list Don’t even like you much right now but Yesterday, yesterday I was wide open Leaning in to love you Felt the wind from the door slam just beyond the tip of my nose Adjusted my pride Took a […]
There are millions of thoughts passing in my mind every day But when a thought lingers Attaches a face in a bubble Interrupts more than once I dial A conflicted boy Southern and gorgeous I call to check in We do this now Before, we took, used, replaced, avoided Each other while together I loved […]
Tell me a story Of hope and love A story That does not end Tell me a story Where hands are held And lips are kissed Tell me a story I’m not sure exists A story about this and that Tell me something worth listening to.
I’d like to have no more poems for you Not another word in my beingness to speak for you I’d like to never have the urge to think of us as something more than the friends you make a point to call us I am a woman of my word Do as I say I […]
The night after my second miscarriage I laid wrapped up in my loves arms wearing my ex’s Brooklyn sweater He is married now, was then My ex that is My love, I am no longer wrapped up in Work in his loft most days Build dreams together Met his father last week Saw his baby […]
Sometimes When I am feeling disconnected from a crowd of people I’m standing in front of When they are staring at me but nothing about the interaction feels of love or understanding Not fun or joy I ask them to repeat after me “I am beautiful” And some are more reluctant than others I am […]
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