This Journey

Sit with me
And I'll tell you
about this journey
This road
That's full of
rocks and things
It will
make you
want to
run scared
But that shouldn't
keep you
from listening
It should
fill you
with intrigue
about all the ways
we scare
ourselves
into believing
we hold
no power
But, darling
our power
never leaves
It only
gets buried
by the hands
that fear
our strength

And the 
important thing
to recognize

is when 

those hands
become

our own

-July 2018

My Flowered Heart

Have I truly
begun to fade
The beating
of my heart
another tick
of static
that bleeds
into the
background
Hush
Don't make
a sound
or I'll ruin
everything
I've screamed
so loud
that it once
cracked
my soul
And it hurt
It stung
in places
I thought
had been buried
so deep
so deep
I can feel
the stings again
Is that alarming
The bell's been
ringing
so loudly
that I can't 
shut my eyes
My flowered
heart
has been
thirsty
and searching
for the smallest 
quench
from you
from you



-March 2017