I want to be as free as a dandelion.

Standing graceful and tall in a meadow.

Strong and beautiful, patiently waiting,

For a gust of wind to carry her away.

I want to be as free as a dandelion,

Proud of my imperfections.

Eager for adventure and free to dream

Wihtout restrictions.

I want to be as free as a dandelion,

Then maybe I could see,

The world for what it ought to be.

#poetry #dandelion #dreams #free

These are but empty walls.

This bed all but an empty shell,

without your laughter here

wishing it well

#alone #poetry

Can you take my hand?

Will you help me stand?

Hold on. I need to breathe

One

Two

Three

You’ll catch me if I fall?

Cause’ I’ll stumble through it all

Hold on. I need to breathe

Fingers

Nose

Toes

You promise that you’ll try?

Wipe my eyes when I cry?

Hold on. I need to breathe

Voice

Touch

Breath

Hold on. I need to breathe

Cause’ I’m scared that you will leave

And I will crumble to the floor.

#breathe #poetry

I'm lying in bed thinking of you

Stressed out of my mind

You're the only thing I see

The time passed so quickly

When you were here with me

Then you left me, alone

Now I sleep on the couch

Just me in the dark

Because a bed, made for two

Is empty without you.

I let you dictate my every move

Choose where I walked

Left or right

You decide

I let you speak my thoughts

Only you decided

What to say

Who to speak to

I let you control me

I was the puppet

In your world

Filled with pain.

Bottled pills were to get me up

Round and tasteless to fill me up

To get me out of bed, one they said.

Capsule tablets to stop the pain

Orange and bright to hide the pain

To keep me talking, three they said.

Still with all the pretty pills

I feel as though I'm falling

Where did the floor go?

What's that noise?

The pills, the pills they fell again.

Breath of the trees

Clinging to my skin

Walking me through

What was me and you

I miss what once was

A soul finding journey

Just me and you

The stars guiding us through,

Hands block the view

Walking on foreign soil

Screaming at the sky

Loosing my mind

Because of you and I

What we were to be

Lost in this soil

Held between the veins

Of these trees

Now I ranway

From words they cry

Needles that stab me

Through the eye

Upon this tear stained ground

I collapse, I lie

Loosing my mind

For what was you and I.

Furiously her hand moved across the page, leading her pen in a dance of quick pace. It spilled out the words she was afraid to say and joined them together brick by brick. On these pages she was everyone, a queen, a lover, a simple maiden. If she could write it she would be it, an escape from realities cruel grasp.

Back and forth the pen flew across the ink filled page as she ignored the ticking clock and movement of fellow students rushing to class. None of it mattered not while her focus remained on the book resting carefully upon her pale legs.

This was who she was. The girl who loved to write away her sorrows. The girl that created dreams on a blank page. Magic in the form of words flowed through her veins, quickly she learned to control it, embrace it. Free from fears that once consumed her.

When I speak I don't think of who could hear, I don't see the stares. I think of how my words flow, a continuous fall of sound flowing through my entire being. I don't think how my actions are seen by others, I simply see how my touch can bring them smiles. At least that's what I used to see...

Now I hear the whispers, roaring waves over my own thoughts. Now I see the glares, piercing through my very being. I see how you despise the fact that a single voice can make me happy, hating me for wanting only them...

So confused and scared I turned away and pushed aside my wants. Now I'm scared to dare go near in fear of the thoughts that come. Because only when we are alone does it feel like we are one...

Hate me, despise me. Pull away my happy. Well done you succeeded! Now please no more, just leave me here! I have nothing, no more rock or wall to lean on. You took away my safety rails and told me to go fetch...

But still despite all the words they say I cannot blame them for this...