Cold water feels warm when you’re freezing

Each person in a mask

Scrubs from head to toe

Try to save me

From dying of frostbite

It digs into my skin

Like the ice on my heart

From being discarded

Like I never even mattered

Because if I did

Would you have left me in the cold...

You aren’t down and out

Yet

You don’t know what’s wrong

You’re struggling to feel yourself

Because you know something is wrong

So you saw a professional

And hopefully he gives you some news

Good is preferable but an answer is an answer

We will work with whatever the truth is

You and I are a team

Nothing you handle will be dealt with alone

I’m holding your hand all the way through...

When the turmoil is too much

This is where I sit

I take time to quiet the noise around me

No yelling or screaming

Only the thoughts in my mind

We all have one escape

For me it’s a quiet place just to take a moment

To not be overwhelmed

But to process everything...

In this world

At this precarious time

Many are poor, or poverty stricken

Others are just making ends meet

Few are rich or well off even

In this society today we are

Just one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread

We use coupons to save even two dollars

Because every single cent counts

When we struggle to meet our needs

Let alone anything we or our family may want

So lend a hand if p...

I would be anything for you

From your personal cheerleader

To your mentor and advisor

When you became a part of me

My eyes stayed on you

Your father and I put you first

Knowing you were going to be our biggest blessing

So we wanted to teach you

To help you grow until you could on your own

Because one day you won’t need us

And we will become just one support

But until then we shield you with lo...

Flying through the trees

Knowing our wings are free

To fly us towards the unknown

The glow above our bright blue heads

This is a feeling no one dreads

Instead it’s inhaling utter bliss

Oh to be always going the right way

And nothing to fear each day

With only thoughts of flying straight

To not be human and feel terror

Without the worry of constant error

I wish sometimes that was me...

Under the bright lights

Behind the cloaking curtain

I take deep breaths, in and out

I know I can do this

That this is something I’m good at

But before I step over the threshold

There are always butterflies in my belly

It’s a good feeling

Anticipating the performance with good feelings

So I am ready to stand in front of those faces

Because I know my books have made an impact

And I am honored...

Did I cross the line..?

Not choosing one

But loving them both

I loved each for different reasons

His eyes were gorgeous

The others smile was dazzling

I felt torn and ripped at the seams

Unable to choose between my first love

And my possibly last love...

Home has two hearts

One in the back of mind mind

Where I feel loved by family

When I know I am safe

And when I feel at my happiest

But home is also where I lay at night

It’s where I write and read to unwind

Where I love on our sweet pup

And spend time with my soulmate

But home is many things

Most of all where I can be myself

I don’t have to pretend at all

I can share my tears and joy

Without ...

I am inside you

Reminding you to listen to

To hear my forever broken words

And my soothing voice

Telling you you are loved

I’m the child in you

Who was lost once the trauma happened

But I am here waiting for you to notice

We have thing to finish and work to do

I will not leave you

Until I see you get better

I’m your built in cheerleader

So when you are at your darkest

Remember how far you’ve...