Haiku Called Lonely

If you hold my heart Up to your ear I believe You’d hear the ocean

The Hollow

Shifted facelessness Obscured view of light Hope now merely a daydream Feelings drowning in reality No allotment for pause Where is there left to hide? Stifled breath, stifled heart, stifled me Where is there left to flee? Everywhere has become nowhere Translucent memories change the color Washing my mind in sorrow Weighing my soul with […]

The Mystic

Endless eye, born within I am awake Floating time for thought Consuming angst of heart My harrowed soul surrenders Light of life ignited in earnest All take heed Declaring my destiny in silence Firm be thy hand Firm be thy head Eclipsed desire, secretive tongue Fire of yearning drowning sense I regale with honesty I […]

Twilight

I’m laying awake, staring at the ceiling My mind won’t rest My thoughts won’t settle All I can think of is you Heavy sighs, longing heart I miss you I want to tell you That I miss you Hungering for your touch, yearning for your gaze Wishing I could convey Wanting you to know Everything […]

The Haze

It’s happened, again My loneliness soaked the evening Drenching it in sorrow Memories smother my senses with grief They’re always heavier at night Memories They hold the weight of existence They can lift your spirit They can sink your heart Collapsing any semblance of hope Dissolving any ounce of promise You realize how lost you […]

Confidant

I wish I had someone to talk to Someone to wash time away with Breaking the day with endless thought Passing the nights with circulated notions Our breathless banter of heart I wish I had someone to go to Someone I could give in to Longing for conversation Yearning for connection Dreaming in the between […]

The Embrace

Understanding struggles Wrangling with reality It just is Forgoing any expectation For now acceptance is unreachable Observing the giant’s slumber Watching all force fade I fall silent Heart shuttered, nerves severed I feel nothing while I feel everything Permitted use of self guarded Subconscious seizing control I can no longer say Hollow is my message […]

Dearest Journal,

Here I go. Again. Facing yet ANOTHER bout of life’s hand being dealt with a severe blow. I’m not sure where I inherited my stamina to take life’s shit from, but I believe it be the matriarchy of my line. I will admit, some of the stories paint our women to be callous and disconnected. […]