Tag: poem

I pray for you often.But today, I pray you had a good day.I hope you’re journaling,pen to paper,so one day you can catch me upon all the moments I’ve missed. Sometimes I picture myself fixing your plate first,serving you not just foodbut life.Pouring into you until you overflow.My words, sweet as honey,never sharpened into weaponsunless […]

When did I get to this point of self-preservationPutting my heart on reservationProtecting myself subconsciously with no communicationI’m smiling but I’m sadI used to love freelyOpen up to someone I thought would complete meSubmit to him as if he could lead meYet they always leave meSteer clear of an avoidant attachmentThey push and pull in […]

The light at the end of the tunnel was blinding.After years of walking forward in faith,my steps felt aimless.I carried deep isolation in my chest,while holding the hands of my children,even as I prayed,“God, be a lamp unto my feet.”As I reached the end,the sun met my face with a kiss.But I nearly turned away […]

I felt sad today.Not in a way that’s newor worth announcingbut still, I felt it.The weight of lifesat heavy on my chest.Maybe that’s why I hesitatedto get out of bed,muttering a prayermy heart barely believed.I spoke life over myselfwhile sadness triedto sink its teeth in.It wasn’t depression;I tossed that blanket offa long time ago.Sadness now […]

I know exactly who I am.A slow burn wrapped in silk and smirks.Eye contact that steals the breath from your lungs,has you clutching your pearlsor something harder.Smile like sunriseresurrecting your will to sin.Face card? Never declines,even when I’m the one denying access.I’m the chaos you crave.Your favorite headachein stilettos and intuition.I see the flicker behind […]

it’s not that i don’t know how i feel,it’s that i feel everything all at oncedeeplyit’s not that i’m stuck in my head i’ve made a home herewhere i’m understoodsitting on the couch of thoughts watching memories on replayremote in my handyet,i just want someone to come insidesit with mecut the TV off let their […]

The cost of obedience?Well, I paid for obedience with seed.I am reaping grief,in the currency of tears. I pray every dropis feeding the soilof something yet to bloom.That which felt wastedwill one day return bountiful.That the pain wasn’t aimlessbut sowing purpose,deep and unseen. I carried my cross todayas I walked toward my crucifixion.On the tree […]

“It’s not that deep.” But it was everything to me. When people enter my life,I pray for them deeply,pour my heart out in silent sermonsmaybe too much, maybe too freely. Love isn’t something you earn,it’s a flame you offer without guard.But I could tell he had been told to work for it,like love was a prize […]

I am fluent in nuance,innuendo,things left unsaid. The tension betweenlonginganddesirea language of restraint. A glance across the roomthat lingers,brief enough to deny,charged enough to betray. Fingertips trace invisible lines,mapping the space between,breathing promises without sound,a silent pull beneath stillness. To the casual eyenothing.But below the surface,something stirs,a current pulling slow. I know this language well.It’s […]