Tag: forgiveness
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Sunset
I’m not your queen More like an Angel And what’s an angel to a king? He kissed me that first night on the beach in the dark Drunk and tasting like spearmint gum Like he wanted me to save him from his own recklessness Cool on the outside and nervous on the inside I didn’t…
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Savages
Love is not always quiet and comforting and gentle Sometimes it comes like thunder and storms It comes loudly and violently and quickly and intensely Yes even a good love I was always too much Too selfish too fearless too strong They told me a woman should fear something All the square shaped holes that…
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The rocks
He asked me, how do the rocks stop the waves when they are the same level as the ocean? I don’t know the mystery Also I don’t know how you stop the others You who are a man equal to the other men in every way Maybe I want to share myself with you Not…
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Freedom
I always tell myself I don’t need a man But that’s not true, I sometimes feel like I do Particularly after a breakup or something Because that’s what many interactions with men feel like, in reality, The pressure is to submit or to forfeit a level of social acceptance and it always takes me time…
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Traces
Traces of you in me Every time we touch Is an emotional nuclear bomb Why do I feel it all I can’t make it stop But it doesn’t matter I guess I’ve always been safe from you Because you’ll never leave her That was the plan all along To stay safe To stay away from…
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Elvis
I watched Elvis the week before my brother died from an overdose of antidepressants If I could dream Do you think he had hope? Was he reaching for something too?
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Laws of love
My room is cold I woke up at 4am and felt sick I sat against the wall and started crying thinking about When my dad cheated on my mom And I took his side Hoping That would stop it from happening to me Don’t get it wrong I’m not mad at myself The next time…
SUBLIME COURAGE 