Regaining Lost Aspects: Mind and Soul
Through book events, poetry, and creativity, we dive a little deeper into humanity.
Charcoal eyes
Ink wet heart
White stretched smile
Stares in the dark
Heartbeat slows
Breathing thins
Soulless window
Let them in
A knock at your door
A tap to your thigh
Let them realize
You will not lie
Trapped for good
Locked in a cage
Your life mimics
The sins that you laid
How can she expect anything more?
She cleans
She stays in shape
She schedules
Does their homework
Keeps them clean
Keeps them dressed
But doesn’t “try”
So, of course
Daddy is always the best
I need a break
A break from being exhausted
Hurt
And sad
A moment from being mind-drunk
Paralyzed
And mad
Angry at how life got me
How it treated me for show
I only need a moment
To keep going
To keep afloat
A weaver of light
Calls to the stars
Taking their essence one by one.
Cradling them,
She braids them to yarn,
Offering it to only the royal ones.
Listing by name
The gifts are each set
Bound to the lives of most fit.
But if they blink out,
Each royals’ dress,
Their life will forever be forfeit.
Balance me on your heart
The way I’m to balance time in my life
But understand that there are moments to let me go
My mind may be slipping
The way old age takes to nipping
But my craziness isn’t your burden to hold
Too much, I crumble
Too little, I wither
Give me a moment
I swear I’m no quitter
I’ll break off my legs
Burn my soul to the ground
To make sure my day
Is completed, profound
Inside I’m dying
Perfection a curse
But giving I live for
A must or I burst
Got to be the best mother
Got to be the best friend
Got to be the best writer
Wife, lover, no end
Healthy, I doubt it
Goal achieving is key
Got to fill me up somehow
To make you believe
Believe in how wonderful
How achieving I am
How smart and how worth it
Yours till the end
My soul is reoccurring
Reborn every winter after death
New body, new depth, new life
Perennial I roam
Let me fall for your duet
Let it make me complete
Let your words fill my lonely
Let joy be released
Let the sing-song pattern soar
Let it fill the open sky
Let your song be something heavenly
Let it bring me back to life
A pause
That’s what I need
But time won’t let me have it
A moment
Is what I starve for
With just me and you
A second
Is what I beg for
To get lost in the emotions
A minute
That’s what I plead for
To forget losing you
The weight of your goodbye lingers. Like gravity it shoves me down into a worthless hole feeling like I may never rise again. Crude, raw, and deafening your words were spoken. A broken lullaby to curse me for life.
Regaining Lost Aspects: Mind and Soul 