I just want for once to be understood Without showing the secrets beneath my hood, But I am a pomegranate, sealed so tight, With a heart full of rubies, hidden from sight. Each word I speak is a guarded rind, A crimson shell where my truths unwind, I wish you'd see, without tearing me apart, The tenderness inside, the seeds of my heart. But too often I'm split, and the world takes hold, Of t » Continue Reading
I listened to you talk, about the things you loved more, watched as your eyes lit up, never saying what it tore. I held the silence close, each word a quiet pain, you spoke of dreams and passions, and I never did complain. But in the hush of nights, I wondered what was left, if love was just a whisper, or if I was love’s theft. So, I listened, and I waited, for a day that nev » Continue Reading
I'll grow flowers in my lungs, if you said you liked daisies, I'll breathe in petals, let my breath turn hazy. Roots will weave through my ribs, anchoring tight, Blossoms in my chest, blooming with your light. Each inhale, a meadow, each exhale, a sigh, As daisies unfurl where only air should lie. I'll trade my breath for beauty, just to see you smile, Letting nature fill the spaces where my h » Continue Reading
You don't love me, I see it clear, In the silence that fills the space, In the way your eyes now steer, Far from mine, as if to erase. You don’t love me, the truth sinks in, In words you say but don’t quite mean. In the touch that’s lost its warmth, In the distance where love’s unseen. You don’t love me, I’ve come to know, In the lies we tell to keep the show. But the heart knows what the » Continue Reading