Category: Poetry

The voices are gone
the doubt, the fear,
the shame, the hatred
all that is left..is me
the silence has begun

I sit here, alone in a
crowd, fighting the urge
to scream. My fight has
just begun, my misery
ready to pounce but
I am ready as well.

Day after day I fight
to keep my sanity
and hold on to who
I am. And day after
day, my demons fall.

Slowly the sensations
dim, the battle is coming
to a close, the war will
go on but this time there
is hope that healing can
begin.

I see the path ahead of me,
it’s a path of love,
wisdom and an understanding
of one’s self. The silence
has ended and my voice is
ready.

 
 
 Everyone has that one great love.
 Some manage to hang on to it for decades,
 while others lose it in a matter of days.
 And a few spend their lives searching for it.

 I found it, for three years my life was good.
 But like all things you need to nurture it,  
 care for it but like a short story our love 
 had run its course.
 
 Ever so painfully our paths parted, leading us 
 to different futures. For a time my heart shed 
 empty tears, I began to believe that love was 
 not for me.
 
 But love being the trickster that it is left 
 me a gift. Buried deep within my soul, she 
 had planted the seeds for my own rebirth.
 
 Password protected, the seeds could only 
 grow when I learned to accept myself. 
 Once that happened, I was able to teach 
 myself to heal, to learn that we needn’t 
 walk alone and that love was there if we wanted it. 

For most of my life I've been stuck 
on one side, a side filled with
anger, hate, anxiety and depression. 
Drowning in loss, I never knew
what direction to go. 

And then she opened a door.

From that open door came strands 
of light, they wrapped themselves 
around me, gave me strength to see 
the path that lay right in front of me.

Over the last few years I have 
fought to get back to the middle, to
balance the scale, to replace hate 
with love, anxiety with acceptance, 
and depression with happiness.

I know that this fight will last 
the rest of my life but it is a fight
I will not lose. 

I know this because she opened the door.

 I remember where I was
 A fog of anger and sadness
 Unable to speak about it my
 wounds gaping and bleeding
 Lost in my own voice
 
 30 years of tears and broken dreams
 Bullies, abusers, and sex offenders
 Those who hide in your mind and
 Break you from the inside, you try
 To keep your soul from escaping but it’s
 Getting harder
 
 Then one night the great spirit taps
 You on the shoulder. She whispers to
 You, “raise your head” she says.  
 And you see her for the first time.
 The sound of her voice calms your  
 beating heart.
 
 She holds your hand and just like that
 Your healing begins. Your lovemaking  
 chases the demons away, she fills your  
 heart till it overflows. Her wisdom  
 intertwines with yours, she leaves  
 you with gifts that last a lifetime.
 
 I know where I am, my scars have healed  
 and my heart is full. I’m stronger, the toxic  
 life is but a memory and you greet each  
 day with a smile. Nothing can hurt you,  
 she taught you that and even though  
 your paths diverged. She’s still apart of you.