Tag: strength

I’m not afraid.

I’m not afraid

I’ve been hiding from the fear
Keeping it near in the corner of my eye
But unable to walk by

As I poured doubts and past burns around it
A firewall protecting me from feeling

What

Feeling what

Sure I’ve been cut but haven’t we all.
We all fall down
No more ring around the roses

Our noses blind to the smell of chemical reactions

I’m not afraid anymore.

I’m here to take life by the balls
If that means more bruises and more nights of tears and mint tea

Well so be it.
We all fall down.

But we all carry the strength to heal.
Don’t let fear steal these moments.

December 20, 2016: The Blanket

and so the blanket wrapped silently around the tree
begging it to stay warm
willing it to stay strong

the song of the birds nesting upon it was low and
barely breathing
seeming more tired with every note

as a coat heats a baby in the brisk winter air
so the blanket gave the trunk some hope and there
it stayed through shivering breeze

These are the moments
These are the days

Stay still.

October 25, 2014: Midnight Murmurs

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There is a buzz in the air tonight
I can feel it in my toes and running through the blood streams of my body

I can see it in my eyes as they glare at me from the other side of a world I know too well

I can hear it murmur in the whispers of my song that I can’t sing
And I can taste it on my tongue as it moves in rhythmic lines for me to draw

There is a buzz in the air tonight as beats and scales wail within me and you will never hear the sound they make

This one is for me and my midnight reverie and the girls who sit alone and wonder why

This one is for you and for all that you’ve been through and yet you still cannot believe in the one truth this world gives us

I’m writing this to call upon the dancing and the yelling and if nobody will sing along well to hell with you I’ll sing my song

I’ve got two hands
And two good eyes and one great mouth that you despise
And I can sing my song for me tonight
I’ve got two feet to stand upon
And two good ears to hear what’s on my mind

There is a buzz in the air tonight
I can feel it in my toes and running through the blood streams of my body

Let’s sit back and enjoy the night, these stars will only stay so long
And I won’t waste the perfect time to let go of my rigid rhymes

There’s freedom in the air tonight
A strength that leaves me breathless for I cannot run forever if I always have to breathe

I’ll write 50 songs and I’ll never finish one but what the hell I’ve never seen a song as done

There is a buzz in the air tonight
I can feel it in my toes and running through the blood streams of my body

I can see it in my eyes as they glare at me from the other side of a world I know too well

I can hear it murmur in the whispers of my song that I can’t sing
And I can taste it on my tongue as it moves in rhythmic lines for me to draw

There is a buzz in the air tonight as beats and scales wail within me and you will never hear the sound they make

October 9, 2014: What Doesn’t Kill Me

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*Freya, Goddess of Love and War*

Carry me softly through the night
The war’s not done but I lost the fight
So here I lie my vision blurred
I wasn’t strong enough for Her
She struck me with a mad addiction
Made me believe in all Her fiction
Then when I gave up my trust
Into me, a sword She thrust
But here I am, I’m free at last
All Her games are in the past
These wounds in time will fully heal
The holes She left will fully seal
My strength is built upon these scars
My future built within the stars
So to the North I march with pride
For from Her I will not hide
I know one day that I will win
And She will bring me straight to Him