If you were to leave right now I'd be just fine I already know how to survive without you You have provided me with years of practice -gws
Practice
Category: Emotions
One Night
One night The stars whispered your name They outlined your image in their sky And I fell -gws
He Loved Her Quietly
He loved her quietly Though his eyes shouted it to the stars -gws
Good Morning
A little storm cloud wanted to be painted in the colors of dawn and so it stood in the sunlight, basking in joy. -gws (photo by me taken while waiting to grab my to-go coffee this morning.)
Mood
I am in a mood A place A space Where I have no desire To live with grace Where rage itches Beneath my skin And I do not wish To let anyone in I want to bare my teeth To growl To snarl I'm desperately trying To hold it back I know no easy remedy No salve to soothe The volatility in my soul Trying to break me To break loose onto the world -gws
Solstice Blessing 2022
May your hearth glow bright and warm as the sun deities slumber. May your threshold be welcoming and your table full. May you dream deeply of abundance, joy, love, and laughter. May the stillness of nature restore your ability to hear your heart song. Rest well and know that, soon, the sun returns! Blessed Solstice! - gws
Happy Endings
Sometimes a happy ending is only the middle of a story. -gws
Depression is a Cancer of the Soul
Dedicated to Stephen “tWitch” Boss who brought so much joy and left in so much darkness.
Though I've felt the inky blackness I have never drowned in that airless pit Like a cancer Depression eats away at the soul Devouring in whispers that haunt the mind While stealing the light of joy Before it can take root and grow What's worse is we often never know Until it is too late There is a great battle Between light and dark A war within those we love And sadder is that no amount of love or light Can irradiate the darkness away That void slowly eats away hope Dimming the ability to perceive the light No soul can thrive without light At least not indefinately Making the surrender to that void Look like release for too many Depression is a cancer of the soul -gws
Never Enough
You were never mine You were too transient to be considered mine Too non-committal But you attached yourself to me anyway You kept coming back to knock on my door And I kept letting you in You wouldn't let go of me Though you didn't really want me And I was too blind Trusting Hopeful to acknowledge the truth I knew in my bones That I'd never be enough for you Because you didn't know what enough felt like You were a bottomless pit of need that could not seem to be filled I kept pouring into you Until I was empty And it wasn't enough I always found ways of putting pennies in your cup While mine lay abandoned and empty at our feet Both of us left hungry and growling Snapping and swiping at each other Bloody Broken Damaged Miserable And for God knows what reason Still unable to let go I wished you had just let me go And that I let you -gws
Poison
Your soul is bruised by the poison you drink from your own veins. -gws
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