Unfolding

I used to try to force my day to unfold according to my will.
Now, I try to allow the will of the day to unfold me.

-gws

Bedtime Stories

Tranquil stories
Woven into a tapestry
Of sweet dreams and 
Hopeful musings

-gws

Nothing to Prove

When the truth comes out
It's quiet
No pomp and circumstance
The truth has nothing to prove

-gws

Tell Your Story

Tell your story
Detail your plot twists
Describe how you penned your own ending
How you dreamt your next prolific chapter
You are proof that dragons can be slain
Villains can be outwitted
That the condemned can become the hero
Be the light that illuminates someone else’s
Pages through your inspiration
Show that soul their narrative can be altered
Show that soul their misery can become triumph
Because you have told them it can be done
Because you have shown them it was done

-gws

Tea

I wish to walk the rest of my life with dried lavender and rose petals beneath my feet

Sprigs of chamomile and orange blossoms tangled in my hair

And warm, tea-colored afternoons in my heart

-gws

Magical Me

My heart screamed,
“What about my hopes and dreams?
The magical things
That make me, me?”

-gws

On Being Done

Being done feels like
A dead place in the heart
Where nothing wants to grow
Where the will to try is blighted
And indifference is all that remains

-gws

Whole Again

I’m learning how to experience joy without
my broken heart fearing that the experience will be taken from me before I can feel it fully

To feel the elation without it immediately triggering tears of mourning

It’s difficult and beautiful learning how to become whole again 

-gws

A Girl was Friends with God

There was a girl who was friends with God
The girl was told God was a man in white robes
But her God was a woman in a soft blue dress
Who let the girl sleep protected in her arms
Just the same as she held her own son

-gws

Reflection

How do you never wonder 
Why the mirror never
Reflects your own face
-gws