Poem: Finally Sleeping
CW: Suicidal Imagery ---------------------------------------- I never knew what rest meant. I never know I was tired. I never knew past exhaustion, and through anxiety, so wired. I never knew what rest meant. I never knew without hope. I...
Shimmerspark
We enter times of darkness now, the wounded and the shaken, the times that would us now destroy, if we should not awaken. But still I hear dear freedom's call. I hear its march and chime and if you now just listen close you'll see it still yet...
Poem: Being Seen
Not being seen, by others. Not being seen, alone. Not being seen, forever. Not being seen, alone. Not being seen, I worry. Not being seen, I tear. Not being seen, forever. Not being seen, I bear. Not being seen, it kills me. Not being...
Poem: Lifemates
Death and I are companions rowing e're forward with sticks; Death and I are companions from the my smile to his shining white lips. From my legs, chilled to bone, soaked in cavernous lake, to my arms that are weary and sore, We row opposite...
Shield of the West
Magics, magics, come to me. Come and stop this dark. You are needed now, now \*here\* to shield and heal the heart. Come and shimmer 'long bows of glass, through deep stone entomb-ed vaults, come shimmer strong and shine with light, and this...
Poem: The Floor
Written on and trod on and walked on and stepped, Crying for all the wrong reasons. Collapsing and crushing and weeping and wept, Stepped on for all the wrong reasons. Because we can't stand up for ourselves. Because we can't defend... We're...
The Meteor Kitten
I'll be honest with you. I nearly fucking died when that thing landed. It was _way_too close to the house, what with the way in blew the windows into my face just as I turned in the direction of the orange glow. If I hadn't been wearing my glasses,...
Poem: For My Mom
CW for suicidal imagery. -------------------------------------------------- I know people crying, weeping. I know people, dying, same. I know people with my faces. I know people with my names. Should I weep for silence loudly, Should I cry...
Why We Care
We care because they're worth it. We care because we see. We care because sometimes they can't, And that's when we need to be There for them in the best of times, There for them in the worst, There for them in the deepest darks, Sometimes...
On Broken Wings
A little bit of silence A little bit of thought A little bit of mischief And love that life forgot A little bundle sleeping And curled through the night A little kitten weeping Alone at dawn's fresh light These are the briefest moments,...
We Only Have Each Other
We only have each other In all our little ways. We only have each other Until our end of days. We only have each other So let us now be true. We only have each other As we cast into the blue. We only have each other And as much as we might...
Poem: My Art
My gift is needed here. It waits in the darkness where no one can hear. It holds a candle, always. It loves and it lives and it laughs. It hides, always. It lives without restraint. It cries, crying for all those who cannot. It lies, telling...