Poetry - AlkaWrites.com

I promised myself I would laugh againApril 1, 2021
I promised myself I would laugh again
Rebuild foundations and create again.
Look to the future and plan again
And once more make myself a friend.
Will you love me whenNovember 26, 2020
Will you hold me close
So I don’t miss them and those
That I carry with me in open wounds
I inflicted on myself.
New linesNovember 6, 2020
Another year has marked it’s story on my face.
Pasted memories carefully in my heart’s crumpled page.
Do I existNovember 6, 2020
Do I exist
In the skin I feel over the sinews that move
In the lights that flicker just past my eyes
In the relationships that bind me
The lies you repeat and I believe
FateNovember 5, 2020
The lines on my palm, scored deep and dark
Remind me how far I’ve wandered off my path.
Life happened in the folds and creases
Of my own hands, of my own doing.
Quiet MomentsOctober 22, 2020
One more box, one lonely night, one stormy path,
At a time. One tear, one year, one paralyzing fear
Faced and brushed away, drowned in pinks as gaudy
As these flowers that bloom, this evening, in my home.
Everything endsOctober 9, 2020
Some days, when it seems too hard,
When something shifts and resettles
Somewhere deep in the heart
And cracks appear in the facade.
Lost loveOctober 4, 2020
To all those I’ve loved and lost.To those who were once held in my arms.To those who made my heart skipOr my tears flow.To the precious
Silence of peaceSeptember 23, 2020
In the silence of my peaceI can finally hear my own voiceAs the painful doubts ceasewhat is within is without, by choice. I can close my
In me the river flowsSeptember 10, 2020
I could notWould notTalk. The words could notWould notForm.In me the river flowsQuietAnd deepAnd strong.As though after months ofBeing frozenSolid, sparkling in the sunHigh there on