Smiles

your smiles are sunshine
when directed at me
this silly heart of mine
melts

Leaving

Walking away

Leaving it all behind

Refusing to be
the once silent doormat

Keeping the spine
refusing to back down

Intoxicating
the strength is
never to cast aside again

Never to say "yes"
when soul cries "no"

Never to be walked over
and abused

Shut the door
and turn the key
on that painful history

Not to shadow
a clean and bright future

Only to be known
when moved on and healed

I am healing and strong
not broken anymore

Hear me roar

Poetry in Random Tangents

Flexible Ice
Warped and twisted,
Yet frozen in place,
Moving and still,
Liquid,
Yet solid,
Flexible Ice.


Heartbreak
Beat one two,
Pain being doubled
Beat one two,
Stabbed with a twist
Beat one two,
Broken like shattered glass
Beat one two,
Loneliness aches
Slowing
Building fortress walls
Beat one,
Less pain now
Beat two,
Knife removed
Beat one,
Mirror restored
Beat two,
Tranquility found in silence
Walls remain strong
Heart healed