The winds knock me down

Because although I’m strong

I’m light

I can’t stop fires

I can’t stop floods

And I can’t always be right

But I keep on fighting

Because that’s all I know how to do

And through the storms and hateful thorns

I find myself looking for you

It’s cold

And I’m wearing layer

After layer

After layer

I’m drowning in the absence of space

But I can’t help myself

Coats

And hats

And scarves

And gloves

Anything

Anything so that nobody will ever be able to touch me

And feel me

My icy cold skin

That cracks with the gentlest of touches

The cold that festers in my heart

And freezes every inch of me

So that no matter how many layers I put on

I will never be warm

I’ve been here before

And I know how it goes

When you fall for someone

Who’s out of your reach

But things have changed

And I’m not who I was

I’ve learned how to entice

But not how to love

And yet your icy eyes draw me in

And I know it’s not right

But when I write you in words

You somehow feel real

In a fairy tale way

And I just hope

That you won’t go away

Hands on my skin

They caress away my fears

Whispers in my ear

That tickle my soul

Lips touch my lips

And stars erupt

From the space

That once separated us

I grasp onto you

To every strand and thread

Afraid that you’ll unravel

At my touch

All I want to do

Is hold you close to me

And feel your warmth

Drain the ice from my heart

I feel your breath

On my skin

As you bless my lips

With a summer breeze

You push me down

And I see the light in your eyes

Your eyes close

As I open my eyes

I wipe the slumber

From my weary eyes

And sit up in my chair

As the chiming bell rings

You give me a smile

And I feel sick inside

As you walk by with your hand entwined

In the hand of another girl’s

I lay my head upon

A pillow of daisies

Fairies flit through my dreams

And kiss my dewdrop lips

They place their slender fingers

In my slender hand

And lift me from

The daisy covered field

I dance barefoot

Drunk on the starlight

Laughing as the wind

Flits through my hair

The fairies twinkle in my ear

Their laughter is bells in the breeze

I hold out my hands

And they dance across my palms

The moon disappears behind the mountains

As the sun peeks from the south

The fairies close my weary eyelids

And I fall to the ground

I wake in my bed

Star kissed

I peek out my window

And see fairies dancing in the daisy field

Your smile

Lights up my day

Your laugh

Chases my sadness away

Your eyes

Make my heart race

That look you give me

Brings heat to my face

Sometimes I wish

You would hold me tight

Because your smile

Makes my smile bright

He opens his eyes

Stretches

And yawns

He pulls out his soft bristled brush

And dips it into his silky paint

He streaks the rosy pink

Across the baby blue of the sky

He rummages through his paints

And pulls out a soft orange

He blends it in with the pink

Until the colors are so intertwined together

You can't tell when one ends and the other begins

The painter steps back

And takes in his masterpiece

The sky is his canvas

And the dusk is his muse

In the dark

The shadows are my friend

They hide my pain

Rain falls gently

Calming my fears

As I reminisce of gentle raindrops

Drenching me

And summoning a smile

The rain is my friend

It washes away the hurt

And although it washes away the ink

The scars stay

A reminder of the pain

And a reminder to keep my head up

And catch the gentle drops

Because rain will come and go

The pain will come and go

And it's time for it to go