The fire in my soul

has ignited my life

in ways I never knew

could ever exist.

#prose #poetry #fire #ignited #life

You burn at both ends

with the freedom to live

and freedom from death

Death includes self-denial

The sacrifice

To survive

is to rekindle inner light

Your flame is life

Either end of this candle

can be snuffed out

No new wax, no matter how

hastily or haphazardly molded, will hold

Only steady hands can steer

All manner of winds and time can veer

Your spirit is the wick

#freedom #poetry #Canadianpoetry #poet #life

Stop thinking

That you can love people

Into loving you

The way you deserve

To be loved.

- The right one won’t need convincing.

#prose #poetry #shortpoetry #love #heartbreak #strength #short #poem #shortpoem

inspired by Rafaellopezjr’s poem Light in the Dark

writhing against the pulse,

and you,

soaked in

my skin.

glimpses of light

becoming brighter

as sun adds to

the heat between us.

@Rafaelopezjr

#poetry

#lovemaking

I love you.

I'm so deeply in love with you.

But I'm not sure

That love

Is truly enough anymore.

- I'm in love with who we used to be.

#poetry #poem #love #heartbreak #freeverse #short #inlove #young #teenlove

of all the paths to wander,

i’m somehow stuck on track one.

i guess i didn’t design a future

where i could be a victor,

because with all the patterns swirling,

i pick out the familiar

then wonder why i’m broken.

it’s because all the other paths,

i forgot.

always on a mission to rescue,

try to ensure a way to golden

regardless of if it’s taken,

i am returned to the start.

got to do it all over,

my song is stuck in repeat,

my heart is stuck in

the dark.

there has got to be a way

to pull us both through together

there has got to be a way

to level up.

#geekslutnerdgirl

#thepathisaloop

#poetry

All you do

is work for it

or trade for it

or invest

Free does not mean

guaranteed

You have to

work for it

or trade for it

or invest

Time is money

Your every minute

worth exactly

what you put in it

Photo by lucas Favre on Unsplash

#Money #Wealth #Wisdom #Life #Poetry #Canadianpoet

I would walk in circles, neverending

To find that I’ve gone nowhere

Of course.

I couldn’t go anywhere

But I still cling onto hope that I could be free

And cope in bizarre ways

Brainwashing myself that everything is alright

That it’ll all end

That I was loved

That no one was yelling at me

That no one was angry at me

That no one didn’t appreciate me

That I was loved

If I had a pocket watch, I would turn back time

Back to when I was a carefree youth

Without having to bear the pressure, the stress, and the responsibility attached to my name

And only smile and wonder about where I should go play next

And what dolls I want to buy

Like a child shoved into the middle of the streets with no adult

Crying, miserable, and only depending on itself

The weight of survival pushed onto them

And they have no choice but to either rot away in their tears

Or stand up and fend for themselves

A warrior indeed

But even if you fought hard,

Fought hard to be loved and to receive attention

They still wouldn’t even throw a few words of genuine praise without talking trash the next second

And just constantly depreciating you,

And the trust that you barely have, begins to break

And snap

Like your thread of life

Only just a single string that could be snapped easily

Any second

And trampled by others without a single glance

I blame

Ashamed to admit it, but I blame

I blame those who hated me when I shone

I blame those who wanted to drag me down because they were already in the mud

I blame those who wanted to hurt me

Who stabbed me when I was weak

Who abused me when I needed their protection

Who brainwashed me, turning me into an innocent fool!

I hate them

I hate them

I hate them!!

But, do you hate?

Do you blame?

Are you angry?

How could I not be?

I resent the world!

And every single human who lives on it!

I hate!

I blame!

I hate!!

It’s all not my fault!

#poem #poetry