Note:
In my nostalgic mood, I found some long-hidden juvenile attempts at poetry during my angst-filled college days. So innocent, right?
A disclaimer, not everything happened in real life. Peksman.
All Gone
I’m back, but what happened?
Are my eyes deceiving me now?
Is my heart telling me something I did not want to know?
The smiles, the laughter, the peace, the contentment.
All gone.
Now, there are doubts, insecurities, and conflicts.
I searched for things familiar and joyful.
All gone.
Our worlds are different now.
On the Beach
The blue water lapped on the shore
The tide brings home a school of bubbles
If only I could capture the white foams inside a bottle
For me to watch over and over again.
If only I could hold the breeze from the sea
To remind me that I am whole again
Even though you are no longer here.
Three people
Two loving one. One loving two.
Three very lonely people.
If I Should Love
Again
If I find someone new
He will not be like you.
If my heart opens up again
It will not be for someone like you.
I’m not sorry that I loved you.
I just wish the knowledge of it did not come too late.
I cannot take back the pains I have given you.
Now that I found out I love you
You’re no longer around to know that I do.
Photographs
From among faded photographs…
I picked yours out and felt the need to cry.
It’s been good while it lasted.
Exhilarating, exciting, electrifying.
Until we have to part ways;
Now, I have to follow my dreams far away from you
And now it is melancholic and heartbreaking.
What will the future bring?
I am Woman
I am strong; I am a daughter raised on resilience and faith
I grew up with laughter and with a grateful heart
I am blessed. I am strong. I am Woman.
So, move along.
I do not need you.
I am over you.
I never meant to hurt you
when all you’ve done is think of countless ways to make me feel special.
I have been so callous, so heartless in my desire to avoid loving you.
Through life’s many seasons
I’ve lived, and I have loved
With all the happy reasons
Got rid of the cloud.
I’ve sailed through sunny days.
Enjoyed the rainy days, too.
Traveled to so many places
And oh, loved them so.
