Category: poetry
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growing pains
maybe i got slipped awayin the person that i’m trying to be now i am someoneriddled with anxieties maybe i can’t handle changebut is this the way that it’s going to be?i’m hoping therapy will cure metake off this backpacki’ve been lugging aroundfilled with microscopesto see where i can be foundbut…
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adieu to summer
landscapes of green flutter, make a scene textures jumbled as they tumble to and fro a dragon fly passes by caught in the scene dancing, so eagerly a glint of purple a shimmer so blue summers day fades away, as autumn winds travel through sending a revered chill …
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a star waiting to fall
I dance among the stars at night, searching for you It fills me with such delight, to think of you Somewhere, out there, in orbit A star, waiting to fall Gravity, ready to pull you back in again And when it does I will find you. -gabina
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spring’s sidewalk
i can hear springtalking amongst the birdsin the rush of a breezethat washes awaythe sun that burnsi love everythingabout springevery flowerthat seems to singin ways anew“were you always there?,”i whispered to the lilac,“oh how I missed you, so”to the poppy,bouncing to and fro… -gabina
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a winters beach
the sky beckons bluewind whips the breeze like a knifecrisp air in your lungsrun away with it -gabina
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the pursuit of glory
some people change some stay the same all in the pursuit of glory glory rains glory pains glory speaks to daydreams nightmares pictures on the wall that aren’t there a story captured in your head that you can’t repeat as hard as you try the words aren’t there but you…
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here lies the shell of me
it’s a secret written all over me i fake it until i can’t anymore until the burrowing becomes a jail I can’t leave I don’t feel well I’m too busy I’m out of town I’ll leave a note on the door don’t come around for me anymore the story changes…
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unrequited love letters
i finally decided to do it my feelings for you etched in luminous silk, it was time you knew the extent of my love for you and so i sent one… and i think now i will burn all the pages plagued by our love turn the words to ash…
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1. this heavy heart
when you first both discoverthe love you have for each otherthat whole hearted loveit’s a miraculous thingthey’re all you think aboutthey’re all you want to do good forall you want to be amazing forand the affection is overflowingout of flower potsin your bedroomand the flowers don’t seem to die then…
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2. toxic
i tried the best i couldto be the best i couldfor even the worst of youjust so you could bethe best you could for mebut the best i could wasn’t good enoughto make you the best you could be for me. and even when i see the sun shiningfrom your…
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3. you will never forget
dear Love,i find you in my mindin my morning, my nightmy dreams, my strolls through the parkyou’re everywhere i goeven when you’re standingat someone else’s door. dear Love,you’ve torn out my heartand left ityet i still come back for moreyou’ve shackled it to the floorand kept itand that’s okaybecause i’m…
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4. i can’t forgive you
i gave you my heart, every little part, and you broke it you took all the pieces and spread them apart and now they’re lost i’m lost and I know I love you deep down inside and I want to leave all the hurt behind but I can’t because I’m…
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5. fragile
i can’t be the emotional rock anymore i’m not a rock, i’m a sunflower and while i may be the tallest and the strongest i’m just a flower -gabina
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6. the aftermath
i lay numb in my loss paralyzed in my nothingness it was not that i didn’t love me, because i did it was not that he didn’t love me, because he did it just wasn’t enough it wasn’t random i love you’s it wasn’t warmth in my wounds it wasn’t…
a girl on a bench 