Snuggled deep under my warm covers I can feel the weight of my eyelids.Sleep so near, yet just out of reach.Sshhh, listen closely do you hear it? Hear the sound of my heart beating.A sound so simple yet it is...

Her Fight

"We all battle our own demons. I am just a girl and this is my demon."

Silently she faces her personal war She did not choose this battle It was chosen for her. It is hers now and only she can choose to fight back.Illness tries to rob her of her future Joy and hope are...

Some things exist only in the silence,in the spaces in between the noise stolen moments in life's chaos where true love simply exists.When life's constant noise stops finally we get to just breathe. It is in these rare moments when...

My world was covered in greyBeautiful color drained from itWorry and pain filled my mindEvery rule says it was poor timingBut the minute he walked into my lifeThe colors came flooding back to me His words, whether typed or spokenEased...

You didn't know thatYour love was saving meThat I was dead insideI was just survivingNot truly living lifeNot seeing life's beautyYour love became my drugIntoxicating meArousing my broken spirit Reviving all that was Long ago forgottenThe me, that I long...

You were warned I am a girlie girlMy emotions exposed on my sleevePlease, love me anyway I have been battered and broken by lifeThose scars will never completely fadePlease, love me anywayI am insecure sometimes hating my own body Yet...

As his lips press softly against mine the cares of this world fade away into darkness.He and I are all that exist.Lips pressing harder my need becoming palpable the blood in my veins seems to become liquid fire.My heartbeat pounds...

My Demons

"Everyone battles their own demons."

They are indistinguishable Too closely defined One Fear, one painClawing their wayRipping my soul UnrelentingUnforgivingHis love is a light in itselfA flickering light in my hell He saves me each dayDay after day after dayHealing my soulUnshakable Never wavering Each...

My Unwanted Bedfellow

"Sometimes you don't get to choose your bedfellow"

While the rest of the world sleepsPain creeps in like a villain in the darkIt is a formidable opponent to battle The contrast it creates is quite stark My curvy body, is so readily sexual But it now betrays me...

Unspoken Words

"The unspoken words swim in my head....."

When you gaze into my eyes Do you see the weight and the depths Of all that I don't say out loud? Holding the words in with bated breaths.The words I am not strong enough to say The questions I...