Category: tear

• February 3, 2023

  Battle For Keeps

  Fight Bloody knuckles Pushing back tears Clinching teeth Balled up fist Greased up face Cornrows to the back Passionate eyes Steady gaze Eager, light, prancing feet A song in your heart Defeat far from your mind Time burns away Minutes turn into seconds Low grunts from aching ribs And sore abs Let flesh contact flesh…
• January 30, 2023

  Next Relationship: Part 2

  I am convincedTotally and utterly certainThat everybody wants to be special to somebodyTo look at someone with loving eyesAnd to see love staring back at you To feel the warmAnd giving natureOf an open palmPressing into the depths of a handDying to be held We dedicate books, sonnets, movies, Portraits, paintings, songs, shows of affectionTo…
• September 16, 2022

  A Loner Without True Love

  One day, the money will turn to ash. Sand will form into glass only to break again. Wet tears will momentarily make dry skin moist. The facades will fade to nothingness. The sex appeal and enthusiasm of youth unexplored will dissipate. Smooth lips will chap. Tight skin may wither like autumn leaves preparing to change…
• July 12, 2022

  Better After All

  Is it okay now? Can hope move into the place that sadness once occupied? Let past tears dry. Let a clear mind be the reward for a heavy heart. Even in the midst of the storm… your dreams never fell apart. In the end, you held on to your ambition and completed the mission no…
• July 11, 2022

  Keep Laughing

  The pain may hurt you. Your friends may see your struggle and desert you. But laughter is the best medicine you will ever find. Because it makes the day bearable when the clouds form overhead. It makes the tears taste like bitter honey. It makes the hot coals turn to glowing embers that are strong…
• June 14, 2022

  A Friend

  The road is long The battle is arduous But despite the journey that lies ahead of us We all need a real friend Someone that cares Wipes away tears And covers our fears with laughter We all need someone worthwhile to talk too And for me That person is And has always been you Love…
• March 8, 2022

  Rider: Stormy Weather

  Will you still believe? When the cracks in the sidewalk break up the street? When salty tears fall like acidic rain? Fighting through the rumbling of stomach pain. I’m just curious… When the thunder strikes and things aren’t right? Will you be there? Bordering on the edge of nothingness and going nowhere. But in the…
• March 7, 2022

  Didn’t Hold You

  Baby don’t worry about it Shorty didn’t hold you tight Didn’t lock you down No ring on a finger So there’s no need to stay around Who took care of whom? Go on, you can’t rely on the self-absorbed You can’t love a narcissistic When your parent was in the hospital They was absent Left…
• March 2, 2022

  How To Get Over

  How do I get over Feelings that make me cry? Hurt that stings the soul Love that doesn’t subside Even when the sky falls And your best friend dies At night my body is restless I’m trying to hold it all inside My heart says, More forward… Forgive but do not forget Live and let…