Saturday, March 28, 2015

never him...

he’ll make you feel so beautiful, like you were the only woman to exist. it’ll rub off on you like a song you can’t get out of your head, every time you see your reflection, you’ll think of him. and his bright eyes when you walk into the room. but don’t you know? God not only sees you, He sees every soul, in every place, in all it’s wretched ways, and still finds beauty and value in you, specifically. His love will remind you, the sun is no match for the radiance within you. in all His creation, you’re the fireworks, the show He’s always watching.
it’s going to feel so exhilarating. to be in the passenger seat of his car, where he smells like smoke and other girl’s perfumes. you can practically hear their sighs from the past in the back seat. he makes you lose your breath and you define that as love. but what you don’t know is, that excitement only makes your heart race because you know it’s wrong. there is only One that can make what was wrong be right again and it’s not him. it’s not him.
it’s not him.
He’ll have a tempting, rosey mouth with the softness of petals. and hands like a saving grace. ((don’t you know there is only one pair of hands that were scarred to grant you redemption and unending mercy?)) and when he touches you, you feel like a fortress, a castle hiding the most unique gem inside. but don’t you know? it’s not his warm skin holding you that makes you a diamond, your beauty isn’t found in his fingers and palms, roaming you like an artifact he can buy from a drug store. no, God sees you as the ultimate prize, the stunning creature, the reason He let His son die. the child lost, unaware of the potential she holds.
it’s going to end, the anticipation for him. because what you think is a love story is just a story of compromise, as you lose who you are in the name of “love” when all it is, is a lust for the rebellion he lives for.
i’ll tell you. i was on fire whenever he was around. but, with God, i encountered an overwhelming, life changing, intoxicating warmth. but with him, i got burned. i got hurt. i got scars. and i’ll always have the marks to remind me that what feels good now only leads to blisters later on.
i said “no” to him with an aching chest, a pain that told me it was still worth it. it was a sacrifice and sacrifices always hurt at the start. my lips cracked and my skin bled, but i knew letting him go was best.
because i live for the ultimate Love and no human affection can suffice.
i can’t describe how hard it was. to look in his pleading eyes, unknowingly asking me to choose between two men. and it’s never going to be him. it’s never him.

it shouldn’t ever be him.

act of loving...

you 
said to me

this is how the
universe works:
we love and we hurt
until it's all that
we are,
or until it ends.

so here,
i'll still love you
until it is all that
i know, and
even if this ends,
the act of 
loving you
will still be
embedded in my
bones.

matt baker...

she put her hand
on her hip 
with the confidence
of an army
just one woman
full of
sex
lust
chaos
and the 
vast beauty
of an open 
road.

Friday, March 27, 2015

j raymond...

the most beautiful amongst us all seem to be slightly broken, women especially. the ones worth knowing are beyond repair. she'll always be slightly off centered. a clock, never set perfectly, but you knew could sing beautifully. and fools we are for attempting to fix her. just read her, learn her, love her. don't try to make sense of her past, or dare predict her future. who she was, is not who she is, and is certainly not who she would be. you're not meant to understand her entirely. because she's not sure who she is exactly. let her sing her song. repairing that would only break her heart. watch her dance wildly to it. it's her time. and i'd rather be ripped apart from her, than rip a part from her. 

regardless...

somewhere between what she survived, and who she was becoming, was exactly where she was meant to be. she was starting to love the journey. and find the comfort in the quiet corners of her wildest dreams. they say people don't change...well, she wasn't always this way. even if she didn't change the entire world., she would change her part of it. and she would affect the people she shared it with. a butterfly whose wings have been touched, can indeed still fly. whether something was meant to be, or meant to leave, didn't matter as much as much anymore. she would soak up the sun, kiss the breeze, and she would fly regardless.

Monday, March 23, 2015

it rains, it pours...

I want to take all the apologies that were ever said to you and make them mean something. I know you’ve been carrying a storm inside of your chest for so long, when I press my ear against it I can hear the thunder. I don’t know how to calm storms but I would be glad to count the number of seconds between the lightning and thunder with you. I know many words have lost their value to you, and I am searching for new ones to say to take your breath away. I will love you on the days you feel your insides flooding and I will never use an umbrella in your drizzle. I am sorry for all the people who found shelter instead of enjoying your rainfall. Your storm will never scare me away, I will stay no matter how much it pours.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

love always...

she showed me that love isn't always
racing hearts and hard pressed kisses.
sometimes it's her just holding me when
i can't fight the tears.
love isn't always sweet notes scattered
throughout the house.
sometimes it's her yelling back at me
saying "we will get through this because
i'm not giving up."
love isn't always picnics in the park
or breaking beds in the throws of passion'
no, sometimes it's flat out hard.

she showed me that love isn't always anything,
but it's always beautiful.

-twn

encourage...

.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

because everyday...

is valentine's day with you.

Listen," she says,
"I don’t need the 14th of February to let you know how it feels whenever you smile at me. I don’t need that day to let you know how much I love it when you are lost in talking about what you love. Nor do I need that day to let you know how the littlest of things you do, affects me in every way I can’t possibly imagine."

"All I’m trying to say is," she breathes, "I don’t need Valentine’s day, to let you know how much I adore you.

not afraid...

Perfection

Monday, March 2, 2015

leave me...

leave me.
leave me here,
to weave my tragedy
out of tendrils of my hair.

i’ll make my own ropes
and drop myself down
my own tower of misery.


so worry not, leave me here
—no need for a prince,
i shall save my own day.

starless...

I am the dark 
and I am the light, 
I am the moon
and I am the starless night sky. 
Fall in love with 
all that I am 
or please, 
do not fall 
in love with me 
at all.