My heart holds A box of letters Not all pleasant But all important Some have been So tear soaked That I can no longer Read the words That helped usher in My self-doubt SWD 01/2021
Category: Poetry
Forgiveness
If I can’t forgive What hope is there for myself To be forgiven SWD 01/2021
Curious Beyond Belief
Curious beyond belief Desperate to be good Too stubborn to follow rules That many say I should Though I talk to You each morn I question it every day But hopefully You understand If You made me this way SWD 06/2018 Updated 01/2021
Research
Research is often Not about what you find But what you don’t find And life has felt Very much the same way Constantly searching For my place and meaning And finding it more helpful To figure out Where I don’t fit Than where I do SWD 01/2021
Parallel to a Forest
I wish to outstretch my limbs Stand tall and sturdy against strong winds But gentle enough to let the world in Offer shelter within my leaves Soak up the sun and catch the breeze Oh, to grow parallel to a forest of trees SWD 04/2018 Updated 12/2020
Mundane Fantasies
I’ve never quite had This yearning before For the presence of strangers Such mundane fantasies Of standing in line for the bathroom Too close to the next person waiting Being the last one To squeeze into a full elevator And hoping no one can smell the coffee on my breath Shaking someone’s hand When meeting…
Statistic
There are statistics About people like me and I often wonder On what side of the bell curve Will all my friends and I fall SWD 11/2020
Packed Bag
Am I somewhere in your packed bag The one you keep in case of emergency Or urgency Folded neatly between your clothes Or forgotten and shoved in last minute Did I even make the checklist SWD 12/2019 Updated 11/2020
I miss live music
I’m watching my favourite band Play past live shows From the comfort of my couch This soft fleece blanket Couldn’t compare to the comfort That warm, perspiring skin Brushing against one another brings I turn the volume up As loud as I can bear Then stand and close my eyes Letting the rhythm of the…
