• Holding on 
    to what we know

    I’ve never quite
    been so miserable

    I need to let go.
    I need to let go.

     

  • live on
    little lion.
    you’ll always
    be confused as
    a black sheep.
    but you are fiece
    and bold and full
    of so much love
    to give –
    that others may
    not be ready
    to face.
    but live on
    little lion.
    this world
    may not be
    ready to experience
    your fieceness
    but you will
    still take it on
    and make it your own.

  • Everything that is beautiful
    is balanced out with ugly.
    No matter how hard
    I strive for the light
    I know that there is darkness
    lurking with me too.
    I am a rose.
    Easy to gaze upon
    but when touched
    they discover
    I’m covered in thorns.

  • keep me like a secret.
    hidden away. untouched.
    are you cautious?
    or are you hiding
    these parts of you
    from the world too.
    hiding yourself
    in someone else’s heart.

  • each freckle softly kissed
    across the canvas of your skin.
    sprinkled like the stars in the sky.
    you’re a constellation.