The sunset you painted for meLooked beautiful today.Almost as grand as the sound of your laughAnd as bright as that smile I miss everyday. Nothing could’ve prepared meFor this pain in my chestThat hasn’t gone awayEver since you took your last breath. I know you’re not in pain anymore,And with ...

Pitter-pattering rain fallsSome rejoice, but I stallTrapped in my headAnd the waves of emotions. The sky finally feelsLike someone somewhere sees my fears,My heart that’s breakingAnd I feel a small comfort. For a moment, and a second,My tears aren’t wrapped in regret.They fall with the rainDown, down, down my weeping ...

The waves of lifeAre crashing on me.With each toss and turn I find myself in, I’m struggling:It’s getting harder to breathe. I search for a life vest,A glimmer of hope,Anything that can save me from this treacherous stormOr help me cope. I feel like I’m drowning.I want to be found,But ...

Small hands in mineGrow too quickly.Little lips, now big smiles,and many memories. Little curlsTo shoulder-length hair—I wasn’t preparedFor the time slipping by, doesn’t seem fair. My little love,My ray of light,Taught me purposeGave me the strength to fight All that would come our way,Us against the world!A small but mighty ...

Looking back on memories past,My chest tightens upWondering how much time we have left,And why life won’t let up. Sickness and death have been all too real.I hold onto precious moments,But even still this anxietyRacks through my body and has for months. Watching you sufferhas been my deepest pain,In a ...

I’ll miss your smileAnd your beautiful face,Bringing a kind of joyNo one can replace. My Grammy, great grandmother,Five generations long—Leaving a legacyBoth fulfilling and strong. Christmas memories,Loving hugs, trips to Arizona,A trip to the Hub, always with ice cream,And family reunions in Minnesota. I’ll cherish it all, but my favorite ...

Baby smirks to toddler smiles.All our firsts togetherFlew by too fast. Life changes quickly:A year of beautiful memoriesQuickly fading, too much to catch. Being a new motherSeemed so dauntingBefore all this time passed. What seems like a lifetime later,I’ve learned so muchAbout life, love, and myself, last. I wouldn’t change ...

Grief sits in my chest,Slowly digging a holeThat’s getting deeper and deeperWith each unknown. No answers in sightBut with every textMy heart is breaking,Wondering what’s to come next. We all hang in the balanceAnd so does my heart.My body aches with realizationAnd quakes with concern. I can’t not think about ...

First it was a look,Then a stare across the room,Before mustering up all my courageTo go over and say hi to you. I remember the butterflies—I still get them today,Every time my eyes landOn your handsome, loving face. Our story started out as friends,Before growing into something more.From driving halfway ...

My deepest insecuritiesAre fuel to the flame.I can’t breathe with the accusations—Suddenly I’m the only one to blame. With heavy heart, my tears,Like a piece of my soul,Flow and flowEvery time your cruel words begin to unfold. It’s something so personal,My deepest shame…Something I can’t even control,Yet I’m the one ...

I went to the river, down below.I defied orders, going where I ought not go.I was caught in a mess somewhere in betweenMy wounded self here and the mountain where I need to be. Higher ground was the land I was aiming for.I should’ve known it wasn’t my fate to ...