A Poem – Bound Like a badge, you clung on to your array of scars humbled by the fact that you’d been seemingly defeated, shocked that once again you’d fallen. You had prepared for this your whole life. Night and day standing bare before the mirror mesmerized by your charm and imperfections, memorizing your soul …
Poem ~ Puppeteered
A poem. PUPPETEERED All your life you’ve always needed to take permission to be, seeking validation from those whose praises you longed for, ensnared by your desire to be loved. These unwholesome desires became your strings attaching you to the will of mortals, binding you to your puppeteers every whim. Their wishes were your command, …
Spoken words ~ Walls
Walls I know how it feels to look in the mirror bare-faced and stare into the eyes of a stranger, someone so familiar yet different. To stare into the eyes of the person you once used to be before you became discontent; before you doubted that you could be; before the lies became your way …
Spoken words ~ Reflection
Reflection Time ticks as you walk by, everyone seems to stare at you, waiting anxiously for your reaction. You’ve lived your whole life being molded by the hands of others; the things you love, the things you despise, your perspectives aren’t really yours. You’re a conglomerate of fragments of all you have perceived; the memories …
Spoken words ~ Betrayed
Betrayed I learned to embrace pain, I would be mastered by nothing. But yet you found a way to control the way I thought, always a step ahead scheming my demise. At least that was what my paranoid mind deduced. Every time I found an excuse to be with you, you had a reason …