#j.wool writing

[soulwr1ter]

Give to love

what it asks

when breath

comes to stir

the heart to

create light

where life

completely

surrenders to

be made peace

in the silence

of its embrace

to rest every

preserved beat

in the knowing

that what lies

here is always

promised to

be yours to

forever keep

-J.Wool, Preserved Beats

[karleywoods]

Something Else

I sit in solitude with eyes darker than anyone remembers Purple veins outlining my body And the toxic wasteland of my mind I'm shouting these past years have been filled with pain That has not been spoken about I won't talk about it Nobody likes a rocked boat Instead, the tension will climb it's way up my vertebrae Making a home in my bones Reminding me I am the reason for its existence And promising It will never leave me It knows I don't want to be alone Or face the unexpected with a lack of preparedness I'll smile and talk about Something else Like the weather or my job Or the time we were in high school After hours in your room Where he said he loved you for the first time I gave him advice He's a great fiancé I'm glad it worked out I'm quieter than anyone remembers Carefully choosing every single word I utter I want to say I've been devastated and torn apart Everyday for longer than I could've imagined That living in solitude is a humbling experience That has brought me to tears More times than I have been truly happy And every single day and moment feels exhausting In a new and profound way I actually thought I was dying yesterday It was just my throat tightening Swollen with words I should have spoken Or screamed or yelled Anything to get it out of me Because I've felt trapped in one moment for years And I don't know that I'll find my way out of it But I'll smile and talk about Something else instead Like the weather or my job Or where he said he loved you for the first time That feels easier and less complicated to explain Less awkward for everyone

[soulwr1ter]

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Let us taste

love from the

depths of the

same breath, all of

its thorns and petals

are ours to inhale for

the good and the

bad as I will bleed

to death for this

beautiful life with you

and fight for the light

that will be our pride

because one kiss puts

love at peace the way

the rightness of us

should ever be.

-J.Wool, Petals and Thorns

[soulwr1ter]

The earth is

falling asleep

one dance of

shadow at a time

and somehow

when the light

smiles a little brighter

than the darkness,

a star forms like a

tickle and leaves a

flicker in my heart

and as everything

else dreams, I tuck a

piece of moon in my

eyes until the remaining

time floats toward

the beckoning sun.

-J.Wool, The Earth is Falling Asleep

📷 by Me

[soulwr1ter]

They don't love you.

They are attached to you

and their idea of you.

They don't know

the way your hair curls

over your pillow

or the way you

laugh awkwardly in

the middle of complete

silence nor the way you

pick out all the lime green

sour skittles or how you

add an extra tip to the

waiter when you eat

because you were once her.

They dont know

how you manage what

you have because

you went far foo

long without and how you

sing when you clean or

how you pay for everyone

around you just to make

sure no one gets left out.

The next time they tell you

they love you,question what

do they actually know about

you or are they merely in love with

something they want you to be

without having the guts to know

exactly how much magic

you may actually be.

-J.Wool, They Dont Love You

[soulwr1ter]

I wrote a love

letter with no

heartbeat because

I left it standing on

the edge of eternity

where only the light

knows all the heaven

I release to kiss you

with whatever petals

of forever I had to promise

so now my voice leans

into silence where each

syllable sounds itself

out while holding the

shape of your name like

a key of infinite awakening

to a constellation that

remains asleep

-J.Wool, A Love Letter With No Heartbeat

📷 from Pinterest

[soulwr1ter]

One day you

suddenly return

and you just

snap back, not

remembering the

way you crawled

or cried, teardrops

shimmer into diamonds

along the dawn of newly

hatched skin and those

wings you thought you lost,

peek out one at a time as

if smiling at the air that

waves to caress their face,

and without realizing the

sky comes a little closer

as if trying to place a star

in your hand reminding

you that the darkness

only needs a little light to

make it step back and let

hope shine love bright.

-J.Wool, The Return

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[soulwr1ter]

I don't need you

to hold me up and

I don't have to stand

you up, but I want

us to meet each

other halfway and

say what love really

means without

expecting silence

to transcend us like

we are both mind

readers as if a soul

connection is some

kind of magic when

it is really communication

that strengthens all that

happens or else, we will

be another weak foundation

that crumbles over the

illusion of time

-J.Wool, Meet Me Halfway

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