#reply poetry

[sanddollarpoems]

Enjoying the company of yourself, propels you towards freedom;

Free of doubts,

Free of manipulators

Free of self sabotage

Free to say am enough

Free to be by yourself and be entertained

Free of invalid validation

Free of invasive clearance.

Free of intoxication

Free of emotion hunters

All am saying is, we are destined to be happy but true happiness comes when it’s not tied to anything or anyone.

And only in accepting ourselves

Faults and failures

Beauty and wisdom

Combined into only one "us"

Can we find the kind of freedom

That isn't in need of approval

Isn't begging for validation

Isn't aching for praise

Doesn't need any followers

Because the only one who holds power over us

Is the voice we allow to speak in our head

Crush the venom that drains our confidence

Come to terms with ourselves

Cut away the dead branches

So that new and stronger growth takes root

And our leaves can reach the sky

[themagicinmypen]

magitekgaymer replied to your post “Changes”

But oh, what it leaves in its wake

Devastation of things once fine,

Turn into something lost,

Over clouds so asinine

As to toss them away;

Flung awry,

And leave us to cry

Ourselves dry,

As we attempt to pick up the pieces.

[sanddollarpoems]

Before I open my eyes 

I reach out and fumble the light switch 

And it feels grippingly sour 

Lemondrop martini sucking on a copper penny

Eyes fly open desperately

Seeing only a stale musk glaring

This pungent looking room

Bathed in Applewood smoke sunshine

The footfall pounding in my eardrums 

Makes up for the paralysis within my digits 

Traffic and the road slush it kicks up rakes

A frigid brain freeze finger ’twixt my temples

I smell the outline of a treescape

Watercolor scented still life

The waft of the overcast glare

Sends me covering my nose in protest

As I choke back the deafening swallow

The static of the bedsheets crack like puffed rice 

On my tongue, curling around your name 

The first time you said it on the phone 

Note: this is the collaboration between myself and @haikkun as a result of the CPR Challenge!! She's amazing and wonderful and if you don't follow her, GET OVER TO HER BLOG AND FOLLOW!! ❤

[sanddollarpoems]

• sand dollars • so fragile • in my eyes • so beautiful • in my heart • so inspiring • in my hands • so tenderly fragile •

But only

In breaking

Can beauty

Be found

And the pieces

Return

To the sand

[themagicinmypen]

lzlabseesu replied to your post “This Morning”

good morning!

Would you like some coffee?

It’s brewed to perfection,

A dark circled reflection

In the top of your mug.

A new light is dawning,

So hey, good morning!