Your mind works differently
One skip removed
Faster yet softer
Almost reachable.
Almost graspable.
Almost touchable.
Almost.
And I stretch, I reach, I try
Oh God, do I try
To reach where you live
Yet I forget,
The day can still deceive me
My memory eludes me
And I forget
I hold your hand
I guide you
As the current pulls me
From my depth
I hold on to hope
Like a lifeline
I stop to catch my breath
I wonder if
I'll be enough
For you, my dear child
Even still
My promise to you
My love,
My boy,
I will never stop reaching.
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Sian N. Clutton
A horror and thriller writer at heart, who's recently decided to take a stab at other genres.
I sincerly hope you find something that either touches your soul or scares your socks off.
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making space
Since the only thing that might pull us back up is caring, it only makes sense that here, long after I’ve let my anger born of heartbreak and grief misplace, multiply, misdirect itself, let the enormity of my solitude turn into something I don’t know how to dispute with, something thick and heavy and suffocating, let the coldness thrash and fight under my skin, deeper still, in between the arches of my organs; here where the ground is always close and the fall is easy and I surrender to it often, lie without purpose for hours, it only makes sense that it is here, I decide to show up and surrender to the possibilities of the night. Show up to those who I deserted. Drawn to the sense of accomplishment, something I haven’t felt in a while, to memory of finished dish sending its aroma into the world and with it, wrapping the room with a strong sense of sweet nostalgia, I get up and decide to cook. I pick up my phone, type a message that reads “Dinner at mine @ 8PM, don’t bring anything” and before my courage deserts me again, drop it in our friends’ group chat, the way one would do when diffusing a bomb in the movies: one eye closed, snip at the wire, hoping for the best.
By Mesh Toraskarabout 8 hours ago in Feast
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Heartwarming promising love support poem brilliantly written!!!❤️❤️💕
This…this is beautiful. ❤️