I look calm but inside of me lies the heart of a leona
my protective instinct rings loudly in me I will protect everyone I love no matter what even if I have to die for them to be safe even if I have to leave them alone for them to have peace of mind their well being means everything to me inside of me lies the heart of a lioness ready to roar ready to protect everyone she loves
thought I was done with this part of my life accepted solitude was now my new life but you had to smile at me butterflies appear and I want to vomit my heart races everytime you’re near And ugh, I fucking hate you for this so embarrassing at my age to crush on someone so hard and to write poems about a new unrequited love And I tried to ignore and quell this feeling but you have the audacity to appear in my dreams maybe it’s your fire energy, maybe it’s your poetry I’m not sure exactly what it is but fuck you for bringing out the romantic in me
a pretty existence is presented on social media for the world to see how we’re all living our best lives seldom do we share our struggles because we’re all too scared of being vulnerable because we’re scared of being perceived as weak for showing who we really are
we all fuck up from time to time and have to remind ourselves we are not our worst mistakes, our terrible breakups, or our emotional relapses to be human is to make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes will feel catastrophic and that’s when your inner critic with the help of shame and guilt will step in trying to make you feel like a piece of shit, worthless and useless when it comes to everything acknowledge it, honor it if you have to but don’t get stuck in it because this is not the entirety of you this is just a small fraction of your being- don’t get caught up in the worst of yourself- remind yourself of your strength and the gifts that you bring into this world
my friends dragged me to the tide pool even though I don’t know how to swim they put a life vest and tire around me they don’t want me to miss out on the fun it was one of the first times I felt the splendor of a community of love
por mucho tiempo te odie por no ser un padre para el pero después de tantos años veo que es mejor asi porque tu reemplazo fue mucho mejor le enseno a afeitarse, a manejar, y como ser un hombre lleno de compasión e integridad tu reemplazo todavía lo cuida aunque el es un hombre hecho y derecho tu reemplazo fue un buen padre aunque el no lleva su sangre
Always has never been a friend of mine because of the many lies I associate with it I’ll always be here for you- I’ll always love you I’ll always be your friend so now I never believe people who say always Instead, I look at them with cynicism And tell them, “that’s nice but I don’t believe you”