personal blog – Little Perceptions

Without You

There are moments In my life Where I pause Because, I feel guilty For living Them Without, you

Pale

I want To remember- The sun’s glow, The moon’s shine, And the stars sparkle But it all seems… Insignificant Without your smile

Imprinted

Some of the happiest Days of my life Involve your light Some of the darkest Thoughts in my mind Were quelled by you And your voice still echoes In the small aches That move through me

After You

There are days Where I move through Life, blissfully And there are days Where the contrast In my life Of before And after You Is starkly clear

Numb

The wind flows Through my hair The birds sing To my ears The sun shines On my face And I feel None of it Because I am lost In this world Without you And my heart Feels empty With you gone

I, am tired. When you get down to it, we’re all tired. The last year has pushed us and pulled us in so many different directions that it’s hard to know which way to go next at this point. Do I focus on work? Do I focus on projects at home? On hobbies? I feelContinue reading “Cloudy Skies & Burnout”

Inside

My lips are numb From speaking The same words Over and over My head pounds From trying To reason Again and again My heart aches From feeling So alone Day after day

For Women

I like to imagine A world changed Without glass ceilings A system, rearranged I like to imagine Our daughters freed, From limitations That held you and me I like to imagine These aren’t dreams And the world may be Better than it seems

Lost

I walked in Thinking I knew Where I was going I thought I would lead you There That I was right Each step in I went further Past Where I should be Turns out, I never knew I was lost too

Dark

Sunlight tipped My fingers Slipping through, Open space I couldn’t Hold onto The sunlight New darkness Still follows Every ray, Snuffing out Leaving me Cold, alone Without light