Pen And Paper Stories

  • Joy

    I sit on the roof The bustle is below Searching for answers Within what I know I remember the butterflies And birds in the trees I see the world And the world sees me A re-acquaintance Life and me enjoy- But finding purpose Is like a gnat to annoy. So… Listen ⇢

  • Power

    I am merely a whisper Within the scream A hopeful wonder… Or pleasant dream. I am the thought Within the action… Hearing the voice When losing traction. I am the love Inside the hate. . . Or the narrator Within your fate. I am the control In letting go… Building… Listen ⇢

  • My Little Old Man

    The loss of you haunts me As well a lesson understood And my heart aches Because you were just so good. You brought much joy And of course frustration too And you filled our hearts differently Just by being you And when we had to let you go Life didn’t… Listen ⇢

  • New Year 2019

    Christmas is over And the year almost too What will the New Year Bring different for you? What will you keep doing What will you change? Is there something to keep Or more to exchange? Will you find hope Or keep it high Will you forgive the past And give… Listen ⇢

  • What Should Have Been

    The day the world dropped me off Moments it seemed From a blissful weekend Before meeting reality for the millionth time… And “go to hell” I thought Before knowing I was there Or where I belonged In between What should have been. Listen ⇢

  • Broken Heart

    My heart was broken once-So far beneath my coreThat kept waiting for perfectionOr to be something more… Time never seem to healA brokenness not to hold backThe emptiness seemed terminal-Reasons became the facts… Until one dayA doctor loosed a tongue-And showed a pictureMy heart wasn’t undone. Yes, there was a… Listen ⇢

  • The Mourn

    Twirling like a ballerinaLeaves fall at season’s endWith happiness too. Snow silences the noiseWhite graces the dirtAnd the sacrifice. Animals fight to liveHouses beg for heatWhile singers praise a silent night. Now only the shadowsAnd life’s peaceful sleepGrace the eyes of the mourn. One hundred twenty days to countAs darkness… Listen ⇢

  • Winter Sadness

    Sadness comes with winterDays are hardly thereNight existing too long in space and time On the ledge to look straight or downWith silence beyond the gift of snowThoughts swirl like cotton in summer A fear steals the oxygen – …And then the gasp…As weakness takes a leap inside While sitting… Listen ⇢

  • It’s Life

    It makes you thick It runs you thin It finds an way It always been It knows no bounds It never stops It takes the hits It gives out shots It is the present It is the past It is the pain It makes you fast It doesn’t need me… Listen ⇢

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