Pretty on the Surface

I love you from afar

because up close I start to see 

too many cracks 

It’s so easy to love things 

that are light and pretty

It’s so hard to stop myself 

from running when it gets 

heavy and dark.

Out of Love

I’m sure I could fall

Out of love with you

If you just gave me the chance.

Let me see why you’re no good for me

So I can finally let this fantasy die 

Coming to Terms with a Love that Was Never Meant to Be

So there was this guy I once had a crush on and it lasted many, many years. Nothing ever really happened so there isn’t much of a beginning to talk about but there is an End. We got in a fight because I felt the friendship was very one sided and I was probably also jealous of this girl he liked (and eventually dated). So the end went with him saying, “I only like you as a friend. Sorry.” And just like that it FINALLY clicked. It was over.

He was never going to like me as I wished he would. I needed that direct finality to ultimately stop living in this fantasy relationship alone (This is what I often tried to push Stubborn into saying. It’s also the reason I held on so long, because he could never say it).

Even though we weren’t exes, I feel like the best way to get over an ex is to cut off all contact for some time in order to ensure that no romantic feelings pop back up. Once I stopped putting in the effort to keep in touch with him, the friendship instantly ended. We talked a few times over the next 6 months to be polite but then it just all faded.

So it’s been years since we’ve seen each other and I liked keeping it that way. Now we’re both attending an event and it’s unavoidable. Here, I find myself wondering if he might like me now? Years have passed, I’ve changed my hair, my body has changed, and we’ve both done some growing up.

This is all insecure 16 year old me talking. The first guy she ever liked didn’t like her back and she wants to stop doubting that she’s not good enough.

No matter what color my hair is, I am still me. I will never be the love of his life and don’t want to be her. I’m also not who I used to be when I was 16. I have different wants and needs now; I want a different kind of relationship than I did as a teen. It wasn’t my hair color that stopped him from ever liking me and it surely won’t be the reason he would suddenly like me now.

We just weren’t a good match. That happens sometimes without it being anyone’s fault. That’s a hard reality to face. It took a very long time for me to learn that sometimes two people just aren’t meant to be together. It took me a long time to stop blaming this guy, Stubborn, and myself. Sometimes things just don’t work out. Sometimes you know the reason, other times you don’t.

You can’t make other people like you and you can’t force yourself to fall in love with someone you just don’t have chemistry with. The only person you could really do that with is yourself.

Touching You

I’d hold your hand

trace my finger along the crook of your elbow

to the curve of your shoulder

the hills and valley of your chest

the slope of your neck

to the tussles of your soft, cinnamon hair.

Dreams

When I was young I dreamed of reaching the moon

and I dreamed of saving the world.

I dreamed of becoming the best me I could be

but chasing dreams is harder than it seems

because disappointment and doubt appear to be the only things in route.

But I’m strong and I’ll survive

and only Love can keep the heart alive.

An Eleven Word Poem

I love you.

You love me.

But it is not enough.

Dating Misery

Just when I start to pull you close

Is when it starts to end.

It feels like irony

or heaven just in need of a laugh.

I need a man who will open his arms to me

and finally put this dating misery to an end.

 

-May 2020

Hold Me

I imagine falling apart in your arms

because I trust you to hold the pieces

as I put myself back together again.

 

-June 2020

Self Sacrifice

I try to keep my distance 

because I know loving me would be a bad idea. 

Please don’t idolize the way I hold myself.

You want the fantasy of me

and that only leads to reality

breaking your heart.

I’m trying to save you

from the heartache you don’t deserve

Let me save you

before you make me a weak man.

 

-June 2020

Stormy

The rain gently falls

and I wonder if it helps lull you to sleep.

I remember things you told me

from 3 years ago

But I’m wondering 

if you’re still the same person now.

The thunder cracks and I realize 

I’m wrong about you again

 

Third Collection Release Date

I’ll be releasing my third poetry collection in a month on July 16th!!

If I’m honest, I let this collection sit for a long time and I could have had it gone 6 months ago. But I’m very happy with the end result and I hope you will be too!

If you’re interested in an eARC, please reach out to me at ddateable@gmail !!

Let me tell you a little about the collection!!

 

Titled: Even the Leaves

Synopsis: Even the Leaves fell for you, so how could you except me not to?

This collection explores how Mother Nature nurtures and shapes us through every part of our lives. This collection expresses relationships with family, partners, and yourself through aspects of nature such flowers and mountains, seasons and months, animals, and bodies of water. Nature is a medium that connects us all. 

 

Length: 67 pages

Release Date: July 22nd

Available on Amazon !

 

Does a Heart that Big ever feel too Heavy?

You give so much of yourself so freely.

So freely, I wonder how there is any of you left.

But you are bright, full, and soft.

 

I want to keep getting my fill of you

All while telling you to guard your heart for once.

There are pieces of you 

in people that did not deserve you.

But I know with a heart your size,

You didn’t even miss the flakes that fell. 

 

-March 2020