Give Good

I know you’ll make it through

and it won’t always be this heavy.

You never deserved this pain

but it will make you the strongest man one day.

You have so much good to still give

so come on baby, just live.

Standing Soldier

There are millions of soldiers who have lost your battle

and still you stand, chest cracked open and bleeding.

You raise your voice for the ones fallen before you

combating the Demons screaming for your surrender.

You silence them with your strength, even with wounds still tender.

Swirling

I wish i could get out of my head

Just some time to break away 

From the madness.

Not a moments peace

When my thoughts are swirling of you.

 

-May 2020

I’LL ALWAYS TRY TO REACH YOU

I don’t know where you go 

when you’re away from me.

One minute you’re here 

and the next 

there’s a mile wide wall between us 

built with pebbles and stones 

of misplaced anger and insecurity.

I test the wall’s strength with jokes

and try to chip away at the concrete with

sweet words and a reassuring hand.

WE ARE DIFFERENT BUT ARE WE EQUAL?

You have shaped me.

I am brash to combat your meekness.

Your strength is so quiet 

I sometimes discredit its perseverance.

Mine is hot and loud.

But there are times the flames 

can dwindle so low

I’m not even sure they’re even there.

Even so, I’ve made sure your silence 

will never be in my library of responses.

UNLEASHED TONGUE

I have no qualms about speaking up

when your politeness squeezes your throat.

I will make your voice heard

to those dressing you up with their own ideals.

I may approach a subject as delicate as a bull charging red

but I am on your side even if I do not share your finesse.

Are you going to stay this time?

I tried to avoid this

Barricading the door.

But I let you in through the window anyway.

You left just as silently as you came.

Two years later you’re knocking again

But I can’t get hurt this time.

 

Why dependability is the most attractive quality in a man

Now I’m a Taurus girl so security and stability make me weak in the knees but hear me out because I think you’re all about to swoon a little too.

 

A dependable guy just gets better as a relationship progresses. When you first meet him, he responds to your text in a timely manner, shows up to a date at the time he said he would, and doesn’t leave you guessing about how the relationship may be going. 

 

A dependable guy isn’t playing nearly as many games as the average guy in this modern dating app culture. You’re not getting left on read and you don’t have to play the game of who texts who first. You’re already more secure in the connection. You know where you stand because he’s standing steady. 

 

In a relationship, you can depend on him to be there for you emotionally and for him to hold a steady belief in your relationship growing. In a marriage, you can depend on him to be a partner in taking care of the household and be a stand up father to your kids. 

 

A dependable guy will be there physically when he says he will and he’ll be there for you emotionally when you need him to be. That feeling of security in a relationship immediately releases a load of stress. Less stress in a relationship helps you stay in sync and strive together in harmony. 

 

WILLPOWER

I know you’re going through trying times right now.

There is a mountain of hardships you’ve had to overcome.

Death, loss, and failure haunt you this year.

 

I wish I could take some of this burden from you 

but just know I’m right beside you with a gentle hand.

 

I know it’s a lot to ask but 

I need you to fight through this heartache.

 

Dig your hands and boots into crevices of this rock

and determine with all of your strength 

that you will overcome this valley in your life.

 

You’ve done it before and you can do it again.

 

– May 2019

Days when your world’s on a tilt

I take it all so personally

Can’t seem to let the wrong words go

I just want to stay in bed all day

Shut the blinds and close out the world

Call in sick to work

Think about texting my selfish ex.

I’m just having one of those days

where I’m grinding my teeth

just to make it through.

 

– July 2019

A Stubborn Heart

No matter how stern

you try to be with your heart

Her desires are much more stubborn

and in a battle of wills

She will always win.

 

-Feb 2019

Inspired

Life didn’t turn out the way I planned

But because of you is how I still stand

you’re the solid ground beneath my feet

you stand strong even when I accept defeat

when my heart grew too tired

You were the beauty that kept me inspired

It felt like mountains I was trying to get through

I would have given up by now if it wasn’t for you

 

-2011