Inthepoemsandthesands - Sara

Y'all have gotta get more insane about platonic relationships like you are about romantic relationships. We need to get more annoying about them NOW. I need to see more meta and losing our minds over them. Get more annoying NOW. More than that. More than that also.

there is beauty

in the mundane

in the simplest things that life has to offer

in remembering to laugh

and smile

and maybe even to cry

it is beautiful all the same

do you feel your breathing

in and out and in and out

you can breathe

there is beauty in every breath you take

Talk on the phone w your friends and play in the sun and have picnics in the grass and bury your feet in the sand and be open to the world and learn from your mistakes and laugh often and go on drives to nowhere and protect what nourishes you and remember to have a good time

i find

home

in the

silence.

"solace."

d.b.a

the emphasis of nothing.

ocean

i told her she was the ocean

but she didnt understand what i meant

and i couldnt explain it without telling her

that i like her

she is beautiful and steady and consistant

waves crashing on the shore

i almost told her she was the moon

shining in the sky

i dont think she would've gotten that one either

the moon and the ocean and the night sky

and everything gorgeous and powerful

and always, always there

I’ll open a window

to spin a thread

across the sky

to drag myself

across

an ocean of clouds,

to take me to where I belong.

Where the sea meets my toes

and the blue waters edge

is bright as her eyes.

Where we can walk

hand in hand,

as the sun rises over

the perpetual sands,

not another soul in sight,

where we are free.

It's okay if it takes a little longer than you thought.

soldier, poet, king

i took the soldier, poet, king test

i got king

of course i got king

what else was i possibly expecting

when has my life ever not been a burden for me to bear

a weight placed on my shoulders

"a natural leader" they called me as if they did not make me this way

forged me to be independent (quiet) and strong (afraid to ask for help) and a leader (needing to take charge because things are easier if

i

do

them

myself)

kings are the gifted children

i was so far ahead they didn't know what to do with me

and now i'm average

and it hurts

Duty. Strength. Resignation.

when did i stop doing things for the love of them

when did life become a chore

when did everything become a routine to follow before i could be done

when did i start hating everything i did

when did i become the king

was i always the king?

they ruined me

they turned me into this

this is their fault

and now i'm the king

yes, king.

always king.

it was never going to be different.

and i'll take the crown

and live with it

and wish

maybe

i could be the poet instead

i told them i love them

for the first time today

and i half expected their

response to be, "i know."

i have said it in

a thousand ways already.

my love, for you i will learn

to say it in a million more.

—mars

Maturity is not seeking revenge. It's healing and moving on, so you don’t become like the people who traumatized you.

my thoughts are just as

fragmented as my thoughts

i fear the future and

i don’t want to be known for

what i had to spend,

but there’s no equity in

the things that i’ve bought

there isn’t a piece of me

that my mind doesn’t taunt

my heart is hanging on life

support and all i can

offer are apologies

i just hope one day

my body can forgive me

kira malibu