Success is connected to doing things that are not fun for the moment. It is connected to channeling your…
Here’s to the men who respond instead of react. Here’s to the men who want better…
She has her hand to my forehead, checking my temperature like I’m a baby. She kisses my cheek and wrings a cool washcloth over a silver basin and…
Of all people only one will be perfect. Of all people only I will be me. So if you’ll be you and of all people you’ll be perfect, then I’ll be…
“E bem sei eu, Deus meu, que tu provas os corações, e que da sinceridade te agradas; eu também na sinceridade…
ㅤ Your love of me is as cold ㅤ ㅤas the other side of the moonㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤso I’d teleportㅤ ㅤ to the…
Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart. William C. Hannah
I am the kind of person who often struggles to choose between emotions and rationality. I am especially cautious in the matters of the…
The other day I was scrolling through Facebook and came across the post of a girl I grew up with. I say girl because judging by her post, she never really did a whole lot of growing up. Being completely honest, she was toxic then and apparently not much has…
Look at her, such a jolly person she is.
If only I had a life like hers.
“Un seul amour, ce n’est pas assez ; deux amours, c’est trop”. Robert Sabatier
It was during one of those busy weeks when I got so burnt out that I decided I needed some down time. I love watching sad movies during my stressful times just so I get some justification for letting out some tears. That day was one of those times. So I hit google and…
Fuji died January 12th, 2018. He was my pet turtle for nearly 10 years.
EXPAND, A Devotional
by Étienne Lombard
And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper…
a poem in response to a prompt by Poetry Under Cover
Which was softest…
“Who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house” (Hebrews 3:2)
Ready and Willing 3
After they lay there for while, the heat and afterglow of the nearly athletic lovemaking waned a bit as they both caught their breath…
There’s a period in life, transitioning from the glistening magic of childhood to the very matte view of adulthood, where possible…
With shows such as Love After Lock Up and 90 Day fiancé, here is a list the newest…
….is safety.
In love.
Business.
Relationships.
Friendships.
Your job.
Grab a chair and a coffee, mate! Lets talk about our trust issues…
Every person has their own safe haven or should i say comfort zone. We created our world based on…
A cellist with his band in front of an audience of merely a dozen people at City Hall Centre, watching blank rookie faces who’ll never love to savour the classical music in their entire life, he thought. He recalls his agent telling, “The contemporary generation likes vagueness. They…
What I really want is true love.But that is not simple as we expected.
The day which comes after the present day. A hope to start things anew. A wish that may or may not be granted. As a human I have always…
I’m getting married in February. As part of the process, our celebrant has asked us to both write our relationship story. On…
Have you ever known what it felt like to go insane? To feel like your heart is in one place and your mind in another? Or maybe…
This journey wasn’t over whatsoever: I was confused, about to get my diploma, fixing some thoughts about what to study in college and what “kind of person” I was going to…
I agree. If you are adored, sooner or later that adoration is going to stop – and what then…
I would much prefer to be loved.
She was like fox. Like an owl. Like a gentle breeze after a spell of rain in the early evening. She was like these many things that reflect the pale wonders of the night. She was a mystery I could never grasp. She is my moon.
The raft
It won’t hold a motor. I’d tell you that although I prefer the sail and the wind and the rigging, my mind wants to add a motor. There’s a strong…
Love warms us in winterInspires us in springShades us in summerReminds us in autumnThat without love…
Education, career, money, self-growth, these are all things at the very top of my list of priorities…
Ever feel like you’ve been living in a bubble, then one day it just pops? This just recently happened to me. I haven’t been focused on the world around me, I’ve just been focused on trying to build a life for myself. But what’s the point of building something that might just collapse because…
painting type- Abstract
colours- Acrylic
You are a woman-beautiful, complex, resilient and ever-changing, you do not need to be…
Shortly after the close of World War I, I learned an invaluable lesson one night in London. I was manager at the time…
So, the New Year calls for new resolutions, right? I have one everyone could follow “One act of kindness a day”.
You want to feel less lonely and more loved? You want to lose some weight? Kill two birds with one…
There are 3 types of people
(Summer, Winter and Fall)
There are 3 types of people (summer, winter and fall)
Summer: The so called “happy go lucky” kid in town, has warm hands, and drinks milk not for the vitaminsbut to erase the trace of marijuana he’s been using for about…
See beyond the layers
2017 was a year that ended up giving me the greatest lessons of my life. I was stalked and harassed, broke up with my best-friend and met an incredible person. Each of these happened simultaneously and that was hell of a ride!
La miré a los ojos.
La miré a los ojos y el mundo se detuvo. De un momento a otro, la tridimensionalidad pasó a…
He came in a box wrapped up quite tightA note on top, “Open your first night”A gift from you as I went awayThat first night, after everyone had…
The leaves were green and the wind was bare,I crashed into you like a perfect glareOf bold cosmic light.As your…
unto
Home between eyes of trees
Motions into fall of air spill
Dear you,
You ever asked me why I chose you from many men in the world. All this time, actually I did ask the same question to myself. Why it has to be you, not someone else? Not some kind of Turkish guy who proposed me 3 years ago?
Mother Nature has set out a map for us. Thank you, Mother! Think of this world as an interlocking spider web of ideas, people, and events. The deep yearnings and longings of our souls point us at certain directions. For example, I think of my best three gal friends: Leah, Julia, and Cass. My soul yearns to be close to theirs; Life led me towards them…
Political opponents customarily spend a lot of time swapping scandalous charges and calling each other unflattering names. In some of these put-downs, they use animal names to denigrate their opponents or cast someone in an unflattering light. They’re not the only ones; we’ve heard people the word “dog” used…
My outer curves protect my inner edges.
Something Against Love
I did something against Love once and it won’t let me forget. It was not with malice or caprice or thoughtlessness. This thing I did, I did it with caution pain weighted consideration.
Sometimes I wear your ex girlfriend’s socks
Black, thin cable knit thigh highs
I found them entangled in your drawer
Mixed in when you moved out of her house
You got this.
I am going through tunnels. Tunnels which appear like tunnels of times and spaces. As if I am walking through stilled movie…
I am demanding a Honorary Degree in dating. I have had so many dates, dating back many many years, that I want my place among the table of men. Real men.
Follow closely.
“So really what you’re saying is that you don’t feel we’re compatible?”
Wow your writing - resonates and envigorates.Creates a platform to rejuvinate. My soul is reminded of the path that I must stay on and never deviate. As you have outlined our stance or dance in the name of truth and justice may become treacherous and steep.
My mom died in November 2016 and my Dad (who doesn’t like social media and doesn’t have a Facebook account) maintains her account mainly to post memories and memorials. It’s sweet but it’s not the best solution for people whose social media lives were more complicated.
Love
Why do we love?
querido, está tudo bem tirar um tempo para você
o perdão também precisa de tempo e você pode dá-lo quando quiser
se liberte das prisões de sua mente
Yes! I am a woman
There is power buried within me — trespass and it will awaken with an uproar.I’m…
I’m called to silent spacesLike the ones between your breathWhere what you’ll say has not been saidWhere there’s…
you should see the shakes that i caughtoff the wakes that you causedwhen you stepped off and left me as the shame that you dropped
one day
one day you will love me again…
that’s what i thought of before. when i was still longing for your ungodly love that it’s already super obvious that’s not there anymore.
one day you will love me as much as i love you..
It was this past September, and my boyfriend’s birthday. I surprised him with dinner at his favorite place, with three of his…
I saw him from far and was presented with a million dollar glister smile..
This was in actual, for the second time we were to meet, but… it felt like for the very first time it is.
Ever met someone that you could have the best…
I still cry every time my parents leave me at university. As if it’s something that never happened before, as if I don’t relax into my other life after they’ve gone. Me and Mum cling to each other right before she leaves because it’s hard for us both. I get caught between wanting to watch them walk away down the…
it was when you said goodbyethat I started to cryoverwhelmed, not exactly sure whydidn’t matter you were onlygoing to be gone a…
There are sixty-two definitions for the word “end” in the dictionary.
Not one of them mentions Oliver.
I am at the wake. There is no coffin, just an urn full of ashes. I go outside. He was twenty-three — only a year older than me. I sit on the front steps…
It was west
I knew she had gone west
I don’t know why I just felt it in my skin
Crept under like a dirty spider
I was to head west
Take me to your jewelland
Lead me and grab the diamond crown
you’re the poetry that
rolls
off
my
tongue
ever
so
easily
ever-
For the last little while I’ve had a pretty good idea of what I’m going to write about before I actually started writing. Actually…
It is just in the last few months that I have realized how much value I put in other people’s reception of my behavior. For most of my life I have always given a half hearted smile or a simple hand up when passing vehicles on a family road or as a thank you…
Diyar continued with his life after the conversation he had with Beritan. One day, however, when he was at work, he saw a boy running towards the place where he was, with his tongue pulling out.
Well , apparently my semester end exams are on process , but besdie studying at midnight thought of giving a life to my thoughts just poped out from my mind .
Why people need to love themselves
Imagine this: you are walking in a big city, such as New York City, you look around at everyone you see and you notice…
The Perfect Relationship...with my phone
I Can See Clearly Now…
Haaaaaa! It finally clicked in my head. I guess in my subconscious I might have known it because let’s face it; it is practically an open secret.
What if you and me weren’t meant to be at that exact moment???
What if life had yet to shape us into who we are now???What if love wasn’t something we could say back then because we wouldn’t be able to cherish it enough...
Andito na naman ako,
Kelan pa ba natuto?
Alam kong hindi na dapat pa magpapauto,
Pero ang galing mo naman kasing umuto,
Sa tulad kong uto-uto.
The more I venture on the path of seeking truth within me, the more I get closer to other pictures of “me”. Not always beautiful. There’re versions that are so greedy, so needy, so aversive and also jealousy. Sometimes I am aware of the voice speaking is that version’s voice, not the true voice. I just…
Kapag kasi
Nangyari na,
Nasaktan na,
Nabahiran na,
May galos na,
Hirap na
Balikan pa
Nakakatanga na,
Hindi na nagiging makatao pa. 😶
it's what you do
it's what you are
it's how you’ve made me numb
to the touch of everyone else
it's what they do
it’s what they are
it’s how i only come to life
when i’m with you
The beauty of human spirit flows through these images. Love this. Beautiful people and a beautiful read!
When I stare at myself in the mirror,
I see scars of losses and despair,
Covered up with the smiles costing me 10 muscles,
Frowning would’ve been easier,
Thanks for writing this; it is a hard and conscious choice — choosing to accept yourself unconditionally and not to “bind yourself in heartbreak” but the personal rewards are immense: it is easier to breathe and face the day.
Longing for lost love
In the cycle of neverending
Dreams of a love once alive
Now doormant in the wishy washy
CYCLE
Of once upon a time
What was
First Letter, January 13
Dear Berlin,
Tonight I get off my Fernbus at Südkreuz, and hop on the S-Bahn ring in the direction of…
yes!!!! being friends first is sooo much the solution for me! but hate to generalize for anyone else, right?
basliyoruz
What do you see?
Awesome 💙
Sacred from head to toe,
This is how I feel about you.
Let the gentle rain washes away,
all the judgements you forced on yourself,
until finally,
I remember growing up and my parents telling me that love is like a movie, you fall in love and that’s it. What my parent never told me was how bad love hurts, love is not like a movie, you’re not gonna find your “one true love” you’re going to find someone you may love but might not be “the one.” Love is valuable and amazing but love also hurts it’s…
i stopped loving that same boy in 2015, as i discovered that boy is a liar and a user. Let's say the situation is full of, ups and downs, break ups and make ups and alot of mixed feelings, things i thought only existed in a teenager movie but no this was the story of my ADULT life.
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Do you know how hard it was for me to forgive? But I gave it to you without any hesitation, because I trusted every piece of you. All your words sounded like poetry. I kept my eyes closed all this time. I should’ve known better.
My husband is hardworking, strong, brave, and loving. John was in the Army when we first met. Now he is the most amazing father…
I love glitter on my face in unorthodox ways.
I am as cool and the ocean breeze.
Deep as the Pacific.
(which answers any questions I’ve had about being a mermaid growing up)
Immortal !
People Die.But their Stories live on in the hearts of those who had loved them.Like the fire which has burned out.But the ashes still…
I am a Queen…
My crown drips down my face, the ocean hugging me the way the dark skies hold the moon..
You held me like the moon..
I am a moon child & you were my dark skies..
It seems pretty normal for them. Maybe I should just care less. Maybe, I won’t get hurt that much. Maybe I should try to ignore everything, then I won’t feel this way. Maybe I just need to stop seeing things, that way I’ll have my piece of mind. Maybe I’ll stop being jealous if I care less to everything, everyone, and even to myself.
Originally published at boomthebox.mn.co.
And as the onion was chopped
By the blade of vulnerability
Tears dripped down
Neverending drops
To top it off
Her love, unexplainable by words tampered with my emotions. What was this strange…