pain

Reciprocity

There is nothing I can do about love not reciprocated. There is nothing I can do about it at all. You give, you push, and you pour into. It’s taken, catapulted and watered greatly yet never invested properly. How is it that us women are left with the dead end of the stick? How are we so giving and then…

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Sour Tears

They tell her to write soft, invite love to her words. How? All she knows is hurt. The truth speaks through every word. Each word gives insight into every woman who has been scorned, left, and abandoned. Love never showed up; the pain did. She desired love, and she wanted it, she needed it. Yet that’s not what showed up. How…

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Secret’s Unveiled

From the outside, she looks as though she has it all together. She is the type of woman that most look up to. A successful businesswoman, loyal wife, and hardworking mother. She has fought hard to obtain all that she has in life. However, if you looked closely within you would see a girl that has been stripped of her…

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Empty Heart

Before she met him, she was innocent, wrapped in the glory of her master. She shined brighter than the sun on a warm August day. She was content, ready to take on the world clueless to the price that would come through the vein of love. He came gentle and sweet; everything about him seemed right. She needed no harness,…

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Fragmented

The attack against my mind leaves me lethargic. Fully conscious but sunken never fully regaining mobility. I am stuck! Trying to scream for someone to hear me but my yelps go unnoticed I am left to navigate this swamp alone. Murky, dirty water fills my senses, contaminating everything that I sense. “You aren’t who you say you are. I don’t…

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Suspended in Rejection

The way he pulled away from me when SHE walked by. The pain of rejection that suspended my body in defeat. He had never chosen anyone over me before; until that night. I knew at that moment it was over; I was triggered-pierced deep within my soul, allowing the wave of heartbreak to succumb to its fate. That night would…

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