Blend

...never good enough...not in person...not on paper...always a request made...for me to bend...no acceptance...with credit being taken...way too often...for providing "help"...that never really comes...you don't do as much as you think you do...and that hurts me more than I ever say...to always be the one...asked to change...

The Second Guess

Sometimes, he makes me feel like something is wrong with the way I am...

If all I can do is be me, how much time do I have to concern myself with the insecurities of others?  Is that even a requirement in this life?  To care how my confidence affects you?

I remain stubbornly unapologetic on the issue.  Still, doubt resides within...and I'm left alone with these questions I have never readily posed to self...

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In a different time,
Perhaps another place
I would have liked to explore
Together in you
With you
Through you

I always dream of future with you in mind--
Cause you embody comfort...peace

Warm milk and sweet honey on a cold day;
Smooth...rich...inviting

Future, it's in you
I hope she sees it too

In this time
In this place
I hope you explore

Together

Pregnant Pontifications...

In this world,
there's life all around,
that didn't ask to exist
yet fights to be--

Much like that, growing inside of me...

How often we squander the opportunity
to cultivate and mold potential
away,

Because we fail to embrace
the life all around
that didn't ask to exist,
yet fights...fights to be--

here.