Category: Poems

An Ocean of Time – A Poem

When we were younger, we spoke our own language. It would be undecipherable to the casual listener, but it was our own tongue, one that only we could understand. As we grew older, teachers would keep us apart in different classrooms, afraid that we… Continue Reading “An Ocean of Time – A Poem”

Lost Boy Found – A Poem

I was sitting in the clouds when I first saw you. Looking down on the world that I’d removed myself from, it was your light that I saw first, that brilliant light that shone from you, right up to the clouds. I was happily… Continue Reading “Lost Boy Found – A Poem”

The Family Tree – A Poem

The idea of family is foreign to me. Growing up, I had a family, but I always felt like I didn’t belong. I was the black sheep wearing a second skin, the unknowable one, bearing myself to every one, the odd one out. I… Continue Reading “The Family Tree – A Poem”

The Most Beautiful – A Poem

I always say I love you. But those words don’t encompass everything I feel, every emotion that runs through my body every time you look at me or run your fingers along my jawline. Simply saying I love you doesn’t capture the emotion that… Continue Reading “The Most Beautiful – A Poem”

The Clouds of Forever – A Poem

When I came out of the closet, after finally being truthful about who I am and what I was, my mothers reaction was better than I could have hoped for. The only thing she said that worried her was: “Now I will worry more… Continue Reading “The Clouds of Forever – A Poem”