“Stages of Grief: Acceptance, is a piece I wrote a while back when my Dani died. It’s a piece that tries to dissociate from the pain of grieving, through appreciating some of the fond memories that defined parts of our relationship. It’s a small tribute to the woman I called my grandma.” STAGES OF GRIEF: … Continue reading STAGES OF GRIEF: ACCEPTANCE
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LETTERS TO OLUDHE (62)
LETTERS TO OLUDHE Healing at times,Doesn’t mean letting go,Because we don’t want to let go;And there’s really nothing to heal from;At times it means being okay;Adjusting;Finding grace;Seeing the beauty of what it was like to have her in your life;We are miles apart, but we are here,We are very present;And you know you will always … Continue reading LETTERS TO OLUDHE (62)
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LETTERS TO OLUDHE She would leave these beautiful handwritten notes;On all the gifts she ever got me;And the thoughtfulness of it all;Always made my heart full;And each time a gift was revisited,Or a memory was remembered;We found a version of love;That made us happy and content;Always and forever, a silent promise we made to each … Continue reading LETTERS TO OLUDHE (60)
YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS
YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS To have turned all this possible hurt,Into a deeper sense of love,Was the kind of beauty I found,While seeking grace; And that will always mean something;It will always be a guide;Through the different versions of this,That awaits all that will come before us; There are no … Continue reading YOUR WARM ARMS WILL ALWAYS FIND MY OPEN ARMS
A VERSION OF LOVE AND ALL ITS FEELS
A VERSION OF LOVE AND ALL ITS FEELS To be here and loved,And felt all that we felt; To have found grace,And beauty; To carry all that we were forward;Having experienced us; The little memories;That will always define us and this period of our lives. TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART LOVE & PAIN
OSIEPA
“I know what it was like for me; having a friend to your soul; it was beautiful, and I liked every moment of it.” This is bits of what it meant to have you in my life, and I would do it over and over again, countless times, across different lifetimes. OSIEPA I can’t imagine … Continue reading OSIEPA
SEEKING ACCEPTANCE
SEEKING ACCEPTANCE What scares me,And hurts me,Is how much I’ll crave and miss you,Once you are gone;And once you can no longer be mine. TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART LOVE & PAIN
YOU, I AND US WILL ALWAYS BE BEAUTIFUL
YOU, I AND US WILL ALWAYS BE BEAUTIFUL Doing this life thing with you;Was as beautiful as it could have been; And now as we battle with acceptance;We are appreciating your being,And all that came of us. TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART LOVE & PAIN
LETTERS TO OLUDHE (59)
LETTERS TO OLUDHE When we met,We were strangers,And we just might have remained strangers;But souls bound to meet;Will claw and fight until they find each other;Find the others;And this was how she became osiepa;Osiep chunya;And in a way, she will always be,Friend to my heart,Friend to my soul. TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART LOVE & … Continue reading LETTERS TO OLUDHE (59)
TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART
TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART I think I really pushed myself,To finish the poems, letters and stories in that collection; I gave my heart and soul to that book;And most importantly; I gave parts of me I didn’t even know I had; Whether the collection will be widely read;Or it will only be consumed by … Continue reading TO HEAL A BROKEN HEART