raquel stevenson

Out of the shadow,
Clarity washing away the residential delusion.
Indescriminate light blinding my soul,
All I knew-now,
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I was considering today all the years I have written poems and such.
I wish I had them all to sum up my life,
But alas,
They along with some pieces of my life,
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This time,
I will remember,
The date today.
This time,
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Breath in,
Out.
Allow a moment,
To be.
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I sat here tonight,
having a moment of quiet.
You came in,
unannounced though welcome.
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Shut-up, insecure nonsense!
I am claiming the good in me.
I am claiming all the wonder I am as a human.
I am claiming all the glory I am as a woman.
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I love you, Yes.
But Bigger.
Bigger than tears and smiles.
Bigger than saddnes, happiness,
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Lost in a sea of abandoned dreams
and disillusionment.
Treading water for a breath
of hope.
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My broken eyes, the years and the tears,
The anger, the fears, the wrinkles and the deep regret.
The patience lost, the happiness tossed,
The trampled moments and the unfulfilled promise.
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You tried to break me, tear me down.
Distruction is all you know.
And yet,
You couldn't destroy the unexpected beauty that is me.
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I awoke this morning and felt a hole.
The familiar hole I have felt for years,
Decades.
Everytime I have to let you go away,
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When finding yourself,
Don't forget those that loved you
Even though you were lost.
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Its embarrassing to be that person.
To love someone that doesn't feel the same.
The saddness, patheticness.
The weakness.
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Reality is love has been lost,
But friendship has been gained.
Reality is I am sad,
But will laugh again.
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I touched you
I felt
I've loved you ever since.
Not together
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When you lay on your back...crying
Tears drip in your ears.
Sucks.
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I said, 'No one else sees me.'
You said, 'Let them.'
I let them.
I want to hide again.
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I ache broken tears,
Bleed regret.
I can sense the moist,
See the red.
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It had to be you?
Why?
You're the only one who could have.
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