recognize my worth
let light stream inward and through
newfound alchemy

I tried to love you
maybe in another life
my voice was your wish

lavender vignettes
where concealments fall away
take me as I am

illumination
like romantic symmetry
rewrites tomorrows

as I saunter on
I will treasure the lessons
gained along the way

we are all writers
if only we can unearth
words to capture us

rounds of needless harm
cruxes I now understand
were kisses of death

the most bitter frost
somehow transformed hushed sunlight
transcendent magic

my scars hold the strength
I overlooked in myself
as timeless relics

steady my breathing
onto a divergent path
a way all my own

as the light pours in
i feel myself come alive
with scores of stories

things I left unsaid
dance on a rotating track
yearning to be free

feeling everything
and feeling nothing at all
bittersweet lenses

forever deep red
like the table where we shared
our final goodbyes

my wild, ardent heart
in a postcard lined brass chest
set for surrender

loud disquietude
I’ve read this story before
learn from past echoes