Submissions by JakAlfhild

Four years now you’ve been gone
Hopefully to a better place
They said you were gone even before
Your heart gave out
But I wonder
Did you hear me?
Did you know I was there?
I’d always protected you growing up
This time
.......I couldn’t
I know you wanted
To stay
But it wasn’t meant to be

When I got the call
That your heart gave out...
..... a piece of mine died, too

I know I’m not alone in this world
In which I still roam
But it feels like it sometimes

Some days the memories...

Growing up
Never needed anyone
Looked for love
But was only
Used and thrown away
Tried so hard to
Be the better one
But It was the only way
I knew
Until you saw me
Picked me up
Dusted me off
Loved me like no other
Put my heart back together
That’s a Til death do you part kinda Love

that’s always the answer
to the question
no one wonders if it’s true
don’t take the time
to read between the lines
satisfied to believe
the illusion

all anyone sees
is the mask
of happiness
smoke and mirrors
and slight of hand
my whole life
pretending

I’m okay

the smoke is fading
my world is crumbling
Abracadabra
I’m okay
I’m the master of illusion

so when you say
you’re okay
I see the truth
your deception
does well for others
but I’ve...

Unconditional love started the moment
I found out about you
Through all the trials and tribulations
of growing up
I tried to raise you differently than I
To not be afraid to trust
or be yourself
to build castles in the sand
I think I failed, or
perhaps exceeded
For as you have grown,
Your secrets have, too
Like the ocean steals the sand
with each roll of the waves
Your lies and deceit
Wear holes in my heart
Steal pieces of my soul
Soon I shall be an empty shell
On the ever changing shoreline