Submissions by eswaller

Feelings cannot be pushed
Away and shoved aside
Because feelings are real.
They aren’t to be judged
Or criticized. I can try to
Fight those feelings and
Pretend they don’t exist
Or I can show them
For people to see.
Don’t you feel them too?
It’s like putting your hand
Over my heart and hearing
It beat. You have control
Over it as much as I do.
It’s a rhythm that won’t stop
Until I take my last breath.
These feelings for you
Don’t and won’t go away.
They only grow stronger
With more connection
And force. It’s...

Life has its ups and downs.
Sometimes it throws us off
The edge and hoping we’ll live.
Sometime life hurts and
Makes us unhappy.
That’s why we leave things,
Places and people behind.
It’s not because
They’re completely bad
And awful. It’s because we
Keep on walking forward.
They teach us what we want
And don’t want in life.
We know there’s something
Better out there for us.
Doors keep opening
And closing. That’s
Why they’re revolving doors.
Life keeps going and we’re
Given new hope every day. ...