For as long as I could remember, I lived for someone else. Someone from a family member, a friend, a boss, co-worker, an opinion of a stranger, or even my ex... I've had boarders and limitations on my life. Maybe, from the places I traveled, down to my daily actions, careers, hairstyle, even the littlest … Continue reading Fresh Start
Category: Novels & Words
I Couldn’t
He cared about me He just wasn't ready for me Did it hurt? Absolutely At times this makes it harder to move on and I can't hate him for it J.Saunders
Choices
That's the thing about life we typically forget... we have choices. It's become a waking knowledge that we don't always make our daily choices for ourselves. We make them for someone else. There is no right or wrong way to live life. However, our choices reflect on our actions, which lead to our circumstances and … Continue reading Choices
Temptations
Sometimes we get so caught up in things not meant for us, because that moment of temporary satisfaction is better than Netflix But when it’s over, when the moments of pain from left over memories no longer phases the heart, you’ll see, it was just the Devil’s muse, and you’ll be better off J. Saunders
The Woman
Let me be known as the woman, who never settled. The woman who became all the things she aspired to be and do the things she's always dreamed. Let me be known as the woman, who stopped caring about the people who didn't know her, who whispered or betrayed her. She let go and moved … Continue reading The Woman
Try You On
Healing
I’m still healing. Time is the ruler of healing. Sometimes, time goes by slow, do not rush a wounded heart, a damaged soul, into healing. Time is based on no one’s measurement but our own internal understanding and a life we had once lived. You and I are not the same. We will not heal … Continue reading Healing
Secrets
I’m not suggesting I will not love you 20 years from now You didn’t ask me to wait I let go when you told me to move on Now you keep coming back every time another man holds my hand but you never held mine Your fingers just knew my weak spots to remind my … Continue reading Secrets
Warning
I don’t make threats, I make promises and that is what I did; when I told you, there would be a time when I would come back and take what is mine This is my second chance My new beginning and I warned you J. Saunders Â
Better Off
I want you I do not need you and I will no longer hold open the door for someone who cannot see beyond their own two feet J. Saunders