I distract myself throughout the day just to suffer by night it seems I've yet to find the answer why for I once never thought it mattered Why thinking of you would be the one thing I never wish I did I mean what I say, when I ask, why you You're someone I'll always … Continue reading Why You
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Ready Now
It's become clear that I cared too much & you under-appreciated me Furthermore, your life seems unaffected with or without me I'm ready now My presence isn't of value or priority this poem... you'll probably never read and if you did, it wouldn't hurt the way I do writing this because it's another clarity to … Continue reading Ready Now
Fresh Start
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
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
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
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
Feeling
It feels right So, I go with the flow Then I wake up in the morning feeling satisfied and lost Filled with words I never knew were on my mind Filled with words I never knew I felt I write, it feels right So, I go with the flow until I’m lost for words Until … Continue reading Feeling
Welcome
 I don’t recall giving you an invitation or letting you in But there you are Making yourself at home within the walls of my heart 9:55 pm 01-17-17 J. Saunders