Day: February 6, 2019

Open And Vulnerable

~ thereluctantpoet

Sarah Doughty

“My love, won’t you show me
it’s okay to be vulnerable with you?”

Oh, but my love, I’m so tired. I’m so tired of professing my love in written words when I can barely speak them. I’m so tired of being trapped within my own fortified castle that I can’t show how much I’m falling apart. That I can’t reach out and find comfort in your arms. I’m so tired of fighting the ghosts that lurk in the shadows late at night. When I’m the only one awake to fight them. I’m so tired of being the one trying to hide my tears and flaws and all my scars. I’m so tired of fighting this war alone. So please, won’t you help me break down these walls and show me this isn’t something I need to do alone?

© Sarah Doughty

Show me how to
knock down these walls.

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Unfounded – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

~ thereluctantpoet

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Admire – Word of the Day

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“We’re going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.”  Beth Moore

Unfounded

What’s not to like?
But you found a
thousand imperfections,
all unfounded and,
located in your unwillingness
to believe that you are
the jewel in the crown of my heart,
of which your greatest gift,
your unconditional love,
is the truest beauty of all.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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Prismatic Embrace – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

~ thereluctantpoet

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Tell The Story

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Thank you to the Bag Lady for the challenge.

Prismatic Embrace

The shortest walks can be the longest
when absence wounds and steals,
yet tonight
I faced my fear
and walked our walk alone,
the rain kissed softly.
just the right sort of melancholy,
and for a time I was abstracting puddles
and feeling my way,
till I noticed the light of your love,
a prismatic embrace,
reaching down to me.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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