LRAE Poetry

Blundering my boundaries like the heart is against me cross the line and it’s your word against mine even when there are  no  feelings or any  bad intentions  we both take something   away  from this  as a learned  lesson, but an act of betrayal  is caused by the principle  I love and care for you,  so it hurts the most  when disrespect is shown, to love and to let things go although I gave you  myself and all the passion I know we chose to fight  for our  love  and to let our hardships burrow - Leah Rae

when I visit the duck pond, I am a little kid again  I am running  and  laughing, forgetting  about how  bad things have been I forgive those  that’ve done me wrong I no longer feel powerless, I am invincibly strong and I’ll believe in God  and living for eternity, I walk through the stones confidently and fearlessly, but once I must leave that old duck pond I could only imagine when I can visit again because the broken thoughts in my head don’t seem to mend and I can no longer  escape  the reality that I’m trapped in I am so scared  of  facing  the  world and the sky up above I don’t want to handle the disappointment  of those  that I love - Leah Rae

discovering myself is  like discovering the ocean where the waves  beam off the sun  everything you see was hand picked by the chosen the colors are not quite  something you’ve seen before, and creatures have traveled  miles to settle onto the shore I'm floating lonesome, and as I swim amongst the deep,  All I can do is think about my future, what I am I supposed to be? as I swing back and forth in these waves, I wonder  who I truly am, and  where  am I going to land? my mind has  been in a daze while opportunities  are stagnant at bay I haven’t moved  from this spot  since the last time   I've thought this way while I’m scraping  my  knees on the coral reef  and look up to the  water overflowing, I keep swimming with  the sharks in knowing, that even though  my blood runs cold, I have tried to warm it by swimming in gold my reason is  to survive and if the sharks decide  to tak...

once you break  open t he lock box, you'll regret  what  the damage costs all this time I only  looked your way hoping that you’d notice  my  eyes  and how the moods change you say I have your heart, with words sweet and kind our souls twisted together, the strings are forever tied you’re all I’ve ever  wanted and the only one who understood what I’ve endured early on and how it has  shaped  me into adulthood  so as I allow my trust to  be safe with you, with all the things that  we’ve been through  I promise that I will  never open the box to that curse  of the past, for what we've  had  or what we’ve lost - Leah Rae

I dissolve like  sun hitting snow melting by the minute as  wind continuously blows  into water like  the Scorpio I am hold on tightly,  maybe it’s his plan so while you stress  about  the weight of your concerns pick yourself out of  the dust  so you can live and learn you can say you’re  slowly dissolving  just know you’re  truly evolving into the person  you’re meant to be heads up high, you’re creating your own destiny - Leah Rae

everyday, it’s  something new, but I hope  you  have  time  to rest and embrace  the very few moments shared with  friends and family  because you are  loved unfathomably  there’s always  going to be something that arises by  the unexpected keep yourself cool,  calm, and collected  let the peace amongst  yourself be aware in this life, the respect  isn’t always shared and I know how  frustrating it may seem when all you want is to  accomplish your dreams  take this moment to breathe and see the brightness ahead because one day,  it’ll only be darkness and you’ll leave with a  beautiful path you’ve led - Leah Rae

love is patient   love is kind   maybe you’ve heard that one before Do you live it until  the day you die?  your life is  meant to be lived in peace and  serendipity  thoughts and prayers  to be cherishing  if you are unhappy now,   get rid of those things that keep you up  late at night that give you nightmares about your fears conquer them all  and  wake up to see a new year a growth mindset  rather than a fixed one the most beautiful thing  I’ve learned is to love I have flashbacks too, flashbacks to the good days  when things  weren’t so blue   the sky was clear as day  and for once I sat down  and looked up to say  “I’m doing okay.”  - Leah Rae

I once told someone  that I’d like to be a poet, they came back to tell me  that  poetry is easy if you know it if you could speak like a  teacher  and imagine a world inside, speak eloquently without  getting your tongue tied, but if it were easy, why did I put  in  hours to make it complete? Why give it a reason to read  if it covers less than a sheet? you say, "Poets are a cliche", or, “I can’t understand what it means” it’s about a lesson I’ve learned,  and  I know you’ve been through things you write the words to  define  what the emotions tell,   because that feeling  inside is poetry itself there’s a difference between what  I see in my eyes compared to yours I’ve opened the house to my mind, so it’s no longer hidden by doors if going through life is l ike  a poem, it’s certainly not easy I want to you to know  you’re not alone, believe me these poems will  always speak, the poets will ...

beside the creek, I sat until the  settled water  made a movement I sat until I became clear-minded  and stopped making excuses I sat with  a  headstrong  will  because  I felt so overwhelmed  that it was hard to sit still I sat looking down on  my  reflection  until the sun would set, I’d be out there alone and  break out into a cold sweat because once the  darkness was found an anxiety shower  rained and poured down my fingers singed  by  the ice cold frost in the middle of nowhere  feeling indisputably lost,  without knowing which  direction the wind will blow next I move carefully, slowly  retracing my steps my only hints rely  amongst intuition  tuning out all the distractions  so I can thoughtfully listen although I’m without  a compass or a map,  soon I will find  my way back even in these uncertain times, I have found ways to adapt and trust in m...