LRAE Poetry

It’s hard to leave the  comfort of my bed What if she gets  lonely too? What if I told them  the  truth  and that my shell is hard to crack through? Keep trusting,  don’t overthink Why must it be difficult  to keep my tears at their brink? They fall down slowly, until  there’s so many they  collide and meet Days like these used  to be like sweets, Light like strawberries  and whipped cream Then I turn caramelized, when  the sugar melts at its peak  When will it stop feeling like  everyone tries to take  a bite out of me? To start believing in  myself and my capabilities  My shell was soft until  it began hardening, And it makes it tough  to be confident in myself  and to keep in touch with reality The simple things and  emotions I watch distantly,  admiring I want to go back to  that picnic blanket, Before I was so sad and before  the happiness was taken They say those...

  I let the sun shine  down on me today And felt my skin get  some warmth like I’ve been kept inside and put away Everything is temporary That’s what I hear them say I watched the moon  disappear into an ocean of stars Dreaming of what it’d be like To runaway and to travel far I let myself forget about  the past times and even sometimes reality Becoming stronger, empowered by vitality  I found a place where the waves taught me how to let go and  how to breathe I can sense the goddess  of the sun, moon, and sea And a place where the wolves stay loyal in  their own pack How to return to  them safely,  and  how to trust them  with all you have Follow the sun that’s shining on  the  waves a s they crash Then you know, you went the way with your wolves, Taking the  right path - Leah Rae

I’ve become more  thoughtful about life lately Envisioning about how I’d go escaping  Those feelings feel pale, almost like my soul turns  as stark as white gets, Becomes as cold  as the ice gets Beautiful as  the eyes get Tricksters in their  demise and yet I still feel like I’m  pretending  to be at home  within my  own bones And I’m shedding  off more wool than before Maybe the guard around  my heart seized to let it restore These questions I wasn’t there to get my proof from  I wouldn’t have to look  for these answers if only  I could’ve gotten some Trying to be optimistic  about what a wonderful  world it is to see To be grateful you’re  here  and trying to be happy - Leah Rae

If I screamed, would anyone hear me? If you looked, would you’ve seen misery? You might think that  it’s a blissful thing   To be honest with  yourself indefinitely  But I told myself the truth,  and was scared to look in the mirror because  that is the real me   I question everything  about the damage  that was caused She feels panicked, she feels hopeless,  she feels lost The challenges of  trying to create a fire  in the Alaskan frost If I did give an arm and leg, would that be the total cost? Or is it my heart,  my sanity, and the sacrifices  that also come  along   I’ve assured I  don’t  have those thought  patterns anymore, But I can hide it well because I can still feel it there,  it lives in my core Like a rabbit flurrying to find a shelter away from predators  Going through life and it’s unanticipated events, then see  angel signs from a  messenger   Expect th...