by breathwords | Aug 8, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
I have always been drawn to water, the allure of being clean, as if one dip beneath the surface will wash all my cares away I just hover, lost in the fading colors as depths rise, no more crowded rooms filled with empty conversation, just sweet silence it makes...
by breathwords | Jul 30, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
I sometimes bottle things up, pretend it’s okay I leave feelings unclaimed because I always thought it was better that way (they try, but people don’t always understand) but, here you are, offering more, shouldering the bad day, the pulse of pain...
by breathwords | Jul 2, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
I’ve been stirring the depths, those dark recesses and shadowed halls, moody blue rooms with empty walls And some days, I’m more flicker and fade, rainbow tears becoming shades of gray, colors breaking, embraced by the night, now swallowing up the light...
by breathwords | Jun 17, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
I sipped slow on your elixir of pretty words, let them melt like candy on my tongue, bombarded with the pleasure of your warmth, your sun-kissed seduction, swayed by your charm and flooded with your flattery (overwhelmed, just how you wanted me to be) But, the heat...
by breathwords | Jun 4, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations, Words of Wisdom
They tell you to be calm, to be pretty, to be strong as if your chest can just stop pounding, as if they don’t know that pretty hurts, as if you can keep building yourself up while your mind pushes you back down They assume that your broken heart can...
by breathwords | May 28, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths
