#femalepoets

Erklär mir, Liebe, wie leicht du dich verlierst, wie du mich festhältst im Fallen.

Du bist das Wort, das mich verrät, und du bist die Stille danach.

Explain me, love, how easily you lose yourself, how you hold me while I fall.

You are the word that betrays me, and you are the silence after.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”

“Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.”

- Alice Walker

Video Credit: University of California Television (UCTV) on YT

He very nearly loved me

I said love me always

I wanted him to love me

She said come back to me

She wanted him to stay safe

Inside the insanity of his other life

He very nearly loved me

Nearly threw away the key

Locked inside the insanity with me

But he didn’t love me

Kept the key for his sanity

Left me locked inside

My insanity of life without him

How many times your lips blessed mine.

It’s easier to remember

And too painful to forget.

Why did I find so much security

In your arms?

Why do I still constantly think of you?

Sunday Drives

January 3rd, 2021