by Grace Tompkins | Jan 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Pink, cotton candy skiesAnd a childhood left to fade awayThe future, present, yearningThe wind calling out your name This is the endOf everything that could have beenOf a past, lingeringAnd a broken promise stained on my lips What is left, the remains of...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
A dark, lifeless ceilingFacing back to meA reflection, the deep voidOf wanting, clouding all I can see Honey coffee,The sweetness of your lipsDeeply, longinglyI wish you would come to me Emptiness,pulling the strings of my heartThe absence of this...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Oh, to be loved as Orpheus loved EurydiceOne in which he felt could not be placed in Patience’s handsIn defiance of fate, driven by his longingSo hungry for the taste of his lover again The beauty in the tragic storyRests not in reunion;But in such an actOf...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
For 18 years of my lifeI’ve wanted to make a mark I’ve falteredAnd sized myself downScared to leave an impact – A trace of myselfOn someone, on something Too scared to put the brush to the canvasFor being known is a great, terrifying thing...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I wrote my last post a year ago today, I didn’t quite expect to not return to my blog for a whole year. I’m sure at the time i had big plans for the blog, for posts and series. Reading through my goals and resolutions I set in that post, there are certaintly a...
