by Grace Tompkins | Jun 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Unopened emails Flood my thoughts Too many messages Of forget-me-nots It all fills the box I pretend they aren’t there That they’ll just go away I’ll remember them tomorrow Maybe another day? Emails of concerns Or “how are you today?” Emails full of promotions One...
by Grace Tompkins | May 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Should the words trickle from your lips Like honey On a summer day Or like jasmine You can smell far away like willow trees swaying in the breeze Like an abundance of wildflowers Here and there Like a bird without a cage Standing on the stone bench We once sat upon...
by Grace Tompkins | Apr 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
We as friends Our tales old and worn Like the books we devoured And the cat photos we shared for hours One day we shall age And we will remember the days Talking at the speed of a blaze Watching the world change In a few years, decades, or more We will remember what...
by Grace Tompkins | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
I never understood bravery, it seemed like a feeling of passion, the last-minute nerves giving out as you take the step forward. The rush to your head when you say the words trapped inside your head. Was it just a rush? If it was, how could someone seem so brave, for...
by Grace Tompkins | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I let you see a side of me I let you see my vulnerability I let you touch my skin The part of me I fear I trap myself in hate As I take myself captive In my anxious state I let my grief go When you tell me so You tell me I’m enough Despite my biggest fears Despite all...
by Grace Tompkins | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I must remind myself to breath. I must gather up the motivation to keep walking; step by step I tread, pain shooting up my feet. Sometimes I forget to eat, telling myself little lies to hide the truth of the why. I know all too well, yet I keep falling over...
by Grace Tompkins | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The flowers bloom lilies covered in dew Dandelions drifting in the air The rose, beautiful and ever so fair Cherry blossoms making their appearance A short preformance of Spring’s sincereness Wild flowers lighting fields in their bright flames Spreading through the...
by Grace Tompkins | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Standards written on my skin Scribbles of what I should have been Measurements and numbers Mark my feet to my shin Words written on my chest to my chin ‘You’re not good enough’ Whispers faint and thin Whispers coming from within A hollow body, a trapped mind and soul...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
I thought I’d been in love Once or twice before I never realized What it really had instore I thought I knew love To find out it was an illusion To watch the smoke and mirrors, as a curtains fades To pretend it was love everyday To wake up from a sleep, so deep, Yet...
by Grace Tompkins | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you listen closely, you can hear the quiet pitter-patter on keys, fingers typing rapidly, words to a page. What is being written varies from person to person. Is it the bearded man in the corner? What could he be writing? It could be truth or wisdom, found in the...
