toryedana

let it hurt.

%20(1)%20(1).jpg) it hurts. and sometimes you just have to let it....

The Ocean Is A Place

he said he’d prefer to stay far enough away from the ocean  and its crashing waves, and I couldn’t help but laugh to myself  because prior to him...

Don't Put Your Happiness In Other People's Hands

I placed my sense of self  in the palms of a soul that promised me more than he could muster.  I placed my love in the palms of a man who would watch ...

Like California's Weather

I am the girl who begins again, after the credits roll, fixed between the beginning of a soul, and the end of sentences and words, years and years old. could it...

Rubble and Debris

The love I felt for you  was something capable of moving mountains;  it was everything powerful and strong  – we could’ve built empires hand-in-h...

Tomorrow Will Not Erase My Love For You

People so often promise that tomorrows hold the possibility of change, but with each new day, I find that one thing remains the same: my love for you only grows...

Blood Blooms

For every night  without you,  blood blooms  from my body  like a flower. (images found on https://www.tumblr.com)...

I'm Sorry I'm A Problem

I think I’ve made that awful transformation  from person to a thing.  But not just any “thing”  – a very troubled and unsolvable problem.  I...

And Nobody Warned Me About You

And nobody told me that, at some point,  I would have to release you back into the world  that chewed me up and spit me out.  Nobody took my gnar...

Is That A Risk You're Willing To Take?

I had hoped when I showed you my scars and cuts,  that you might kiss them  and find a home within them.  I hoped that you might settle deep into...

One More Thing Hanging Over Your Head

I could’ve been your everything,  your reason to keep going,  your savior, your lover, your light in the dark.  Instead, you treated me like&nbsp...

Just Another One About You

Last night,  I killed myself  – not with pills and booze  – but with sad songs  and old memories of you. (images found on https://www.tumblr...

Ghosts in the Room

Remember when I used to hold you  with those knots in your chest  and those thoughts in your head  and those demons that played  round and r...

Could You Love Me Again Someday?

I knew it would end like this.  I would become nothing to him,  though he once said I was his everything.  “If I once meant so much,  how co...

Word Poetry Challenge #1: Green Leaves

 two kids collided when things felt right  and the sun shone brightly  without clouds lurking beside.  the leaves were green, like the ...

Announcing "Word Poetry Challenge" #1. Theme : "Green Leaves" | English Edition

Hello Steemit Poets! I'm thrilled to announce the "Word Poetry Challenge", a contest that exhibits the beauty of poetry created by fellow Steemians and at the s...

Poetry Slam Week #10 (The Saddest Truth)

Sunlit shadows kiss her skin, Undisclosed secrets, caving in, I won’t say that I miss you, But what can I do, When my brain fails to function, And it lets me sa...

Poetry Slam Contest [Week #10] | Week #9 Winners + Week #10 Theme: S A U D A D E | Spoken Word Challenge (DSound Community Initiative)

https://steemitimages.com/DQmbF9uVf9GqFbv8g2MU3goTCzbZboKgPodqg8tk2Gxs7Y1/image.png Poets, lyricists, emcees, artists, and anybody that has a voice, @jamesgetsi...

I Am Still Dreaming Of You

Dreams of you litter my mind  like tattered love notes scattered all across my room.  They’re all so typical, so ordinary – trips to the store,  ...

Four God Damn Months

4 months.  4 god damn months.  That’s how long it takes to forget me.  To wipe me off your profiles,  from your phone,  from your memor...