Tied Is Still Second Place

I just want
someone
who only wants
me

- jsh

Let Freedom Ring

You snatch
children from their
mother’s arms and
wrench families apart
banning beliefs
along with head scarfs
screaming ‘land of the free’
where freedom
no longer reigns.
Don’t let history repeat
itself; don’t let it stay
the same

- jsh

Would It All Still Be Lost, Or Found?

I dream about
the what-ifs
the maybes
the some days
even though I know
all of them
are too late.
Maybe I can’t rewind
lost time
but what if, maybe
I made it back to you
some day?

- jsh

Love is Love, Loss, and Longing

I fall
a little in love
every day
with people,
passions, places
all in different ways,
but sometimes,
all that means
is a thousand
different
heartbreaks

- jsh

Forgetting Happy Thoughts

I’m a little lost girl
tucked into the shadows
forgetting how to fly
without pixie dust on my side

- jsh

Love Is An Inferno

We made a masterpiece
from burning brighter
than anything
that dared
to set us on fire

- jsh

Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing

You call me a monster
for my bloodstained claws
and fierce fangs
forgetting to search
for the source
or the wounds I wear
in vain

- jsh

P.S. I’ll See You Soon

We still send love
stuffed into envelopes
postmarked with kisses
signed with ‘I miss you’
hoping one day, maybe
we can send ourselves instead

- jsh

System Reboot

I’ve been alone
for so long
that the brief flood
of your warmth
shocked my system;
a sensation
I now search for

- jsh

And Some Days The Abyss Ends

Some days
it all fades to black
leaving me blank
in an abyss
that couldn’t
understand

- jsh

A Story, Not A Surrender

You see my scars
as pen strokes against
a blank page

- jsh

Establishing The Rules of New Love

Is there anything more
that I can do?
Or anything less,
if something bothers you?

- jsh

This Lovely Limbo

The best time
to write poetry
is when you’re in love
as well as in heartache

- jsh

All The Difference It Makes

But oh, my darling,
a little love would go
a long way

- jsh