It’s Not Just Me You’re Hiding

Are you ashamed of me
or who you pretend to be?

- jsh

Environmentally Adaptive

You always claimed
I’ve tried to grow
in soils too drained
and dry
or that I’ve always
shied away
from too much heat
and light
but maybe
you’ve just never realized
these shadowed days
and rougher terrains
are uniquely, beautifully mine

- jsh

This Lovely Limbo

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

- jsh

Establishing The Rules of New Love

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

- jsh

Insatiable

I’m developing
a horribly undeniable
habit of craving you

- jsh

All These Things I Never Say (aka Overthinking)

I guess I’m trying
not to bother you
about us
too much

- jsh

There Aren’t Enough Stars To Wish Upon

What I want most
is most out of reach

- jsh

The Prices I’ll Pay

Loving you
this much
was bound to hurt

- jsh

Math That Makes Sense

Let’s keep
recalculating
this distance
until the numbers
equate
to you = me.

- jsh

Every Time You Look At Me

I just need someone
to grab for me,
hold me close,
strip me down,
reveal all my insecurities,
and still manage
to find the beauty in me

- jsh

Distracted Productivity

I miss her.
I miss her.
I miss you.
Haven’t you realized
that thought
eclipses
all others?

- jsh

All Signs Lead To You

We seem to always cross the line
leaving beautiful, blooming bruises
atop old skid marks and scars,
healing and concealing war wounds
of old loves and lost ones
with tattooed touches instead;
evidence of hours spent
healing one another
again and again

- jsh

Ever After Impossible

This is a love story, yes,
but you should probably know,
there’s not a happy ending
in sight for these poor souls

- jsh

The Give and Take and Take

I’m all yours
but unsure
if you could ever be
all mine

- jsh

The Only One This Close

I hope
no one else
ever knows
the exact color
of your eyes

- jsh

What Makes Me Stronger Is Killing Me

Missing you
is a test
in survival
and patience

- jsh

Toil and Trouble

Someday
this lovesick stupidity
will get you in trouble
if it hasn’t already

- jsh

Self-Defined

I am a goddess
and a witch;
a devil
and a bitch
but I am none
of the names you call me

- jsh

Tipping The Scales Is A Setup For Heartbreak

I don’t want to be
more in love with you
than you are
with me;
I think that’s the fastest way
to breaking
my own heart

- jsh

Some Day ‘Maybe’ Only Aches

You’re hurting me
with these ‘could be’
possibilities.

- jsh

There’s No Place Like Home

You know, I’ve never felt at home. Not really.
That sense of happy, and safe, and warm.
That feeling of wanted, comforted, close.
I would tap my heels three times, saying, sighing,
‘I want to go home’
to the shadows, stars, and moonlight,
but no one ever heard me.
Not really.
Not until you, and that kiss, and those lips.
I guess that’s what kissing you feels like.
Finding home for the first time.

- jsh

My Nails Have Seen Better Days

I self-destruct
at the thought
of you

- jsh

It Can’t Take Much More

Please don’t make
any promises between us;
each one that’s broken
breaks my heart

- jsh

Different Definitions

Do you love me
in all the same ways
I love you

- jsh

This Distance Will Be The Death Of Me

Why does
five hours away
feel like
five years?

- jsh

High Stakes Real Estate

I’ll never be
the biggest piece
of your heart

- jsh