#14

Warm tea
From broken mug
Soothes painful throat
And heart

An old man
knits hats
for the homeless
every day

A woman
shows a man
how to braid his daughters' hair
gentle fingers through young strands

Kindness in the sunlight
and the birds
in the feathers
and the song
and the broken eggs
in pieces

*Evyn
Ecclesiastes 3:11

#13 (Drummer)

Don’t try to look at my soul

Split in three pieces

Divided between the living

The dead

And the in-between

Magnets too similar to understand

Glued together in a heart that beats

Unsteadily and unsure of the next note

A childish drummer

Who keeps dropping his sticks

*Evyn

#12 (Dreams)

Part 1

Please, please wake me

Don't let me fall farther into this dream

I don't want to memorize the way your voice sounds when you say "I love you"

Or your hands cradling my face

Or your fingers running through my hair

I don't want to burn your eyes into my mind

Or your tenderness into my soul

Because I will fall too hard and never come back the same

(Or come back at all)

Part 2

Maybe I don't want to come back...

Oh if this is a dream, let me sleep.


*Evyn

#11 (Intoxicated)

They warned me about alcohol
Getting drunk at parties
Not remembering a thing
But they never told me I could get drunk off you
Your words, your touch, your existence
Remembering every moment
Going back for more
Fire sliding down my arms instead of down my throat
Kissing lips instead of glasses
So when they warn me about getting drunk
And I say I make no promises
I'm confessing that I already have
And who needs New Years
When I have every day
Or champagne
When I have
You


*Evyn

#10 (Panic attack)

You whisper in my ear

I gasp for air and listen

Promising you'll stay right here

Until the sun has risen.

I am just not strong enough

To explain my broken mind

Or expand upon "my night was rough"

But you say we'll be just fine.

I don't know why you picked me

But I sure am glad you did

Even though I'm strong, you see,

I am still just a kid.

When I see a flashback trigger

And I can't stop wanting death

You remind me that our God is bigger

And He made me with one breath.

So although I am not okay

And there's not much we can do

I'll be happy again one day

And it's because of you.


*Evyn