"When The Road Becomes Lonely

"When the road becomes lonely

And the songs you hum

Become the teardrops

That flow between

The lines of your palms

To your poems

And you don't feel

Like you belong

Anywhere anymore

Remember me

Remember the love

We have known

And come back

My heart is always waiting

For you to claim it

Come back to my arms

For I am your hiding place

Your refuge

Your home"

-your hiding place,

Katie, 23:00

To the one who holds my heart,

Just hold it closely

Embrace it like a dream

Fuse it with your warmth

Feel it throb in

Rhythms that echo the beat of

Your song

I love you and I will remind you everyday.

-echo the beat of your song,

Katie, 22:40

But you told me stories. Of long nights ending, cold dawn being subdued by warm sheets, and tangled limbs, shower of kisses and promises. Oh you told me, perhaps too much. That as I stare longer at the coffee spilled on my desk, your face is formed. Honestly, everything around me bears your image. The rough walls, the stains time carved against the door, the clouds in the blue sky. You haunt me wherever I go. For you told me stories. Of love blossoming in unlikely places. Now even the freckles in my cheeks bear your name.

Because you told me stories that has taken their niche in my brain.

-pareidolia, katie

Thank you for setting me free. For choosing to let go. For giving up on me. You know how I broke the moment your footsteps died in the hall. Tore my heart out when the truth that we’re finally over dawned. I was desperate, crying for hours over a love I thought would last. For weeks I kept imploring the gods. In grief, I was begging you to come back.

Then suddenly, I was no longer grieving. Suddenly, I was no longer pained. Suddenly, I was no longer mumbling your name.

For in the darkness, he found me. Brave as Lochinvar, he took my hand. Suddenly, I am looking at the sunset. Suddenly, I notice his eyes are golden. Suddenly he becomes my one and only. Suddenly, he means the world to me.

-He means the world to me,

Katie, 20:00

Sometimes I stay awake

To dream of you

For a while...

-awake to dream,

Katie, 20:01

There’s beauty

Concealed in her lashes

That even when she crashes

She looks divine

A nymph in a dream

So perfect she seems

A fragment of a wish

A mark from a kiss

A warmth taking its niche

Into steely hearts

Though she was never welcomed

She knocks in hope

All she craves is wholeness

An opportunity to rebuild

Her beautiful bleeding pieces

Scattered on the floor

A time to heal

Gaping wounds she fears

Might bleed for eternity

And leave her dry

For the longest time

She wore them with pride

Valor creeps in her eyes

As she screams again

In pain

That never wavered her faith

No matter how hard it gnaws

Against her scarred skin!

-Beautiful bleeding pieces,

Katie:11:00