I only realized how toxic the environment was until I left after ten years of service without even a card to well-wish my days ahead.
Did I wish for a well-wish? I would have been touched by the gesture.
Category poetry
Hero
It feels weird
To move outside a comfort zone
It feels weird
To say goodbye to all I’ve known
It feels weird
To stand outside a closed locked door
When suddenly
It opens for me no more
It feels weird
To finally know
I’m alone
I’ve become my own
Hero
There Must Be Sun
I’ve broken free
From painful fears
I’ve torn the ropes
Around my wrist
Shadows fall
Around my feet
So this I know
There must be sun
Give and Take
I entered through the doors
That would open for days to follow.
Days turned into years
A decade saw it through
I cried at times, and smiled as well.
I had fun and also
I didn’t.
I stood up for myself, and gave it my all.
I gave what I could.
For now, I will take and
Say thanks when I do.
Changing Lives
I have changed my life before.
Bid farewell to the way things were.
I left my home, my friends, my family.
I left my job. I left my land. I left my country.
With faith that something better was in view.
With faith, I’m doing it all again.
I’m saying goodbye. To friends. To work.
To security.
I’m starting somewhere new.
Amber Sky
The world stood still as beneath
An amber sky your lips grazed
Mine
More of the Same
The sky is the same shade of blue
The grass is the green it’s always been
The highs have made way for the low
At times I’ve had nowhere else to go
So I retreated inside
And allowed myself to grow
My wings strengthened
Increasing my resolve
And now when I lurch
Into a future unknown
I know the winds will carry me
I will not fail or fall
My skies are fetching me
I lift my arms
To go alone.
My Own Kaleidoscope Sky
I beckoned kaleidoscope skies to shine on me
My warming skin welcomes the sun
The light is shining
I am ready.
It’s time!
A Breath of Air
I saw the morning sun reflected in the waves that rolled towards me.
I felt the strength of the rays as they landed on my delicate skin.
The salt exfoliated my toes and feet and legs and thighs.
I surrendered to the water’s might as it overtook my height.
I submerged and allowed the wave to wash over me.
Helpless I was at the mercy of a power greater than I.
I let go and when i resurfaced and could take another breathe,
I breathed and knew in that moment
That is all I need to do.
Grains of Sand
How do you stop time?
If only I knew
To capture each moment
And never let go
I would stand in the sea
With my toes in the sand
I would watch the birds fly
As they roam the blue skies
I would feel the cool air
As the sun disappears
And watch the stars rise
With the moon and her light
I would capture each moment
And never let go
If time were not grains
Through our fingers and toes
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