Ticking Clock

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Every second
Every heartbeat
Every ticking of the clock

Counts down each hour
Until I stand upon
Eternity’s shore

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Punishment

The worst punishment I faced was being hit across my face by an adult man when I was nine turning ten. More than once. Being hit by a man in anger. With a temper. It instilled a fear in me that has never gone away. Even now, if a man displays aggression or temper, I cannot be in that person’s company. A man is physically stronger than a woman. Cold hard fact that we cannot physically defend ourselves. If a man wants to physically hurt a woman, he generally is able to.

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Slowly

DiscardedRose

Beauty from youth
Eaten slowly away
Time leaves nothing
Living untouched or
Unfaded, devours all in
Its sight until all that
Remains are memories
Of what once was-
Littering life’s pathway
With faded scents of
A discarded rose

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Finding Peace

I will not obsess
Will not wait for you to say yes

Will live my life
Without a care

Knowing what will be will be
Finding the peace inside of me

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Being Brave

I took a step
To change my life
I shopped for clothes
To change my style
I cut my hair
To free myself
I took a moment
To be brave
And though it did not
Go all my way
I’m proud of me
For being me
I forgive myself
For not knowing
All the words I could –
I should have said

It’s okay

If I said Please?

If I said everything wrong

If I stuttered and stammered
And squirmed my way through
Every conversation we may have had

Could it still be possible
That you could be the
Change I need

Would it be possible
For you to be the
Change I need

Could you say yes?

If I said please

Would you say
Yes?

Healed

My open wound
Has sealed

The pain inside
Has healed

The scars
Remain

But I’m still
Sane

And you can’t hurt me
Anymore