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thinkinghertz May 2018
Once everything was over between us, I realized I wasn't the same person that you fell for. Instead, I tried to become the person I thought you wanted me to be and lost myself in the process. The changes I made to my being began at the core--my heart. I wanted to heal you, no, I needed to heal you... Maybe it was just to prove to myself that if I could heal your broken heart, I could heal mine too. Such naive and wishful thinking. Or, perhaps, I loved you so much that I would do anything to be with you. Yes, my darling, I would do anything to be with you then, and I would do anything to be with you now.

I want to see the smile that I fell for once more, with those deep brown beautiful eyes of yours that looked at me as if I was the only person on earth--the only person you would ever love. That's how deeply you made me feel. It was in those moments that my life seemed to pause and last forever.

Alas, these moments are now nothing other than a distant memory of my fondness for you.

Everything I ever did, it was always just for you.
JCH
thinkinghertz May 2018
whispering softly
relaxing every cell.
knowing you're my side
i'll sleep better.
i was watching "about time."
thinkinghertz May 2018
Every human has needs,
but rarely get what they want,
just what they deserve.
Per APriCoT's assignment: Write a senryu poem.

Similar in structure to haiku, but more concerned with human nature, and is often humorous or satiric.

Senryu (also called human haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Senryu is usually written in the present tense and only references to some aspect of human nature or emotions.
thinkinghertz May 2018
Water in the river rolling over the smooth rocks,
fallen branches and trees, clogged with leaves,
it eventually finds a way past the obstacle.
A challenge can come in the shape of many forms, but it is important to keep learning, and keep progressing to be the best human being possible.
thinkinghertz May 2018
I keep telling myself that I'll be fine,
but something is amiss,
is it religious bliss?

Maybe I need a Miss
so I can get kissed,
or remind me that I'm missed.

Trapped in a bed that's not even mine
I've been put down too many times,
Lived too many lives, lost too many loves,
but I'll be fine.

I tell myself that I love myself--
Is it really true?
Will I ever be myself without you?

I'm dying to find the answer--
sometimes it feels like cancer
swelling in my throat
hearing nothing except a croak.
I'll be fine.

Superego instills doubt in my mind
Am I really fine?
I'll just keep to myself--

Keep wearing my "plastic" smile
struggling to share my feelings with
the ones who care about me.

I'm know I'm not fine,
but I will be only when the closed chambers
of my heart open once again.
Trying to find myself, my true self. I'm just a little lost is all.
thinkinghertz May 2018
Winding Redwood forest roads,
In colorful California, carving through the
Steep, potentially collapsable mountainside.

A perfect balance of hot and cold,
Mountains and coastline,
Wilderness and civilization.

Coming to this place feels like
Everything is teetering on the edge of life and
Death, but that's the excitement we crave!

California is the sun's playground;
It is where the world's eternal children come to
play for the rest of their lives.

And much like this life,
We've got to have as much fun as possible
Before it all disappears into nothingness.

So play on flower-children, sun enthusiasts, water worshipers, Mountaineers, gold diggers, fantasy dwellers, reality repellers;
Each and every one of you--

Play on 'til death do us part!
Even the plants are savage! They are a fire-dependent species that are well adapted to survive burns. In fact, fire helps them get the next generation of sequoias started.” That’s because fire encourages the trees to drop their cones en masse. The blaze knocks out competition from other plants and provides a great shot of fertilizer in the form of ash." (From a national geographic article/video about Yosemite Giant Sequoias)
thinkinghertz May 2018
The oscillation of my emotions
is far more than I bargained for.

But the beauty of it all
cannot be captured by
words, pictures, paintings.

It can only be felt,
deep in your bones,
the bottom of your heart,
the innards of your brain.

It touches your soul so purely,
you can do nothing but ride the wave,
feel as children feel...

and fall in love all over again--
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