Love's Control

Eat, sleep and breathe you
This feeling’s got to die
Rape, cut and use me
Bring me down to size
Life, truth and comfort
Make me want to fly
Death, betrayal and harm
Bleeding from your eyes
Push, pull and drag me
I will never cry
Forget, lose and fuck you
Free me from these ties

New Heights

New heights
Hidden from the naked eye
Afraid to fly from a fear to fall
A fear to lose it all
Can’t say whether this is right or wrong
It’s just the way it’s been all along
All this time Thought love was timeless
But love dies
Suffocates in the hands of time
Change will penetrate
Steady love With such hate
From the same passion
That used to captivate
This life Those eyes
Now filled with lies
Turn around Try to pretend
This is far from the end
For now, keep those feet on the ground
Stay with that safe love
That’s what was found
If that’s what is needed
Keep two feet in
Afraid of what’s true
Release that mistake
And the real love will shine through

Poetry

Perhaps the most personally significant form of writing in my life is poetry. I began writing for my own personal growth at around 8 years old. Needless to say, the poems back then were full of simple words and silly emotions. Even still, I think that holds true. I love poetry that is complicated and hard to understand on the surface. I'm not sure mine is that way, but it fits me. It reflects exactly what I feel or think about a certain situation, without having to expose the details. This is a vital part of writing poetry, in my mind. I do it so that I can release things that are built up, but I don't necessarily want my words to reveal why I think or feel this way.

The next few posts I make will be some poems that I have written over the years (sorry, no 8 year old Tara work here). Other posts may include essays, articles, thoughts, ramblings (like this sentence), etc. I am also very interested to hear other's thoughts, so feel free, at any time, to tell me what you are thinking as well.