How do I go on when all seems lost? How does each day begin and end when time seems to stand still? When to step outside to see what the world offers what life can give the ups the downs the in-between seems like a step into Hell? I watch from hidden windows wishing praying …
Tag: Grief
It was nothing special A look A smile A memory to sweet to forget And I'm right back to that day Where everything fell apart When you were taken from me And I was lost The darkness swallowing me whole Crushing me until I could not breathe When life Stopped © 2017 Heidi Barnes
Sad Love Songs
Okay, so maybe my melancholy thoughts could be blamed on the fact I've been listening to a playlist I have dubbed Love Forsaken. Yeah. So there are a lot of us out there that write to music. We have favorite albums or make up playlists. Or we just try and find that sound that clicks …
Daily Prompt: Devastation
via Daily Prompt: Devastation One look One utterance and the devastation left behind will forever stain my soul Copyright 2017 Heidi Barnes
Light in the Darkness
It seems to come in spurts. Loss is never easy, but when you lose more than one person in a short period of time it's hard to see the light for the darkness. In the town where I grew up, in a twenty-four hour period there has been a loss of three people that have …
Love’s Sacrifice – part 11
Foolish child you play a game you have no hope of winning. I will own you. Your mind, your body, your soul. You have given me everything, and received nothing. And for what? Love perceived from demon spawned? How pathetic. How splendidly naive. As for you my faithless pawn, freedom is yours. Though earned it …
Love’s Sacrifice – part 10
I do not care his sins. They have no hold over me, nor will they have any hold over him. I choose him. To hold him, love him, free him. Take your token, keep your promise. I chose to embrace darkness so he can see the light within. Copyright 2016 Heidi Barnes This is a poem/story …
Love’s Sacrifice – part 9
The choices we make, chances we take. Right or wrong is the cost worth the price? Some wait in the wings, watching, judging. Never taking that first step. The fear of the unknown, of being alone, to great. Waiting for someone else to give them direction, strength. All the while hating, despising, those with courage, …
Love’s Sacrifice – part 7
*Laughter fills the night.* He knows nothing of love. Cruelty Pain Death These are what he is, what he is made of. Do you think you, a mere human, can change the unchangeable? Demon spawned, born of darkness and hate. He will never see the light, will never know how to love Although... he may know freedom. …
Love’s Sacrifice – part 6
To embrace darkness is to be lost. I do not wish to be lost yet I will not give you what you want. There is no hatred in my heart, no guilt to be found for none has been earned. I came here free of will. I chose to follow that which you do not …
