Thursday, April 30, 2026

Of Course

He carries on about chivalry
Of course, she rolls her eyes
She is left vulnerable
Of course, he stands guard

He is surrounded by courtly ladies

Of course, she is jealous

Someone flirts with her unashamedly

Of course, he doesn't notice


Enemies outnumber him

Of course, she intervenes

She is in danger

Of course, he breaks down the door


He leads the charge

Of course, she follows

She is separated from him

Of course, he goes to find her


He declares his love for her

Of course, she marries him

She clings to life by a thread

Of course, desperation seizes him


In a rage, he goes to avenge their friends

Of course, she tries to stop him

Her heart breaks for his lonely fate

Of course, he can't even look at her


He cannot be near her

Of course, she haunts his dreams

She loves him, fiercely, beyond all things

Of course, he can't help but love her back

Separated

My heart is aching tonight,
Reaching for your hand
And finding empty space.
You came into my world,
Quiet at first.
Then like a whirlwind 
You altered the course
Of my future.

There is no trial we cannot overcome,

No foe we cannot face,

When we stand together.

So how do I press forward

When the enemy strikes?

When hell on earth erupts

And you are nowhere in sight?

How do I comfort those you left behind

When I cannot find comfort for myself?


Can a soul be saved

When it is rent in two?

Because without you here

I feel like half of a person.

Something stranded between

Human and abomination,

Wandering through a forest,

The sky barred by a canopy of leaves,

The way ahead dark and uncertain


And still, somewhere in the depths of this despair,

A spark of a flame lingers.

A thread of fate connecting

Two souls separated.

Somehow the strength comes

As I rise each morning, alone.

Somehow the hope of seeing you again

Overpowers weakness and vulnerability.


My heart is aching tonight,

Reaching for your hand,

And in the empty space I find

A love to transcend

The battles ahead,

The challenges we both will surely face,


So I'll cling to the spark,

To the single thread,

Until the day our eyes meet again

And your arms encircle me once more.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

I Don't Hate You

I don't hate you

I hate how much I gave

And how little you gave back


I don't hate you

I hate the lack

Of true accountability


I don't hate you

I hate how quickly

You replaced me


I don't hate you

I hate that you don't seem to care

If this bridge burns or not


I don't hate you

I hate how easily

You can abandon me


I don't hate you

And it kills me

How that feels worse

Than if I did