May 20th, 2025
I’m deconstructing a house
Removing every layer and brick
Searching for the foundation beneath
Causing everything to unstick
Figuring it out now
The house was built wrong
Remodeling or changing tenants
Wasn’t the problem all along
Because that first layer
Didn’t know how to stay
With every earthquake
It just chips away
So I need to start over
Uncover the mystery
Thirty-two years
Holds a lot of history
May 1st, 2025
Scrolling through suggested friends
There are people who are there for a reason
The past plays in my mind like a show
Full of people who only lasted a season
Profiles available to quietly remember
Even when they’re not your friend
Easy to get caught up longing the past
When you can still see where they’ve been
The last person I slept next to
But I can barely remember his voice
It’s been over a year since I heard from him
And I hate that it was his choice
He celebrated his anniversary recently
With the girl that he ghosted me for
And even if I still missed him
There’s no going back to before
Now he lives in a place that I’ve never been
Where no trace of me still lingers
Unless he still has my keyboard and mouse
With memories at the tip of his fingers
And I know that I should stop looking
It’s healthier to just let him go
But I hate when someone I loved
Turns into People You May Know
June 23th, 2024
Another Sunday afternoon
Sitting in my regular coffee shop
A place I’ve felt safe
To release all my thoughts
Are these days numbered
Where will I go
Another coffee shop
With people I don’t know
I want to move
But I don’t want to leave
Will I find a better place
With everything I need
I’m not sure where it will be
And I’m not sure when
But it’s what I need
For a new chapter to begin
Doll Poetry 