Colossal Thought

Tag: relationships

  • Relation Frustration

    Photo by Andrik Langfield on Unsplash
    if only 
we could unzip 
this flesh 
that blocks us
from seeing 
each other 
clearly

  • A Person

    Photo by Roman Melnychuk on Unsplash
    we made a person 
how beautiful
how incredible
look how she grows

we made a person!

but . . . she isn’t ours 
she belongs to herself

so,
let’s watch her
let’s love her
let’s help her

because together
we made a person

  • Your Blue

    Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
    my love for you
is the color blue
not a hint of sadness—
a loving hue

your eyes, the color
of a soothing sky
are what I need
for a daily high

within your arms
life is fresh and new
my love, to me,
you’re the color blue

your blue is gentle
and calms my heart
your blue is the abundance
you always impart

your blue is the breath
i need to take in . . .
blue is your humor 
always making me grin

your blue is masculine
and soft, and strong
immersed in your depths
is where i belong

your blue is bright,
a mountainous high
my romantic moon
under a starry sky

your blue is my anchor
on a violent sea
my steady sailor
you always will be

it’s a gift to be loved
by your sapphire soul
my connection to you—
the other half to my whole

my cherished sweetheart
my perfect blue
my favorite color
will always be you

  • The Light Down There

    Photo by Atharva Tulsi on Unsplash
    i’m not good at friendship
but we became friends
i’m not good at being reciprocal
but i tried

i’m not sure why
but i don’t need people
like they need me

you thought you knew me
but you never broke the surface
because i go deep
and i know myself 
well enough
to know 
you couldn’t dive 
that deep
so, i didn’t take you there
we stayed on the surface
so you could be comfortable

there was something about me
that made you
uneasy
i could tell

sometimes, i wondered
if you thought 
my depths 
were dark, 
they’re not
there’s light down there
it can be white-hot, 
brilliant, blinding,
and hard for me to hold
it isn’t mine though
i’m just its keeper

i wanted to show you
but not any occasion would do
definitely not in casual conversation
or with others around
it’s too sacred
and you were never ready
to see

i moved away
you moved on
and i’ll always be sad
i couldn’t show you
the light

  • We

    Photo by Filipe Almeida on Unsplash
    allow me to open
the door to me

nice and wide
for you to see

that though we’re different
as can be

vulnerability 
will be the key

for you and i 
to become a we

  • Generational Forgiveness

    Photo by Liz Brenden on Unsplash
    i never knew you 
as i might have
if you’d been there

but i don’t blame you
for not knowing
how your choices
would ripple down 
and affect my life

because nobody tells you that

so, i forgive you
and i hope
that my children
and my children’s children
will forgive me too

  • Sensitive

    Photo by Eduardo Goody on Unsplash
    they were born 
with hearts 
beating on the outside,
vulnerable and unprotected
but if you pause 
to observe 
the beating
and are careful 
not to wound them 
they’ll show you 
all the things
you couldn’t see
and never knew
about your own heart

  • Red

    Photo by Aline de Nadai on Unsplash
    red was hers
i suppose it suited her
red is strong and confident
i could have any other color
dreamy blue
lush green
sunny orange
joyful yellow
just not red
it was hers
she wore it, adorned with it, breathed it
red

that was fine
i didn’t want it anyway
it didn’t really suit me then
i was a passive pink

i moved on
so did she
years flew by
filled with colors
a kaleidoscope 
of experiences

i grew up 
blossomed
became more of myself
and imagine my surprise 
when i found myself 
flirting
with red

i wore it, adorned with it
and sometimes . . .
i breathed it too

i think the time has come
to open up
and admit to her
that after all these years
i’m in love 
with what i believed 
belonged only to her:
the strong, confident color
red

  • Appreciated

    Photo by Christiana Rivers on Unsplash
    appreciation 
is like: 

a warm shower 
after a long day 
out in the cold
or like a sunbeam 
that breaks 
through the clouds 
to warm 
the top of your head

it’s like 
a loving hug 
after a long period 
of loneliness 
or a belly laugh 
after 
a good cry

oh, how i want 
for you
to feel 
appreciated

  • Angels

    Photo by Mantas Hesthaven on Unsplash
    did you know
whenever you go
i send angels with you