1001

With you

A thousand and one moments

That are now

Nothing but paper

Shredded to

A thousand and one pieces

Of you

A thousand and one memories

That are now

A thousand and one raindrops

That hit me in the face

Pierce my skin

Make me bleed

A thousand and one drops of blood

You are

The thousand and one shards of glass

I walk on

The thousand and one silver stars

I wish upon

The thousand and one nights

I stay awake

The thousand and one days

I spend forgetting you

And you

You are a thousand and one things

To me

And I wish I was that many things

To you

But I know that

In a thousand and one lifetimes

I had one with you

And that's all I'll ever get.

I thought it would be you

  Forever

    And

      Ever

        And

          Ever

But now I feel you slipping

  Away

    And

      Away

        And

          Away

But darling, it’s okay

You can go now

It’s time

I don’t mind

Everything you ever desired...

What if I told you
Everything you ever dreamed of
And everything you'll ever dream of
All your wants and needs
Are stored in a small box
Waiting to be found by you?
And what if I told you
This box is eternal
And only contains goodness
There is no evil
Lurking in the corners?
What if I told you
The journey to the box
Wouldn't be easy
But it certainly wouldn't kill you
Either?

Would you want to set on a journey
To find this wooden box?

Let me describe it to you
It's a deep brown, almost black
Polished well
On it is painted your name
In the most beautiful letters
One melting into the other
And if you listen closely
You'll hear the box
Sing your name
On the sides are your favorite things
Flowers or words
Anything your heart desires
In the colors that define you
And at the bottom
Even though, and especially since, people rarely look at that side
Is the truth of the universe
Every secret it has held

There are conditions however
Just a few
Let me tell them to you
And then
You can decide

One
The journey isn't easy
But I've already told you
There won't be any dragons or
One eyed monsters
Nothing of that sort
But during this journey
You'll have to face
What you dislike the most
People you hate
Situations you fear
Emotions you run away from
Anything and everything
That brings displeasure to you
Will await you
On this journey
But don't worry
They will never kill you
I can guarantee that
Well...
At least for now
No one has ever died

Two
Your dreams and desires shouldn't cause
Harm to anyone else
If they do
And you fight the force of the box
You will get what you desire
But
Depending on the pain that will be inflicted
On the other
A storm will dance through your life
Thunder and lightning
Heavy rains
But it will all depend on the pain
You inflict on another
You decide if you want a
Drizzle
Or a
Hurricane

Three
Once you start the journey
Once you take the first step
You will be alone
You will have your thoughts
But there will be no one
You can take with you
You'll be alone
And once you begin the journey
You can't turn back
You must go on
With each step forward
The path behind you
Will disappear
There's no going back
You can only go forward

Four
You will not be given this opportunity again. Decide now
I'll give you a few second
Until the sand
Swims to the other side
Of this hourglass
That measures seconds
Rather than hours
You are at your strongest now
You may find it hard to believe
But you will never be as strong
This is why I have come to you
With this offer
Accept or decline
You decide
Now

Five
You will not die during the journey

That is all
So tell me
Have you made up your mind?

Stormy seas

There was a storm in her mind

And so she screamed in pain

But the world told her to be quiet

So she swallowed her voice

And the waves crashed against her

Thunder echoed in her world

Salt water flowed from her heart

And lightning struck her mind

And when the wind blew out the flame

That kept her alive

The world mourned her death

Blamed mother nature

Told god to protect her

And pretended it was not them

Who smothered her until

Her body was cold

Suspects

It's not an overreaction

It never will be

But overreaction is what

It is often called now

Being female, to me,

Means being on alert all the time

It means always being aware

Of everyone around me 

And so every comment

Every look

Every wink or smile

Sets off alarms in my mind

Suspicion comes naturally

Because you need to suspect

Everything

And everyone

Is a suspect

Haunted

I'm dying I'm dying I'm dying
Those words will always haunt me
They were her goodbye
To us
To her time on Earth
And even now
I keep going back to that moment
When each minute seemed to stretch
Like elastic
And when
Nothing we did was enough
And she didn't stay
And she couldn't be stopped
So even before
They took her body away
Out of our home
An emptiness had settled in
And that emptiness would
Haunt me
Haunt us, though we never spoke about it,
Just like those words
I'm dying I'm dying I'm dying

Cross stitch

Threaded in cloth

Are crosses of skein

Pastel shades

This way and that

Soaked by them

Are drops of blood

Not too much

Just here and there

Caused by needle

Pushing through skin

The way his poison

Found its way in to her life

And then grew and grew

Turning her blood white

Until finally a bundle of poison

Reminding her of the man she loved

Cried and cried in the cradle

Her father should have made

And for the baby were sewn

Dresses with frills

And cross stitch rabbits

Suns with large eyes

And smiles the baby would never see

Sewn on her mother's face