it makes it harder to love people
when you won’t let yourself
have faith in them
– butterflies rising
Read More →trust issues…
Tag: Soul
i’m learning to love the way my name settles in silence..
i’m learning
to love the way
my name settles
in silence
before i can love
how it falls
from another’s
mouth
– this love story first.
– butterflies rising
Read More →southern girl with a wild soul: the remix…
she’s got
her daddy’s eyes
and her mama’s pretty lips,
and she’ll stay on your mind
with a sugar-sweet kiss,
that southern girl with her wild soul
will leave an imprint on your heart
and make under those southern sunsets
feel like somewhere you belong
– butterflies rising
Read More →southern girl with a wild soul…
she’s got
her daddy’s blue eyes
and her mama’s pretty lips,
and she’ll stay on your mind
with a sugar-sweet kiss,
that southern girl with her wild soul
will leave an imprint on your heart
and make somewhere in tennessee
feel something like home
– butterflies rising
Read More →why else are we here if not to live with unreasonable passion for things…
why else
are we here if not
to live with unreasonable
passion for things
– butterflies rising
Read More →something a little bit like faith…
i will not
take care of my fears today.
i will not feed them or tend to them
or give them any space.
and if i do not take care of my fears today…
what i feel tomorrow might be something
a little bit like faith.
– butterflies rising
Read More →dear heart…
dear heart,
why do you run from the
things that give you a pulse
…don’t fear what makes you feel
– butterflies rising
Read More →i don’t need fancy ways and shiny things…
i don’t need
fancy ways
and shiny things,
give me
slow hands,
honest eyes,
and full attention
with ease
…give me priceless things.
– butterflies rising
Read More →let the wonder and beauty of your existence fall out of you everywhere, unafraid…
let the
wonder and beauty
of your existence
fall out of you
everywhere, unafraid
no matter who may take it in
or hold it with care
let it all be
unshaken by the cold
– butterflies rising
Read More →the way honesty feels…
reach into
my heart through
the bones of my chest
and uncover it all…
feel anything that’s there
and breathe easy.
– the way honesty feels
– butterflies rising
Read More →made of soul…
you make everything beautiful,
everything about you is
made of soul
– butterflies rising
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