I spent 4 days in Colorado, at a time in my life when I needed peace and to heal my body mentally and physically. Every morning I woke up with the sun to reflect, and truly it was a much needed break. These poems I wrote while hanging over the edge of mountain in awe of the nature of this world 🌱😌

Journey

The flatlands
the dazzling lights
I sat in silence
as I looked at your threads

You asked me so much
I talked your ear off for hours
You dove into me as I dove into you

You part stronger
But never again will
I see you the same

Finally Erased

I'm asked, "You've been here before?"
I respond yes.

I know about the corner store
because I sat for hours
as you told me your sorrows.
I sat and listened as you held back
and buried your words

I know the coffee shop we sat outside
of and watched as dogs brightened our day
We pick stickers
We sort puzzles
We exclaim nothing
I listen as you describe a future alone
But I'm back to relive them for myself

Coffee alone, searching a book for hours
just to leave with stickers

I'm back so I can say "I did it",
to become a native myself.
To relive my bookstore journey
without you crying the blues to me

I'm here so I can say I did it all myself
Without you.
So I can finally erase you

Erase

Erase everything we had, so that I can move on
and finally enjoy
the beauty you showed me

Without all the strings attached

To Stay

With the sun I rise
and take my time
I drive to be alone
as it's all I've ever known

I walk to the edge
to take it all in

Pink
Purple
Red
Blue
Black

I see it painted across the canvas
for me to be in awe at
I sit with myself
The thoughts I dream I can keep to me
in peace

In peace I'm with myself as I listen
to the whispers of the wind

The crunches of the dirt
and the prose of the mountains

With these whispers
I never want to leave

A Night I Wanted to Last Forever

Twinkling lights
Honking horns
People moving
Throughout all the chaos
I singled you out

Our words flew through the sky
as we conspired.
Through the night I longed
for you more and more.

After we stared at the stars
and I stared into yours.

I departed only wanting more.
Only for you to disappear forever.

Butterflies About You

Winding paths
Crossed again
As I climb the altitude
I start to think about thoughts I never
would have dreamt to enter the atmosphere

I start to feel butterflies
and I can't tell if it's the sights or you

But after my long hike I start to
think more and more,
deeper and deeper,
I wonder what will become of us
But just the thought of it excites me

Peace

I kiss the sky one last time
Before I fall asleep at the wheel
I've never been so in awe over
the trees to make me never want to
leave their embrace

What I would give up to
climb these peaks
Wake up everyday to the sunkissed
canvas and the silence I long for

To sit and finally feel at peace
in a field of green and ignore my
mountains of responsibilities

Months of Work.

I worked hard everyday,
to try and ignore the pain
Only to cause me grief in the end

After months of torture
I find my balance
Just in time for me to enjoy this life again

Thank You

It seems like I needed to
be surrounded by your beauty
To take my mind off my struggles

To heal by body
To enjoy myself
To take my time
and to open myself to others

Thank you.
I thank you for healing me
For allowing me to breathe
Allowing me to be myself again
So I can finally be my best
For me and everyone around me