Tag: poems

• just like that

  

  i was sitting with my legs half bent and my head rested against your chest as you brushed your hand across my skin. i whispered to you, “i’m glad you’ve let me in,” and then you leaned in and kissed me like you meant it. we can keep our hesitations as long as we ditch…

  Danah D.

  January 12, 2020

  poetry + prose, words

  poems, poetry, proses

• what keeps us whole

  

  We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events from our past are no longer circling our current state. With too much to think about and too much to maintain, it’s easy to forget and tuck away what we’ve lived, what we’ve touched, who we’ve loved. But even still, there are some things, instances…

  Danah D.

  November 21, 2019

  poetry + prose

  poem, poems, poet, poetry, poets, writer, writers

• the world still spins

  

  i wanted more than anything tocarve a space for myself in yourworld, a sanctuary to rest my heartand warm yours. instead, youcarved a dark and lonely landhollowed out inside my chest,leaving me in fear that the worldwould no longer turn.

  Danah D.

  November 13, 2019

  poetry + prose

  heartbreak, love, poem, poems, poet, poetry, poets, writer, writers, writing

• frozen farewell

  

  when misery laughs in my face and convinces me it was a good joke

  Danah D.

  October 20, 2019

  poetry + prose

  poems, poetry, writer, writers, writing

• fresh roots

  

  thorns softenstems breakflowers burna garden bed suffocatesyour ashes i will no longer take

  Danah D.

  October 8, 2019

  poetry + prose

  poems, poetry, poets, writer, writers, writing