Haiku: twice.

consumed by darkness,

I pray to God I will not

commit the same sins

-RachelRun

Prerequisites

I tore my clothes
and cleansed my body
cut my hair
torched my soul
emptied my heart
and eradicated my thoughts

Because I knew
the only way I get to see the best of me
is to kill the very things that have always served
the worst in me.

-RachelRun

Haiku: help me

I speak in silence

begging anyone who hears

to please hear my scream

-RachelRun

Here

April 16, 2023

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For so long it seems
I’ve wandered this place
and its many turns
to always come back
wanting more, seeking more

I meet new faces in all these places
and still I find myself rummaging for
a thing I cannot name,
for a thing I have not yet claimed

How frequently must I trek the Mountains,
and swim the Ocean,
and walk these roads,
before I can finally hold onto that very thing I have not yet known?

Can somebody—anybody—hear me?
Is there anyone out there—my God—help me.

My feet are tired, filled with blisters
arms are weak, my body shriveled
I walk the road once more, and there I see a line I’m ready to cross, I’m ready to win,
I’m ready to find—it.

For so long now it seems
I’ve wandered this place
and its many turns
to only find the thing I have longed before
has always been buried deep within
My God,
carry me home
carry me home.

Alas,
I am home.

-RachelRun

Shockwave

I was asked to describe being in love in one word.

Thunderous, I said.

It’s blaring.

Sometimes terrifying.

Other times, magnificent.

Unsurprising, though.

For it comes evidently soon after light strikes your sky.

-RachelRun

Unsustainable

I have been picking myself up

over and over

with hands lent by those unafraid

to put me down again.

-RachelRun

Haiku: You Will Be

“You will be alright.”

This is true — for it isn’t just

the tales people tell.

-RachelRun

Give ‘Em All Or Give Nothing At All

How wonderful it is

to be accepted and loved

by being entirely you.

Note To Future Self: they never did.

I stayed.

Not because you asked,

but because I thought you might have eventually.

Haiku: All Good Things

I want this easy ––

done naturally with truth,

and lack of pressure.

-RachelRun

Hardest To Love

It’s easy to love others.

The challenge has always been about self-love.

How deep can you truly fall in love with yourself?