Posts Tagged ‘barriers’
No Words Left
I’ve no words left
After how we parted
I’m alone at sea
Trust’s now re-startedWhat now of my needs?
What now of yours?
The contract’s broken
Back knocking on doors“Lovely, lovely memories”
Yes…you’re so right
They shine so bright
In this cold turkey nightOf course it’s my shit
I know it’s mine to manage
In this cold empty silence
I will limit the damageWe lived wild for a time
We trusted each other
In a brief oasis of time
We enjoyed each other
Written by thus.i.wrote
January 12, 2017 at 5:29 pm
Tagged with barriers, breaking up, communication, creative writing, feelings, Germania, Poems, Relationships, trust, woman, words
Barriers
We hide behind barriers
To protect ourselves from harm.
Sometimes I wonder if we act
Too quickly to the first alarm
Grace under pressure
I find it so hard to do
Did I act too rashly
I really tried to enjoy youAnother broke down today
Why now, not years ago?
She hid behind a wall of anger
What was behind I did not know
Did that wall serve her well
Or isolate her from the world and me
Only she will know if it served her
Well or ineffectivelyI find that barriers often cause,
More barriers to be raised
Or we lower and raise them,
Out of sync instead of phased
We advance and then retreat,
Hurt with every misread signal-bruise
Alone, of course we’re free
But alone we often loseIn the end we’re together
Because we can’t bear to be apart
If we can’t break down barriers
Then we can’t connect our hearts
Maybe we’re not attracted enough
Maybe the chemistry isn’t there
In the end to make it work
We need to really care
Written by thus.i.wrote
December 12, 2016 at 9:15 am
Tagged with barriers, connection, creative writing, dating, dreams, hopes, life, Love, Poems, Relationships, woman
Fabulous Women
I’ve met them, those fabulous women, working on their quest
All beautiful, all wonderful and dressed to look their best
We’re all such good people and gentle in this context
But we move on disappointed, resignedly to the nextThey look at me carefully and I watch them sift and weigh
They measure everything, every movement and word I say
Their body language speaks and quietly it tells me all
They lean back but often times, it’s I not they who fallsI see the masks and barriers, that they hold up before
As I pull them down, somewhat roughly, and I ask to, please, see more
Why am I so impatient, so quick to find their core?
Most are happy on the ocean, I’m so hungry for the shoreThey need to feel safe, and trust takes time, that’s clear
Brick by brick we build trust, to replace barriers and fear
Trust is calm predictability and it’s not chaotic change
There’s a responsibility to open, to teach and to arrangeI find that barriers often cause, more barriers to be raised
Or we lower and raise them, out of sync instead of phased
We advance and then retreat, hurt with every misread signal-bruise
This relationship between us, is always both of ours to loseAuthenticity is what we seek, and that better version of ourselves
We can bravely play in the jungle, or observe from barren shelves
Of course, sometimes we’ll get hurt, and sometimes we will fall
But better to have tried and failed, than never to have ventured at all
Written by thus.i.wrote
November 28, 2016 at 10:57 am
Tagged with barriers, communication, creative writing, Falling in Love, Love, Relationships, trust, woman
Barriers and Longings
There…I’ve said it
And it is, what it is
In the past, I’ve hid too much
Now my heart’s on my sleeveToo many barriers and longings
In the space between us both
I feel life’s too precious now
Not to go for the throatAll this stuff was swirling
All around my heart and head
I wanted to connect with you
Did I add another barrier instead?Ah…but there’s a mystery
Deep in a woman’s heart
And words are unlikely to change
Our chemistry from the startNow I’ve laid myself out
Before her as she walks
And flickering across her face
Is that her desire as she talks?
Written by thus.i.wrote
September 29, 2016 at 12:07 pm
Tagged with barriers, communication, creative writing, intimacy, longings, Love, Poems, poetry, Relationships, woman