Too Much – Writing Outside the Lines – Prompt 32

Prompt for the week of 3/13/16

“If you could go back and change just one thing about your life, would you? and if you did, would that change make your life better? Or would that change ultimately break your heart? or break the heart of another? would you choose an entirely different path? or would you change just one thing? just one moment – one moment that you always wanted back.”
~ Lucas Scott

Too Much

I have always been

the one to wear my

heart on my sleeve

The one who

cared too much…

loved too much…

became involved

more than others

in my life

 

I have tried over

and over again not

to care…

to love…

to become involved…

but it seems my

nature to do so

 

I want to go

back in time

And

be the hard one…

the cold one…

the one who does

the hurting not

the one being hurt

 

My life would have

taken so many

different turns

so many different

paths

Maybe leading

to ultimate loneliness

But …

Keeping me from

being used…

being broken…

being ignored…

being an after thought

 

I would be a

different person

had I not given so

much more than

I ever received…

Better …

Worse …

Who knows …

 

Copyright © 2016 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

Losses

Secrets continue

She is pushed

further and

further away

 

What was once

caring and concern

is quickly becoming

cold indifference

 

Is everything lost?

 

Copyright © 2015 Annie – Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Where Do They Go?

Source: We Heart It

Letting go and

Moving on are

a part of life…

a part of growing…

a part of changing…

a part of becoming…

 

But…

 

Where do all those 

feelings go when in

this process you 

realize you no longer

care and the feelings

are gone?

 

Do they just disappear

like a puff of smoke 

on the four winds?

 

Do they find some

deep dark recess in your

heart, mind, or soul

to hide in waiting to

surface when we least

expect to be reminded

of the pain but also

the good things?

 

Life goes on 

And…

Is a Mystery…

 

Copyright © 2014 Annie – Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Too Long…

Source: We Heart It

Too Long…

Forever giving more

than I receive

 

People taking for granted

I will always

be there for them…

support them…

agree with them…

 

No more…

I refuse to be the

only one doing 

all the work to

maintain a

friendship…

relationship…

 

Now is the time

to Stop…

Re-evaluate…

And…

Focus on  myself

 

Focus on those

who care and give

me as much as

I give them

 

Time…

To look ahead

Leave the past behind

Use my strength for me

 

And…

 

Forget those who

don’t matter

Who never really

mattered

 

Who only sought

me out for their

own wants and needs

Never considering 

me for me

But…

What they wanted

from me

 

Copyright © 2014 Annie – Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

Rain Down

Source: We Heart It

Low and sweet

Your soul rains

down on mine

Bringing a music

only we can hear

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

Inspired by Low & Sweet  from Autumn Boukadakis’s Album of the same name

Someday…

Source: We Heart It

Someday…

Life will be

Different

Secrets will be

Revealed

Trust will be

the Norm

Not…

the hoped for

 

Someday…

You and I

will not hide

from each other

 

Someday…

You and I 

will not ignore

what we feel

 

But…

 

Embrace our

friendship openly

 

*Revised

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry

Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.

As Ever, Annie

The Mirror

Source: We Heart It

“… I’ve brought you a mirror.

Look at yourself and remember me.”

~ Rumi ~

 

I am who I am

Because of you

 

There is nothing

I could possibly

say to you…

give to you…

do for you…

to express

my feelings…

my gratitude…

my caring…

for who you 

are to me

for what you

have done to 

make me … Me

 

Find a quiet place…

A peaceful time…

and

look at you in a mirror

 

What you see is

what I see

The person in my

life I could never

be without

 

And…

 

Smile because

you are

Loved…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry

Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.

As Ever, Annie

 

 

ENOUGH…

Source: Annie’s Images

When is enough…

ENOUGH?

 

Try as I might

I seem to never

do or say the

right thing at

the right time

 

I try to give

compassion and

support…

But…

It…is…

NEVER…

Enough…

 

It is so tiring

to try hard…

care too much…

 

ENOUGH…

 

© 2014 Annie Original PoetryAlways…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.

As Ever, Annie

Well Heeled…

Source: We Heart It

It is so true 

that clothes make the man

or woman for that matter

 

But…

 

Shoes tell the true story

How they look tells

everything about the

person who wears them

 

They don’t have to be

designer or outrageously

expensive

 

However…

 

Shoes MUST be

well cared for…

Attention getting…

Statement making…

 

Being “well-heeled”

tells it all!

 

 

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie

 

This poem was inspired by the reading of Langston Hughes’ short story Thank You, Ma’am and a young man’s quest for “blue suede shoes”!

Your Heart

Source: We Heart It

You…

are one of the best

people I know

sincere…

kind…

concerned…

intelligent…

tender…

loving…

 

You have a gentle spirit

and a heart that reacts

to everything

good…

And

bad…

 

I feel that

Gentle Heart

in all aspects

of your life…

 

© 2014 Annie Original Poetry
Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie