Your words used to strike me direct
Hitting my heart with vengeance
Now the memory of those jabs
Ricochet around in my soul
Leaving pits of despair behind
When will the past stop haunting me
Or will it forever be putting me
Behind the firing line
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ricochet
I will not wavier
I will not flinch
My strength will sustain me
My power comes from within
I will not lose
I will not fall apart
My confidence wont fail me
My illness wont win
During this mental health awareness month of May, I write of an inner strength that is not present enough of the time. But it is present more than it used to be, and I continue to work on me. Break the silence, break the stigma. I am more than enough. #MentalHealthAwareness
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – flinch
I tried to talk to him
I tried to reason it out
I know I wasn’t perfect
But he had changed so much
Not under his own power
Instead with a bottle in his hands
I knew he needed help
A type I couldn’t give him
I pleaded and begged
Did all I had been asked to
But with a brisk dismissive nod
I knew the talk was over
I had to stick to my decision
And he was trapped in his
Only he had the power to change
And he was beyond reach
If I had only known
How final that goodbye would be
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – brisk
In the past
My heart was deflated
But lately
I’ve been elated
A real chance
Presented itself
A new found
Cache of wealth
Just like real
Riches of emotions
Now I take
A second notion
Will it last
No one knows
I just cross
My fingers and toes
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – elated
My heart skips
It is not beating like is usually does
My head’s in the clouds
I am not thinking clearly as usual
I get butterflies in my stomach
But it’s not unusual
It’s the growth of a new love
Effecting every inch of me
And I wouldn’t trade it for the world
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – unusual
…as an added bonus –
The goal in life is to be happy
Then why do I often feel crappy
Things right now are good for me
But I dream to be set free
Free from the shackles of depression
When my feelings I don’t have to question
I know my thinking is just wishful
But I want to live a life that’s blissful
Today I am focusing I what I can do
To keep myself from feeling blue
And hold to the hope that tomorrow
Will bring me no more sorrow
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – blissful
This world has gone crazy
Don’t you agree
Were paving all the land
And chopping down trees
Warehouses and factories
Line up one after the other
And we’re too busy to see
We’re slowly killing each another
With chemicals and plastics
We pollute everyday
It’s time we stood up
And stopped to say
The earth is precious
It is one of a kind
For sustaining life
Another you’ll never find
So treat it with kindness
And give it lots of love
We can fly into the future
On the wings of a dove
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – agree
he turns down the alley
and then back to the east
there are plans to be kept
someone he is going to meet
**
she ducks out the back door
and sneaks through the garden
headed down the block
she thinks about the park
**
he heads to the shelter
their quiet retreat
she picks up the pace
not wanting to be late
**
they see each other
and quickly embrace
another brief rendezvous
without a moment to waste
**
he tells her he loves her
and wants to share a life
she feels madly for him
and dreams of a future as one
**
just as quickly as it began
their time together ends
she heads back home
and him to his own
**
each tied to another life
not allowed to be one
but moments they get
are treasured times
**
and they continue to grasp
minute by minute
until their futures are clear
and they can finally unite
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – rendezvous
I look up into your blue eyes
And my heart skips a beat
A smile slowly forms on your lips
I feel like a teenager again
Experiencing love for the first time
I bask in the warmth of your touch
As we fall into an embrace
Heartbeats joining in sync
We are one for the moment
Just the first of many to come
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – bask
My adrenaline is rushing
Along with my heart
The minutes slowly tick by
I can’t concentrate
And I am unable to sit still
But I haven’t had too much caffeine
It is all related but not to coffee
Only an hour away
Until you arrive in my town
When I can again feel your arms
Wrap lovingly around me
Back in each others presence
Like a dream come true
This vacation will be
Like coming home
Connecting me to you
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – related
Leigha Robbins 