She’s Made Up Of Your Yesterdays
Guard her with your life
She is an accumulation of all your yesterdays,
Her battles become the strength pounding through your veins,
Rivers of audacity, flouncing throughout your bones,
Because she fought hard and broke the tormenter’s chains.
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You have her to thank for the position you now hold,
Your place in the grand scheme of things,
All due to the pain of her sacrifice,
Her stubbornness, her refusal, her thickened skin.
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She is your past, present and future,
Without her you’ll have no tomorrows,
Guard her with your life,
As she takes care of all your sorrows.
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Walk with her through the gardens of your consciousness,
Listen carefully to her sage advice,
Take her at her word, she’ll not lead you astray,
Detour from her thoughtfulness and it’s demons you’ll entice.
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Brave her brutal honesty,
Suffer longingly through her tears,
Tether yourself to her heartbeat,
She’ll get you to the heavens of future years.
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Weather her insecurities,
Bolster her self esteem,
Walk a mile or two in her shoes,
As she has the wickedness of your foremost dreams.
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Surrender up your nightmares,
Your pain, your torment and your screams,
Trust she’ll wander the darkened corridors,
Puncturing your worries, your hatred, your extremes.
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She is a combination of your yesterdays,
Your forgotten pillars of the test,
There are no secrets, nor should you try,
She’s the very lover you know best!
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Comments (4)
Luv this!
My friend, I loved this so much! The part of her being brutally honest was the most relatable!
Your ability to constantly create such beautiful pieces astounds me. This was filled with so much lovely wording wrapped around realness and truth. I loved it :)
Awesome!!!