Comfort from someone
Is needed but will it come
Hoping and dreaming
To receive all that support
Complete with reassurance…
-MAD/AAA 07/15/2024
Reassurance
Category: Poetry
The Itch That Wouldn’t Quit
In a hairline so fine, what a sight,
An itch made me squirm day and night.
On a spot that I found,
It danced all around,
Now I’m scratching with all of my might!
Resilience in the Shadows
In shadows cast, whispers pass,
A heart in turmoil, the weight of harass.
Silent cries in the still of the night,
Hope flickers softly, a brave little light.
Each word a pebble, tossed in a stream,
Rippling fears that disrupt the dream.
But strength hides beneath the weight of the pain,
A spirit unyielding, rising again.
For every harsh word, a kindness to find,
In the depths of the struggle, hope intertwined.
With courage as armor, through storms we will clash,
Together we stand, no longer to harass.
Finding Balance
Clear mind, sound and soul,
In sanity’s calm embrace,
balance found within
mediating to find peace
deep breath in and deep breath out.
Fraud
I feel like a fraud,
In shadows of doubt, I tread.
What’s real, what’s illusion,
In this maze inside my head.
Am I the only one to wear
This mask of silent dread?
Please share this heavy burden,
Together, we’ll forge ahead.
We are not alone, it’s true,
In this echo of our plight.
Hand in hand, we’ll seek the light,
Finding solace in the night. Not alone in this…
Echoes I’m Still Undoing
I didn’t expect the memory
to hurt this much.
They were just words—
yet years later,
my subconscious still replays them
over and over and over.
I didn’t notice the damage
until I began the work
with my therapist.
And now I’m left
undoing everything
you did.
Laughing Along With A Limerick
Sally wanted to make stir fry.
But all it did was make her cry.
The onions attacked,
Her eyes staged a pact,
So, dinner waved sadly goodbye.
The Cost of Vanity
Try not to be vain,
It will get you nowhere,
A heart wrapped in mirrors,
Reflecting only despair.
In the glow of false beauty,
You may dance, you may shine,
But in the silence of shadows,
You’ll find no hand to entwine.
With each boastful echo,
You build walls made of pride,
Cutting ties with the true ones,
Leaving love cast aside.
So cherish the simple,
Valleys deep and wide,
For in humility’s embrace,
True joy cannot hide.
Seek not the fleeting glory,
Let kindness be your guide,
In a world that’s ever-changing,
It’s love that will abide.
What Slipped Through Our Fingers
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/harbor/
I harbor no ill will towards you;
I just miss what we used to have.
It vanished without a warning,
and an ache was left inside of me—
quiet, persistent,
a reminder of what once felt certain.
I wonder what went wrong,
what shifted beneath our feet,
what small fracture grew wide enough
to swallow everything we built.
I sift through memories
like shells along a shoreline,
trying to find the moment
the tide carried us away.
And though I hold no anger,
the longing still lingers—
a soft echo of a love
I’m learning to release.
Quote for September 20, 2026
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
The Loop I Keep Fighting
https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/negative-3/
The negative thoughts in my head
play on a constant loop,
a quiet hum that never fully fades.
Some days, they stop with ease—
a switch flipped,
a breath taken,
a moment of peace.
Other days, they fight tooth and nail
to make me believe
their whispered stories,
even when my heart knows
none of them are true.
They try to hold power over me,
a weight I push against
again and again,
learning, slowly,
that the fight itself
is proof of my strength.
I Deserve
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/deserve/
I deserve
peace of mind
to be loved
to be put first
to be seen
to be heard
to be respected
Pardon the Interruption
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/pardon/?page_id=9970
Pardon the interruption.
What were you thinking —
that you could judge me,
diminish me,
decide who I was?
I did nothing wrong.
The blame was never mine.
You were the adult.
I was the child.
Your words defined me,
even though they never should have.
And now, years later,
I’m still untangling them —
no end in sight,
your voice replaying
in a loop
I never asked for.
Music
Melodies playing, weaving through the air
Uniting hearts with every beat’s flare
Soul awakened, moving in time
Insane rhythms — wild, sublime
Classic melodies echo, timeless and rare
Dusk Magic
What a beautiful sight as the sun set
Blues, pinks, yellow, orange, and reds
That is the time when we met
Where life was simple and true
The sky whispered dreams we won’t forget
Soft laughter drifted, just we two
Our hearts in rhythm, silhouettes
The world paused, painted in hue
And love began—our sweet duet