There’s a warrior inside of me
she gets me where I need to be
She slays dragons and fights monsters
all the horrific things that haunt her
She is stronger than you could fathom
she finds grounding where she lands on
She sings songs that soothe the soul
when the world around her begins to unravel
She’s always been able to piece things back where they need to be
She’s always been braver than any could see
The warrior inside of me
I am she
and she
is me
Meet me in a poem
Somewhere between the lines
Where the rhythm roams…
Find me in a verse
Don’t get lost in the rhymes
Or repetition heard…
Look for me where emotion evoked phrases exist
Locate me where expression and imagery persist…
Encounter me
in the heart, the home
Feel me
in the art of the poem
Kyoko WP
I want to melt
into your chest
As I drown
to the song
of your heartbeat
And inhale your scent
as it sweeps
me
off my feet
I want to stay right here,
Drift off to sleep
With your song
playing
on repeat
The pain fades..
But
Somedays it rains.
And when it rains
The pain
Emerges in spades
And all you can do is wait.
No matter how much it frustrates…
You
You can take the time to create
I know the sun can be hard to locate.
But I promise.
It
Will
Be
Okay
Somedays I’m okay
But today is not somedays
And then when it turns night
That’s when my brain likes to play
Tricks on me
and my memory
Darkness creeps in every crevice
Tainting everything
that is precious
You’d think I’d learn some lessons
But I just need more sessions
Of Therapy
Maybe I’ll find some clarity
Find some familiarity
Because primarily
This will only last temporarily
And soon
I’ll be sitting in my serenity
You love me where it hurts
You kiss me where it stings
Your scent is like an anesthesia for the soul
With all the calm it brings
My heart no longer chaotic and out of control
Now my heart sings
To my Yang I found my Yin
My skin burns
like dying stars
Every time
you touch my scars
But even with skin peeling
I can feel the wounds healing
A punch to the gut
And a slap in the face
Each step that I can’t retrace
How did I get here
Living within fear
Caged in the chaos
Almost saw my life lost
But at what cost
I’m free to fly now
But sometimes still forget how
I can be brave and face the day
Or I can crumble and hideaway,
Maybe play with a stray
I didn’t lose my life
But I lost my balance
It’s like I’m in Wonderland
Please, call me Alice
Kyoko WP
I’m here now
It’s time to look around
To look and see
The Earth, the ground
Look up and see
The stars i missed
Feel the air,
Taste the mist
that kiss my lips
Life, is for moments,
under the moon
..like this
Kyoko W.P.
I’ll make you a home
Inside of a poem.
It’s up to you which way the words roam.
Kyoko W.P.
The tears sting my cheek
where my face hit the floor
Collapsed in defeat
I don’t want to live like this anymore
Kyoko W.P.
Everything is so hazy
I can hardly see
Everything is moving like
Lights on a rainy street blazing
All I can see is you
And you are all that I’m craving
The twinkle in your eye,
Its captivating
Your eyes gaze at me,
My heart palpitating
Two souls,
…embracing
Kyoko W.P.
I saw clearly for the first time that day.
That was the day everything had changed.
My whole life rearranged.
The way you looked at me as I played with my hair
We couldn’t deny the energy in the atmosphere
In the blink of an eye, I fell in love
You showed me what stars are made of
And to dance floating under the moon
I believe in love because of you
Kyoko W.P.
You left to start a new life
A new baby, a new wife
You left behind the three girls you had
You left them broken, with no more dad
You left behind the shattered shards
You left me to mend three broken hearts
You left the ones you claimed to love
You left more damage than I could conceive of
Kyoko W.P.
Photos can fool
Can be used as a tool
To make you believe
To trick and deceive
That all the pain you have, forgot
That you’re happy when you’re not
Photos don’t show the tears and trauma
The damage, the drama
It’s a moment paused and face put on
No one knows that anything’s wrong
You truly never know
What’s behind … a photo
Kyoko W.P.
A flicker, a flash , a flame
A blaze of fire ignites inside
It scorches with a fierce torch
Embracing the warmth of it while it sears
Melting
Watch as it all goes up in smoke
Smoldering
Reduced to nothing
but ashes
and char
Kyoko WP
I can break
I can break and mend
Push me so far until I bend
over backwards till it ends
Does it end?
Kyoko W.P.
Diffuse the IED of dishonesty
Before we all combust from the blow you fraudulently
handled as love for me
But now I see
This disaster was always meant to be
It didn’t matter what I tried to be
Or all the love you quickly stole from me
This was always meant to be…
A tragedy
Kyoko W.P.
Keep a knife, under your pillow, as you sleep…
For thats when the monsters tend to creep
They send their demons to torture; to reap
You reap what you sow, is what they say…
Be careful each day,be prepared to pay
As you sleep, under your pillow, keep a knife
It may be the one thing to save your life
Kyoko WP
Kyoko W.P. POETRY 