Shae Heyer

I remember once
on the way to school,
the sky was gray
instead of blue.
The rain began to
pour down the street,
your cologne was
smelling bitterly sweet.
You hurried under
the #umbrella I shared,
and ever since then,
I've always cared.

#vss365

You've let too many in,
to traipse all over,
leaving nothing but
a bloody mess.
Those thin chamber walls
are ripping at the seams.
Get your #needle & thread,
stitch yourself back up.
Repair what is broken,
before flipping back on
the "VACANCY" sign.

#vss365

I could have warned you
about the urge to destroy
all memoriam before
wasting your effort.
Alas, why else rip pages
from a sketchpad just
to place in your hand?
So I could refocus upon
a diary of artwork
from which I erased you.
Until it occurred to me
how unforgettable you are.

She was a sight to behold.
#Congealed tears
in blackened streaks
trailed down her face.
Her sobs were not
for whom she mourned,
but an angry cry of shame.
She had never given
anyone that much power
over her before, and,
she never would again.

#vss365

Fear drowns what could have bloomed

Their soul connection -
#flushed down the drain
in an act of self-sabotage.
The possibility of
this becoming real,
knowing it could
quite possibly work,
sent him spiraling.
He pushed her away,
waxing morosely
as though it was love that
turned its back on him.

#vss365

Peculiar people
#haiku

I don't appreciate
the attention I attract
from "nice guys"
who can't contain
their lustful minds;
wandering eyes
#fawning over me.
So, I attempt to avoid
their #unctuous gazes
and #galumph past,
like a baby elephant,
with no concern for
the jackals eyeing me.

#vss365 (incl'd the 2 words missed)

Oh noooo. Definitely not good!

She played it off.
She dare not admit
how close she'd been,
vowing never again.
If it happened,
it'd be on a whim,
at the courthouse,
or drive-through chapel
with Elvis officiating,
but highly doubtful.
Still, a white #lace dress,
is buried in her closet,
just in case.

#vss365

You tried
to erase me.
Yet, here I am,
still existing,
as I continue
to wait for
acknowledgement.
So #pucker up,
babe.
Kiss the notion
of my demise
good-bye.
I am not going
anywhere.
I am indelible,
etched too deep,
tattooed on
- both -
your brain
& heart.

#vss365

The path to love
is never easy.
It has ups & downs,
it zigs one way
& zags another.
It doubles back,
#crisscrossing,
jumping back & forth,
skips in place
& loops around to
spin you dizzy,
just to send you back
to the beginning.
Love is hardly linear,
but it finds a way.

#vss365

What do you do when
faceless words and
fictitious friends
on social media
make you feel more
than anything else
in your tangible world?
Abandon them, obviously.
And in the most #slithy way,
tell everyone that you
were driven away -
when you are the one
behind the wheel.

#vss365

In a quest to understand you,
I discover my own masked traits
and thus, down I go...
down the #Rabbit-Hole.
This could take a while.
Clarity emerges with knowledge.
Such similar souls we host;
too bad ego gets in the way.
I would not know myself
if you did not exist.

#vss365

Thank you!

I know you prefer
I #cloak my feelings.
You don't want to hear
uncomfortable truths
about someone you
think you know.
I wish I had the luxury,
an option to turn a blind eye,
though my sense of justice
would not allow it.
I could never minimize
a woman for a man
that denies her existance.

#vss365

Art is what helps us through every other fucking thing.

Thanks 🙂

Thank you!

Oh, you silly boy.
You actually think
you can ignore me
until you forget me?
Do not #fool yourself
into thinking
you can erase
a real person...
especially one
who is not ready
to be forgotten.

#vss365

Thank you so much!

Spectators see
a vibrant garden
and lush roses.
But I see the effort
made to maintain it.
No one notices
you've allowed
green, thorny walls
to grow around you,
that you are lost
in a #labrynth of
your own design.
Find a way to love
before freezing
to death in there.

#vss365
(forgot to do yesterday)

Exactly.

I'm a lone wolf,
solitary by design.
I am at peace
with the quiet
and stillness inside
the dead of winter.
My other senses are
overwhelming enough.
My mind rarely rests.
But, the #silence
you have provided
eats away day by day
and I want to crawl
out of my skin.

#vss365

Do not dare call yourself a "feminist"
when you #ice women out
for getting too close.
Respect is not
calling us "little bitches"
for setting boundaries
or calling out other men,
as if you are better.
You are just more of the same,
another fraudulent fuck boy.
Don't pretend to be different.

#vss365

strong, but fading
broken and rebuilt
time and time again
pieces growing
ever smaller
‘til there’s nothing left
but dust

#vss365 #dust

As the #dust settles,
I can only assume
where I failed -
how I overstepped;
when I overwhelmed.
I can only guess
how you felt -
why you side-stepped
when you underwhelmed.
But with spectral minds
we miss social cues,
and deductive reasoning
is so much harder
without communication.

#vss365

#Quit virtue signaling.
You're not a feminist.
You don't value friendship.
And you're not the meek,
compassionate soul
you try to portray.
You are a coward.
A scared, weak man
hiding behind a
security blanket of
cute critters and
neon colors.
You wouldn't know
what love was,
if it bit you.

#vss365

I don't know
how you do it.
How feasible is it
to interact intimately
with someone in a
close-knit group,
but then turn around
and pretend they
don't exist elsewhere?
There must be some
#esoteric answer
I'm just not privy to.
How do you
fake it so well?

#vss365

I crumple in defeat.
Go ahead...
bask in #sweet victory.
You win - you broke me.
It makes me long for
the distraction that
physical pain provides
when emotions
become unbearable.
I won't succumb
to this false comfort,
but I need this
aching to stop.

#vss365