Closed my eyes to walk with you and for a moment I saw the stones and the trees that seemed to guard them For a moment it felt like time never slipped away between us Then I opened my eyes and wrote everything down to keep you by my side for all the times IContinue reading “For a Moment”
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Play
She jumps while I nurse my headache watches cartoons while I plan my future She chats on the phone while I’m hunched over my laptop she wanders around making mysterious concoctions while I attempt to translate legal jargon All play leads to the ocean Saschia Johnson
All the Todays
Going on and on about the good life in the futuregoing on and on about how you wish we lived and how things will be better tomorrow it gets old it’s time to accept today TODAY I saytime to hang on to all the todays you can Saschia Johnson
Tea and Cookies
A tin of cookies and a cup of tea for breakfast A swig of whiskey some good music and a friend on a late friday evening it’s these things that make life feel great It’s these things that make me happy Saschia Johnson
Dream
There he was flipping through my dreams with a hug that felt as real as tomorrow anda house that felt as familiar as a Deja Vu Saschia Johnson
Chimes
The wind plays the chimes our hearts play to our minds and our minds to the world we wish to see so squeeze your eyes tight and think of all the great things you wish to see so that we can come to a place where everyone is free to live their dreams of betterContinue reading “Chimes”
Give It Away
Give the world what you need to sing your song It may take time to figure out what you need It may take time to accept what you need but give it away anyways Saschia Johnson
Listen for the Music
Let the beat in your heart lift you to the skies
The Home Love
Home is where the ones I’ve hugged reach for me while I try write Home is the place we lay our heads and leave our worries outside Home is chaos turned to peace from lessons learned and tears shed Home is refuge and where we build our strength to prepare us for the life aheadContinue reading “The Home Love”
Red Headed Lover and Ice Cream
The red headed woman who swallows men like air the one with gauze and the deep entwined stare is in my roots I lift my chin then my shoulders I lift my heart and then my mind but at the end of the day make fancy salads with cheeseand nuts,binge watch movies while I slurpContinue reading “Red Headed Lover and Ice Cream”