Find reasons to stay and stay relentless.
Rest is still progress and rebirth is a journey.
You will find your way.
JACQUELINE LENTE POETRY
Tag: lessons
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Two Strangers Part Two
Two Strangers met
And accidentally fell in as more than lovers
We had different demons but matching wounds,
And sad past tales to tell
Two broken souls
Trying to find some guidance home within each other
Sadly,
The echos of fear, ego, and past trauma were too great
Destruction and self-sabotage got in the way
We became lost
From drowning in your gaze
Skin to skin
To drowning in your absence
Another scar to add to the map
Out in the cold again
At war with my head again
Two Strangers met
And fell in as more than lovers
But Love is war
Life is chaos
And two lovers became two strangers again.– Two Strangers Part Two
JACQUELINE LENTE POETRY
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The sad truth is
No one else can save you.You have to dust away the misery.
Darker times behind, darker times ahead
We are endlessly changing.Facing scattered dreams,
Silent screams.Bleeding for a thousand reasons.
Rebirth,
The heart beats slow.Safe in quiet places
Seeking my own comforts,
My own means to stay alive.Jacqueline Lente Poetry
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I’ve vanished in the silence.
Buried everything in boxes, in the attic of my mind.
Creaking thoughts
Always trying to escape.
My heart,
A garden of lost things
And empty spaces.
– Jacqueline Lente Poetry
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Melancholia We Meet Again, My Oldest Friend
In the space between endings
Where the shadows settleDemons hide in the corners,
Creeping aroung my delicate bones.My loneliest hour,
Sadder than the skies crying out.The inevitable fall,
The deepest inhale
Before I drown in this violent storm of tangled memories and pain.Melancholia we meet again, my oldest friend.
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Serenity Is A Dream
My mind is at war.
My heart wants peace.
One moment I am falling,
Then floating the next,
And falling again.
On repeat.
The demons creep around.
Seeping into my bones.
They have become my bestfriends
When I am alone.
Serenity is a dream far away from here.
Reality is a prison.
Constantly trying to escape,
But never fully reaching the exit gates.– Jacqueline Ann Lente
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This bridge is the hardest to cross. The river of pain flowing underneath is overtaking, all consuming.
Taken out to sea. Now it is just me and the crashing waves. I’m screaming storms and shouting thunder,
All the while adrift in the rift of oblivion.But sometimes you have to hold your own hand and sail through the breakdowns.
As the storms break and the sea calms,
I see the stars bright reflection bouncing off the water,
I hear the sweet lullabies of the world laced into the night sky.And I know I have to ride the waves and weather the storms to make the journey back to shore.
– Jacqueline Ann Lente
– http://www.jacquelineannlente.wordpress.com
Featured image taken by Jacqueline Ann Lente
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Indigo Hues, Watercolour Skies
I cry watercolour skies,
You can see the tracks of my tears.
I’m too dead inside.
Indigo hues deepen as daylight wanes,
And I realise,
I don’t live here anymore, inside my head.
All I can think of is,
Hope is a slow poison,
And temporary ecstasy,
is enchanting,
Against the fatal embrace of time.
– “Indigo hues, watercolour skies” – Jacqueline Ann LenteFeature Image taken by Jacqueline Ann Lente
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Forever in Flight or Fight
I hate it in my own head.
My own worst enemy.
Wishing I was dead.The demons get too loud.
The cloud of illusion rolls in quick.
I can’t get myself to calm down,
And realise,
Its all in my head.Sorrow holds its grip tight.
And I try and try with all my might,
To overcome, to push through.
But sometimes reasons are gone with the wind.
The grip is too suffocating,
And the screams of pain too loud.I am my own enemy.
But at the same time,
I am my own saviour.The battles are just ongoing.
The end of the war is no where in sight.
Day to day,
Night to night.
Forever in flight or fight.– “Forever in Flight or Fight
– Jacqueline Ann Lente
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To My Love
Hold me close my dear.
Hold me near and near.
Never let go.
Your warmth and light,
Keep me safe always.
May love be with us forevermore.
And may love and peace,
Be all the happy moments we share.
I am with you always,
Heart and soul.
Through stormy seas and sunshine,
And all the inbetween.
You have my being to the core,
You hold my heart with yours,
Intertwined together.
– “To My Love”
– Jacqueline Ann Lente
– Feature image taken by Jacqueline Ann Lente
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Grow, Die, Grow Again
We grow,
We die,
We grow again.Through life,
And its garden
Of pain
And beauty.Fleeting moments,
Changing seasons.We grow,
We die,
We grow again.– “Grow, die, Grow again”
– Jacqueline Ann Lente
– Feature image taken by Jacqueline Ann Lente
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We Become One
As the sun sets over the mountains and darkness becomes night,
Our souls reset for another day.
Our hearts settle.
Our minds may race processing the day that is done.
Our body lays to rest.As the sun sets over the mountains and darkness becomes night,
We become one with our true self.
– “We Become One”
– Jacqueline Ann LenteFeature image taken by Jacqueline Ann Lente
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Live To Tell Another Day
It may be a struggle to get up, but you can overcome. Wake up, let the hot water of the shower warm your bones. Take a moment of peace, breathe. Be proud of yourself. Have faith in yourself. Live to tell another day, live to make another memory, one you may cherish forever or one you can say that you survived from and made it though ❣
– “Live To Tell Another Day”
– Jacqueline Ann Lente
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