ShyDiaz

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  November 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

A Memory Long Forgotten

A pain
Hidden behind a locked door
One I’d long forgotten was there, in the corner

It drags itself from the crevices of my mind
Settling in my chest
I feel heavier

All this from seeing your face?
I never thought I’d feel this way

And...

– by Sheala McWilliams

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A Song Across Space

We do not speak of immortal beings
How can I speak of one that I do not know?
However, when I see her walk across the sand in my dreams,
I know she is ethereal by any definition of the word

When the moonlight shines on the cresting waves,
...

– by Sheala McWilliams

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An Offering to a Goddess

In thine eyes is peace
Burdened with solitude

In thine smile is joy
Muddled by loss

How many things are tinged with grief?
How much is hidden by sadness?

When they say that there is beauty in pain, surely they mean you
And if there is...

– by Sheala McWilliams

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The Tears We Cry

“You will never be beautiful” I tell her.
You are not graceful, slender, elegant. You are not curvy, empowered; you do not have an hourglass figure.
You do not look like Marilyn Monroe or Ancient Greek goddesses. You do not look like a Victoria’s...

– by Sheala McWilliams

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Everyone Knows Bathrooms Have Trolls

My entire brain was having a melt down as I sat at the table, waiting for her to stop talking. It was as if time had actually slowed to the point where it had almost stopped moving altogether.
“Can I please go to the bathroom?” I squealed as soon...

– by Sheala McWilliams

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