J_Lachance

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  March 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

Sometimes

Sometimes, life comes rushing in, with all its fears, what-ifs, and insecurities.

Sometimes the weight of expectations can feel... overwhelming, suffocating.

But darling, I beg of you, remember that you are a rock and life is water.

Let...

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The Right Amount

It pains me to know you believe you are a chore.
That loving you is hard to do.
That love is a game where we keep score.

I'm so sorry I was not there when they told you to "turn it down a notch".
When you learnt, that for some, you will always...

– by Jean Lachance

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Chasing Light

Darling,
I know you are mad.
You have every right to be.
I know you are scared.
Why wouldn't you be?
I know you feel low, helpless, hopeless, and alone.
I know sometimes you feel tired, worn out and jaded - as if this life, is not your own.
...

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Home

One day, you will come home

There will be days when who you are may seem a mystery
Where it is hard to cleave the expectations of others from your own desires

But this journey is your own - with each step you take, the path becomes more clear...

– by Jean Lachance

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I am

I am fire.
burning, raging, consuming, overwhelming.
I am fear.
cold, so cold it hurts, shaking, quaking, unrelenting.
I am snow.
I am mornings.
better late than never, and yet still an acquired taste. unlike calm summers' eves, for whom...

– by Jean Lachance

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added 2 years ago
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