Reflections {Ongoing}

Heart of Words

I leave pieces

Of my broken

Shattered heart

Sprinkled throughout 

Everything I write

These pages

Are written with

Blood and tears

Sewn with my thoughts

And bound with my soul

I do not ask

That you treat my words

As if they are glass

But that you remember

That I am human

Flesh and blood

Not a machine

So my creations

Are imperfect

At times

And because it is art

There is no

Single correct answer

It speaks to everyone differently

I do not ask

That you forgo honesty

Because you fear

To hurt me

Or sound mean

To others

Who read your words

Rather

To be honest

For I risked my own heart

By unveiling it to you

And the cost is mine

To pay

Not yours

I only ask

That you remember

As you write your thoughts

And opinions

On what I've made

That within these pages

Lie glimpses of my pain

But also my healing

That you would be honest, yes

But also kind

Because we're both human

With different souls

That beat with

Different hearts

But in our veins flow

The same blood

Because we're both human

After all

Let your words

Be truthful

Honest

But also kind

Even disgust

Can be stated

Without malice

One man's trash

Is another's treasure