When I met my darkness clouds, swirled the night sky, refracted light danced in the wild eyes, freedom came for me.
MELISSA ANDERSONWhen I met my darkness clouds, swirled the night sky, refracted light danced in the wild eyes, freedom came for me.
MELISSA ANDERSONWhole, loved and worthy just as you are.
MELISSA ANDERSONMaking me feel small won’t make you feel tall I’ve faced bigger giants than you and watched them fall.
MELISSA ANDERSONYou keep planting sympathy in rows meant for empathy and I’m here picking weeds with tears in my eyes.
MELISSA ANDERSONPoems are nothing more than raindrops on a page falling from an open soul, staining the page one shade darker, and opening the one closed passage between me and you.
MELISSA ANDERSONIf you want to see the world as it should be, read poetry.
MELISSA ANDERSONI fell into you first slowly, then all at once never to recover.
MELISSA ANDERSONGrace is found flourishing beneath skin blooming from each scar.
MELISSA ANDERSONGrowth is no longer seeking acceptance from those who cannot give it to themselves.
MELISSA ANDERSONI will remain soft in a world marked by hardness.
MELISSA ANDERSONPeaceful dreams find me pull me from reality in their arms I land.
MELISSA ANDERSONBe the reason someones today is better than yesterday.
MELISSA ANDERSONFrom each scar today bloom the flowers of a kinder tomorrow.
MELISSA ANDERSONI thought I had time until I realized the time had me.
MELISSA ANDERSONThere are ocean waves inside these veins – constantly pulling me to you.
MELISSA ANDERSONHope is the gentle salve the world needs.
MELISSA ANDERSON