By Monica C. Voskamp You slam me down With your looks. You tell me I'm nothing By belittling my smarts. You keep me at a distance Never let me know What actually is Love. You use me Like I'm some pitiful object. You couldn't care less If I am hurting. You say you [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp The pain will come back you know. The monster doesn’t leave just like that. It will come back. And I hope when it does You look it in the eye Acknowledge the immense monster it is And cry. Cry because of it’s magnitude Cry because it doesn’t know how To [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp Inside these walls I stand. Inside these walls I can Let down my guard. Inside these walls I find I am safe. Inside these walls I can smile. Inside these walls I relax. Inside these walls I am free. I’m free to be, to cry. I’m free to [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp Tell me please Help me understand Why do you lock yourself away Why do you shut down? It’s your worst mistake. Love isn’t something to be afraid of. Love isn’t something to run from. So why, why the heck do you run? Why do you hide Why do [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp Mute. My soul is on mute. I can’t laugh. I can’t cry. I’m just on mute. I feel like a stone, Cold and empty hearted So mute. I don’t even know If I want someone To crank up my stereo Because right now maybe I need to be mute. [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp I believe in you. I believe in you Though not 100 percent —yet. I believe in you For what you can do Right now. I believe in you You will find your joy You will. I believe in you Even though this power, Was not instilled in [...]
By Monica C. Voskamp Fear is a god. That's who I have worshiped My subconscious has known this long, My inner being has protested, strong. It stuns me to admit all this religion has been wrong, Dead wrong. Fear is a god And one I knew well. It all makes sense, I didn't know love [...]
