Jun
20
2010

sarah flanigan

My life changed
when you left
in ways small and
subtle
Parts of me left
the best parts,
I fear…
Since then
I’ve stood on wobbly legs
for you were my rock
Bottled up doubts
for you were my confessor
Led with my fears
for you were my champion
I’m still confused
not quite sure
you’re really gone
My heart wants to believe
but my head won’t let it
It’s the saddest
day of the year
when I celebrat
your absense
(with tears and solitude)
I guess I’ll never
stop missing you
but that’s okay
because I don’t want to
Wherever you are
whatever you are doing
Be happy
Laugh a lot
and if you don’t mind…
think of me once in a while
copyright 2010
Tags: dad, father's day
May
13
2010

sarah flanigan

In sleep I invite
my mistakes to enter
Replay the scene
move the furniture
fix the lighting
rewrite the dialogue
re-shoot the scene
Take after take
but it still comes out
Wrong
There are no do-overs
no do it agains
no going back
no editing or airbrushing
no time travel
to set things right
There is only
the will to do it right
the next time…
copyright 2010
Tags: freedom, Life, original poetry, Poetry
Apr
02
2010

sarah flanigan

Looking back
at all things past
I cannot look forward
unbearable that tomorrow
Second guessing
I cannot trust
first guesses
always wrong
Who is that
wearing my clothes
speaking my voice
owning my thoughts?
Where did I go
why am I lost
where is my hope
what happened?
copyright 2010
Tags: dark, irony, original poetry, Poetry, secrets
Dec
03
2009

sarah flanigan

They gather and
scratch at the edges
and doors of my dreams
Slipping through the
cracks and crevices
blocking the light
bringing the dark
and the Doubts
And I comfort
the useless,
worthless
frightened me
Tell her to
be brave –
that it’s just a
dream
And dreams can
be chased
by the light of
day.
But she doesn’t
believe me
and keeps a
watchful eye
on the Moon.
Copyright 2009
Tags: dark, ghosts, looking glass, my heart, original poetry, Poetry
Nov
22
2009

sarah flanigan

When hello is goodbye
I chase after them
to be my friends
I let go and there
is nothing there
I fall and no one
catches me
When I love you
is I hate you
betrayal is an odd
acquaintance
Doubt is the daily
drink
Confusion guides
all decisions
When the past
is your comfort
the eyes miss
the moment
the now slips by
unnoticed
and tears
never stop
copyright 2009
Tags: deceit, goodbye, imitation, Life, Love, original poetry, secrets, words without pity
Jul
30
2009

sarah flanigan

I cannot see
the forest for the trees
my vision obscures
the leaves encroach
I cannot hear
the truth in the clamour
my heart is a drum
my ears eat the thunder
I cannot taste
the tears of victory
my mouth will not open
my appetite absconds
I cannot touch
the stars that entice
my path eludes me
my darkness leads
I cannot smell
the roses that beg pause
my words are thorns
my thoughts black earth
I cannot know
what refuses to be known
my mind is a question
the answers refuse
copyright 2009
Tags: dark, my heart, original poetry, words without pity
Jul
14
2009

sarah flanigan

Why?
is my question
Why?
is the answer
I need
Why?
is what keeps me
in bondage
Why?
keeps me awake
and asking
Why?
is what I will
never know
copyright 2009
Tags: dark, goodbye, Love, my heart, original poetry
Jul
06
2009

sarah flanigan

You only wanted me
until you had me
until I said yes
until I was yours
forever
You only loved me
from very afar
at arm’s length
in your mind
from the world of what if?
You only touched me
when I wasn’t there
when I couldn’t respond
when it no longer mattered
You only needed me
until I needed you
until I reached out
until I proved imperfect
flawed
and unlovable
copyright 2009
Tags: dark, imitation, Love, my heart, original poetry, words without pity
Jun
11
2009

sarah flanigan

Broken sleep
dreams deprived
of dimension
Looking for home
I want to go home
Where is home?
Mind aims askew
time ticks away
Focus lost
Looking for home
I want to go home
Where is home?
Mistakes logged
no do-overs
doomed to the future
Looking for home
I want to go home
Where is home?
Wandering soul
seeking the safe
any open door
Looking for home
I want to go home
Where is home?
words & image copyright 2009
Tags: dark, home, Life, original poetry, secrets
May
25
2009

sarah flanigan

Closed in. Trapped. Craving space.
Craving quiet. Lonely.
So tired.
Unwanted. Cold. I shiver in the sun.
A cliche. Past its prime. out of sync with the rest.
Lost in a sea of tumult.
Turbulence.
Beyond the bend of agreement.
Gnawing at the edges of rational thinking.
Empty
What lies inside?
Not safe to go there.
I am the debris
of an exploded star.
Gravity pulls but doesn’t capture
the spray of particles
that hover and dance away in approach.
Nerves jitter and jag
Flop me - a lifeless puppet
soul drifting toward no space, no time, no thing.
Alone. Always alone.
Distant. Disconnected.
Passing time with cigarettes and
desperation (dispair-ation?).
Friends wear foreign faces.
Home is a closed door.
I am invisible.
copyright 2009
Tags: dark, original poetry, Poetry, secrets