Pieces of me
You will find little pieces of me
In each letter, each word
When my blood spills from the tip of a pen
To soak into the paper
You will feel it when you read, when you hear
The emotions poured into each syllable
For my essence lingers in the ink staining the pages
Laid bare for all to see
The little pieces of me
-Jenelle Theis
Silent tears
Silent tears fall
Blurring my vision
Mascara smears
Stinging my eyes
Charcoal rivers trail down
Leaving watercolor stains
A canvas of sorrow
Within
I do not look outside myself
For love
For truth
For validation
All the answers I seek are within
Stored in the heart
Entwined in the cells
Flowing in the veins
I need only to search inside
Reach down
Grab hold
Pull them up
I do not look outside myself
All the answers I seek are within
I need only to search inside
-Jenelle Theis
