Who are we without us? I crash You burn In this solar system We turn   I feel your breath As I breathe A life source Just for me   Don’t make me beg Don’t make me please The two of us Is all I need   Don’t ask me to cry We are more than this Don’t ask me to die For this love we call bliss. … Thank you for reading! Please visit my content on Medium to check out more! https://medium.com/@hannahladuke  

  In the darkness You design A fatal way To tell A lie   In the darkness I cry Don’t belong Forget words To our song   And if a promise Is just air Then what the Fuck is that?   I sit in wonder Die inside When will you Call me back   And if it was true You’re not true Nothing is ever true When the sky is blue   There is more Than me and you Fall again Falling down   Alice in Wonderland Without my crown Here we go I’m going to drown In the way a Smile is now a frown   Don’t believe me? Well it’s true See the

  What a mess You have now started All for what? For what?   Are you trying to prove That you can’t lose?   Life’s been a dream Let’s have a nightmare Don’t worry It’s just a little Night-time scare   Peek-a-boo I used to know you In this dream You start to scream   It’s time to wake up It’s time to wake up It’s time to wake up   You’ve lost and You’re too late Goodnight Welcome to your new fate. … Thank you for reading! Please visit my content on Medium to check out more! https://medium.com/@hannahladuke  

  Forever is too long to wait. When we said goodbye For the final time I told myself “If you love something, Let it go, and if It’s meant to be It will come back”   So I let you go And I waited And waited And I waited so long That I fell in love With someone else And found something That was more than Empty promises   I found something That was created from The sun, the moon, the stars, And the universe And I no longer waited for you But when you returned I knew it wasn’t meant to be See I had waited so long I found a love That would

  Are you there?     With so many dead ends And spiraling roads to nowhere I ask why you Why you   A final roll call With one person missing While the officer finishes His last drop of whiskey   Screaming out broken windows Cutting your hands trying to fix my heart You broke me But I broke you first   The way pavement smells In the rain How come You never stayed?   Each day The mirror shattered A mosaic of lies   What a beautiful (fucked up) story You created For our eyes.   Thank you for reading! If you are enjoying my content please visit https://medium.com/@hannahladuke to check out more!  

    She looked up at me as I finished reciting poetry I’d scribbled down earlier.   “Wow, I can’t believe you are so creative”.   For years I hid my writing, only to be shown to my sister, the only other soul who placed value in my passion. A critic, a lover, and an honest reviewer, her words mean the most.   When she said those 8 words, I was blown away. Am I creative?    Unknowingly, my sister has given me approval to be creative with my words once again.   The article “You Are Not An Artist”  deeply resonated with me. The author describes a journey much like mine, skewed with opinionated

  Thank you for reminding me. Coffee Grounds White noise sounds Glow of a fire Eternal desire   You remind me of comfort You remind me of the wild   Crash of the ocean Constant commotion White moonlight On a starry night   You remind me of strength You remind me of dreams … Thank you for reading! If you are enjoying my content please visit https://medium.com/@hannahladuke to check out more!  

  We sleep better When we’re together And when we’re alone I can’t find my way home                *** Spinning in circles Shouting at the North Star Every direction I turn Seems to be the wrong one                *** Until I find your eyes Amongst the people and the lies Now safe in this place You’re my saving grace                                                                     Photo