Tessa F

Tessa F Jan 2014

Every second a moment waits
For someone to notice.
Every minute a clock waits
For it's hands to meet again.
Every hour the horizon waits
For the sun to get closer.
Every night the tides wait
For the pull of the moon.
Every month that moon waits
For the feeling of fullness.
I don't feel complete on my own.
Every star waits for darkness.
Every worm waits for wings.
Every dusk waits for dawn.
And every shoreline waits for waves.
I have always wanted to feel
Like a part of this Earth,
So I will wait too.
For you.

Tessa F Dec 2013

A Moment Too Long

The silence just hung there.
Painful.
A broken, flickering Christmas light.
Wincing.
We can both feel the storm coming in.
Can it cut the power already?
I've forgotten how to breathe.

Tessa F Nov 2013

I Don't Want to Remember

When I was little
I could never remember the name
Of my favourite flower.
Pretty and blue
With bright yellow spots
They were called forget-me-nots.
Some things want so badly to be remembered,
To stay on my mind,
Even thoughts that weren't so kind.
It's funny how the things we want to remember
We forget
And the things we want to forget
We remember.
At the most inconvenient of times.
I pushed you out of my memory so long ago
I thought I had truly let it all go
But no matter what I try to suppress
What happened happened
And I don't think I will ever forget.
All wounds can reopen
I was caught off my guard
Now there's no doubt
That my memory is scarred.
Some moments are better left
In a locked up box
Honestly tonight
*I want to trample all over those forget-me-nots.

Tessa F Nov 2013

Craving You

In dreams I drink you in
taste your skin
get your sticky sweet on my lips
honey I'd do anything for a kiss.

Tessa F Nov 2013

My Own Love Song

You fell asleep first
On Skype tonight
And I lay listening to your breath.
Somebody asked me
"What are you listening to?"
And I told them
"My favourite song."

Tessa F Nov 2013

This Is What Love Is. (10w)

I love the million tiny things
You do without realizing.

Tessa F Nov 2013

Ships

Ocean waves crash
Cry
Salty air stings your eyes
Some nights the lighthouse just passes over you.
But the water that drowns you now
Also holds up ships
And slips silently between fingers
Never ending
Indecisive
We have some patchwork to do.
Dear get your ship sailing again
Remember the breeze through your hair
And the promise on your lips
Be bold.
Open each clenched fist slowly now.
Let the ocean wash away your troubles
And set free your pain
Breathe it all in.
Breathe it all out.
We all need a white flag sometimes,
Don't hesitate to raise it.
Because we are never alone
When there are ships in the night.