Left in the Desert

Love is to open sky

As loathing is to hell

How easily and swiftly

One can turn into another

One moment we are holding hands

The next I’m crying

Your cruel words

Cutting me,

Tearing me into pieces

You didn’t think twice

Before telling me all the lies

Was any of it true?

My heart was your toy

Never caring if you broke it

Because you already had another

I was naive to trust you

Thinking you wouldn’t do to me

What I watched you do to her

Promises broken

You took everything from me

Knowing you had everything

You left me in the desert

Without water

Not caring if I made it out

Here I am

ALIVE

With the strength

You never cared to see

I hope when you see me now

You fill with regret

Feeling the hell you tried to bring on me

The fire never reaching me

While depths of hell consumes you

My fate is left to the open sky

With all of the possibilities

That I possess now

I am free

The burden of you is gone

Letting me breath in the fresh air

Exhilarating me

© Christie Cote

February 9, 2011

Morning Sunlight

Morning sunlight ripples across the rivers surface

A picture perfect moment

That goes unnoticed

Everyone is in a hurry

Never taking a moment

To take in the beauty

We take these things for granted

Not thinking that someday these luxuries may not be here

What if morning came without sun?

Then will we stop and notice?

Taking time to hear the bird’s story

That he sings to us each morning

Instead of hitting the snooze

Open yourself to the world outside

Appreciate what is waiting outside the door

© Christie Cote

January 23, 2011