Feel empowered with these poems or musings.
Truth isn’t always meant to be good news
Sometimes it hurts, rips you open
But there’s a certain beauty to it
because someone felt comfortable,
and open, to telling you their truth
And that is a rare gift of freedom
which you gave to them
✨Deferential Devil✨
I’m proud of how you decided
to change what didn’t serve
the kind of life you want
Your courage is immense
and your heart is bigger
than you’d care to admit
But I see it, acknowledge it,
and celebrate the kindness
you’d hide from others
✨Deferential Devil✨
What might save most
wont save them all
What kills some
could save many
What makes you,
might break others
Learning others is key
trying despite it all
is imperative
✨Deferential Devil✨
Sometimes a biting bitterness
twines to hold me captive
But it’s not too long
before bitter is crushed
under the weight of a life lesson
found amongst the debris
and an ever-hopeful heart
that refuses to drown
in anything but a soaring sweetness
✨Deferential Devil✨
Life doesn’t give us
what we can handle
to make us strong.
Nah, life gives us
whatever it wants
because we already have
the strength required to survive.
It’s just some days that strength
gets lost in the mire
and we forget it’s there
until we’re reminded.
✨Deferential Devil✨
I don’t know how to give up.
I’ve tried, but my spirit won’t give in.
✨Deferential Devil✨
I’ve been disregarded
and stepped on
more than anyone knows
I’ve climbed my way back up
and I will rise from these ashes
It’s just that it hurts at first
and climbing takes time
✨Deferential Devil✨
They yelled hatred at me
called me names
told me I was weak
Yet, I was the one
to stand against a tyranny
of slander and harmful deeds
and didn’t bother to respond
to closed ears and minds
✨Deferential Devil✨
The only thing denial really gets us
is denying ourselves a peace
that comes with acceptance,
and a sense of loss
we can’t quantify
✨Deferential Devil✨
If only he’d told me
the things he held so close
and let me in
or felt I was enough
If only
If only
I f o n l y
But he didn’t
and I wasn’t
So I became my only
✨Deferential Devil✨
Deferential Devil Poetry 