The beauty and the curse
of those we lose to early death
is the perfection
left in their wake
✨Deferential Devil✨
Love
Looooooooove
How
The way someone died
is never as important
as their actual loss
We ask “How?”
as if knowing will take away
some of the grief, and wonder
whether there was something,
anything we failed to do
to stop their demise
✨Deferential Devil✨
Talk
I want to talk about the universe,
and the psychology of people
The amazing way someone creates
and how it makes me feel
We can discuss the weather,
but only about how it forms
Let’s talk about dreams,
ambitions and failed auditions
Let’s reach for the stars,
paint constellations in our hearts
and sail the sky,
with whimsy at the helm
✨Deferential Devil✨
Lost
He carried me on his shoulders
and loved me through and through
I always felt important
when I saw his eyes of blue
So when the call came
and woke the dead of night
It painted a ghastly picture
of a tired mans glassy flight
The holiday became a sad one
and pain lingered every year
sometimes fading, sometimes present
but always exceptionally clear
✨Deferential Devil✨
Small Things
Even in these dark times
there’s goodness
It’s always the little things
which shine brightest in the dark
A smile, a laugh, a pets love
hold onto those moments
when everything is crashing down
they will anchor you to the light
✨Deferential Devil✨
Feel
I want my son to cry
as well as he smiles
because it means
he’s allowing himself
to hurt to heal
that he‘s okay to feel
pain instead of hiding it
✨Deferential Devil✨
Standards
He called me kind but inside
I wanted to tear him to bits
For making me feel less than
when I am so much more than
For holding me to higher standards
to which he didn’t deign to lift himself
✨Deferential Devil✨
Truth
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✨
Proud
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✨
Heartbreak
Heartbreak has always been
part of the human experience
But I think as an empath,
one feels both sides at times
and that makes it so much heavier
It’s like carrying another soul
but not knowing how to put it down
✨Deferential Devil✨
Deferential Devil Poetry 