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. She’s got her hand around my shoulder Holding me in a way only we can explain. This time These days They simply pass by Like the daily blush of tomorrow that I so longingly wish would escape my eyes each and every dawn. I see the hours pass around you Sacred and yet the same I’m heavy with the thought that it will soon be time to watch your life dissolve My arms around myself as I feel each memory unfold. These moments This time I hold you in every breath I take Reminded that when my arms are vacant of your blessed embrace I’ll close my eyes and wait for dawn to break and feel your hand on my shoulder Holding me in a way that only we can explain... 🖋 • • • #photography #photo #canon #canon6d #canon_photos #canonphotography #bubble #frost #winter #frozen #snow #bright #vicalps #victoria #travel #explore #roadtrip #adventure #wanderlust #writing #poetry #prose #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #spokenword #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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. You left these marks on my heart Not scars They’re lines of letters and numbers Times and dates and words that sank so deep they’re anchored to every beat of my heaving heart...🌁 • • • #photography #photo #brooklynbridge #nyc #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #newyork #manhattan #usa #america #newyorkcity #sky #travel #explore #adventure #wanderlust #roadtrip #poetrycommunity #writing #poetry #prose #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #spokenword #freeverse #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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. You take my breath away Breathless Inside my hands I’m holding you Watching your smile shape your face Time stands still And my heart Closes tightly around you. In the moments to myself When you’re not around and my eyes crave your hypnotic silhouette I'm between dreams as my mind plays sweet melodies of you Wholesome and tender, they whisper to me Secretly hoping you’ll walk through the door and flood my heart with pace...❄️ • • • #photography #photo #macro #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #droplets #canon6d #macrophotography #waterdrops #nature #winter #bright #vicalps #victoria #australia #poetry #writing #pine #alpine #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #prose #spokenword #freeverse #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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. I felt it flicker That light between our chests That pulsing, living, breathing thing that makes us feel like we're alive. I felt it ignite It went coursing through my veins Rushing like wild fire Inside my mind I knew nothing but it's temper It's beat, it's colour. The way it made me feel even when you weren't around It kept me up at night It's slow burn kept me afire with such sweet rapture. Just waiting to hear your voice, dusk breaking and you walking through the doors I knew I'd found a place to call home To feel at peace To lay to rest all that had fractured my once solid belief that life and love were one. That my soul could recognise itself within you I felt that flicker of hope restored And my heart so lovingly tied to yours... ⚓️ • • • #photography #photo #canonphotography #seascape #canon_photos #canon #morningtonpeninsula #melbourne #victoria #arthursseat #ocean #horizon #travel #explore #adventure #wanderlust #roadtrip #landscape #summer #writer #writersofinstagram #poetry #poetsofinstagram #prose #freeverse #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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. You come closer I can feel you move around me Your eyes On me I’m surrounded, frozen As you put your hands on me, speaking so intently to my senses So far from calm and collected My heart’s affected by every move you make. It's a game Not knowing who to trust The lust arrests my breath And I’m lost In your arms To your ways To the foolishness of the early days and all I know wasn’t real. And yet you catch me every time I fall and I’m right back where I started Swaying to the beat of nothing I didn’t already know was fleeting Cheating on my own heart for the sake of this moment This one right in front of me. The feeling I get when I’m around you Forbids me from moving beyond any of this Our past, we’re dancing in the past But you come closer And the lines are blurred And my eyes My eyes give in to you every time Without them I’m lost To days of holding you close and nights with your arms wrapped around me Every embrace anchored to a life slowly sinking with every beat of our heaving hearts. The love I feel in these moments consumes my entire reality It feels right without the tempt of question or doubt And these spaces between your fingers intertwine within the vacant places of my soul Searching for you wasn’t easy but convincing my heart you weren’t what I was looking for will be nothing short of impossible... 📝 • • • #photography #photo #music #canon #guitar #spokenword #writerscommunity #prose #writer #canon_photos #canonphotography #writersofinstagram #poetry #poetsofinstagram #freeverse #poetrycommunity #writing #travel #explore #adventure #roadtrip #wanderlust #holiday #winter #worldnomads #brisbane #queensland #foreverchasingthesun #alifelessordinary #theshuttersessions

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. They're ringing in my ears All the words we spoke each night I slept beside you You're moving around me but all I see is shadows of chaos and regret You hold your hands out to me Don't you dare put your hands on me I'm screaming At myself for getting this comfortable I can't process a single thing you're saying I don't believe you I feel alone in my own skin Your eyes are so easy to read Should I look to them to find the truth... 🖤 • • • #photography #photo #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #scotland #glasgow #travel #explore #adventure #wanderlust #roadtrip #night #holiday #winter #highlands #sky #worldnomads #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #poetry #prose #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #urbanphotography #streetscape #spokenword #foreverchasingthesun #alifelessordinary #theshuttersessions

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. Can I tell this story over when you forget my name I'll kiss your cheeks and hold you close Tell you I love you in any language you please. You'll ask me how we met, how our hands felt palm to palm It was your smile that drew me in Honest and disarming I knew from the start I never had a choice. Your love swept over me like warm honey and milk So soft and nurturing I felt you in everything My soul was yours My heart, given. I asked you what I needed to do How I could give you something you never knew existed But instead I found myself explaining your feelings That you wrote for me to give to you. Feeling the weight of every word in my mouth What it meant to you when you wrote them in hope of something in return. I held your gaze and made a promise I would give you all of this, every word No matter how hard it is watching you leave Feeling you slip away These are your words Your heart Your life you wish to be reminded of... A gentle breeze A sudden rush of cold A dull ache from your heart you loved to feel when you were with me It reminded you of what it was like, to love this much, this hard, this way. Without it, you knew you weren't whole. You made me promise I would remind you of all of this. No matter how bad you were losing No matter how long you were lost No matter how painful it was to see you lonely. These words Your words I'm to give to you, in any shape or form they may take Not for me Not for the memory of days passed Not for a second of hope you'll come back to me But for you For your mind For your heart For your love For the memory of your life That I had the happiness of enjoying with you, surrounded by you, loving you Learning that even though you may not remember my name Or the way it felt with our hearts and hands intertwined What we had was real And I'll spend forever reading you your words Reminding you of what you felt when you wrote them Signed To me From I For us... 🌈

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. My mind’s adrift Hands on cold concrete Waiting for your car in the driveway Last night’s sleepless slumber has me at half mast But my heart's beating through my shirt as you open your door. Arms outstretched to scrambling bodies I leap towards you with my heart on my sleeve You hold me and we’re the same for a moment In this moment, as one, together Like we were last year Every year before now. Two days of your face against mine Two weeks between holding your hand I hate this But I love you And watching you leave gets harder every time. You told me you love her That loving her was hard and sometimes people change and hearts no longer collide But your love for me would never fade Your blood runs through my veins and you and I will forever be the same. But my mind’s adrift Hands on cold concrete Still waiting for your car in the driveway Two weeks turned into two years And my heart beats through my shirt Knowing that what you said would stay the same, has changed... 🌾 • • • #photography #photo #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #ryepier #melbourne #morningtonpeninsula #victoria #rye #landscape #beach #ocean #pier #sand #travel #wanderlust #adventure #roadtrip #explore #writing #winter #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetry #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions #alifelessordinary

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. We walk and talk You and I Our feet on pavements Hearts beating through frozen chests The numbness of days gone by has us caught between switching sides on the pavement and waking up to life alone. Is it me you want? Is it my eyes you see when you look at me? Or just this disaster.. This memory of pictures on phones and heartlines colliding inbetween sheets. It's distant Over before we have a chance to catch our breath I trusted you Confided in the warmth of your honesty And yet I stand here now with words falling out of my mouth that mean nothing to you. To disconnect maybe But to disappear... You have me clutching at hearts in chests like they're melting before my eyes. And yet I can still taste you on my lips Still feel your hands running down my arms as we watch the sunrise one last time before this is over. I'm terrified that we're walking away from this too soon Is there too much time between us to turn away? My heart beats so loudly through my chest I know you can feel it's vacant echo inside yours. All our mistakes We fell short every time Were we competing or just cheating on our past? I regret the choices I made in those moments. And I know the look in your eyes agrees with mine. But we're distant and we've drifted. Apart Alone Away from what we thought was forever. I still need you But my heart breaks every time you lift your eyes to mine... 🖤 • • • #photography #photo #blackandwhite #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #newyork #nyc #manhattan #america #usa #travel #explore #adventure #roadtrip #wanderlust #writing #poetry #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #prose #spokenword #freeverse #streetscape #urbanphotography #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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. Let’s not get caught up in mixed emotions Held together with someone else’s hands Our mouths are taped shut with expectations and consuming consequences Falling short every time. We’ve wasted years of youth with broken hearts and hand written letters that spell out our cries in such hollow bold that even our eyes don’t believe their own truths... 🗿 • • • #photography #photo #canon #canon_photos #canonphotography #rocks #melbourne #greatoceanroad #nature #landscape #writing #victoria #winter #travel #explore #adventure #wanderlust #roadtrip #holiday #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #poetry #freeverse #prose #poetsofinstagram #spokenword #poetrycommunity #alifelessordinary #foreverchasingthesun #theshuttersessions

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self care is listening to the same song on repeat for 8 hours straight

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PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈