All Posts By

Heather

Waiting to Exhale

You robbed me of my fairytale And I'm over here still waiting to exhale Got me jaded about love And I'm praying every day to the skies above Please help me escape his tight grip Just let me go…

The Silent Sorrow of a Single Mother

My beautiful boy, my shining star I’d go to the ends of the earth for you, no matter how far I wanted so much more for you, but it’s out of my hands I'm doing my best and hope…

Finding Joy Amongst the Chaos

I’ve always felt like everything in my life needed to be perfect for me to be truly happy. I found myself repeatedly saying, I’ll be happy when… But even when I finally got what I wanted, there was always…

A Mother’s Vow

I wish I could’ve given you the fairy tale life and kept my marriage intact But I realized I didn’t want to normalize constantly needing to put on an act I had a smile on my face while I…

The Wrath of the Bottle

The devil is in the drink It can be more harmful than you may think What starts off as fun, can end in disaster It’s a slippery slope not everyone can master It has the power to destroy everything…

Unmasking the Lies

Do you actually believe your own web of lies? The real you is getting harder and harder to disguise You’ve created your hellish world all on your own And now you’re a shell of a man and all alone…

Fear the Reaper

I wrote this poem to represent how I’ve been feeling as my husband continues to fight for his life in the ICU. The fear that he could pass away at any time consumes me. Whenever the phone rings, my…

The Devil on Your Shoulder

Poetry has always been a great outlet to help me process my pain. As I struggle to navigate through an extremely difficult time in my life, I turn my innermost thoughts into a work of art. Creating beauty from…