love – KaylaAnn

Poetry

“Or”

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 kaylaannauthor

A Blooming Love,

Or just another Shakespearean tragedy?

Something solid and real,

Or just a dream that blows away the leaves?

*This is something I wrote back in high school and recently found when going through my old writing notebooks.

What goodies or oldies have you found in your own writing note books?

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Blogs / Life

Happy Anniversary, my Love

June 9, 2020June 8, 2020 kaylaannauthor

How can I adequately describe what love is?

Is it the way that my heart still beats faster when you come home

Is it the way my mind goes straight to you when I have something to share

How can I possibly demonstrate how love acts?

Is it the way we make dinners together, sharing in the work and the fun

Is it the way we choose each other every day over anyone else

How could I satisfactorily explain what love endures?

Is it the way you hold me at night when the crying won’t stop

Or is it the way we hold on to each other when the world falls apart

How can I abundantly illustrate the way in which I love you?

I could write a thousand words, edit, erase, re-write as I have today

It still would never be enough.

Happy One Year of Marriage, my love. I love you.

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Poetry

The Rhythm of My Heart

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 kaylaannauthor

The clock has truly run down. Today is the day and I

can feel my heart, not thundering, nor pounding,

but persistently

thump

thumping

in my chest

So ready, so willing, desperately desiring to finally take that walk

Where my destination will lead me to the place I have always wanted to be

I was told there would be butterflies in my stomach,

but I can feel them fluttering away inside my chest

thump

thumping

along to the rhythm of my heart

I know that somewhere out there, you are taking your place

Our family and friends are settling in their seats, as music begins to

play that sweet melody. It wafts through the air, it’s my signal.

I hold tightly to the arm of my father, and as I round that corner,

the world fades, and all I see is you.

And all I hear is the

thump thump thumping of a heart that has always belonged to you.

Thank you for capturing this moment on my wedding day! Photo credit goes to A Touch of Soul Photography (aka best photographers in the world)

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Poetry

Waiting for You

June 9, 2019June 4, 2020 kaylaannauthor

Seven a half years of

Waiting

For you

For a blue sky

Reflected on an azure lake

Two-thousand, seven hundred and some days

of Waiting

I’m waiting for you

For a walk down the aisle

Lined with pale pink petals

And rusted lanterns

With flickering lights

I’m waiting

For you

For the first dance as you

Swirl me about the wooden floor

As layers and layers of lace

Twirl about our bodies

I’m waiting

For the words

That proclaim our everlasting love

For the kiss

That seals our dedication

For the tearful send-offs

And then

Dimmed lights that signal

the end of my

Wait.

Happy Writing Everyone

***Please be aware that I am currently reposting past blog posts as I am gone on my Honeymoon (woohoo!) and will be unable to read, approve, like, or respond to any comments until I return in late June! I look forward to seeing you all again soon!***

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Poetry

Making Home

June 8, 2019May 17, 2019 kaylaannauthor

Freshly painted walls,

The smell still lingers,

Recently pierced to hang

The memories of our lives.

Our first home

Slowly, but surely,

We are transforming a space

And turning it into the place

Where you come home and

I get to greet you with a kiss

Where we stand side-by-side

To create dinner and wash dishes

Where we spend long nights

Watching movies and holding

Each other close.

Just happy to be

in a place that we call

home.

Happy Writing Everyone

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Poetry

Anticipation

June 7, 2019May 17, 2019 kaylaannauthor

….growing inside my chest

A tiny seed when we first began

Watered, tended, nurtured by love

By tender hands that wiped away tears

By gentle words that spoke apologies and forgiveness

By crooked smiles that burst into laughter

The years have passed and this seed has grown

Rooted in you, rooted in us.

Growing, it reaches and stretches out. It longs to touch the sky

Only a few more weeks until we become one

Until this anticipation in my chest

Blossoms into sweet reality.

Happy Writing Everyone

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Poetry

It’s You

June 6, 2019May 17, 2019 kaylaannauthor

In the fathomless night

I hear the whisper of my name,

Like a kiss against my ear.

And I know, I

know, it’s you.

Beneath the soft, familiar down

I feel sturdy, protective arms

Encircling my waist,

Pulling me tight, skin to skin,

And I know

I know it’s

You. You who holds

My heart. You who steadies

This racing soul that

Longs to settle in

In Your Hands.

Happy Writing Everyone

Poetry

Bloom

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 kaylaannauthor

Like a seed ready

To burst up from the ground, I

Bloom only for you

Poetry

Trembled

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 kaylaannauthor

Do you remember the street lights

flickering in the dark night

blurring behind the clouds and fog?

Do you remember how it felt

being secretly bonded, entwined,

together forever?

Do you remember how the sun set

earlier on the horizon, or how we

ignored the passage of time?

Do you remember how the clouds

parted against the sky to reveal

the starry night?

And yet,

we did not notice.

We were lost in another

Lost in our childhoods and youth

Lost in the world of our own making

Where there is no day or night

Nor sun or stars

There is only the here and now

As you whisper my name, pull

me closer against yourself, smile

into my ear, and whisper your promises

Together we are safe

Together we are home

Together we are love

In that place where two hearts

Trembled.

Poetry

Anticipation

May 3, 2019 kaylaannauthor

….growing inside my chest

A tiny seed when we first began

Watered, tended, nurtured by love

By tender hands that wiped away tears

By gentle words that spoke apologies and forgiveness

By crooked smiles that burst into laughter

The years have passed and this seed has grown

Rooted in you, rooted in us.

Growing, it reaches and stretches out. It longs to touch the sky

Only a few more weeks until we become one

Until this anticipation in my chest

Blossoms into sweet reality.