My Brightest Star

I've been sitting on the sideline
Waiting for your call
Telling myself you love me
And moving right along
But today I see differently
I refuse to take your call
I'm better than (just) booty
I'm someone else's sunrise
And I ought to take the leap.



So hey hey hey, I've gone over the horizon
Hey hey hey, I've seen every star in my heart
Hey hey hey, I've burned every bridge that pulls down
I've set alight every beacon and my world's on fire
I've become the fire in me
I'm ablaze,
Being the brightest star in my world

(c) Shaziane

The Dignity That's Left

How do I walk through the fire without you near

How do I cross this fallen bridge without your hand in mine

How do I

How do I love our family into a new existence

When you refuse to love me

Refuse to have me

Refuse to take my face in your cupped hands

Refuse to see me like you first did

How do I

How do I continue to love our children for us both

How do I break all ties with you

How do I separate 'u' in us and keep my sanity

How do I break this world

 

A.

Part.

And still act like it's

Together

How do I cry inside and raise a happy home from this rumble

How do I sustain our family's foundation

When mine...

When mine...has already c

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How do I walk away with dignity

When anger, passion, shame mingle

Why do I walk away with the dignity that's left

Because...