Category: My Writing

Words

By Shelia Taylor on April 4, 2021

Words, failWords, liftWords, inspire Words are mean Words are kind Words they matter They lift you or break youThey comfort or hurt you They cut into flesh and bone They heal a […]

hope

By Shelia Taylor on April 3, 2021

look into your crystal balltell me what you seeI see one word: HOPE

Excuse me, is this thing on?Hello. Hi.Ugh, god I suck at this.Terrible, quite actually.Exposed and seenHiding behind words.Meet my inner saboteurRich with vile and low on loveShe’s an evil demon hell bent […]

A Lie

By Shelia Taylor on January 24, 2021

It was a lie of the most horrid. A lie that led to death. A lie that led to a dirge. A lie that scourged the earth. It was a lie of […]

Quiet Within

By Shelia Taylor on January 6, 2021

If I said I loved you and would move mountains for you, would it even make your heart quiver? Would it shake for a mere moment knowing that someone loved you so […]

I Have Become

By Shelia Taylor on October 17, 2020

I have become Disenchanted Disenfranchised Disengaged Disappointed Bitter and not better Angry and not softer Consumed by idle chatter Consumed by idle madness I long for a simpler time before Scrolling through […]

Turn Me Off Please

By Shelia Taylor on June 19, 2020

The buzzing noise in his head echoed louder and louder, covering the silent whispers from his mind or were they in his mind? Maybe they were just the silent whispers of his […]

The Sound of Sirens

By Shelia Taylor on June 12, 2020

The sound of the sirens woke him. It was getting closer. No. It was growing further away. No. Definitely closer. Paralysed, he laid in his bed with eyes pinched shut. Listening. His […]

Ghosts of Depression Past

By Shelia Taylor on June 8, 2020

hidden in the shadows linger in the darkness moments of sadness moments of dispair aches of the soul pain the heart river of tears washed away hurt and sorrow these are the […]

Dancing with the Big Boys

By Shelia Taylor on March 15, 2020

They say it’s a man’s worldBut it’s a world full of boysRude boysKind boysDumb boysSmart boysStraight boysGay boysGenderless boysHater boysLover boysBoys will be boysToxic with masculinityImmune to the hatred they spread “Dancing […]

A Beautiful Mess

By Shelia Taylor on November 25, 2019

I’ve been writing since I discovered haikus in grade school. It’s always been my thing. My passion. My way to express inside what I couldn’t always say on the outside. My voice […]