Writing poetry has been a passion of mine ever since I learned how to write. However, for the past couple of years, I have been determined to complete my next book in the Inspire Me Series, titled "Inspire Me: Awakening Dreams." Lately, though, my thoughts have been clouded and focused on sci-fi short stories instead. My goal is to finish this poetry book by summer so that I can fully dedicate myself to the short stories. It's strange how my writing habits have changed - from writing multiple poems a week to only one a month. Perhaps it's due to the pandemic, or the loss of my mother and close friend soon after. Strange Thing Grief, is the title of one of my upcoming poems, referring to how grief has affected all aspects of my life. Simple things are no longer simple. Writing poetry used to be therapeutic for me, but lately my emotions have been too heavy to express through writing. This poem, "Bound," is from my previous book Inspire Me Series: Book 1 & 2 and is a glimpse into  my upcoming collection.

Bound

Sorrow sweeps through my soul like

The sword of yesteryear

Waves of sorrow smash upon my heart

Reminding me of you

Of your love

Of your kindness

I drown in the eventual stillness, gasping for air

Why was life so unfair to you?

But it's me who doesn't let go

It's me who feels guilty for not

suffering your loss longer

If I hold on to that feeling, then the memory

Of you doesn't slip away

Miss the feeling of our etheric touch

I dreamt of seeing your soul last night

but I had tied a rope to it

You kept trying to fly away

But I kept pulling you back—You turned to me, broken

Today I cry and let you go—release you from the earth plane

The rope unties and I see your smiling soul fade away

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