The day before you
Died
Was a spring day in
Winter
I walked to see the sunset
Still in my blue halter dress
My skin red from the
Sun
I was too eager
Begging for its
Warmth
On my pale skin
An old silver Lincoln
With suicide doors
Drove by
Don’t Dream it’s over
Drifting
From the stereo
Holding me like
Like a child
That still believed
In hope
I wish I could have
Stayed in that moment
Forever.
💫Amber Comber
I just need
A soft place
To land
The world
Is hard enough
I’ve been gathering
feathers
With these hands
Hoping it will be
Enough
I tremble under
The Cold moon
Another year
About to turn
Have I lost
All direction
Where can I
Return
I’m restless
I wander
Lost in this maze
Pining
For a place
To rest
Because I haven’t
Slept in days
I want more
Than just the scraps
Of 2024
Fuck the fear
Of this year
And the constant worry
Of those I hold dear
Survival mode
Is overrated
My adrenal glands
Are exasperated
I should not
Have to work so hard
To be able to rest
My heart is a hammer
Bruising my chest
Reminding myself
To breathe in fully
And to release
All
That
Is
No
Longer
Fucking
Serving
Me.
💫Amber Comber
Thunder rolling
The clouds gather
Emerge from the ocean
To settle the score
You tried to
Divide us and
Steal our power
But that will happen
No more
Scream so much
That you can’t hear
It is time to testify
Fuel the rage
Behind your tears
It is time to testify
Exhausted from the fight
Still can’t sleep at night
Exhausted from the fight
But it’s time to make things right
I’ve given so much but
I’m still gonna give you more
I’ll never tire because
I know what I’m fighting for.
💫Amber Comber
Why do I wait for
Crumbs
When all I want to do is
Devour
Why do I stay
Silent
Choking on words
I need to spit out
Just wading in
The shallow end
Of my doubt
I’m ready to dive
Deeper
Than I ever have
Before
I’ve given you the keys
Still
You won’t unlock
The door.
💫Amber Comber
Change is happening
Everywhere
You can feel it
In the air
The rising tide
The ebb and flow
Finding ways
To let it go
Horizon meets
The bluest sky
The waves come crashing
Building/cresting
Carry me out to sea
Time and space
Have no relevance
Your internal
Compass
Cease to exist
The stars will guide
Your way back home
Trust the wind to
Carry you on
Cleanse my soul
With the salt air
Until my heart
No longer cares
About all that
Tethers me to land
Lost at sea
And whole again.
💫Amber Comber
The crepe myrtles
Are heavy with rain
Crying
Bright blossoms
For me to walk upon
My hair still taste
Of salt from the ocean
When just yesterday
I felt at home and
Weightless
In her arms
I wrap myself
In my dad’s old shirt
Wearing it like armour
Knowing that soon
I will be fighting
The heaviness
That is lurking
Just
Around
The
Corner.
💫Amber Comber
Teach me
To savor each moment
And be able to let go
Lingering in the
Beauty of the past
Is killing me slow
I want to stand
At each threshold
Eyes open wide
Present and alive
Willing to risk it all
Not fearing the fall
Madly in love
With each
Breath
Kiss
Scar
Tear
Touch
Word
Wound
Laugh
The future is
Water and sand
The more I try to
Grasp it
The faster
It slips
Between my hands.
💫Amber Comber
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