shelbinh

  • Are you worthy?

    High school days, relaxed hair, & no glasses I’ve come to terms with acceptance. I remember sacrificing and compromising due to the love i have for people. Placing myself in a class of “i can’t” because i didn’t think I was worthy to have. The privileges and category I’ve been placed in subjects the mentality…

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  • Back then to now

    I remember sneaking late at night to meet you. Settling on carpet floors with our knees pressed against our chest as we listen to the old computer transition into melodies. We were always so speechless, yet every phrase soared into our hearts expressing what we didn’t understand. We just felt. We were young. My heart…

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  • Savages

    By: shelbi henny We were savages Holding my breathe To state the obvious Accumulating time that froze In what ifs And laid me on the bed In shadows that seem transparent Dormant to the possibility of Never being a choice Just a faint memory line With sad encounters I bare arms 2 Whistling words of…

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  • crushed ice

    by: shelbi henny   linger in a distant smile traveling into fingerprints calling into riddles that sing a song of what if possibly faults remain in this astrology i hate the wondering yet nothing drives me over the edge presenting the launch of chemicals that burst in the atmosphere you stare into my eyes i…

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  • Pecan trees

    By:shelbi henny Kissed by a snake I’ve cried in oceans of red wine Listening to love songs cry Leaning on forbidden fruit I wish that you could see me fall apart So unfamiliar Only the strong survives I only want to feel the breeze Dangling leaves That carry me to hide In moth trees Subconsciously…

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  • Swim good

    By: shelbi henny Drowning in this consequence Anguish reflecting I’m afraid to let everything slip away Fighting to remain with the tide Producing streaming lights That seem to lose its way Into the night Culture examination To the breeze So close to bearing arms Then i freeze Wrapping my eyes into the problems That crash…

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  • Weight loss

    The picture on the right was 2012 when i graduated from college. The picture on the left was about a week and a half ago. I have on the same exact dress. The difference was my weight. 199 to 145 looks completely different. I look at old pictures and realize my transformation. Not by just…

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  • Invisible clues

    By: shelbi henny Leave me standing in the rain Boiling into sadness Secrets playing games When all i know is fear Repetitive notion I lose the trickled years Though i form a mixed emotion Is it real Or just faint memory Could you be really who you say You are to me Is this defined…

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  • They know

    By:shelbi henny Forbidden We capture it so well A couple of foolish Connections that taste like Red wine stained on your lips Rolling in piles of cotton fields All we spell is “amazing” Cornering formalities That surpass our expectations Yet i bath in unmarked officials And you climb in allies to Face our differences Though…

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  • Wavy living

    By: shelbi henny Long conversations I’ve always listened At any cost i kept the roof on Cleaned all the dishes So attentive Believed in you When you couldn’t see your greatest I felt we had a future So close to having a child Yet i wasn’t finished raising To many promises I was degraded The…

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