Longer Than You Did

My bruise lasted longer than you did
a small purple mark,
fading slow on my skin,
while you slipped away
as if love was something light,
something that could vanish overnight.

The ache beneath my ribs
lingers the way your touch doesn’t.
I press my fingers to the bruise,
wondering how pain
can be more faithful than you.

You left without a sound,
but this mark keeps whispering
what you didn’t stay to say.

My bruise lasted longer than you did
and maybe that’s all I need to know
about love,
about you,
about me.

Your eyes

All I wanna do is stare into your eyes until they swallow the edges of me, until I forget where I end and where you begin.

I yearn to dissolve
in the endless depth of your gaze,
to let every thought unravel
like threads pulled loose
from an old, restless heart.

All I wanna do
is get lost in you
not to be found,
not to return,
but to live forever
in that quiet place
your eyes keep hidden,
the one that feels like home.

Sorry i fell

 

Sorry I fell , I know-
it wasn’t part of how things go.
We said no strings, we drew the line,
but hearts don't always stay in time.

You touched like silence, warm and brief,
while I was stitching secret grief.
I smiled like none of it was true,
but every part of me was you.

You never asked, and I stayed still,
pretending I had learned the drill.
But love, it bloomed beneath my skin
a quiet ache I kept within.

I didn’t mean to break the rules,
to be the one who felt like a fool.
But every laugh, each look you gave,
built something soft I couldn’t save.

So if you wonder why I’ve gone
just know it’s 'cause I held too long.
I’m sorry, love, if it was too much
sorry I hoped,
and sorry I touched.

A Puddle's Prayer

 

Hide me away from this world awhile,

Where I can forget how to wear a smile.

Let me melt down in the quiet rain,

A soft little puddle that feels no pain.

No voices loud, no clocks that chime,

Just the hush of wind and passing time.

Let me shimmer beneath the sky,

No need to stand, no need to try.

I don’t need form, I don’t need name,

I’ve played too long in this heavy game.

So let me rest where the ripples grow—

A puddle of peace the world won’t know.

How can i be another’s.

how can I be another’s now,
when I was yours in every vow?
You never asked, you never tried,
but still, I stayed there by your side.

You never loved me—wasn’t close,
I was the one who gave the most.
You took my light, you took my name,
and walked away without the shame.

I built a world around your smile,
you stayed for seconds, not a while.
And even then, I held on tight,
to fleeting touch and quiet nights.

They say there's more, that love won’t end,
but how do I just play pretend?
When every heart that tries to stay
still isn’t you, still fades away.

How can I be another’s true,
when I was never loved by you?
But every part of me still swears—
I loved you more than you were there.

–Rachel Dcruz

If I Were a Goldfish

 If I Were a Goldfish

If I were a goldfish, dull and slow,

I’d forget the things I ache to know.

Your voice, your laugh, the way you’d leave—

Wouldn’t haunt the way I grieve.

I'd swim in circles, small and tight,

Unaware of what I lost each night.

No heavy chest, no dreams turned grey—

You’d slip like light, just fade away.

But I’m cursed to hold each glance,

Each almost-love, each missed-out chance.

I carry you like salt in skin—

Wishing I’d forget where you had been.

If I were simple, soft, and small,

I wouldn’t feel this hurt at all.

But I remember, and it burns—

In every breath, your ghost returns.

- Rachel Dcruz

Take Me Away

 Take Me Away

Take me away from this mirror's stare,

From the weight I carry, too heavy to bear.

I whisper apologies into the night,

For dreams I’ve dimmed and hopes I fight.

The ache of falling short each day

Wraps 'round my ribs in a quiet way.

But maybe there's somewhere I can be

A softer version, still learning me.

Take me where the stars don't judge,

Where every wound gets time to budge.

Where even my silence feels like grace—

A place I don’t need to win the race.