Written By: S.M. Grady © 2019 S.M. Grady
Things We Can’t Take Back
Category Archives: Poetry
“Listen”
© 2018 SM Grady
“Memories of a Stranger”
You never looked back. Was it easy to go? Easy to leave me behind, The child you would never know? Do you still remember? Do you wonder if I cried? Does it sneak into your dreams, Keep you awake at night? You left me with your name, It means nothing to me. You left me […]
“Worth It”
She had refused to settle, time and time again. She didn’t believe that she was “too good,” but she did know that she was worth it. That ever-elusive “it” that she couldn’t quite describe, but couldn’t quite feel complete without. She wanted the suddenness of it all, the excitement…the fear. She needed the certainty […]
“Over”
And just like that, it was over. That thing that had been gnawing at her insides. That one-sided thing, that should have always been two. That thankless effort, that unacknowledged fight. Without great fanfare, almost without recognition It was over. And she let go. She did not hate. She did not fuel herself with spite. […]