Poems

Lonely

Being alone and Being lonely

Are two different things

For solitude can be filled with pleasure

While isolation brings about pain

One radiates hope

Casting a luminous glow

Upon thy eye

The other misfortune

Clouding and flooding the chambers

Through the window

In which tears drop by

-Astraea Rikke

Teenager- A Haiku

Freezing like winter

Once a flower now withers

Drowning in the tide

-Astraea Rikke

Astronaut

This world is beautiful

But so are the stars

So close

Yet so far

Keeping watch

While remaining astray

Rising and setting

To make up the day

I want to go up there

I want to be free

They say the sky's the limit

But it simply can't be

- Astraea Rikke

Therapy

What was once dreaded

Is now envisaged

Loss of hope

Is regained

Screams and tears

Turn into laughter

Joy and pleasure

arisen from pain

What may I become

What change will be seen

Will I ever be happy

Maybe reality is turning into a dream

- Astraea Rikke

Abandonment

My fear of abandonment

Constantly grows

With the years

What started with adoption

Turned me into an option

Everyone leaving in silence

Left me with no guidance

People pleasing tendencies

Gave me new dependencies

And each person I begged to stay

Only ended up

Pushing me further away

-Astraea Rikke