Declaration of Independence 

It hurt my heart when I let you go

Even though it was the right thing to do

It didn’t feel like it no, not at all 

I thought I’d always be with you 

But you never followed through 

Not even one single  time 

So now I’m done with you 

Being with you was an uphill climb 

I should’ve known it was too good to be true 

I should’ve seen the signs 

But I’d look into those eyes of blue 

Those were the downfall of my design 

You left my life in devastation

Teetering on the brink 

Always excuses and explanations

I was blind, I didn’t think

But I’m better now, I’m coming back  to me, 

A better person than ever before 

A woman who insist on a heart that is happy

Or I will walk out the door

Lynn West 

(C) 2023

Tortured Soul

Tortured soul,  when the realization hits you

 like a ton of bricks, head on 

You feel like a freight train has taken over 

and it’s running you down 

but there’s nothing you can do to get out of the way.

 Life is supposed to be better than this, 

empty promises as deep as a well 

Lost dreams as vast as a 

 the ocean  and  as faraway from reality

as the moon

my soul is absolutely terrified 

How could I have been so foolish?

Lynn West (2023) 

Return

Knowing your touch
will be as whisper soft 
as midnight, that magic hour 
when the world is
slowly floating past

You lean close  to kiss my forehead, 

making me feel so safe

In your arms, I will drift as
smoothly as a ship bound
for passion's shore,
lost in the fog of bliss

In a world where ecstasy is
not a distant memory
but rather the mindset
of what we are together

Traveling life's path around
any obstacles, hand in hand

I see beyond the mountains high, to 

a time and place of contentment, 

Known as the book of We, 

it starts with chapter 1 

welcome to when

Lynn West (c) 2024

Fiercely

Fiercely 

 I will love you fiercely 

each and every day 

 You bring me joy in each and every way

 I will trust your judgment

 and walk this path with you 

For you and I both know 

 our love is strong and true 

 Take my hand , don’t let go 

for you’re my all in all 

You’re the only one I care to know 

When it comes to loves true call 

 Love me, so fiercely , 

 forever and a day 

Be by my side till the end of time 

And then just one more day. 

 Lynn West (c) 2024