Tamika : Writing

Just like water

Just like water

A Poem by Tamika


For much of my life love and water have always shared the same qualities. Love has always been around me, however not something that I could..
Gandhi once said..

Gandhi once said..

A Poem by Tamika


Gandhi once said: “Where there is love there is life”, and this is completely true, but he forgot to mention that where there is lo..
Heartache

Heartache

A Poem by Tamika


Last year was a total disaster and definitely the hardest and saddest year of my life, but it wasn't pointless because it taught me what I used..
Phantom feelings

Phantom feelings

A Poem by Tamika


My feelings for him are still there, but now they're more like phantom feelings. Like when an amputee goes to itch the twitch in their leg, just..
Feet, feelings and physical bodies

Feet, feelings and physical bodies

A Poem by Tamika


I wouldn't say I feel numb. I don't feel numb at all, I feel so much pain, but I don't feel anything other than pain at the moment. So maybe fee..
Darling, you are a match

Darling, you are a match

A Poem by Tamika


You are destructive, yet very safe. You can sit in silence, or make a nasty cackle. You are able to take down whatever you like, but you wil..
Killing sadness

Killing sadness

A Poem by Tamika


We're all guilty of doing things that kill our sadness, right? What happens when the thing that kills it, is the thing that caused it in the fir..
Incendiary

Incendiary

A Poem by Tamika


Incendiary. The dictionaries definition for this word is; “designed to cause fires”. The next definition is “tending to cau..
Papercut

Papercut

A Poem by Tamika


You were a paper cut. An almost insignificant part of my life. However you cut me. I have been cut by scissors, razor blades and Stanley knives..
Loving him

Loving him

A Poem by Tamika


Loving him was never easy, even when we were in our happiest of days. He gave me so much happiness that even when he was right beside me I crave..