Priceless Words: Poetry and Prose by

By Lisa Pilgrim

Priceless Words is a collection of poetry and prose written by Lisa Pilgrim.  Inside its covers you will find 300+ personally selected pieces that bare her soul. The chapters are broken down into the memorable, and often life altering, segments of our lives.  Love, Lust,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Pilgrim
• Release date: Mar 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9780578811451

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LOVE

Overthinker

Trust the overthinker who tells you they love you.

They have, most assuredly, thought of every reason not to.

Our Reality

Our connection is the strangest normal I have ever known.

Common sense says this makes no sense,

but my heart calls bullshit.

Each a mirror image of the other.

Yet, both of us failing to recognize the same value in ourselves.

My wish is that this dream truly is our reality.

Found

You found me,

and loved me,

when I found myself unlovable.

Touch Me

This moment has been years, and

tears, and fears in the making. 

We stand face to face with all

walls down.

Just know that when you touch me

for the first time, you can't get any

closer than you've been before.

For you've already touched my soul.

Sunday Morning

I stand before your altar, my soul laid bare;

praying that I find words to give glory to your worth.

While at my darkest, your light shone down

until I was able to lift my head again.

While choking on betrayal, you breathed life

into my trust-weary soul.

While fearing attachment, I found my salvation

in your embrace.

For your unwavering devotion I owe a debt

that I will spend this lifetime repaying.

To you I surrender all that I have become, and

I vow to adore you until I draw last breath.

My Heart's Hero

You, single-handedly,

rebuilt the bridge between

despair and hope.

No matter the miles,

or the time between us,

you will forever be

my heart's hero.

From Heaven

Where did he come from?

This man who supports my every crazy idea,

celebrates every victory, and encourages me

through every defeat.

The same man who doesn't think me silly when I cry

over romantic memes, or when he sends me flowers

at work, for no reason.

The man that will stand toe-to-toe with me

when I get feisty and doesn't hesitate to tell me

I'm wrong, nor explain why he believes so.

This man who has stolen my heart must surely

have been dropped from Heaven.

Vengeance

I have something that I must tell you.

There's no need for you to reply, but

it's imperative that I get this off my

chest.  I'm going to love you like

you've never been loved before.

Those others before me were

just playing around.  I'm

going to love you with

a vengeance.

Tell The Story

I was thinking back to that first time, years ago, when you

invited me over. You lived in that tiny garage apartment.

Your favorite Harley blanket was spread out on the floor

and you had set up a picnic with really tall candlesticks

and candles that drip colored wax.

You ordered pizza and the delivery guy almost died

laughing when he saw the spread.  We laughed with him.

Just as hard.  You poured beer into blue plastic champagne

glasses that you bought at the local discount store.

Frank Sinatra played in the background, and it was

magical.  Then you handed me a small box wrapped

in purple paper because you knew it was my

favorite color.

Inside the box was a salt shaker shaped like an eggplant.

I knew that you chose the eggplant because it was purple,

too.  I remember how puzzled I was by such a strange gift.

You held my face in both your hands telling me that it

was my one half year anniversary gift, and that I would

get the pepper shaker in six months.

As I stood there staring in your eyes, with tears streaming

down my face the CD changed to Barry White.  It was so

romantic as we danced down the hallway.

The next morning I work up in the t-shirt that you went

to bed wearing.

Late

She takes her whiskey neat,

and her fun seriously.

She howls at the Crescent Moon

because the crowd is smaller.

Since forgiving herself

she forgives others more quickly.

And she's never late,

even though love is.

This One Is

You're concerned we have nothing new

to discover about love,

but there's no need to worry, my darling.

Yes, we've both done this before

and past failures seem to up the ante.

But, we have never been the two people

that we are right now, in this time of our lives.

Love may not be new to either of us;

but, this one is.

Fearlessly

I have loved fearlessly with no

waiver toward cowardice.

In shadow, and in total darkness.

Imagine how profoundly I will love

when love comes in light.

Innocence's Kiss

A bottle twist

Becomes a kiss,

On an Autumn's night years