Sea & Anchor

By Shannan D. McShane

Sea & Anchor covers the categories of love (or lack there of), relationships of friends and family, and discusses the dark side of growing up and becoming a woman. This book contains content that may not suitable for younger readers, as it covers things such as abuse, sexual encounters, rape, suicidal thoughts and strong language.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664143050

Book preview

STEP 1:

Pass your stopper

Love

I have come to learn that we only accept the love we think we deserve when we become impatient with time. We need to slow these fast-moving lives of our and ease back on this sense of urgency when it comes to finding a relationship; scared of being lonely as if not having someone in your twenties is devastating. We need to wait for the love that deserves US. Love may not come in your twenties or your forties, love may not come at a coffee shop or a park like the movies, it might come in the bar or a shitty pizza place. It may not come when all your friends are getting engaged or married, but one thing is for certain when you find it, you’ll know.

Kissing my ghost

How often have you

Closed your eyes

To kiss a girl

And thought of how my lips felt

Instead of hers

Returning

You’re already gone

And I’m still not ready to lose you

Please come back

And tell me you were wrong

Guilt Trip

Stop feeling guilty

For being honest

When you can’t return love

That person deserves a chance

To find someone else

Who will feel the same

Don’t say I love you

Out of guilt

They don’t want your pity

Your sounds

Your laugh is a song

That I could play on repeat

Your screams are shrill and cold

Like nails on a chalkboard

I want more laughs

Loneliness

The vast majority

Of my inspiration

Comes from inside

A dark room

Filled

With your absence

Redo

This is what I want:

A clean slate

A second first date

Let go of our past offenses

Start over but this time do it different

Let’s take a second shot

And see if this time

We have what it takes

You know where I’ll be

Monarch

Patiently waiting

For the day

That your name

Will stop giving me

These butterflies

Body language

There are things I can’t tell you

But I wish so