Poems from the Heart

Verses about love, marriage, the weight of caregiving, and the grace that carries us through

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April 2026

A Thousand Papercuts

On the quiet wounds

He is not the villain. He is not the storm, the scream, the fist through the wall. He is the silence after...

April 2026

The Ache of Almost

When love is not enough

We do not fight anymore. Not because we found peace, but because the war stopped feeling worth winning...

April 2026

When Someone Stops Trying

The scariest silence

The scariest thing is not the fight. It is when fighting stops being worth it...

March 2026

The Weight I Carry

For Steve, and for every caregiver who loves through exhaustion

There are mornings I wake before the sun already tired from dreams of to-do lists...

February 2026

In Sickness

Marriage vows, lived

They warn you about "for worse" but not what worse looks like...

January 2026

Breadwinner Blues

For the women who hold it all together

No one tells you that providing feels different when you are a woman...

December 2025

When He Sleeps

Quiet moments

When he sleeps, I watch the rise and fall of his chest like a prayer being answered...

November 2025

A Prayer for Strength

For the days when faith wavers

Lord, I am tired. Not the kind of tired sleep can fix...

Our Anniversary

Still Choosing

For Steve

Marriage is not the wedding day, not the dress or the vows or the cake...

These poems are my way of processing the beautiful, difficult, sacred work of loving someone through hard seasons. If you are carrying weight too, know that you are not alone. The struggle is real—and so is the grace.

— Tiffany