After Thoughts, a Series

it was in the midst of everything
that suddenly I realized
and stepped outside myself
you were never real.
I was in love with a ghost
and like this lonely lemon tree
I will find the will to survive

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After Thoughts, a Series

I want to say the words
but your heart knows,
I feel its beat
each time we speak
thunderstruck...

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Loose Ends

it wasn't supposed to end like this
with so many hanging syllables around certain

random questions
you know what I mean,
the ones with multiple answers
and we don't even have one
never accepting, 
only to find out it never was

so, where do we start or have we lost the beginning
trapped in a maze of unfettered steps,
right here at the starting gate
although it's been years now
and no one, but no one dares

and me
here I am, still anticipating
for what, exactly
wondering at times, 

if I've lost the ability to see

while
stuck in this canundrum
paradoxical dilemma,
trapped in a loop
that never returns ...

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After Thoughts, a Series

I have loved you for a thousand years
and yet,
each time I hear your call
my heart skips two beats...

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After Thoughts, a Series

I miss our conversations that stretched
into the next sunrise and beyond,
never ending.
finding laughter and so much more
how could I have known
it meant nothing to you,
as I stand here 
dumbfounded,
drowning in this pain...

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After Thoughts, a Series

you blew into my life like a hurricane
knocked down my defenses
within the first week.
soulmates, love hard
always be your baby.
jack knife
splattered hearts,
and you call me crazy?

AlisaJs(c)2018

After Thoughts, a Series

I still find it so hard to believe
that you behaved like that.
Hot to smoldering
and then evaporate,
without a trace
after I called you out
after I wouldn't take 
your inducement...


 AlisaJs(c)2018

Let's Learn Manners

Mommies and daddies
Around the age of two,
Teach your children
To say, 'Please' and 'Thank you'


From: Let's Learn Manners, a children's book. Coming soon. Illustrations and story by: AlisaJs

Let's Learn Manner's .. rough sketch

Make time in your day and take your nap. Listen to the melodies, such a beautiful cat.


 Rough sketch from Let's Learn Manner's, a children's book coming soon. Illustrations and story by: AlisaJs.

After Thoughts, a Series

It was somewhere left of heaven
the last time I heard him speak
his voice, like an angel
how my heart broke in pieces that day.
still processing thoughts of betrayal...

Alisajs (c)2018

After Thoughts, a Series

and just like that, he was gone
a deafening silence.
where there was once laughter 
and enticing anticipation
demoralized is too nice a word...

alisajs(c)2018

After Thoughts, a Series

He promised me forever 

and like a fool, 

I ran to the end of the rainbow, 

certain to find him waiting

next to the pot of gold

like he said he would...

alisajs (c)2018