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New Testament Needle

✨A Poem✨

Let things go

to thread the needle.

It’s just you that the world needs.

Not your successes. Not your pretty smile.

Just you.

That’s enough.

Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson

Pink Fruit

✨A poem✨

Liking my lips

pink pineapple juice

drips

down my palm and down my arm

the pain of knowing

is the only thing

you’ll find up my sleeve

but there’s so much life here

so I cut pink pineapples

and capture the sweet fleshy notes

Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson

I do

✨A Poem✨

dried lemons

floating with basil

cracked windows and doors

rain drizzle

why would I want more?

I do

Saschia 👉🏽 Jayne👈🏽 Johnson

Heart Open

✨A poem ✨

The words fall out of me

I try my best to avoid the crippling kinds

I grab onto the ones that dance with the present

and all the glory that right now brings

It’s all inside you,

that’s what they say

And it is, I understand that

(I’m not letting the words fall out)

but I can feel you

I can hear you

and I just wanted to say

I’d rather you here in my now than

any other way.

Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson

Embracing the Night

Finding Your Writing Rhythm

“The night is for dreamers. The night is for writers.” — Rosemary Lynn

Today I got to sit and stare out my back window. I saw a rusty feathered hawk fly real low and watched the bulls hang around and swat flies with their tails. Days like today remind me how important it is for writers to find their thing and accept it.

Slow mornings light my fire. It’s not just the peace that greets me in the morning; it also gives me more energy for my evening writing ritual. I’m a night writer. I like when everyone is snoozing while I’m in the corner creating new stories to share with the world.

Some people are morning writers, and that has nothing to do with me. If I wanted, I could write all day, but if I don’t write before bed, I don’t think I’d sleep a wink.

I don’t know if you’re a night writer but one thing is true: as writers, we have to find what works for us. For me, this is when I feel most connected to my inner writer. I can hear clearly the stories begging to be told. And that’s when I do my best to tell them.

But first, I had to tell mine. Writer’s Quest: A Triptych is my debut novel and I’m excited to share it with you. Click the image to see more.