I admire her persistence and oh, how her howling soothes like the thumping inside my womb those vibrating drums birthed from her mouth I admire her persistence how these beats stretch across her howl The night twinkles bare, bare, bare, with dull blood Dance in her womb, crawl on your knees, eyes shut A mighty handContinue reading “Heart Song”
Category Archives: Poetry
Shame
You can’t live in shame from your mistakes. Forgive yourself, learn from your mistake, and do better next time. Those words, no matter how true that are, don’t make the shame go away, don’t make you forgive yourself, and don’t make you do better next time. What really does help though, is connecting with othersContinue reading “Shame”
My Cup of Tea
The watersThe drip drop into endless cups of teaFilled to brimBecause I will it ???Worked to boneMy flesh melts off next to herThe girl who exchanges glances from the black mirrorAm Ireally changed?Have I embraced the womanshe’s always beenTip tip tippity tapShe rises from the glassUp up up ohh she’s…She’sThe silence,the scribbles beforethe stormShe’s everythingContinue reading “My Cup of Tea”
Poem Trade
I share one I find. You share one you find. I’ll go first, Te Deum Charles Reznikoff – 1894-1976 Not because of victories I sing, having none, but for the common sunshine, the breeze, the largess of the spring. Not for victory but for the day’s work done as well as I was able; notContinue reading “Poem Trade”
In Honor of Snow
I’d like more snow. I don’t like driving in it but I like to look at it. It’s so pretty and I like how everything seems quieter after it snows. (Global warming is no fun at all.) In honor of snow days here’s a poem from Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningContinue reading “In Honor of Snow”
Keep Going
There’s zigzags and byways and dark shifty alleyways What do you get when you can’t find your way? Found? Or left to run astray? I don’t know what comes between those two things but I sure know you’re going to find all the things you’re meant to you’re not behind just make sure youKeep going.Continue reading “Keep Going”
Rules
That wall kisses my wounds shut growing pulsing That guard rail warms my heart numb without a beat That field left open feels like home Saschia Johnson
Inspiration
She’s going into the dark with a clasped hand a a heart that bleeds she’s all mind and a walk on the beach Saschia Johnson
Stop Giving Up on Yourself
There are so many times we are just at the edge of a breakthrough and we walk away. It’s funny, we sit here and say, “I want to reach for the stars. I want breakthroughs.” But when the time comes to sit through the pain, we can’t take it. We step away. We find somethingContinue reading “Stop Giving Up on Yourself”
Paradox
The future gawks at me empty brained the past fat and tired watches on jumbled with dreams and reality my source of energy and inspiration lies inside me rests in the present like a flower in bloom Saschia Johnson
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