A place where you can be human.
Long square round faces
Big eyes squinting ones dark ones with mysterious secrets
Perky lips plump and pouty Big and juicy
A world full of descriptions
but what I really
want to know is their names
and where they’ve been
and what they named their favorite freckle
when they were ten
but most of all
how they’ve survived
on just descriptions for so long
-Saschia Johnson
I go to the library daily to think because if I sit home all I want to do it sleep. So I pack my books and journals and laptop and drive myself to the library everyday. But the words are dwindling. Even so I find myself here with hopes that maybe the words will come in.
You are a poet because of the way in which you document your life.
You are sensitive to your surroundings and that’s not going to change. Rather than trying to suppress it use it as a tool to keep moving forward.
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You are a poet not only because of the vision you have and the dreams you seek but because you write them down.
(Yes a pink book.)
To find something to say everyday
to find beauty in a fabric covored chair
or a one sided conversation on giving directions
held by strangers
My wedding ring has burned my ring finger
and left a line of blisters
but I keep wearing it because it’s pretty and pink
metaphorically that could mean something
My hair flat and static and my eyes uncrossed
on the up side
This poem has earned me candy
-Saschia Johnson
Don’t let them get you down
I know you probably supported them
and their dreams so much so that you lost yourself
And now that you’re reaching for the stars
it seems they are intentionally avoiding your endeavors
That the support you provided isn’t reciprocated
That’s ok cuz this is your fucking dream
Dream bigger since it’s just you
dream louder and longer
and don’t stop until you have everything you’ve ever wanted
just because they don’t have the courage to support you while you’re learning
doesn’t mean you’ll never be good enough
keep going keep digging
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