I go to the library for free WiFi
and the wide variety of book options
I go to feel part of the community
but today the wifi wasn’t working
and I’m in the middle of a book I left home
made me want to get up and leave
I guess being part of the community
doesn’t stand alone very well.
-Saschia Johnson
I’m in search of symbols
I search the worst places first
starting with Social media
the dusty ones
Those few I should’ve deleted
a while back
I clean the house
Because they could be mixed in with the dishes
Or with the crumbs on the carpet
And when that’s through I sit and think
And think
If I were a metaphor where would I be?
There’s the trees
the oceans
The sky and wild creatures
Love, heartbreak, Death
Is it possible that the search
is the metaphor
The crumbs the dirty dishes
the urge to find a connection
-Saschia Johnson
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.
Can’t wait to get my copy. If you haven’t checked these guys out do it now. 🙂
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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.)
