“If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I can say to stop you; if you’re not going to be a writer nothing I can say will help you. What you really need at the beginning is somebody to let you know that the effort is real.” –James Baldwin There’s something aboutContinue reading “Mid Summer Writer Melt Down”
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I Wonder
✨A Poem✨ I wonder about other writers mostly the ones that are no longer with us. I wonder what James Joyce would say over dinner, or if we’d like each other’s posts on Instagram. Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
We Go Together
💫A Poem💫 We can figure this out together. 🫶🏽 It won’t be the same way 🫶🏽 they figured it out 🫶🏽 because we are not them. 🫶🏽 Some things might work 🫶🏽 others are outdated. 🫶🏽 The best way to get through this is 🫶🏽 together. 🫶🏽 -Saschia 💫Jayne💫 Johnson
Guides
✨A Poem✨ Into the darkness 🕯️ into the light 🕯️ drifting sideways 🕯️ left and right 🕯️ I know what I want 🕯️ but not what’s coming next 🕯️ As long as the darkness and light 🕯️ find their place in my life, 🕯️ they will be my guides. 🕯️ -Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
Still Hazy
✨A Poem✨ Hazy skies, 🔥 blood red throats, 🔥 sore ears, 🔥 dry mouth, and 🔥 the scent of burnt… something. 🔥 The imagination goes wild 🔥 wondering what ailment 🔥 could come next. 🔥 Maybe none at all. 🔥 But the sky still hazy 🔥 and the sun 🔥 still shaded 🔥 are exactlyContinue reading “Still Hazy”
Canadian Wildfires
💫A Poem💫 The screen swallowed me whole I can’t get out, I can’t even see. Then again it could be the smoke getting to me. -Saschia 💫Jayne💫 Johnson
Awakening
✨A Poem✨ Dipped my tongue in salt water to preserve myself for a day of mothering. Saschia 💫Jayne💫 Johnson
3am Club
Lift the scissors ✂️ snip the string ✂️ place a layer of salt ✂️ on the rim ✂️ This is immortal ✂️ everlasting ✂️ and there’s a million ways to break free ✂️ See what you see ✂️ feel what you feel ✂️ and drift somewhere ✂️ between awake and asleep. ✂️ -Saschia 💫Jayne💫 Johnson
Interrupted
💫A Poem💫 Forgotten words haunt me in silence through the night. Discarded connections with my inner artist interrupt the sacred flow that binds us. -Saschia ✨Jayne✨ Johnson
The Reality of Things
✨A Poem✨ Count me in 🫱🏾🫲🏾 for the real raw conversations. 🫱🏾🫲🏾 Count me in for the deep connections 🫱🏾🫲🏾 that take us just a tad deeper than yesterday. 🫱🏾🫲🏾 Take my hand and dive deep into the sea of 🫱🏾🫲🏾 consciousness with me. 🫱🏾🫲🏾 I’ll be there 🫱🏾🫲🏾 the best way I know howContinue reading “The Reality of Things”
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