Push To plunge Knocking over A strike towards Thrusting ideas upon As physical buttons are phased out Emotional buttons are pressed into service Anger is bulldozed and left overexposed While shame gets shouldered into the corner Sadness is propelled into the front lines As happiness gets swept under the rug Illness is prodded into the … Continue reading Pushing Buttons: C. Fay Shlanda
First Kiss: Bradley McKay
That kiss, those eyes and everything in between. Resonates in my mind and soul, my heart aches for so long it hurts. Time was a factor, but it was the timing that was the key. Your image so clear in my mind makes me calm and scared at the same time. I felt this once … Continue reading First Kiss: Bradley McKay
True Wisdom: Robert St.Germain
True wisdom cannot be bought or sold. And you get a little wiser every year that you grow old. If you squander all you have learned then what is it all worth. For you can spread a little wisdom while still upon this earth. Do not be afraid to share a piece of mind. You … Continue reading True Wisdom: Robert St.Germain
All My Relations: Randy James Hoffman
All my relations she said And this became her name One of the 13 clan Mothers Of first nations love She opens the door of kindness Forgiveness and mercy Upon her brothers and sisters of the light Compassion and understanding She shows to the human the wolf, the bear Bird and tree She sees the … Continue reading All My Relations: Randy James Hoffman
The Blanket This Year: James Adamson
I have taken comfort from the cold There has been the nullification of much Truth has been powerful Lies have become obvious Completion is in everything past Sleep has been real as with rest Tomorrow is cut in half yet it always grows The night descends like cocoon Overcast skies are beautiful Love for family … Continue reading The Blanket This Year: James Adamson
Urgently: Elton Plett
I cry out to you after I know you hear The peace that surrounds you Finds me here Speaking only the truth to be told Another story to soothe my soul Sampling sin we telling fools Another page turned lights a fuse Urgently loving you always Rescue me I think I’m falling To all those … Continue reading Urgently: Elton Plett
Hell-mare: Cory Buchanan
Lava tinged flickers, by the lantern room, swell soundlessly in unpaired horror. A thrum hammers in chest Scattered words rummage in slithering murmurs. Low hoarse moans launch from the shaded profile lurching with bent posture. Propped in the hall, all slams pitch dark, roaring with creaks. Falling to the baseboards, a pulse glows in retina … Continue reading Hell-mare: Cory Buchanan
Perpetual Motion: Cassandra Kulay
The strain of reaching, a resting place, Verging on parody, this will disappear Like scraps of paper from little black Books, the days I spend staring at Pictures of made lives and realize the Process, arduous dying had energy Once, until it was deprived of will And cause and cursed, it was a Hallow balance, … Continue reading Perpetual Motion: Cassandra Kulay
My Joyful Poem About Crying: C.K.
a single tear falls and with it hope grows for within the drop exists the knowledge that this isn't the ways things "should" be the emotions felt and conflict fought within are for the hope of a new day are for the hope of the ability to stop crying stop grieving stop hating that which … Continue reading My Joyful Poem About Crying: C.K.
The Look: C. Fay Shlanda
Look. Really look. Take your time. You can see my height, weight, eye colour, and more. My physical body is easy to see. What you may have missed is my physical being. Watch as I describe it. Witness the tapping of my foot, as it shakes its way through my nervousness. Notice the constant movement … Continue reading The Look: C. Fay Shlanda
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