Apr
20
2021
i built a new corner
and walked straight into it
left the paint on the floor
drying
held my arms high and my head straight
buried the forgotten
forgave the remembered
worshiped nothing
but silence
and the tenacity
of trees
throwing spring green buds
into air
like so much
confetti
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Apr
19
2021
hawk eye sky circus
circling pattern and crisscross river
wing map walk back
reveal
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Apr
18
2021
and now they say it’s not that bad, the sky isn’t
falling and here we are, bits of blue in our hair,
trapped in the rat-maze tracks we’ve worn in the
carpet, no longer even trying to get out.
and now they say sorry, so sorry, sorry, not sorry
and no one knows who cares, doesn’t care,
can’t care, wouldn’t care, cares too much,
has gone mad with the caring, can’t find
a damn thing to care about.
and now the sky is blue but it’s always raining and
the basement’s flooding, water seeping in around
the edges, no one sees if we close the door, ignore
the smell, carry on with dinner and distraction and
pretend people aren’t dying in a dark spreading puddle
of sour statistic.
and now. the question that only ever has one
answer, the damned unprepared living of it all,
smiling when the sun hits your face for one brief
silent moment, aching for life, alive love
laughter landing, burning through the
empty stare of days.
and now.
…
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Apr
17
2021
in the black lace
morning moment sunrise
hand held branch felled heart meld
water warped meander walk
of worship
…
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Apr
16
2021
the taste of tea and whispers of envy
smells of green and cinnamon
rolling through a harbor of unbalance
too late too much too early too little
promises skitter in every dark corner
wallflower flower built for keeping
pressed between pages
hidden bouquet
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Apr
15
2021
beauty
springs
from the humblest
roots
…
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Apr
14
2021
and smiles at dawn
good morning, sunshine
all along
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Apr
13
2021
there is no bitterness here
nor regret
just the walking off
weary worry
weight of the world
no solutions to carry
no voice fuel to parry
no answers hidden
in the littered grey gravel
just anger fury fear glinting off the back
of the (slick fake true) reel news
this sky that sky this sky
always leading always following
bluest
not enough
never
not enough
too much too much too much
to reach so high
…
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Apr
10
2021
dipping one toe in
the cold is brutal
still
this is where i live
now
old and grey
and somewhat silent
no one cares
except when I creak
sitting alone
in my sun-filled corner
i have always had grey cats
a favorite color
in a tiny life
lived beneath every rainbow
where the bluebirds bring me sky
and I am just a figment
of a girl’s imagination
holding court
at the laundresses
tea party
and you are the shadow
of my joy
…
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Apr
9
2021
she chose
the flower
he named
the scent
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