Self Contact

That third last hour

Between the world of night

And the world of day

I began writing poetry again

I haven’t felt like sharing

The things that bake between layers

When I’m living

You know

Just walking through it

But one day

You look up

And there is a thin crust

Over the top of everything

And you can‘t find yourself anymore

Which is when I need to write poetry

Listening with ear to chest

Watching the sky

Sitting with the silence until it covers me

Stillness like before I was born

is what is required to see who arises

in this moment

because we change so much

that when someone announces it

Like a sucked and salty lemon

Eyebrow flickering

“You’ve changed”

I have to stop

And attend to what that might mean

And I can’t do any of that

Without poetry

People think it’s just a string of words

Perhaps rhyming

But it’s not

It’s the remedy of self unfolding

Unwinding

Poetry is the language we all forgot

While swallowing words

And regurgitated feelings

Head underwater, drowning

Sinking

It’s the surface after the depth

A gentle gasp of air

That describes the way you’re living

When you can’t

Quite

Remember why

And obviously,

it’s healing

Have a wonderful day X

13 thoughts on “Self Contact

  1. Yes yes yes. So many truths Kate. Breaking that crust and becoming again is a renewing feeling. For me, it’s my camera and every now and then the pen takes hold. Fabulous

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