There is a ghostly craft That floats Beyond the horizon Carrying the cargo Of all the choices I did not Could not Make The older we grow The more we unload Realising There is only one path we can walk this life And only so much we can carry Certain people, certain baggage So We […]
When jealousy alights on your shoulder And envy digs it’s claws in your chest Listen Because they are showing you your next step All too often these emotions are shown with a negative light Because they feel negative and can be toxic if not addressed maturely But if you slide the switch to the other […]
There is a place in the throat You can feel it when you swallow Words They form a clump Like a jar lid Keeping emotions inside Contained Be careful of the seal Things can go rotten in there Restraint is commendable But stomach acid does terrible Things To an inside that doesn’t ring true
I’ll put on my brave face And you shall don yours And between us The truth lies over and over as if nothing else matters But maintaining The lie That is bravery honoured And fear denied *Let me be clear – bravery, is not always the stoic face of the trained warrior It is also […]
Hours of scrubbing There is the wondering The pondering The wishing and the sighing As the hours drag by Still nothing gets done And it appears nothing ever will Until a way appears So Roll up the sleeves Apply elbow grease Add forgiveness Self acceptance A little divine deliverance And finally it is done You […]
There comes a point In every trip When you look back And you can’t see home anymore And the lovely thing about travel Taking trips Is you always come home But with journeys of personal growth You go somewhere else. If you’re lucky You lose sight of everything you ever thought you knew Your thoughts […]
Shoulders straight Backbone unbuckled You would never have known She carried a weight that gave her any trouble It was in her twenty yard stare The hand that sometimes trembled But otherwise she resembled Any one of us
Between the shoulder blades Is a space Where hackles can grow longer Turning Into sharp spikes of spite Or wings That though they may be metaphysical Still enable flight You decide.
Happy Sunday another scheduled post with one of the earlier poetry movies that I did. https://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2019/11/21/the-voice-in-our-head/ Back tomorrow. Stay well and enjoy your Saturday or Sunday whichever it is in your part of the world.
Fear Paralysing Heat rushing Heart sinking Shame Shame Shame The fear of failing being seen as lame lame lame I’ve had all these fears All these moments Again and Again and again And I’m still alive There is a second sometimes when I post something Where I literally have to walk through a brick wall […]
