I wasn’t going to post this because I didn’t want to be vulnerable. Then I remembered Brené Brown’s TED talk, and thought “fuck it”. (I’d apologize for swearing but that would seem counter-clockwise to what I’m trying to say.) Here’s to putting yourself out there…
in the dawn of night
my dreams wake me again
the neighbors are yelling
in the middle of the night
I roll, I toss my body
over and over
Bang!
muffled me
dark thirsty
my dreams maroon me
the neighbors are fighting
in the dawn of night
3am
I get up, I get down
over and over
Thump!
foggy me
salty darkness
my dreams arouse me
the neighbors need to break up
***
kool-aid girl
many birds
in flight white kites
fluttering areoplanes
looking to land
blue cloudy
in flight white stars
earth bidden bound
house seeking to move
kool-aid girl
in such white cups
slish slosh tin pain
needing customers
lips breathing
in sight white kiss
exhale light inhale dark
wandering for you
Good on you, for putting yourself out there, Lani. Fear sucks, and yeh, fuck what everyone else thinks. I enjoyed reading the words of the kool-aid girl poem x
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Thanks dear. My poetry workshop has been so nourishing! Kool-aid girl was from looking at pictures from a magazine 🙂
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Love both of them! And I agree, good job putting it all out there. Courageous!
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Thanks ladies! Big hug!
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