It’s a darkened corner
She’s backed into
The walls bearing down on her
Crushing
The blackness — illuminating
She sees now the way
The way out
Through
She must claw
She must crash
She must fight
Her way
To the light
Voice
Word of woman
Truthful and telling
Of hearth and with heart
On silence, in screams
From the soul.
Hidden
A woman of words
Though not her own
She sits, pen in hand
Bringing others into the light
Lexie’s Wish
Twenty years in the making, my dream of being published is now a reality.
I never imagined it would be a short story I wrote in university, or that it would be a children’s picture book, but, alas, here it is in all its glossy glory.
Told through the tale of little girl, Lexie, Lexie’s Wish is a story of self-reflection, self-love and inner happiness.
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Soul Spark
The heart it falters
The body begins to shake
The mind it weakens
With this step about to take
But the soul
She steadies
Apt for a fight
“Challenge,” she says, “Bring it.”
Darkness she’ll turn light.
Unvoiced
Snuffed out
Like the flame
That once burned so brightly
So hot
So intense
She no longer has it in her
That fire
That heat
To make herself heard
And held
She now sits silenced
Saddened
She let it happen
Her voice
Snuffed out —————
Like the flame
She once burned so brightly.
Inhibited
It’s in her eyes
The heartbreak it grows
It’s in her tears
The anger it shows
She no longer screams
Furious with rage
The beast inside
Subdued and caged
She longs for her voice
To be heard and held
But for now she whimpers
Words trapped, welled.
Empty
She had nothing left
She screamed
She sobbed
She sank deep
Looked deep
Within herself
And found
Emptiness.
Purr
Like the gentle purr of a kitten
The forest it soothes me
Soft but steady tremors
Below, above, surround
Engage my soul
Bestill my spirit
Entrap my body
In peace
Harmony.
Maialis: Lily of the Valley
Chaste and pure
Petals of soft youth
Deadly you are
Poisonous in truth;
Beauty you hold
Scent of sweet day
Captive to the senses
Oh flower of May.
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