If you cannot be a poet, be the poem
– David Carradine
Just Write When writing lights your soul on fire But you do not pour onto the page You are abandoning not only yourself But the words themselves They sit screaming within Desperate, yearning to be free Yet they are stifled By your fear The Fallen Tree Fallen druid Ancient soul Resting across The woodland soil Limbs outstretched Flesh laid bare Nestled among nettles In Mother Nature's care Recovery I cannot write poems of destruction Anymore Only sunshine And overcoming I think that means I’ve made it Overcoming Once chaos Now peace Once tragedy Now joy Depression made me a great poet But now I am free Self-Discovery The new me Makes my heart Sing Hatred My flesh is scarred From my tongue’s Semantic violence Insomnia My thoughts Are killing me Plunging me into darkness Yet again Moonskin Dancing with the tide The moon my only company She sees me And beams down upon my flesh Awakening all my sensuous imperfections I am whole Journey to Joy I used to be tiny My bones visible, my limbs thin I’ve never had an eating disorder I just simply couldn’t gain weight Due to the catastrophic chaos Taking place in my mind Adrenaline coursing through my veins Anxiety seeping out my pores Fight or flight Every waking moment Hellish But I am now plump, and proud My curves a glorious emblem Of how far I have journeyed Proving my triumph at battle Against my demons The peace has arrived Happiness coursing through my veins Abundance seeping out my pores Living authentically Every waking moment Joyous Lockdown My hands are raw As is my heart Lonely Tired Feeling so apart Gaping holes Distance The rules are restricting Life in lockdown Are we living or Just existing?
The Fae Twisted tree trunks Earthy floor Fawns, faeries Goblins galore Dance with us, come We shall have fun With sprite and spirit, forever more
Open Me We are all Leather bound books Just waiting to be read Cover to cover Desperately longing To be understood
Perseverance You can grow mountains From your struggle And plant trees From your pain When you prove to yourself You can battle every demon And slay every dragon You will dance Come sun or rain
Together To come together To hold each other To bask in each other's warmth This be the greatest Comfort of all
The Hunt The hippo basks In the rays The gator slides Into view Quick Hide Can you get away? Meal time Mother Nature Has had her pay
The Land of the Fae The woodland sprites Fawns and goblins Together lead the way, Through the Forest Beyond the river To the land of the Fae
Books The magic Of a book Turn each page With intention With vigour Absorb the magick Breathe in the words Unfold yourself
Moon Child She reached beyond the stars With her words She spoke to the moon As she wept And roared to the sun As she grew Her velvet voice Wrapping the silky sky And the earth quivered As she rooted herself firmly As a child of the universe
Unshakable Chaos swoops in Unexpected A tornado of mayhem It rips up the earth around you Spinning in despair Circling, uprooting But you? You stay right there Feet firmly on the ground Arms spread wide Smile wider Calm and centred Unshakable
Breathe Open yourself up to life Release yourself From your thoughts Free your mind And breathe into being
She Her voice Penetrates Their souls
Volcanic Heart Her words are the lava That her volcanic heart Spews out
I am Woman I am woman I am power I am strength I am tough I am armed I am ready I am woman
Nothing Everything means nothing If I do not love myself
Self-Destruction Love me! My body cries I’m trying, I tell her
Depression She drowns In her mind’s ocean Collapsing to the seabed Unable to surface
Take My Hand Take my hand, child Let us leave our thoughts For a while
Uprising Im rediscovering myself She who hid She who blooms She who has arisen What will I find? Overwhelmed Must give to myself What not yet given
Empower You have all it takes Inside of you But the one obstacle Is that you don’t believe so
The Ancient Magpie 