4 AM dreams I hang upside downan unseen monsterclaw-gripping my anklesI silent scream until I can’t breathemy voice dies first I witness a man hurtle his childpummel his wifeevery phone I use to call the police does not workI don’t know how to help It’s 4:54am when I look at the clockon my cell the white-light… Continue reading Poem 99 – 4AM Dream & Resilience Poems
Author: Vanessa Shields
Writer. Mother. Lover.
Poem 98 – A Spider and I in my Basement
A Spider and I in my Basement A spiderfalls purposefullyfrom the ceilinglegs jazzy with descentits invisible threadof web extendinglike hope I watch because I’m afraidalso open to acceptingthe spider’s place in our homeI don’t want to kill it & thatfeels good in a weird way This spiderlands gracefully on the floorits invisible web still invisiblehope… Continue reading Poem 98 – A Spider and I in my Basement
Poem 97 – We are
We are Changes comes in swift punches & the kids, well, the kids are still learning how to swivel & duck & exhale. I heard ‘We are the world’ on the radio this morning & I remembered watching the crowd of singers wailing it live in an effort to raise money for starving kids in… Continue reading Poem 97 – We are
VANESSA SHIELDS 