September 9 Before suddenly, without warninglike the dazzling sting ofa fast slap on naked skin this invisible marker in timeafter all the visible deathscomes from within soon living in shockscollages a new reflectionin the same mirror September 10 It’s A Different Alone I am mid-fall and losingthe fears of letting goshe asks: what wouldit feel… Continue reading POEM A DAY – Sept. 9 & 10
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POEM A DAY – August 29
take off my socks, touch my feetFor N. I do what you tell me to dobecause I’m telling myself to do it tooI do what you need me to dobecause I’m needing myself to do it tooI do what you love me to do take off my socks, touch my feet Love’s alignment is robusta… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 29
POEM A DAY – August 17
Watching My True Love Living His Dream Heat reds my cheeks as I stand off-side, hiding behind a fence of men in black t-shirts awaiting the director’s attention. The director. The man I love. The man I’ve loved for lifetimes. He sits, relaxed, in a wooden chair at a table in the cafe set like… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 17
VANESSA SHIELDS 