tears there are always enough tearsgathering in the brookssplaying from my soulmeandering searching rushing expressing the languages of lovethat hold everything unconditionallyeven when my heart is a concrete damthe tears make way erode erupt offer me somethingto feel to taste to discoverthere are always enough tearsthis is my love language today
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Poem 88 – The Almost Guest
The Almost Guest I dream I’m the guest on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. A tall twenty-something with a headset & desperate eyes rushes me to a messy backstage then commotion & denial. Sorry, you’ve been bumped, from a different twenty-something – this one holding a clipboard & a cell phone. She doesn’t let… Continue reading Poem 88 – The Almost Guest
Poem 86 – Leave the Mess
Leave the Mess leaving the mess insideto plant Forget-Me-Nots & Nasturtiumin pots to hang hooks & flagpolesone big blue star a sign that reads: This Is Our Happy Place later I’ll smell the sun in my skinits dusty comfortthe dirt under my nailswill sing the song of earth settling in the mess inside will waitgathering… Continue reading Poem 86 – Leave the Mess
Poem 85 – Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings Hey Google, play Gipsy Kings.I toss my request at the cone machineon the microwave as I get the sinkready for another round of washing dishes. The music starts. It is loud and full.I’ve been craving this latin, flamenco,gitanos Spanish Romani energy explosion;the thick voices, the fast guitar, the beautiful bass drummingto the rhythm of… Continue reading Poem 85 – Gipsy Kings
VANESSA SHIELDS 