I held her book to my chest closed my eyes and sighed.I want to write like her, I saidmy voice meek on a smallwave of breath. the wordsdaggered between my ribsand guilt bled out in crimsonrivulets. why is it so difficultto want to write like me? whydoes it feel like only in deathwill come the… Continue reading POEM A DAY – August 31
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POEM A DAY – March 2
“…that harsh and strangled sound…”From Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s After I wish that wars we wage are eternally internalthat the bombs we drop are chakra bound that thebullets we shoot are philosophy loaded thatour harsh struggles are the wrangling of valuesnegotiating love’s forces…that the strangled soundsof pain are proof that when we love ourselves whenwe harness… Continue reading POEM A DAY – March 2
VANESSA SHIELDS 