Fading subtlety

faint glimmer losing glitter sinking on horizons of pre-set time lines   I don’t have forever wait for life to occur mortality lends frameworks as final bells chime   seasonal cycles demonstrate renewals but other shores may have different climes   I see uncertainty losing subtlety etching dark visuals on happy old rhymes     … Continue reading Fading subtlety

Smoky veils

whiff of freedom fired by borrowed ideas filled some coffers burnt lungs away   self-esteem so low it got a boost by weightless dark smoke   a future so uncertain not deserving a thought veiled by thick layers of assumed identities   https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/01/28/photo-challenge-300/

Wild – Who, what, when?

going wild changed meaning from grabbing all the chocolates to rebellious adolescence to unconventional youth to wistfulness of adulthood   I wonder why I only wish to go wild now what stops me from doing it? fear of wilderness, weak will, or fear of repercussions?       https://dversepoets.com/2020/01/27/quadrille-96-wild-monday/

Stranger within

A stranger within meemerges unannouncedthreatens to engulfmy whole beingscatter me like ashesall over the landscapewhere was this spark hiddenfor a lifetime?unbeknownst to mekeeping me boundIn cages I did not chooseunderestimatinga powerwhich can change the world...Now that the mirrorspeaks the truthI will not break itbut block external influencefrom clouding visiononce again...

Concealed intentions

lurking beneath lovely exteriors hiding behind fairy tales   potential to mislead, contaminate healthy systems   I spent a lifetime identifying and fighting concealed intentions       https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/01/27/what-do-you-see-14-january-27th-2020/

Beleagured

I cannot tell youI’m afraidI dare not tell myselfI’m lonelyat the core…. A surge of passionswelling, swallowingleftover sanitythreatens to engulfmy voice I cannot tell youI’m not dumbI dare not tell myselfI lost my voicecrying hoarse…. I refuse to flowwith mainstream currentsBecome an obstaclefor influencers,powers supreme I cannot tell youI disagreeI dare not tell myselfI’m beleagueredwith … Continue reading Beleagured

Secrets I kept from myself

I stand face-to-face with secrets I kept from myself discover gems of unforeseen courage how could I’ve been so blind and insensitive to not know that I can stand alone survive alone a phoenix emerges from dark depths of secrets I kept from myself https://dversepoets.com/2020/01/21/poetics-shhhh-do-you-want-to-know-a-secret/

Impenetrable

I will protect you to the end of the world, for in your safety lies my security and in my silence lies your prosperity. we are unusual we are incorrigible partners-in-crime we write stories erasable replaceable where characters change but the core remains evil indelible Power impenetrable https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/tale-weaver-258-partners-16th-january/

The Beauty Myth

Book: The Beauty Myth Author: Naomi Wolf Last line The next phase of our movement forward, as individual women, as women together, as tenants of our bodies and this planet, depends now on what we decide to see when we look in the mirror. What will we see? Poem we will see everything we’ve been … Continue reading The Beauty Myth