by heather | Jul 8, 2012 | Poems
Like the satisfying struggle to cut through an old credit card with barely adequate scissors I tussle with my thoughts, wrestling back on the reins. Pulling in the possibilities, cutting my ties with the past, allowing more room for cool dark syrup to flow through my...
by heather | Jul 8, 2012 | Poems
God with a headache, I am that which I am seeking, vast ocean poured lovingly into this body. Cresting with sublime compassion, falling into the trough of my own craving, there is no outside magic, no exit. Patience helps the voyage, not by soothing waves but adding...
by heather | Jun 30, 2012 | Poems
Circles widen of their own accord, webs don’t need planning but come from deep within the body of the spider. She feeds herself and silkmaking happens. Propelled by her instinctive need to live, she makes a few leaps, attaching to the flexible support of the...
by heather | Jun 30, 2012 | Poems
Notice the rocks that surround you, boulders you have carried and set down, piles of gravelly resentful sediment fortifying your stories and stones. Sing them down with the deep vibrations of your longing, the low rumbling moans that tremble and gasp and resound...
by heather | Jun 30, 2012 | Poems
Take off your shoes, or maybe your clothes, and find a way to set yourself aside without losing the fluid pulsing of your body. Let the scrambling cease, allow the fullness of the empty room to sound like the silence of a cave. Prepare to descend. Know that she calls...
by heather | Jun 30, 2012 | Poems
Sometimes you must leap from your bed upon hearing rain, ignore the need to pee, the fuzzy mouth and hair, lurch drunkenly for the door as you see the bright patch of sun warming the wall. Move from a place of desperation, a yearning not to miss the full colours of...
