We resisted the stake And the flames The executioner's sentence Of ignorance and fear We took the fire And let it burn within us Raising our voices Raising our fists We spoke our truth We voiced our "no" But objects don't have the right To consent or refuse And still we fight Still we resist … Continue reading Resistance #wwwblogs
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Perfectly Pleasing #wwwblogs
The unbearable pressure Squeezing air from lungs Pushing pain behind the eyes Don't be shrill Don't shout Never refuse...anything Just say no Say it once See how loudly It will be ignored Boundaries Are for everyone else Hide yourself away Vanish behind the object They want you to be Never female Only archetype There is … Continue reading Perfectly Pleasing #wwwblogs
An Act of Memory #wwwblogs
The scent of sage hanging on the air And the wood polish for pews worn to a shiny sheen Project me to every place Every church Of childhood and the world With a simple deep breath - Or the schoolroom perfume Of industrial paint and old textbooks Time travel to first days and butterflies And … Continue reading An Act of Memory #wwwblogs
Strangeness #wwwblogs
The quiet changes With rain wrapped 'round And the air holds a strangeness As of waiting The morning rests in dimness With clouds sinking low And the world lives in strangeness Like an ambulance shriek The roof line weeps With water racing down And the ground sinks into strangeness Like a whitewater rush The house … Continue reading Strangeness #wwwblogs
Submerged #wwwblogs
Swim through the sky Shattering glass Become ghostly In shades of gloom and green Breath is a chant An Om of release A trail of disruption Easily followed Ballet and destruction Merged together Breaking the perfection Of stillness Trading it in Hanging it up For the splash And the energy And the heat Of movement … Continue reading Submerged #wwwblogs
Track #wwwblogs
No competition arrived The challenge was met In solitude A push for speed A need for better Striving Always forward Though the path Is no longer visible A world of breath Exertion And pounding heart Expanding my lungs Warming my muscles Homecoming Joyful Returning to who I am ~ Caroline A. Slee
Angelus #wwwblogs
The hills are shrouded in fog The steeple hidden from our eyes A world buried and muffled Vanished into the sky Land is swallowed whole Entire Nothing remains beyond our door But the Angelus Sounding the call It tells us we are not alone The bells peal through mists Countering the rains And dark clouds … Continue reading Angelus #wwwblogs
Puddles #wwwblogs
I remember galoshes Knee high A sign of fun As we raced On our short legs To find the puddles Rainstorms Turned our worlds Into new and messy delights Leaping Like so many cannonballs To bring our feet Full force Into waiting puddles Years beyond And climates away Galoshes are just an unfamiliar word Garden … Continue reading Puddles #wwwblogs
The Title Escapes Me #wwwblogs
The cursor blinks A challenge thrown A single-finger salute Raised before my eyes Yet, still The title escapes me The words may flow Faster than my fingers can fly Reaching without apology Into all of the dark corners And, still The title escapes me What arrogance it is To be a creator To hold that … Continue reading The Title Escapes Me #wwwblogs
Heavenly #wwwblogs
We tread the earth lightly Seeking that magic to elevate us Whispers of words long read Carried to us on dream winds We step along paths others have walked Finding comfort following footsteps Accompanied by imagined ghosts Carried by ancestors and tradition We hold our own lightness within us Lifting ourselves ever skyward More angels … Continue reading Heavenly #wwwblogs