by Laurie | Jan 19, 2025 | Poetry, Serious
I don’t hate you anymore Now that I don’t need you I don’t want to hit you in the head Or slap your face Or shake sense into your brain Now that I don’t need you I don’t want to report you, Punish you and cut you Now that I don’t need you I don’t really care about...
by Laurie | Jan 19, 2025 | Poetry, Serious
…taught me to hold onto my truth Taught me truth is medicine Taught me that when I break the shattered parts expand Taught me to allow, and melt, and love Into the cracks Taught me not to hide Taught me I am allowed privacy Taught me, I’m not so special Taught me to...
by Laurie | Jun 7, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
Feeling sad was always bad So I pushed Past it Around it Ground it Down into a dust Slow-filtering out as much as I could trust through clutched-tight, tiny heart-cracks meeting up with tears swallowed into my chest it created…quite a muddy mess...
by Laurie | Jun 6, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
It makes sense to cry a lot. What didn’t make any sense was to be numb in my little bed, to shove away the fear, grief, unmet needs, then arrive outside my bedroom door, at the classroom door, at the neighbor’s door with a big smile on my...
by Laurie | Feb 20, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
“Oh Hello…what have you brought there?” I hold the plate of kid-baked, decorated, ginger-bread cookies in front of her. Eyes are shinny with expectation as she sits up Gray hair, unusually clean, a little thinner, But the same pale blue, opaque...
by Laurie | Feb 15, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
I can hike and ski and walk and write and dig and lift and pull and plant and climb and fall and jump and roll But I be will be sore, after I have smooth skin, soft skin, long legs, tapering ankles, healthy curly hair, bright eyes, strong feet But parts of me are...
