Archive for June 2020
DON’T GIVE UP by Maggie Ervin
Don’t give up and don’t give in Just sit for a minute…it’s all within Do what’s next for your soul to thrive… Return to the deep, take the plunge and dive! Don’t give up and don’t give in All is well and all is within Do what you’ve always wanted to do And see the Truth,…
Read MoreMY INNER CHILD by Cindi Foti
Looking back on my life, I realize my inner child was wounded at an early age. It is all making sense to me now. The trauma that I experienced in my childhood began around the age of five. My parents argued constantly which caused me to withdraw. My two brothers and I seemed to always…
Read MoreQUESTION EVERYTHING by Jen Curry
It took a long time to do nothing. To be patience to listen. to hear to question what’s heard. not implied. Familiar frames misconstrue and fool.
Read MoreSHORTCUT by Fiona Goodwin
Is there a shortcut to my humanity? Can I carve my way through coldheartedness and apathy To find the antedote to bigotry my own and others Somebody help me please To no longer be a bystander Gagged and silent When atrocities occur every day. In my own heart I turn a blind eye to intimate…
Read MoreTurning The Tides by Jen Curry
Turning the tides Why confide When feeling despised. There is no prize For my demise Especially when it Comes from lies. Prisms spinning Rainbow with rhythm Cycling whirlpools Churn current isms. Turmoil’s Infernal foiled Earth’s soil spoiled for oil Gas bombs rubber bullets Remove the golden toilets. Peaceful protest used to confess The mess we…
Read MoreTesticulations and Remonstrations by Willow Aubrey
When I tell everyone that we are Covid free Testiculations and Remonstrations I want the world to know its met its match in me. Who could believe that we could be happy and contented In lock down, many people said we were demented to open up and bring on line back to off line working…
Read MoreWHEN I WAS FIVE (Trigger warning, disturbing content) by Lynn Finch
When I was just five already molested…there went the love and trust already invested. Literally locked in a closet and told the devil was in there with me. Lord if you exist, I cannot breathe. Someone please help me I’m so small..i try to be brave but it’s close and hot… I cannot breathe…I try…
Read MoreHumour, the armour that does not harm her. By Jacqueline Conroy
The pain inflicted does it show? did I think I’d let it go? I had forgotten that pain you caused, a pain on hold, a pain that paused I had no shame of who I am, It was your false, hippie morals that were a sham! Your friends and neighbours meant much more than the…
Read MoreCONTROL by Jackie Heckford
Theres a woman lives inside me, dont even know her name….she seems to think she runs the show when decisions are being made. She always has the final word on everything I think, I wonder where shes coming from, a place within, so deep. I say, I want to have that veg, those lovely ripened…
Read MoreNOT RACIST? by Fiona Goodwin
Before I came out, my straight friends Who knew they were not homophobic and had nothing against homosexuals used to jokingly call people ‘gay ’ just because there was something about them that was odd or they didn’t like. When I came out I could see I made them uncomfortable and they found it harder…
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