it’s okay #morningcoffeesessions
it’s okay
these days I’ve been noticing
sometimes I don’t want to notice anything
I want to be the characters (even the bad ones)
in the books I read
I want to be the characters (even the bad ones)
in the shows I watch
bad vs. good
right vs. wrong
they vs. us
are the honey badgers of our time
relentless
exhausting
necessary
these days I’ve been noticing
my thoughts are natural disasters
tsunamis of grief
brain quakes of unknowing
mud slides of madness
forest fires fuelled by my own rage
these days I’ve been noticing
I am a fox
I love my fox family
in our fox family hole
the stories outside of our fox hole
are scary and dangerous
narrated by a soothing voice without a body
that wraps me up in a blanket of stay home
a swaddle that renders me immoveable
these days I’ve been noticing
my ability to focus is a flea in a jar
frenetic
banging its head on the lid enough times to adapt
to the confines then jumping – manifesting
small-spaced action
forgetting where it was before
oblivious to where it could be
stuck in the spaces of glass walls
playing with freedom
these days I’m noticing
writing with ink-pen in my hand
is the only way I can feel my self
body bewildered
brain full
skin ashamed
mouth hesitant
heart anxious
soul weeping an ocean of change
transformation happens on the page
contemplation crosses ts
subtext drools from
soft edges of my eyes
I barely understand it
I notice that this is okay
(probably)
okay
This poem was created from the prompt: These days I’ve been noticing…from Firefly Creative Writing #morningcoffeesessions. I wrote in on Wednesday morning.
Anyone can join these writing sessions. That means you.
Today’s poem is too close to home to share…but here’s a nibble…
you have everything you need to let us go…life constantly regenerates….
…otherwise my mind is already working on the next writing project…
Be kind. Be compassionate. Offer peace into the world.
