Happens This Way

[there]

teeth clench in the day
and grind at night.

a ripple of fear
from throat to heart

becomes a shiver
that ignites a thought.

the thought
slams open
the unspoken
dismissal from an
acquaintance today.
so, a little pain
in my brain.


slam
slam
slam
a thoughtful reminder that:

Just one shade off from truth
was all it took to steer my life right into the crash.
forever I'm plucking shards out of in my flesh.

Ok, so, pain.

Now can my heart sing
through the throat
a mantra of rising up, of choice
a battle cry I voice of
"Peace, dammit! I'm mine!"

[Redisfinallyfree]

I hear and feel your pain.

Forget the dismissive acquaintance. They don’t matter. Just an acquaintance. They don’t know YOU!

Holding out a hand to you to help you to rise up.

RISE UP!

Redisfinallyfree

[Paper]

there, this is a beautifully written poem that expresses what I’ve felt myself so many times with many things that set it off. I’m sorry you experience it and I love the power of the last stanza. Thank you for sharing this. It resonates with me.

[there]

Redusfinallyfree,
Thank you for your compassion. Yup, I'm learning to give myself space around that stuff. I'm definitely on the rise!

Paper, Oh, thank you for your words of appreciation. I feel so much better from writing the poem and now the feedback from you and Redisfinallyfree!


I was listening to Jon Kabat Zinn's mindfulness talk before I wrote this. I just wanted to mind the process of how I sometimes get pulled down by my thoughts going over and over something. Then how it connects to previous deeper trauma. But it didn't this time. I wrote a poem instead of getting sucked all the way down.

I feel so healed by creativity. I love writing!

[Oceantide]

You're a powerful poet, there! I could feel every line. Keep writing....creativity is so healing to everyone.

[there]

Thanks, Ocea tide,
I admire your work, too