Step on it until it collapses in on itself Choke away all of its oxygen Ignore it Dismiss it Gaslight it React hostilely to its sound Force its words to drown beneath sobs Scream over it Belittle it Steal its truth away Repeat until it fails to rise anymore Until it is replaced by clenched teeth and fists Held back by tight and bitten lips Repeat until it forgets its own sound -gws
My feelings are big They feel bigger than me They feel taller and broader Than the tallest tall tree A hand on my belly I count, "One, two, three..." And breathe in as deep As the shining blue sea Repeat this again As much as I need Until those big feelings They start to recede Last, wrap my arms tight And give Self a hug Say, "You're doing alright." "You just needed self-love" -gws
If I am too much Then let me be too much I am light and expansive And I will not be constrained By those who wish me to be small For like the wind I will not be caged -gws
I didn't need to have a reason
But I did
The reason I avoided that place
Was you
Was me
Was us
You see
That was the place you decided that
Us ceased to be
That was the place where
I returned to being just me
The place where your voice
Was replaced by the sound of slowly cracking glass
As my heart shattered in my chest
Your eyes pitied me
While your lips spilled more
Shattered glass to fill my roaring ears
I forgot how to breathe
And my now shattered heart forgot how to beat
And your eyes pleaded with me
Because you were already gone
You had dismantled us
Placed the pieces into a shoebox
And buried me alive in a shallow grave
I love you-s replaced by
I'm sorry-s
Those brown eyes indeed sorrowful
As my soul was felled by a thousand surgical cuts
Sundering two halves into two less-than wholes
I just wanted you to stop talking
To stop looking at me that way
To stop tearing down my world
Then you left
And I stayed
I didn't need to have a reason to avoid that place
But I did
-gws
Shiny people are full of charisma And trouble Artists and musicians Poets and dreamers Hawkers and cons All dreams and lack of substance Spending time with them Submerges us deep within their intoxicating fog of personality Their attention like sweet, cold water on a hot day Being in their orbit is so all-encompassing That it's easy to forget how destructive their gravity is Leaving us burning bright and high Then burnt out and freefalling to fiery impact in the blink of an eye We think they take the oxygen with them when they leave the room And we willing hold our breath for the look, the smile, the touch That leads to madness As we crave the drug made flesh That is shiny people -gws
Inspired by the below Facebook Post
Because my mama loves me no matter how far away we are, or how frequently we talk Because my mama loves me no matter how old I get, or how many babies I’ve had Because my mama loves me no matter how capable or incapable I perceive myself to be Because my mama loves me no matter how broke I am or successful I become Because my mama loves me no matter how little or how much I love myself Because my mama loves me..."more, most, to the moon and back, and to infinity and beyond" Because my mama will always love her baby girl like the day she learned she carried my spark, and will beyond when our sparks rejoin the stars Because I love my mama I will treat every check in like a hug Because I love my mama I will treat every worry like a kiss Because I love my mama I will treat every conversation as a gift Because I love my mama I will treat every gift as a treasure Because I love my mama I will not take any second of her love for me for granted Because I will always love my mama I will love her like the day my spark took root inside of her, and will beyond when our sparks rejoin the stars -gws
Ecstasy illuminates
It amplifies joy
Making time feel inconsequential
Grounding me deep in the moment
Called by the here and now
Allowing full presence in the experience of it
Ecstasy demands we be seated in our bodies
To experience pleasure
And laughter
And belonging as part of the great tapestry of living
Our senses acute and engaged
Begging we greedily partake
In the gifts that life offers
Richly
Vividly
Intricately
With all of our senses
Inciting never ending curiosity
And a desire for the bliss of it to never end
-gws
Not enough resources
Not enough time
Not enough support
Not enough me
-gws
My name is: Woman Daughter Wife Mother Teacher Student Warrior Healer Friend Foe Philosopher Dreamer Writer Lover Artist Seer Goddess Spirit Light Gladys -gws
In another life I might have been A pirate queen A courtesan A poison-wielding spy A teacher's pet A protégé The apple of your eye A doe-eyed starlet A beatnik poet A comic, humor wry An astronaut A swimming star A mime who would not cry And yet I have this life to live One shot for this go 'round For all the mes that might have been I like the me I found -gws
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