So bright you cannot see

Schlagwort: poetry

  • Fear poetry.

    It is unspeakableUnscalableA wall, a block, a cold something in my stomachRight here, right there, under my heart, deep inside me. And how, I ask you, does one outrun oneself?Not at all, of course.So here I sit,With my fear. My fear and I are having a coffeeAnd a cake too(poppyseed and lemon)Because why not, what…

  • The days are long – meditations on motherhood

    The days are longAnd the years are shortThey were right all alongAnd so wrong it pains me. I am longAnd short is my memoryOf the small horrorsIn the early years. Is there enough milkTo fill yet another bottle?Is there enough meTo soothe yet another tantrum? Is there ever, enough for me?To exist as a personI…

  • Fractured poetry I -Migraine

    No poetry today,Just the thrum- thrum- thrumming of painBehind my eyes, at the base of my skull, all over my being. No best-laid plans today,Only pressing painkillers out of blister stripsAnd calculating the time until the next. No me today,An abrupt erasure through the sudden onsetOf neon-coloured lightning in my brain. No words, no talks,…