Real women wear their tattoos below the surface of the skin Permanently painted on by tragedy Shuffling around the pain of love’s despair Etched in the foundation of their experiences Marks imprinted on the soul Real woman conceal their tattoos among the pain Riding the edges of their memories Only to peer out when being attacked Or when left in a vulnerable state Cracked, faded by the clock of […]
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Lauren Hudgins | Barefoot in the roses
In my humblest objections to dead and perfect poses, I stand here naked and barefoot in the roses. In the course of clever actions, I stumble to what’s mine: a quick thrust in your direction to see me as divine. I have no real contemplations. My mind to you exposes I stand here bloodied and barefoot in the roses. I’m on knee to your extractions. You have […]
Cathy Bryant | The Majorette
(The tarot card The World) I have been taught to twirl my two batons and march in step, as a majorette, and I was as proud as a lion when I got my first uniform. Soon conformity and my growing body made me feel restricted, pedestrian, ox-like, feet aching from pounding the hard roads, on parade. I longed to tear off my tight bodice, spread my wings and […]
Shelley Kahn | An examination of conscience – post holiday spirit blues
Do not tell me to shine my light into a dark room. I prefer the absence of such interventions To pedantic purpose and tithed out virtue. Do not ask me to confess anything to you either. I long ago opened the hollowed out cage Emptied its still beating contents in a sieve And went on my way to the soup kitchen To eat hearty with my true friends, […]
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