Tag: allison gems
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Moon in Leo (1/31/18)
Super blue blood moon
I sit in holy solitude
Watch blackbirds over frozen lake
Stark against the opaque
My soul begins to vibrateI’m melting into new things
That stars and hope and love brings
I don’t care about a legacy
My belief is in divinityThe birds have started watching me.
By: Allison Gems
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How do you view your life?
I am tired
of
Living my life
through
Someone else’s
Lens.
By: Allison Gems
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Wild and with purpose
I didn’t even know you existed
But here you are, dear wetlands
A hidden oasis in plain sight
Making each person who finds you
feel like a lucky explorer
stumbling upon a secret treasureFresh water flowing
Playful and protective
Nourishing creatures and plants
Wild and with purpose
You speak in birds and laugh in colorsOn the sacred mirror of your surface
We lock eyes with ourselves
As we contemplate the questions
of our hearts
which is really one question —
“Am I going to be okay?”You say,
Yes.
By: Allison Gems
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A sign
If I’m thinking something mean about somebody else
It’s a sign
I need to be nicer to myself.
By: Allison Gems
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You stand there
Staring at meAll day
Every day
from across the field,A mockery of a human being.
You think you can fool me
into thinking you’re something you’re not?The others stay away in fear
but
One day
– when you least expect it –
I will swoop inAnd peck your eyes out.
scarecrow.
By: Allison Gems
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Missing:
Did you ever feel like something was
missing?
Did you ever wonder if it was the
real
You?
By: Allison Gems
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A lifetime of goodbyes
I said goodbye to you today
I still don’t know who I am to you —
An extension of yourself
A stranger,
a threat
An idea of a person
Someone who owes you something,
by virtue of existence?A failure,
a disappointment?Maybe you don’t think of me
Maybe I served my function in your life
Did I outlive my usefulness?
Was I a good placeholder —
did I fulfill the role and your expectations?
Did you think about me?
Can you cope?
Who are you?I said goodbye to you today,
but
you’ve been saying goodbye to me
for a long time.By: Allison Gems
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Some people are haunted houses
Some people are haunted houses
Ghosts hiding behind cerebral folds
Ready to jump out when you least expect themSome people are possessed by the past
By things done to them
By people long gone
By phantoms of could have beensSome people are haunted by dark energy
By feelings they don’t understand
By hostile voices and evil thoughts
By shifting shadows of despairSome people are trapped in a mental landscape of quicksand and land mines
Step
by
(tentative)
step.?
??
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!!!!!!!!!!Maybe recovery is the slowest exorcism…
Clear out the cobwebs
Let in the light
Slowly, steadily removing the buildup
To see
through the windows of the soul
Clearly,for the first time.
By: Allison Gems
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