the birds here
impale insects
on the barbs
of wired fences
Nature pays
no mind to me
or my soft heart
but holds me here
impaled
and waiting
scanning the wide
open sky
just the same
– me
Here
•May 28, 2024 • Leave a CommentHere
•January 13, 2024 • Leave a CommentI landed here like moss
And draped myself, free
Over these oak trees
A grey canopy dancing
Imperceptibly alive
And growing
-me
Returning Home
•August 21, 2023 • Leave a CommentThis house can hold me
She has done it before
Condensation on
Window panes like
Slow tears wetting
A blade of grass
Blinking S.O.S.
In the sunrise
I can see clearly
With my eyes closed
The light changing
Direction ever so slowly
Inside my thin lids
Subtle warmth rising
Drying moistened cheeks
She sings to me this morning
We will rebuild each other
-me
Still
•July 13, 2023 • Leave a CommentIn some other time
You hold me, still, willing me
To be yours not mine
-me
by Laura Mella
Fog
•May 30, 2023 • Leave a CommentFog
Roiled eagerly
Out of my morning
Mug and rolled
Over counter tops
Swirled around
Furniture and
My feet
Curled about me
Rising
The thick sedation
Of memories
Its humid walls
Of hazy safety
Tried to lull me
Scare me, keep me
Stuck and still
Instead I brave
What I cannot see
I move to open
Windows and doors
To create
My own clearing
To walk away
To chase sunlight
To say goodbye
And set myself
Free
-Me
Meeting
•May 29, 2023 • Leave a CommentI see
A knot
In the wood
Before me
A universe
At my feet
Patterns
Repeat
I cannot
Yet see
My place
In this
Or how
Our meanings
Meet
-me
Somatic
•March 17, 2023 • Leave a CommentShe cradled
The nape
Of my neck
In her hands
Soft and cool
And brand new
She told me
To remember
Connection
And so I sank in
And so I was
Reminded
That I can
Turn that way
And this
Stop and go
Pick things up
Set them down
I can say yes
Yes and
No
-me
Once and Again
•March 3, 2023 • Leave a CommentOnce
I stretched
Myself
Long
Like a cat
In the sun
And let
Myself
Be loved
Allowed
His hands
To smooth
My soft
Underbelly
While my
Fingers
And
Toes
Reached
The Ether
But now I’ve
Pulled myself in
Crouched under cars
From the quick
Changing winds
Trusting no human hand
I am feral again
-me
Two Sinews
•February 26, 2023 • Leave a CommentI felt
Some part
Of me
Engage
Last night
Two sinews
Long forgotten
Too relaxed
And quite
Dismissed
Suddenly
Pulled tight
Stretched alive
When I stood
Straight
And raised my head
Those deep
Connections
In my core
From
Hips to heart
Hummed
“Hello
Remember us
We hold you up.”
And just like that
I felt
Like me
And finally
I’m wanting more
-Me
The Circle
•September 7, 2022 • Leave a CommentTook me seven tries
I almost stopped at sort of
Six
But I persist
-me
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