Prairie Rest Life

Tag: poetry

  • Fractallating Atomic

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    Adri

    December 2019 Pure joy, my purest self.Fractallating atomic-The happiest possible bomb.Reach to one edge of the expanseAnd stretch across to the other;Your fingers graze both sides.So vast–So vulnerable.

  • If my anger were a garden

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    Adri

    Fall 2025 Poem If My Anger Were a Garden If my anger were a gardenIt would be a forestWith a well-worn trail winding through it.You would walk on itAssuming you were invited.You would think,I’m on a hike.You won’t comprehend how multitudinous are the eyes watching you.You wouldn’t fathom how many ears hear your small steps…

  • Solid Underfoot

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    Adri

    2018 This endeavor beginsIn a well worn place,But leaves the dirtTo crunch the grass.Will this becomea familiar path?Narrow–becauseNarrow is all that’s needed.Eventually mutedBut solid underfoot.Rubbed free of growthAnd insteadDirecting, propellingEmboldening, connecting.Honestly?I can’t wait.

  • Tunnel

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    Adri

    January 2020 The smallest pin prick of lightOpening, openingIt’s thereBut it’s not yet hereI have to get thereI mustSo so so closeWhat’s at stake?It’s not as though the journey will endThat’s exactly what’s at stakeTo journey in the lightTo get out of this tunnelTo push ahead in lightIn loveIn freedomIn power I can stand up…

  • Still Open

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    Adri

    January 2020 I know I’m not the firstOr the lastTo wonder how a wound heals,To watch a woundWolverine healIn slow motion.I do know some things, however,About scarsAnd guts and staples and hobbling to the showerOh so gingerly. The body keeps scoreIs a helpful book becauseWe think emotions are invisibleAnd are gone when they leaveWhen they’re…

  • I’m My Best Hype Man

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    Adri

    2020 You’ve got your own musclesYou’ve got your own joyYou’ve got your own hustleYou’ve got your own Croix You’ve got your own friendshipsYou’ve got your own sexYou’ve got your own insightsYou’ve got your own bed You’ve got your own sillyYou’ve got your own fightYou’ve got your own fireYou’ve got your own life You’ve got your…

  • Multitasking

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    Adri

    2012 Remember that time I did Three things at once? I had cancer, I had a child, I had an affair. Are you impressed? Multitasking is my forte after all. We made all the preparations— Not that you can ever be prepared For something so big To come along— A bundle of joy, A bundle…

  • Glimpse

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    Adri

    January 2020 What was that?A glimpseFrom a different universeA different meWith a wild, deep joy.A glimpseOf a meDoing the thing-The very thing-That I thoughtI hated mostBut doing itWith a wild, deep smile.It turns outIt’s not that I hated it most,It’s that I wanted it most.It’s that the most meVersion of myselfWanted it most andHadn’t met…

  • Humanhumid

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    Adri

    The air is tangibleSurrounding meHolding meWhoever saidHeat and humidityIs stiflingHas never feltToo bigFor the atmosphereHas never feltThe joy that comesWhen every particle ofThe universeIs touchingEvery part of you.