I write my life in black
and blue.
I’m the girl suffused with
exclamation marks
and dramatic pauses.
My words infused
with dust.
The counter winds of my mind.
Years linger on the windowsill.
The past flows from the
same white cup.
Memories arrive like Jehovah’s Witnesses
on my front doorstep.
Fragments of my life
trying to convert me.
Pestering me to revert back.
Trying to lure me out with
promises of redemption.
I reattach myself
one line at a time.
Slipping from grey
into lavender.
Bound to advance
not retreat, I vow
to right my upside down heart
by the slip of pen
and the exorcism of yesterday.
I slice myself in threes
and write my riddle of release
over paper full of
missteps and scars.
-Tosha Michelle
Very good x
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Thank you.
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“Memories arrive like Jehovah’s Witnesses
on my front doorstep.
Fragments of my life
trying to convert me.”
You are penciling Brilliant. you know that?
Amazing…simply amazing.
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Thank you, Eric. You get my poetry and that means the world to me. Glad to penciling know you.
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❤ xx
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Exclamation points, and dramatic pauses. That is so descriptive. I can completely relate.
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Thanks! Happy Thursday, Wendy.
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you just made my afternoon more enjoyable, thank you.
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I’m glad! Thank you.
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I felt this one deeply and related to its message. My feelings and emotions are much the same and I feel compelled to write a masculine equivalent for my own story. Thank you Tosha Michelle
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Very cool. Look forward to reading it.
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An extraordinary use of colour and rainbow of images. Lovely song too.
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Thank you, Alex
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This poem makes me salivate……
Well done, girlie.
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Gross and thanks. Ha
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Very strong imagery!
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Thank you xo
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Terrific write, wonderful the way you’re able to capture feelings/emotions with your pen. Always a pleasure to read your words. Love this line, “to right my upside down heart”. Have a wonderful day! ~ Mia
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Thank you, Mia! Wishing you a wonderful day too xo
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You’re welcome and thank you! XO
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Truly Amazing,
I was completely drawn in at black and blue. You’ve captured the beauty of yesterday’s pain in today’s rising.
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Thank you. Happy Thursday.
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The sentimentality of yesterday is so alluring, isn’t it? A lovely poem, Tosha. xo
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Yes, but the reality of today has its charm too. Thank you!
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Indeed. And you’re welcome. xo
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xo
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This is another lovely one Tosha. I like how you distill the hope amidst the more difficult reality
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Thank you. I learned that from you xo
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Welcome. How sweet of you to say so though we both know you already wrote that way 😉
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True but you do inspire me. 😉 xx
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As do you sweet lady xoxo 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂 xo
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Welcome 🙂
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There are so many brilliant pieces in this worl. The image and opening words set the table for the great imagination. “I write my life in black and blue.” Then, you ended this wonderful piece
“I slice myself in threes, and write my riddle of release, over paper full of missteps and scars.”
Sheer brillance.
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Thank you!
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You had me at “I write my life in black
and blue…” – Very nice!
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Thank you!
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Love it Tosha, you get the balance right, nice touch to add a Beatles song I’d temporarily forgotten, they did so much amazing stuff!
I’m aware that long time Beatles producer George Martin passed yesterday, RIP to a great man XX
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I didn’t know that. May be rest in peace. “Here Comes the Sun” is one of my favorite Beatles songs. xx
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I don’t think I could pick a fave, they did so many, they are just always there, for anything and everything. They played Strawberry Fields the other day on the radio, I’m still enjoying their songs afresh, I don’t know how! A friend had a yellow submarine toy, John, Paul, Ringo, and George would pop up and down as it was pushed along! Bonkers song! LOL
I hope the sun does come along soon, but I have learned to enjoy winter too, my thought patterns can be quite dark, but not so much this year, as winter has been very mild thus far. It will probably take quite a while till summer does arrive tho, so in a month or 2 I shall probably regret any such concessions.
Meanwhile, lets dream of lavender, sunshine, light, and other warm good things! 🙂
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That toy must have been a hoot. Winter has left us here. It’s sunny and 80’s degrees which is warm for this time of year. My thoughts stay wintery though. I miss your country. I hope to travel back across the pond soon. Cheers my friend.
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I love the religious analogy, Tosha, which makes it more beautiful and holy and relevant, in my opinion. Very nicely done, my friend!
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Thank you xoxo
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Anytime.:)
How have you been? I’m missed you and your mesmerizing words..
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Aww. I’m well. Just moved. Finally getting settled. How are things with you and your family?
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That’s right, you were in the process of moving!☺ I’m glad you’re getting settled in. Aside from being I’ll for weeks now, my family is we’ll, thanks for asking. I feel amazing!
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I’m glad. Amazing is the where it’s at. Don’t be a stranger. Lots of love to you and yours
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I never intended to be AWOL, believe me. Our laptop has been in the hands of the repair man (a friend of my wife’s) and so I’ve had to resort to getting online via the Kindle or my phone, which a genuine pain. Anyway, it was supposed to be done and back to us weeks ago, but apparently it was a much bigger job than expected. Uggh.. Hopefully we’ll get it back this weekend. I’m getting real anxious to write again…
Thank you, Tosha. Much love to you and yours, as well. (((Hugs)))
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Bless. What a pain. I hope you get it back in its full laptop gkory. Wishing you and yours the loveliest of weekends. Hugs
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Thank you. May your weekend be filled with many kindnesses, joy and blessings from above. Also, much creativity.:)
It’s been a real pain, indeed. I just want to write again, and use an actual keyboard instead of the touch screen or this blasted stylus!!😱 You know??
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Yeah, How frustrating! xx
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Very frustrating, indeed!
But no need to dwell on the past, because Mike (our repairman) dropped the laptop off last night and it runs like a charm.:) I love it already! And I cannot wait to write!
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Yay!/Excellent!
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I am over-the-moon ecstatic!!
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it’s nice of our colors, to use poems and images in the life and love.
at the times which are shown in shadow, it’s now up lights from our faithful.
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Indeed
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to get love at ever day
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Yes, love is what it’s all about
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Very fitting and a statement or more in every line, pic and song brings it all together so wonderfully:)
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Thank you, Paul xo
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You’re welcome Tosha:)
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I rather loved “The counter winds of my mind.” It’s the little things that resonate.
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on johncoyote and commented:
Amazing poetry by a talented writer. Please read and enjoy her work.
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Thank you!
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Absolutely amazing!! I love the images it conjures up and it’s so creatively written with deep meaning. It just flows perfectly. ❤
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Thank you!
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What a joy it is to be lost in your words. You have such a great command of figurative language and your lines always flow perfectly. It’s like taking a swim in a warm river. This is exactly what writing poetry is like.
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Thank you. I’m humbled
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It is my pleasure 🙂
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Tosha thank you for the Beatles, I had not heard that song for so long.
I am sending you a smile of Provence, here it is 3:25 in the morning, you see that I have already started my day.
Probably following the articles on “Panam Papers”, it surely is a relationship …
Ah, ah, ah!
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Hello friend. I’m just getting ready to call it a night. I hope you have a wonderful day. xx
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I liked you with your hood in brick red wool knit.
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Thank you. My Little Red Riding Hood look
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