I’ve been besotted with chocolate.
I’ve been confused
by broccoli.
I’ve been stung by hornets,
but still I stirred the nest.
I’ve tripped over my mangled
spirit walking the narrow way.
I’ve prayed with fervor.
I’ve sinned with grace.
I’ve courted darkness.
I’ve loved the light.
I’ve questioned the sun.
Its answers reflected back
in the hourglass.
I’ve remembered to thank the academy of monotony:
laundry, vacuuming, dusting.
I’ve had it all: the sky, the finicky moon, the unfolded map.
I’ve got lost in a roundabout,
trying to navigate my mind.
I’ve lived well in unsettled hues.
I’ve been Saturday, Sunday,
and Monday.
I’ve tasted ash, eaten roses,
demanded a life of flames.
I’ve been a lunatic and lover.
I’ve been the Patron Saint
offering my protection.
I’ve been Judas,
freely spending the silver.
I’ve nearly drowned in the past’s harsh syllables.
I’ve held a grudge.
I’ve forgiven.
I’ve found a second soul.
I transcribe it in chaos and peace.
My heart circumventing the paradox.
I’ve learned how to rearrange the letters of myself in a sentence that fits.
Casting away yesterday’s syntax.
Coming unmoored.
I move toward clarity’s
swinging door as fast as
a sip through a straw.
I make my getaway.
The quarrel with myself over.
I stand at attention,
dust free.
I’ve survived.
-Tosha Michelle
Well done
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Thanks Chris
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Very welcome. Always a pleasure to read your work
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Absolutely beautiful and touching! 🙂
–Michael
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Thanks so much
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
Please come and read Tosha’s powerful and insightful poem – PARADOXICALLY IS SUCH A FINE WORD!
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You are so welcome! Always love to share great writing with followers!
xoxo
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Appreciate it. Happy Friday
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So insightful! This had such a wonderful tempo and message! So many lines to love, but this one really hit me hard – “I’ve been Judas,
freely spending the silver.”
Not too many people would have the courage to admit that, My Dear!!!!
Wow! This was really a Tremendous poem!!!
xoxoxo
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Thanks so much x
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I think you covered mostly everything. The overall themeatic reminds me of a lyric by Richard Ashcroft I relate to a lot:
I’m a million different people from one day to the next’
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Love that song 💕
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You have such a nice voice. I could almost relate to each word! Very well-expressed 🙂
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❤️
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