Linking with Beautiful Freaks Fest 2 Hosted by the lovely Magaly, Emma, and Rommy
Come join us!
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. ~Alan Alda
Come join us!
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. ~Alan Alda
I have learned to live here in this imperfect place
of gravel roads and dry spells
the curves of each continent
have shifted and grown
in a sea of uncertainty
and they
serve as a reminder
that time etches away and in turn also gives back
winds of
many seasons have blown through
leaving only silken curtains of grey
and eyes that view the world
with a blurry yet perceptive focus
but let me
be clear
I am comfortable here
naked or in armor
it is all i have known and the practice
of perseverance in shielding and truly letting
go
have given me calluses in all the right places
I am tat-tooed in grace and scarred with
lesson's travels
that tell stories my lips never will.
©Carrie Van Horn 2019
"naked or in armor"
ReplyDeleteHow I love this line and its implications... the thought that to be safe, all we need is to really know ourselves... exposed.
Yum!
Thanks so much for adding your words to the BFF2.
I love the way you worked with the extended metaphor in this piece. The comfort of not just appreciating, but loving your body, throughout all its seasons comes through so strongly.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem! I love your words and the reference to your changing body, as well as "tattooed in grace and scarred with lesson's travels that tell stories my lips never will." It's perfect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I especially love:
ReplyDelete"I am tat-tooed in grace and scarred with lesson's travels
that tell stories my lips never will."
You've got me thinking about the secrets our scars hold and whether we choose to reveal them or not.
Wonderous!
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ReplyDeleteOh wow, yes our bodies tell a story
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