The times..... when a mind is ground to powder when tears spring when even the sky cries and the rivers rise When...... time has no meaning and words have lost theirs It is then...... that we realise that a word... Continue Reading →
When I was a prisoner in my mind I used to dream of lifting up my head and one day observing the open sky reaching to feel the sun warming my face and tasting rain that’s since lost its poison Those... Continue Reading →
Like a message in a bottle my truth floats out there.... somewhere never indicating if it will arrive to overtake the lies that applaud me proving once and for all I need not the Queen’s speech to vindicate me ©Vivian... Continue Reading →
I am words arranged in patterns of the universe I am letters jigsawed according to the beat of my pulse I am ink sometimes cool and sometimes flaming I am stories and poems to excite you to provoke you to... Continue Reading →
A heart falls on a carpet of thorns hurt and dismayed that the cushion of promises has been so callously replaced It lies there- bleeding from its many wounds. But ....slowly it begins to heal- scar tissue toughening its innards... Continue Reading →
This image -forever sealed in my mind is a metaphor for my path to destiny -there are monsters hidden here- around each corner watchers watch me eerily without sound "Give up!" mockers jeer so nastily But Dad once told me... Continue Reading →
I used to pause visions be a people pleaser deviating from destiny ------No more------ now I walk that narrowing path finding joy in my dreams with my eye on The Prize ©Vivian Zems (#Butterfly Cinquain) MLMM Photo Challenge #204
Cold of heart is he who dares life's repercussions foolhardy of mind is he who stares karma down defying fate's just reward ©Vivian Zems (#Tanka) Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Tuesday Challenge # 70: “DESTINY & CHALLENGE” synonyms
Without egg shells marching towards my destiny without egg shells no longer careful with my feet a new sense of liberation my path unimpeded and free without egg shells ©Vivian Zems (#Rondolet) February Writing Prompts 7/28
