Flow
This is new
This lightness
Going with the grain
It's airy here
The yoke has been lifted
No longer clenched,
Nor closed and poised to defend.
My head sets just a little higher
I look out a little straighter
All I did
Was ask
And be ready and open
It is true joy
To not be so afraid
To be
Me.
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ReplyDeleteA lot of emotions running these words, Roberta. You've chosen wonderful words to create imagery!
Nice poem--I could feel the transformation. :-)
Thank you! Glad it came through.
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Wow, Roberta, what powerful words and so beautifully put together. I want to claim this as my own this week--I'll be back to read it again and again. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou are kind. Glad it spoke to you-
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Quite a beautiful poem! Thank you for sharing it with us...
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DeleteThank you, Veronica!
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I like it! Sometimes all we have to do is ask...
ReplyDeleteExactly-thanks, Millie-
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You completely captured how I felt to step out of my 9 to 5 and to write. Thanks, Roberta for giving words, ones of gratitude, for emotions unspoken.
ReplyDeleteOh man, yes-thank you, J.A.
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very uplifting and you can sense the freedom she feels now.well, I made the person a she sense I internalized the words. beautiful
ReplyDeleteFreedom, for sure, in self actualization.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michelle.
Roberta