Tag: poetry
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the way out
meaningless mind wandering stuck in the head body detached from grounding breath lost in suffering no way out until her dog made her laugh /brenda johima
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Her World
her world became so small smaller than she wanted to admit to anyone not even herself prison life would be busier she thought and she quickly snapped herself out of that thought /brenda johima
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The Journey by Mary Oliver
The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had…
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We Are The Underdogs We Are The Wise Ones
we are the quietest, most shy, least bold, most challenged, most messed up, least focused most often the silently wise /brendajohima
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Your love could fill three oceans
I could not love you Even if you were Lying next to me As it would be A dangerous friendship And it would be Too close for comfort As I’d get hurt And I’d get my heart broken I know Because your love Could fill three oceans Yet none of them Swimming pools For me…
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Life will lift you where you want to go
Life will lift you Where you want to go Happy healthy Well and whole Isn’t just a dream It’s home It’s home — Brenda Johima