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Battling the Stars
Do you know that an asteroid has many moons? They are small, like stars Dimples in a noir sky Once I tried to moor myself to the brightest of them Now I drift dangerously close to the edge When I can’t sleep I pray for the stars To reach down and find me Orion Sometimes I sleep with the stars. I forget that I’m made of flesh and bone And something else not quite of this world. I lose myself in its inky mass that is more than just sky And a home for the stars. It’s where I catch unfettered dreams As the cosmos blinks Orion gallops across an ocean and arranges my body as a constellation. Belladonna When I lose in love I wear that loss Like a keepsake Like a charm around my wrist Like a death wish Like a breath of belladonna We are all Demeter's Daughters We planted primroses in the marsh of our wombs As the Goddess chased the cloak of winter into the shadows and a smile bloomed in its place We released our daughters like a wish Protected them with a mother’s kiss and exhaled as they were risen their dreams falling like cherry blossoms We whispered a prayer for our daughters’ safe passage as Demeter led them into the light of the EquinoxBio: A writer/poet/mother living in Scotland. A big fan of Greek Mythology and feminist reimaginings, old Hollywood Actresses/films, the theatre, ballet and music. I've always written creatively for the catharsis and only started tinkering with poetry in the pandemic. My inspiration comes from poets such as Mary Oliver, Carol Ann Duffy, Emily Dickinson, Sappho, Anne Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, Dorothy Molloy, Derek Mahon, Dylan Thomas - the list is endless. To read more about Lisa go to her website at https://lisaarmstrong2179.wixsite.com/website
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