upward
a work in progress
perhaps no one should be
for to simply be oneself
should happen effortlessly
it would seem
it’s work for me though
to attempt to undo
the disease seeds
enemy-planted deep
that choke the bloom
contaminating the roots
robbing nutrients
always pulling at
upward movement
i grow my colors
lift my face to the sun
drink the falling waters
offer pollen to everyone
yet i keep coming
undone
keep feeling invisible
tugs
so i work
to break free
from that which
i cannot see
that has this grip
on me
and little by little
with each sinless absolution
i sense each time
another parasitical
root is loosened
directly by my
higher power
and the words
sinking in from
finally believing
my true-lover
feeling lighter
is the way
to the self
i have begun
to realize
to remove
the shackles
of the world
and psyche
to return
the soul
to the
sky
Hilltop
It’s true, I’m blooming.
I hope you can see:
I am blossoming
because your love
has been seeded in me,
and upward is the only
direction I can go
when these internal
whispers of yours
hush the world
so ours are the only
voices I hear
when the storms
return raging from those
traumatic years.
Time need not
be turned back:
unraveling these knots
of old patterns,
we’re perfecting
with practice.
I will do more
than hold on
for with your patience,
I am remembering
more quickly
that this is
the present,
and I am nestled
safely in the nearness
of you
upon the hillside
with the endless view
of anywhere
I wish to go
whilst bringing with me
my found, forever
home.
Poems and images ©LauraDenise
Laura Denise 
These are beautiful metaphors
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Thank you! I’m excited to have discovered you through Ivor’s post! Your work looks amazing!
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And I am happy that led me to yours 🙂
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🤗
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Beautiful poems! 👍👍
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Such awesome analogies here! ❤
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So glad they found you then! ❤
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Amazing photos, too 😊
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Thank you! I had fun with this backyard wildflower a while back. I usually use my current photos for my own writing inspiration, but I tried for once to start with words and then looked for a photo to go with it. So…. I’m glad it you mentioned the photos! 🙂
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You succeeded beautifully, Laura 😊
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Beautiful progression between the poems and photographs.
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Thank you for saying this! 🤗 (I did things differently than usual with this one.)
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You are welcome! 💛
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“I grow my colors, lift my face to the sun, drink the falling waters, offer pollen to everyone”—“To remove the shackles of the world and psyche to return the soul to the sky.” —These perfectly penned phrases (like the others) are my favorite. The beautiful flowers always add to the beauty of your words. 🤍
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