Terrifying
The beauty of it all
It’s overwhelming
There’s so much of everything
And so much of it so beautiful
I can’t even…
The bees
Stored in our bodies
For all this time
As cruelty reigned
Cold and hard
And we knew those soft and warm among us
Were not safe
The bees
Buzzing inside
Out-noising our minds
Keeping us stiff
Alert
Afraid
The bees
Vibrating constantly
So that our jaws may never unclench
The bees
Tying us up from inside
Nervous system overdrive
The bees
So long they resided within us
We forgot that we were not made from them
The bees
Swarming
Storming
Stripped of warning
The bees
Explode from our mouths
As we sigh in relief
At the end of the season
Of harsh tyrrany
The bees
Roaring
Imploring
The noise in our heads
Spills out unchecked
As at last
The women of Australia
Release
The bees
(C) Zoe Xanadu 2022
On the occasion of our historical release from an abusive government.
Ding!
Is that you
Texting me?
I wait
Be cool
Let thirty seconds pass
Before I cross the room
To pick up my phone
It’s a fucking ad
For solar panels
Just
No
Delivery
Hanging preschooler sized pants on the line
On a sunshiney lockdown day
Brrrrmmmmm
The postie bike stops at my gate
Through he comes with two big packages
“I’ll just put these here”
They sit by the door
As I continue my dance with the endless laundry cycle
I pick them up on my way inside
One, a bundle of online fast fashion for the teen
The other addressed to me
Flat, registered, with stiff cardboard inside
My graduation certificate and testamur
Just like that
Ten years of isolated online toil
Solo parenting, working so many jobs
My Masters degree has been conferred in hi-vis
From the other side of the laundry basket
Not a mortarboard in sight
But what beautiful weather for Graduation Day!
Roses
I told her my news
She sent roses to my door
So then I had more news
To tell my friends
Better than the daily covid update
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Actually don’t
I won’t publish it
And now
Presenting:
This moment
Welcome to your appointment with life
Thank yourself for making time
in your busy schedule
to be available to notice
your breath
coming into your body
and leaving your body
Your belly rising
Your belly falling
Your mind slowing
Your tension releasing
Your heart opening
Your shoulders falling
Your smile relaxing
Your eyes softening
Your hair growing
Your forehead clearing
Your organs rejoicing
Your freedom expanding
Breath coming in
Breath flowing out
Yes
How lovely
Looking deeply into things
Opening your perception up to the beauty and miraculous perfection all around you
Remembering your innate intelligence
Savouring the elegance of life
And your self as part of the miracle
Here you are
Right here
Right now
Breathing
Breathing
Calm
Smiling
Present
Wonderful
Worthy
Welcome
You are as perfect as that leaf
That shell
That star
That sunrise
That breeze
You are all of these things
With gratitude and love
You belong
Text message poem
I have to leave the house for stupid errands
Call when ready and we’ll see what works
Bloody wind
sometimes
not always not even usually, but every now and then I float out above the conversation I am in and the cruel thought occurs "oh I am such an idiot" it takes such a lot of effort to love myself out of these moments
Tree
Tree
In the forest
alone I stand
surrounded
by the held wisdom
and cool release
of all my fellow trees
Our shared experiences
touch us differently
but the sky calls us all
upwards
as our roots reach
ever deeper
to nourish us
we grow
together
Copyright 2021
Imagine
Imagine
If everything was as exquisite
as a perfect cup of tea!
Life would be unbearable
in its all-expanding beauty
and limitless optimism
...or is it already?
Spritely Musings 