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Be Brave, Be You

Why does this light inside scare me? I'll lock it down tight in the hopes to spare me the separation. I want to live from a higher vibration, revelation and wonder, but fear of isolation drags me under, steals my thunder and dims the glow. All this creation and nothing to show. All those notes played just for the wind, those shapes that stayed locked in my mind, those words stuck between pages on bookshelves in sheds or lost between faces so stuck in my head, good as dead and going nowhere. There's magic when you learn how to share, when you don't care, lay yourself bare and trust. Tear down your walls and scream if you must but scream it true from the depths of what it means to be you, step out from the queue and show it. They can't do what you do and they know it and they'll stop for a moment without even knowing why they're touched so much by this love that you're showing. Growing by giving, living by sharing, loving by trusting and not caring what the others may say. Thoughts of this fade away when you just play unafraid and unaware of some deep recognition in their stare of this shape, hitherto unseen of a heart now open, a dream within a dream.

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Sara Jolly

Date: 2/10/2021 4:02:00 PM

Ah, I could cry.. This poem is absolutely sodden and dripping with it's very topic! I love the beautifully placed rhymes, in all the expected, and unexpected places. I obviously don't know, but it feels like it's one of those ones that just pours itself out of you and you almost can't write it down quick enough (this thought has just given me an idea for a poem.. Haha)..

Sara Jolly
Date: 2/10/2021 4:03:00 PM

The list of lost and wasted creations (which is so perfectly described) reminds me of this which my mum said to me when I showed her my freshly finished drawing: 'that can't be put in a folder and left shut away somewhere'... Ha, she said that for a reason.. Anyway, I very much enjoyed reading this. Multiple times.

Pashang Salehi

Date: 10/22/2019 12:01:00 PM

Even flow comes from harmony and harmony comes from intelligence... great write.

Even Flow
Date: 12/6/2019 2:24:00 PM

Thanks Pashang, sorry for the late reply , best wishes to you.

Heather Ober

Date: 1/2/2019 8:55:00 AM

Wow, this is something I needed to read this morning. "Good as dead and going nowhere" really hits home for me. I only just started writing again after a year of life getting in the way. It feels so good to let the words flow again. You capture that feeling perfectly with this poem.

Even Flow
Date: 1/24/2019 6:49:00 PM

Thank you Heather ! It's so nice to see your name pop up, I have been in and out myself but I do check to see If you've been back. Ah, that's great, I'm looking forward to enjoying your words. Hope you are well.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/14/2018 3:14:00 PM

I really like this. It really does flow (is that the reason for your pen name?) I was expecting free verse but I saw mostly all rhymes!

Even Flow
Date: 10/15/2018 3:08:00 AM

thanks Andrea, I really appreciate your comment..and yes, I'm confused about the form. Most of my poems seem to fall in cracks between rhyme and free verse. I recently changed a few of them to rhyme as rhyme is quite important to the flow but it was suggested to me that they were more free verse. Having looked at the definitions you could make a case for both and probably also make a case for not.. as is often the way im a little confused but thank you.. oh my name is Stephen ..so it was 'even Stephens'. thanks again!

Luyanda Ngema

Date: 10/13/2018 10:30:00 AM

My personal favourite, i can't stop reading this, thank you so much... "Tear down your walls and scream if you must but scream it true from the depths of what it means to be you, step out from the queue and show it." This part hits home, thank you, thank you Even.

Even Flow
Date: 10/15/2018 8:25:00 AM

thank you Luyanda, for reading and commenting, I really enjoyed reading your poem too, but only one ? please post more!! Thanks again.Hope you have a lovely day.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/13/2018 6:43:00 AM

I always live my truth, scaring people out of my way, but it is so liberating, and it helps you live your soul-self. "Tear down your walls and scream if you must but scream it true from the depths of what it means to be you." I ask children to do this all the time. The bravest of the braves, often cannot, and i feel this is so sad. Liked this poem so immensely. What a great poem!

Even Flow
Date: 10/14/2018 5:20:00 AM

thanks for taking the time Caren, really appreciate your comment. Me too, dont know any other way but creatively I can struggle sometimes to feel 'good enough'. Think there's a bit of that in most people.Thanks again.

Charlotte Boyle

Date: 10/13/2018 3:36:00 AM

This rings so true for me. I love how you've shown the struggle of living your truth but also how light and loving that truth is. Why does this light inside scare me ..... Good as dead and going nowhere

Even Flow
Date: 10/14/2018 5:15:00 AM

thanks Charlotte ..congrats on making the soup front page btw.