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Kim Greenacre Poem
There was never any controlling it?
No dodging it. Unloading it?
It stuck us both together and held us tightly in its grip
We tried our hand at moulding it
?Healing it. Holding it?
It wanted us together; head, heart and thrusting hip
Once, we nearly cornered it?
We threatened it. We warned it?
But it came once more and sheltered us, ‘till we fought with it again.
Black bruised we gently eased it
?We blew on it and teased it?
We rescued and revived it, till it burst back into flame
Then life drove us and we dashed it?
Thrashed it. Trashed it?
Tested every fibre, every ounce of strength it had?
We badgered it and blagged it,?
My word! How we have shagged it!
?It flared again and gave us, all the pleasure that it had
We disrespected and abused it.
?Never soothed it. Smoothed it?
Caressed or contemplated, its very gentle deeds We hounded it. Confounded it.?
In drink, we’ve damn near drowned it
?But still, it softened life for us and satisfied our needs
This love, it lays between us
?Binding us. Bleeding us?
The tether and the freedom that only it can give Searing us. Endearing us?
Together, there is no fear in us
?This 'It'? Well, that's simple. 'Tis the reason that we live
Copyright © Kim Greenacre | Year Posted 2019
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Kim Greenacre Poem
Walk Forward
If I travel on ahead too soon, pause for a while and consider my going
But stop not, nor fall into the time and distance between us.
Gather yourself; draw in all of me that was, bind your wounds and wrap your heart with memories
They will be your salve and balm; your recovery, your power.
For somehow, you must now step forward. Day by day — Week by week
Remember all that you taught me —strength, courage and love
But don’t let the past pull you back. Linger not on our last day.
Use your love to comfort. Your hands to help
And walk forward
Walk forward and you will find me.
For we are of the same atom. The same cells —The same fibre
We can never be split. Forever we’ll be joined in heart and soul and mind.
Walk forward
Walk forward and one day, you will find me.
Copyright © Kim Greenacre | Year Posted 2019
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Kim Greenacre Poem
I have the strength to nurture
I have the courage to protect
I have enough love to heal any heart or any part of me that is stricken
I am eternal. Evolving.
Transformations cut me.
Tragedies sear my skin yet my soul remains untarnished
And my heart's beat is complete
I am a gift that is received and given
I am here. I am woman.
At last, I know me.
Copyright © Kim Greenacre | Year Posted 2019
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