Connection Poems
Verbondenheid
by Mario Odekerken
Tussen ons
onzichtbare draden
niet gekozen
maar geweven.
Een stil netwerk
dat blijft houden
ook als wij
los lijken.
Commit
by Cassie Frazier
I relapsed today. Not in a drug way!
No!
Stop— it’s more complicated than that.
It’s okay, I’m fine,
I mean; why wouldn’t I be?
......
the other women
by millie dunbar
He said, I love you, baby. Begging me to repeat after him. But I wanted him to love me without words but truth. He acted like it was a game to him?
Playing with my emotions all the time, and still begging for a simple word?
He said, I love you: but realistically I'm nothing when he loves someone else.
I remember the day he fell in love with me. he asked if I'd take his last name and pass it on to our children, Lola and Aiden. So, the day he started talking about her was the day I realized he was in love with someone else.
I could tell when he was falling in love again because we went through the same thing. You spoke about her like you used to speak about me.
......
Smile
by Carl Sinderby
Smile to those who you not know of,
Smile when you care,
Smile for you don't know who it will bring happiness for,
Smile for yourself,
Smile because you can,
Smile when you see the special moments,
Smile for the times you didn't,
Smile.
An Attempt at The Ritual
by Charles Hellen
I approach
The golden site of prayer.
Ashes
Surround the altar, testaments
To the ascensions of the past.
I am not
The first to pad up to the
Empty obsidian
Eyes.
......
Verbondenheid
by Mario Odekerken
Tussen ons
onzichtbare draden
niet gekozen
maar geweven.
Een stil netwerk
dat blijft houden
ook als wij
los lijken.
Commit
by Cassie Frazier
I relapsed today. Not in a drug way!
No!
Stop— it’s more complicated than that.
It’s okay, I’m fine,
I mean; why wouldn’t I be?
......
Inbetween you and me
by Mario Odekerken
Something hangs in the air
not heavy,not light
a silence that speaks more
than words could ever hold.
Between you and me
something unspoken drifts
no fight,no peace
just the in-between.
......
Tussen jou en mij
by Mario Odekerken
Er hangt iets in de lucht
niet zwaar,niet licht,
een stilte die meer zegt
dan woorden ooit kunnen vangen.
Tussen jou en mij
zweeft iets onuitgesprokens
geen strijd,geen vrede
alleen het tussenin.
......
To be One Again
by Kirsten Moreton
To Be One Again
On the ground lies a girl,
Dirt runs through her veins.
Thorns prick through her quick with a click.
......
