There’s an art in this,

a spectacular sight to see in your generosity.

This damned place you’re finding yourself revolving in.

You rely on others, blindly reaching out.

Exhausting your resources, you’re scouring the galaxies and across oceans for this reprieve,

arms reaching back.

Aim your arrows at lower ground.

Aim towards your roots and dig deeper.

There’s an art in this.

I promise you.

But you don’t see, no matter the times you’re reassured, your brilliance, your value in this place.

This place you loathe with all of yourself.

You don’t see that there’s art in this.

Your art, bringing arms across oceans and galaxies for hugs, cold and warm and covered in scars and bathed in rain.

You bring them to you across oceans in your place, your art in this.

With your words

With your hurt

With your reaching, you’re whole.

You’re brave.

You’re writing about being afraid of not reaching the latter, letting people remain blind like you are afraid you are too.

No, your eyes are clear.

Your heart is dear and warm.

You’re vulnerable and brave in your honesty.

Your art, bringing all these battered arms in,

hugging invisible bodies and warming our spirits.

Feather light and heavy hearted, your words, your love is a blanket needed now.

Let yourself see your art in this.

Let yourself see.

Let yourself.

4 responses to “AN ArT-iN-tHis”

  1. Woodsy Avatar
    Woodsy

    You already know how much this piece means to me.

    It was a lifeline.

    So were you.

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    Woodsy

    Reblogged this on Woodsy the Performance Poet and commented:
    My long-distance sister Brittny, over at Dawning Creations, shared this with me a few nights back,

    told me that I was the inspiration, on a night when I felt like nothing.

    We’re awash with words, with quotes, with new public service announcements, with rhetoric…

    But sometimes, it comes down to someone who won’t let you go turning the tap on and washing you with something you won’t hear anywhere else.

    So thanks, Britt… Over to you…

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    Striking Lightening

    This is beautiful , I love you my brilliant daughter !!!!

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      BrittnyLee

      Thank you mom. I love you

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