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Flowers In Winter: Poems and Illustrations
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781736630129
Publisher: Thandiwe McMillan
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Flowers In Winter is a collection of poetry and prose about love, loss, connection and healing. Through vivid imagery and raw emotion, the author evokes reflection and understanding, elucidating the nuances of being human. This is a collection of poetry divided into five parts: Discovery & Belonging, Defining Love, Sometimes the Sun Doesn't Rise, Questioning Chaos, & Rainbows After Storm. This is a reflection on the authors life from childhood to adulthood and how she navigates the world while dealing with loss and trying to heal. This book deals shows the brutality of the world we live in through the eyes of the author, while also offering healing and uplifting words that let readers know they are not alone.
I miss being ten years old,
skipping bare backed & breathless
on old nylon carpet, toothy grinned.
Painted with innocence, tickled with curiosity,
ignorant to the meaning of sex,
I was.
It didn't take long for me to catch on;
ingest motion pictures piffle
that forced nudity and sex together
in a country where
nakedness is shameful.
Defining Love You are rareA blue moon on a cloudless night.
If leaving your side meant sipping
sanctified waters from
the fountain of youth
I would choose the path of
crows feet and a shriveled skin suit,
so that I may never leave you.
Sometimes the Sun Doesn't Rise
It's been years since you died.
The pain is raw. I loathe it.
It sits like a prisoner,
locked behind my chest,
beyond my rib cage.
If time heals all wounds,
this is a life-long sentence.
Questioning ChaosIf dreams are glimpses of other dimensions,
my other selves are seldom melancholy.
I want their happiness.
In those dimensions they dream as well, wondering the same thing.
They want my happiness.
Rainbows After StormsI flew across
arid emptiness
mossy woodland
blinding glaciers
frosty tundra
and Atlantic slosh
in search of
something
I could only
find
in the crevices of
my heart:
Joy.
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