I’m a little wren
Nesting in the pine
And singing to be heard
Loudly and sure
Because I have a song to share.
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I’m a white rose
Opening in the garden
With petals etched in pink
At the edges
Because my time is now.
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I’m a cloud
Floating across the sky
And ever changing
Shape and form
Because that’s what clouds do.
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I’m a book
Scrawling with thousands of words
Filled with originality
One you can’t put down
Because it is unexpected.
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I’m invisible
Yearning to be seen
Screaming to be heard
Ignored by so many
Because I am incurable.
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I’m a candle
Lighting the dark
And giving hope
Wherever it’s needed
Because candles illuminate life.
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I’m a butterfly
Fluttering in the breeze
Lighting on flower
After flower
Because I make the world beautiful.
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I’m a song
Humming my melody
With a driving rhythm
And I listen to the spaces between the notes
Because they are important to the song.
•
I’m the sky
Seeing everything below
No matter how I look
Sun or rain, day or night
Because I am always there.
•
I’m a bee
Working to keep the
Entire world from collapse
With little thanks or understanding
Because I sometimes sting.
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I’m a unicorn
Staying as safe as I can
And as real as can be
While I travel with others like me
Because unicorns do exist.
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I am a human
With cancer
Wishing to morph
Into someone without cancer
Because I want to be healthy again.
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These are the things I am
As I morph from one to another
But I also feel like a puddle of tears
Or a bundle of nerves
Firing uncontrollably
As demon cancer cells
Multiply inside a body trying to stay alive.
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How am I feeling?
I feel misunderstood
And sometimes voiceless
Silenced by a need to conceal
And wear a disguise of a smile.
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Look into my eyes.
My eyes don’t lie.
Eyes are windows
Into our souls.
My soul either is a light
Or it is an empty hole of longing.
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I want us all to be lights.
What do you see?
Finding A Way 
Kristie this is gorgeous and full of imagery that I feel in my every nerve and I see your eyes. I see more than that I see your pain and your patience your fear and your anger your truth and your love. I really appreciated the stanza about the bee. It’s so apropos. I’m going to reblog this on my site because I feel you like you can imagine I might- to the core. I love & care about you with my heart & soul. Without friendship I’d be afloat an endless ocean without a way to navigate.
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I love the bee stanza, too. Writing poems is good for me. And a reblog? I don’t think I’ve ever been reblogged before! Thank you, Ilene. Our eyes do hold so much. Love you, too.
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Beautiful. ❤️
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This came to me so quickly. When that happens in writing, I know I’m onto something. I like this a lot, too.
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Beauty, power and deeply insightful wisdom.
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Emily, Emily, Emily . . . like I wrote in my last email . . . you are always right. 😉 I see the same in you, my dear friend. ❤️
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This is a beautiful post, Kristie. I’m sure you are all of the things you mentioned depending on the day or the time. I see a strong woman, determined even though fragile at times.
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Thanks, Terry. I find it calming until I get to the end. Cancer tends to throw emotions off course.
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Of course it would. I guess though, it includes all of the emotions, which makes it more profound.
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This is wonderful, Kristie—so straightforward yet profound. Yes, you were definitely on to something when the words and images simply flowed.
I’m not getting notices of your posts. I signed on again; hope it holds this time.
Kind regards,
Annie
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Hi Annie,
I only see you signed on once, so something weird must have happened the first time. Let me know if you don’t receive anything. I admit I love this poem a lot. The images form so freely in my mind when I read it.
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Hi Kristie,
This is powerful and beautiful. You have a gift for writing poetry too. 🙂
Keep writing.
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Thanks, Nancy. I like writing poems. It’s such an expressive form.
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