BlogHide Resteemsamberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 18Las Vegas When we met you were dropping things out of your pockets like shiny coins. I picked them up: confidence, humor, friendliness, intelligence. As time went on I began to feel lonely…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 17original photograph -Nesting- Dance #2 Feel joy in your ankles, Magic in your knees. Have conversation between the balls of your feet and the ground. Breathe in your pelvis, Hear with your…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 16original drawing - oil pastels There Is A God Inside of You what kind is up to you vengeful, wrathful, exacting, demanding payment petty, selfish, insular, tormented pitiable, defeated…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 15Mothering smothering othering bothering covering hovering glowering souring cowering powering showering weathering feathering tethering severing honoring offeringamberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 14Spring Tease Bands of sunlight and cloudshade Chase each other across grassy fields Unbearable White light followed by bland shadow Gasping ice wind tumbles birds Stillness sings Playing…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 13Don't Care For 4 years my neck has been hurting. Not because I'm getting older. Working more, having more money, googling more gadgets and stretches and therapies won't help. I don't believe…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 12Be Gone! Vibrational connections linger Forced dreams Call and response Chinked armor Dead ideas Knowing Claiming Visible Eating 1000 offerings Insufferable Refuse Narcissistic…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 11original photograph On Keeping a Garden No idea what I'm doing, Maybe it will show. Layered cake, PB&J, But you have to get the foundation right. Break it up, Mix in something good…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#10original charcoal drawing Dance Mistakes are not possible. Delicious, neck-popping Feet-stamping call to wake the dead. You can't hide anymore We're coming for you. Strong like sister…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#9original painting, acrylic on wood. TW: Negative Self-Talk/Suggestions of Self-Harm Do you hear the way you talk to yourself? What a bitch You are To yourself. Where is this anger coming…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#8Original pencil drawing. I didn't post a poem yesterday, so am now playing catch-up. Relapse Do you know how dangerous it is to tell someone what's really on your mind? It sounded nicer in my…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#7Clean - Unclean The vagina is self-cleansing Like the eye. The soul is self-cleansing, Perpetually clean. It's wounds that need cleansing. Pull out gravel, Spray off mud, Wash, Dry…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#6(Bonus: can you spot my dog in this picture?) Intrinsic Motivation Is not my strong suit. Who cares? After all. I make promises to Myself, Break them. I make promises to Others…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWrimo: Day#5Excess Too much and too little. Loud: What to do with me. Cruel: Making myself heard. Sweet: I can't stand it anymore. Wonderful: I don't need you at all. Temple Let's have some eye…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#4Music Tree-full of of white blossoms, Beautiful. I could look forever, But this vehicle is moving Fast to the next destination. Now alone in a cold room With screens and dings and Voices…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day#3The Identity of God Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name: Last, First and Middle. Thy email address has been verified as [email protected] Thou hast provided us with a valid social…amberrayh (35)in art • 6 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day #2Pets Creatures caught and molded, Trained with touch, sight and sound, Pleasure and pain, Carrot and stick. Do you need me? Do you love me? We're a team now, For better or for worse. As…amberrayh (35)in writing • 7 years agoNaPoWriMo: Day 1First poem for you all! It doesn't have a title yet. Maybe someone could suggest one? --- Sometimes saying the truth requires volume. Sometimes color. Sometimes emptiness, and silence and…amberrayh (35)in poetry • 7 years agoNaPoWriMo - Why I'm Doing ItApril is National Poetry Month and, in honor of this, many writers like to celebrate NaNoWriMo style. For NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, which takes place in November) the goal is to…amberrayh (35)in science • 8 years agoGrieving, Day 23: Our Bloody EconomyI was listening to a podcast today where an ex-soldier was being interviewed. He served in Iraq for 4 years. He talked about how when he was there he started wrestling with the contradiction of his…
