Oh god no, not poetry!

The thing about me is, mostly i have no taste for most contemporary poetry. Not all poetry, just, well, it seems mostly what I come across is drippy, insipid stuff that I cannot remotely relate to (and thank god for that). But when something comes along that is truely an image painted with words that speaks to me, color me impressed.

Those of you who know me well know whose image this poem conjures. God help me.



what is this thing inside me that yearns, burns when i am near you
what is this thing that shakes me up and calms me down and makes me smile, laugh, cry, die a little bit inside when you're away
what makes YOU so special that you get to crawl around inside me,
touch me in places i've never been touched before
intimate places, deep, dark and secret places
places pale from lack of light of day
who gave you the right to steal my thoughts at any moment you so desire
to make me smile unexpectedly at a remembered word, an unexpected kindness
why do you get to be the one to scale my wall, peek over,
smiling wickedly at what you find inside,
even my darkness, that hidden ugly, i expect you to judge
why don't you
where's that tail tucking, bucking, i expected as my due
why do you have to be so original
so fucking unstereotypical
so lyrical
so beautifully damaged and patched back together,
scarred and maimed
exquisite in your pain
yet still able to love
what makes you
tick?
and how did i so quickly succumb to your throbbing beat

~Elonna~

"That which yields is not always weak." -Jacqueline Carey in Kushiel's Dart

Will ALL my quotes come from Carrie's Blog?

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond belief.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond belief.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel unsure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. As we let our own Light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
~Marianne Williamson - with references to God removed