Buried
feeling as if I’m suffocating
thinking that it’s just a season
it’s long, it’s hard
but time-limited, like the seasons.
On guard from the howling, swirling wind
sounding like echos of the past
sinister laughs
then silence
dark, deep silence.
It could be worse
It’s only weather…weather the storm
I’ll forget the destruction
bury it deep, make it smaller
Until I discover it wasn’t
a storm that passed
it was me!
Invisible to the pain
the ruination of a person
a body, mind, soul
a girl, a woman
who wasn’t allowed to own her body.
Anxious, panicked
crying to myself, and asking
What do I do?
Why won’t this go away?
Why must the skeleton hands of the past
grab me and keep trying to pull me down?
Suddenly; it’s quiet
a lull in the blizzard winds
a pause in the crackling trees.
Looking down I see
bits of green making their way
through the snow.
The crocus and tulips
know to bloom again
they are determined to ignore
the storms, the cold, the wind
It is their purpose to bloom and grow.
I realize that I can take this lesson from the flowers.
I can persevere and grow
to speak, and speak again
to feel
to heal
to breathe in the gift, this gift of hope
hope from the flowers.
©Alexis Rose, image: Pixabay
Thank you for reading my books: If I Could Tell You How It Feels, and Untangled, A Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph
Alright Alexis ,Please
Have a blessed day !
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Thank You!!
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For some reason I don’t see the follow button on my reader when I go to your site. I’ll check again.
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Thank you, Athira 😊
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I loved your writings…its really beautiful!
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Alexis,It could be nice if we follow each other.Here is my blog below!
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Thank You and God Bless!
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Loved it, its beautiful Alexis!
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You are more than welcome!
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Ohhh, thank you my friend. I appreciate you so much. 🤗❤️
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This was absolutely beautiful and I can understand in so many ways! Your resilience to the battles in life is inspiring. I just love your amazing writing abilities. You have a softness and realness to everything you share!
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You are very welcome and yes, we will! Bless you.
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Thank you Wendi. Yes, we will breathe again. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Loved your piece
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💕!
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Thank you, Nicole 💐
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Very relatable. Feelings don’t last. Neither did Monday’s warmth. Neither will this new snow. Your resilience grows. 💕—WeDIDit
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Reblogged this on Art by Nicole Corrado.
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Thank you!
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Thank you, Denise 💐
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Thank You! Im glad you read this at just the right time. 😊❤️
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Excellent, just the optimism I needed.
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You have found your voice, and it will carry you through the hardest times.
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Loved it!
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Being reborn thru the worst.:)
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Thank you! ❤️
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Beautiful words.
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Thank You! 💐💕
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Thank you! Yes, there is always hope. xx
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Hope from the Flowers! Excellent observation poem, and you’re right…flowers never give up. 🙂
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This is most beautiful Alexis, stark but there is hope!
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Thank you, Anupriya ❤️
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This is really an intense expression of feelings that a human goes through and grows through. Very beautiful ❤️
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Love that! Wow, it made it through the winter on your balcony. Thats Perseverance!!
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such beauty in those haunting words. but like the spring flowers after snow………our heads will appear allowing us to breathe again.
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I have one little parsley plant that made it through the winter on my balcony, so I guess that’s my own little symbol of perseverance.
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🙏🏼…hopefully it will come back soon!! 💐
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Love that description. Thank You, Ronda. Its always my hope that emotion and feelings come out in my writing. Thank you my friend. 💕💕
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Thank You!
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Thank you, Summer ❤️
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Thank you!!
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❤️ Yes!!
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I can’t relate to the snow, but the temps are all over the place. Saturday through Moday were so lovely, fresh air, windows open. Now, I back to wearing sweaters and sweatpants in order to stay warm.
“Spring… Where the Hell did you go?”
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You create such beautiful/haunting visuals.
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Very powerful words!
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I love this! Xxx
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Nice poem, Alexis. I interpret it like a panic attack – stuck in the moment – and then feeling the breathe of refrain
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Thank you! 💕
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Thank you! 💕
April in MN. I feel like I’ve experienced all 4 seasons since Monday.
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I don’t have enough words to appreciate this!💕
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Intensely wonderful! These poor flowers this year. They are trying so hard to fight this wacky weather like we are.
Beautifully penned!!!! 😊
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