HeyJaredShadow in Light
No light, no sight; no shadow, no depth. Poetry, prose, essays, humor, recovery, spirit.
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Hollow Bones and Feathers (opens the original)
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Would that I had hollow bones,feathers fair to carry meaway from graveyard gravity,kindred to graceful feathered souls.Imagine broad black wings soar high,lifted on strong thermal winds above mountains, with raven eyes’wide vision seeing all connections.Or black night’s silent stealthy wings,acute hearing, light gathering eyesdetect rodents trying to hide in leaves,hapless prey to crushing force of talons.Or on a lake, crimson-eyed mother,chicks on her speckled back nestled in wings,hidden from
Not Drowning (opens the original)
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For the time being I quit struggling,no more panic frenzied splashingNow there is quiet floatingsuspended between sea and sky,chill water supports my back,sunlight falls warm on face, spirit.Sense memories swirl around,touch me from below, above,settling into consciousness.Our wedding on a green island,barefoot as we said our vows,sunlight bright upon her smile.Each other’s rings on red threadsaround our necks until we heldand pulled the rings, snappingthe thin threads, allowing usto encircle fi
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