Poetry from Julie Jordan Scott

i am most certainly not hiding.... an #OctPoWriMo poem

A brief preface: The "You" mentioned by the speaker in this poem is not YOU the reader, it is "You" the community at large, as she sees it. Many times when I write in first person it is not necessarily my voice you are hearing, it is some fictitious poetry character I create in the moment. Because confessional poetry is so much more common than fictional poetry, I wanted to declare that before people started either apologizing to me or getting angry at me. Phew! Glad to make that straight!

 

blue word cocoon

wraps me in a net of

productivity:

idol, deity, pin-up girl

I worship

will not

can not

shall not

abandon

without

just

cause

 

some might call this

Hiding.

i call it time stewardship.

wise

wonderful

satisfying

committed

sanity

saver

no matter what

you busybodies

say

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This poem reflects the theme of hiding, as offered by the OctPoWriMo prompt on October 2, 2013. If you have yet to hear of OctPoWriMo, it is a month long poetry challenge: 31 Poems in 31 Days. As you can see, it is flexable to a degree - I am not posting this until the morning of October 3, simply because my mind was crafting it throughout the day yesterday AND I didn't have adequate keyboard time to get it out to the world and YOU! Join us and enjoy!!

Iris to Iris - An Early Morning Poem - September 17, 2012

Awake before the sunrise

Peachy orange peeks from over my neighbors house

The neighbor who… well, never mind. These days I

Especially need to make room for forgiveness.

There is a tall power pole

Staring at me

An iris in the center of the eyeball made up

By that neighbor’s home and a big, overgrown

Linden tree

It looks suspicious

Or perhaps that is the reflection

Of my iris as I stare into this morning

Unsure, frightened and returned to

Childhood without those familiar

Surroundings… there are no swings

At Carteret Park, no tiny bathroom with

Dingy shell wallpaper, no wood stairs to scamper

Down or slide down or tip toe down when

I don’t want to be found exploring while

Everyone else sleeps.

It’s funny not ha ha how

Adulthood and cancer leave

Me feeling

So alone

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