Literary Vegan

Before I Met You I dream about The hopelessness Before I met you. Dreamland makes the space eternal. I swim in the feel of no-one. I wake in the need of someone.  But you're already there. By LJ. Copyright 2016.

Therapy I felt The ground and not My fear. I heard The birds and all Things near. I saw The sky not full Of ghosts. I knew My mind was in Control. By LJ. Copyright 2016.

Until Now The muse left me. I felt her go. I wanted to write, yes and Suddenly, no. She was there - Word fountains flew into the air Then rained down Silence. Until now. By LJ. Copyright 2016

Seaweed The current of feeling held me With mocking, murky hands I thought the sky was water, I thought the earth was sand. I sank with every heartbeat, Scattered bubbles of despair That bobbed along my vision Distorting any glare Though the sun shone - I couldn't see  That curled around my heart Were but weeds of make believe A water-work of art. By LJ. Copyright 2016

There's a Tiger on my Bed There's a tiger on my bed A predator, aware Of feelings - She kills what's lonely. There's a tiger on my bed Danger in her stare - She hunts  The ghosts that haunt me. There's a tiger on my bed - Even in sleep prepared To keep  My human company. By LJ, Copyright 2016

Adult The best thing about Being an adult Is chocolate for breakfast Because you can. by LJ, Copyright 2016

Waves I watched the wind ride through the grass That turned dark green as air pushed past In waves To greet me. There is no water, is no sea But on the earth, beneath my feet The waves Still reached me. By LJ, Copyright 2016

Mindfulness Close your eyes Deep breath in Deep breath out Shoulders down. What do you hear? No Sound. Close your eyes Deep breath in Deep breath out Shoulders down. Can you hear the  Clock Sound? Tick. Tock. The sound is there but you Were Not. By LJ, Copyright 2016

Huntress She's hunting for perfection. Her claws scour the clearing. She preys on rocks that mock enough, The layered landscape fearing. She's poised, and posed, as queen. Her paws perfectly hiding The dirt that dared to cross her lair, To play with in her timing.  She's alert, always aware, Her senses ever feeling. She never sleeps this huntress feeds On imperfection's being. By LJ. Copyright 2016

Night lights I sit within a diamond  Constellation of house stars; Made of fairy lights and candles And gold glitter in glass jars - A man-made galaxy Uniting night and sky outside With those who feel the safest Dreaming their ideas, inside. By LJ. Copyright 2016

OCD (2) My room outside me is a mess, I crave order inside my head; My brain plays Jigsaw games  Over and over To find the sane, Peace. No bones in me are broken, My sense of self is stolen; Invisible dice Make me think twice Odds and Evens Wrong or right Thoughts?  Disorder tries to confine me - It's not about 'neat and tidy' But fearing Everything Obsessive compulsive Questioning, Doubt. By LJ. Copyright 2016

Animal Rhyme What do you see in the field? A beast that needs to be killed? Or claws and fur that can feel, As you do? What do you see at the zoo? Walking handbags and leather shoes? Or curious creatures like you, As longing? What do you see on the farm? Milk, breakfast and yarn? Or eyes that look back in return, At you too? By LJ. Copyright 2016

White The calmest colour is white. I've craved it all my life. And in this moment, white Ceiling, bed and fur quiet My mind, I hear my breath Unwind into calm beneath The white. By LJ. Copyright 2016

Winter Turning inwards, back against the cold, Crushing leaves I proudly used to show. Summer seems surreal, so long ago, Withered branches hidden under snow. What have the darker days and nights begun? Running to the place that I can't run. Even so I'm looking for the sun, That state I knew, I know, that I came from. By LJ. Copyright 2016

Therapy Cat When there is panic inside my head, You are calm, curled up on my bed. When thoughts unpredictable alter my mood, You are like clockwork asking for food. When things are difficult to do that day, You bring me a toy so I have to play. When I sit overwhelmed by thoughts, You sit with me, just because. By LJ. Copyright 2016

OCD (1) Everything is magnified, Molecules electrified, In earth, in air, personified As being something more. And thought contests for speed of light, No sound, a sudden inner sight Compulsion to do what is right Or what feels secure. Whispers whirl to hurricanes And dust becomes vast desert plains All inside a mental game To figure out the score. By LJ. Copyright 2016