The Poetry Marathon

I sit in the darkness of my mind,

wrapped in the situation, draped round me like a cloak,

My mind whispers quietly from the back,

“be honest” but I am finding the words to be lost as they approach my tongue.

In the soft moonlight I am lost to the night,

I wonder if I just said how I feel,

Would it all turn out alright?

Would my words shed some light,

Make us feel we could hold on a little longer,

banish our fright?

And when the sun rises in a couple of hours,

As we bid “good morning” to one another,

Would we see the flowers?

Would they grow after the storm of lies which had rained down upon us both within the night?

At this time, it’s so hard to know, so hard to fight.

So I keep my mouth closed against the difficulties of my mind’s honest might.

You are not here with me,

As often as I can’t breathe,

As if you have taken my lungs as well as my heart,

deep down with you, far into the beneath.

With what could be,

A steel coffin wrapped around you all,

I wish your job was easy,

As I continuously wait for that phone call.

Together, we are apart and alone we fall,

You can’t talk and I can’t breathe,

With me wishing on dry land,

And you descended thousands of feet beneath.

So, I’ve signed up to write a poem every hour on the hour for 12 hours. I (along with all of you lot) must be mad! I am, however, totally ready to face the challenge of this poetry-thon! I am 29, recently married and in the process of gaining residency into the States. I have spent the previous 8 years in countries other than that of my home country, working, travelling both solo and with my sister, and also with friends, experiencing weird stuff and meeting, getting to know, travelling with and eventually marrying my now-husband. I am sensitive, an empath and life baffles me. I have had many types of jobs but my favourite for some strange reason was picking fruit. I’ve found meaning in my travels and hope this is just a small pause and that I can continue on seeing the world a little later when I have some small children to cart with me! I believe in the law of attraction and I use it every day to keep positive and manifest all the good things I want into my life, it’s been going pretty well. I am adventurous as all balls, I love bungee jumping, sky diving, rafting, pot holing, caving, surfing, snow boarding, trekking, fire poi, hitch hiking, I believe the list goes on and on… I lived in a van for four months and a tent for a year and a half. I also shared in a 60 bed working hostel for 6 months. That’s where I met my husband.

I have a degree in social studies and youth, I want a masters but I haven’t quite gotten around to doing that yet, best I’ve done since I graduated is a TESOL in Cambodia, where we ended up living for 3 years. I’ve also lived in Thailand, Australia, England, New Zealand and now the USA. I have flown twice around the world, seeing Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Hong Kong, Wales and The Gambia. I love this life and feel so special to be able to participate everyday in such a crazy reality.

I am a big fan of nature and national parks. Waterfalls, rivers, forests, lakes, animals, man, I want to see it all! My ultimate goal right now is to see the Aurora Borealis or Aurora Australius, I mean I’d happily see both! Anyways, can’t wait to see what everyone has got for the 13th! All my love. xx