Lisa Jewell


Writing

release

A reel of saffron thread / embossed a pattern upon my lover’s tongue / Aphrodite’s girdle slipped away like yesterday no trickery / stitched / a weave around my frame no siren / lul…

melancholy blues

a green caterpillar / slept comfortably in the groove between my thumb and index finger / his dream circled a halo then caressed my face / inviting me to see things I’d not thought to accept as …

when I dance, I am no longer thinking and it is better than a drug

music tickles every pore of my body with its celestial feathery fingers / seeping deeply within mixing a new juice into the blood that sings through my veins / between my head and heart there is …

goodbye is sometimes needed, but not always forever

from my core pitch black abyss / a rumble / desecrated my illusions / breaking Adam’s rib / bone shards / left a trail on the yellow brick road / roses immortalised by glass panes / shattered …

self protective fleeing reveals the inside of me has wings

shiva slipped between the crisp black sheets fixed to my pyre bed. / I fell into a snow white sleep, blocking out the seven degrees of my new found separation. Sugar coated memories filled the dar…

unlikely or

A rose wore only a black veil / her Hecate flesh / renounced itself in the valley of the Queens / lips carved / from the holy sunrise / turned to bone / her soul / was stolen / during the winter…

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