‘There’s no place like home.’ / ‘If I only had a heart, a brain, some courage’. Do these phrases bear any significance for us and i…
I wrote this a while ago with the intention of starting a new series of paintings on the Wizard of Oz….the idea is still there… I hope to begin a new painting/series soon on the subject. What I have written here, is the unfolding of the research work on my subject…it is important that I gain a deep understanding or insight into my subject, as well as preparing the visual side of things, i like to get a feel for it spiritually, or at least have an empathy with/for my subject/s. I read different editions of the story itself, and look at as many different illustrations as possible, rewatch the movie a few times, and listen to any music associated with it…for example the tracks from the movie, as well as things like Elton John’s and Katie Noonan’s versions of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and eminem’s Yellow Brick Road and Raine Maida – Yellow Brick Road and anything else i can find associated with the imagery of the story… Somewhere over the Rainbow by Judy Garland / Somewhere over the Rainbow Eva Cassidy / Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Kamakawiwo / Fields of Gold Eva Cassidy
It’s just another day that started with a hangover headache and a man’s body beside me.
NSFW
cards. You can have endless fun with those.
I saw written on my palm / One word
My spine is extremely straight, and I tend to hiss. Gets kinda tiring. For Lisa & Jess, who deflect my arrows with love and humour, and who gave me the resolution for 2009: / Be like the duck, and rethink the crumpets If I do learn not to fire up so easily, can I skip the crumpet part?!
do you not long for me?
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I often gaze into the sky / Wondering if you were ever really here / Or if you do not exist in my world to date / You might just show yourse…
I’m so new to this…..so go easy on me :)
I forgave you yesterday for hurtful words / today, I compromised for affection / I’ll forgive you tomorrow / and lose more faith in my belie…
Back in 1992, I wrote this quote in my journal, “Forgiveness is a courageous attempt to add steps to the ladder of the future. To forgive oneself is the doorway to heaven and the challenge of lives to come.” I cannot remember who the author was, but this quote is a part of my daily routine - / I forgive myself for what I’ve done yesterday, today and tomorrow! / In my counseling efforts the issue of forgiveness is always misconstrued, that in order to forgive you must embrace the person forgiven – this is NOT to say you need live with them, tolerate future abuse, or forget the lessons learned from this relationship. I guess that this particular belief is what sparked the inspiration for this writing at 2am this morning. / I am hopeful that someone struggling with Self-Esteem earns their presence and ability to hold themself in enough regard and strength NOT to compromise themself for Survival, Affection or Success! / Peace~ Imagine my surprise today 5/6/09, when my sweet sister DevineDay Dreams created created this beautiful artwork to accompany this poem…
words repeat themselves like a broken record and I disintegrate like dust in the wind
A piece about self-doubt and lack of self-confidence. / I used to be insanely doubtful of myself. I only noticed my flaws, and felt that I was never good enough in anything I did. I’ve come a long way from feeling like this and and am now more accepting of who I am.
He has two stones in his pocket / I gave one to him, / Bloodstone with veins connecting / To our perfect kissing eyes / I see his hematite …
Love can seem hidden and forsaken but in the end.. Love is more powerful than all our attempts at denying it.
How am I supposed to feel about your fragile state, / when all you even did was tap, tap, tap / my fractured glass / with your diamond-head …
This is a poem about my current situation, as told from my stand-point to my almost Ex husband. about being crushed by an alcoholic sucking my soul for so long and almost forgetting what it was like to be alive, loved, respected, listened to, and unafraid to speak. To have, after the better part of 15 years of that, to have found a man, a real man, who actually wants to hear/read what I have to say, and love me for who i am not what they needed to covet or to make to feel small…and how wonderful and alive I feel because of him. :) Thank You!
He looked down on the world below, / His heart was filled with fright. / Where could he go? Where could he fly? / When all seemed dark as ni…
Written in honor of a brave and honorable warrior. FEATURED IN: Creative Writing and Poetry
you cannot know the fears i have / of grey walls in a room that shrinks slowly / to the breadth of a silent scream
20 august 2009.
The flick / of a tongue / as it bursts / from its own ruminations / striking a bare wood bow / until it bre…
verbal abuse…and how it builds to break.
I am naked now / Stripped of all self confidence / Nothing left to lose / There is no more heart to bruise / There is nothing left to take / ...
This was not an easy one to write. I write this from personal experience. I write it for all those who have lived through domestic violence or who have lost a friend or a loved one in this way or who are currently living with physical and/or mental abuse. They often go hand-in-hand. It starts subtly and is always followed by profuse apologies and usually escalates from there. Mental cruelty has many ugly faces too and is part of a control mechanism which is designed to reduce you to ashes by always making you feel inadequate and bad about yourself. Do not allow it. Furthermore, if someone is jealous of you it does not mean that they love you but quite the opposite. If they are always going out of their way to try and make you jealous of them, that is not love. When someone truly loves you they will edify you and your spirit, not taunt you or continually drag you down. They will never play games with you or your emotions if they love you. Recognize it when it happens and never let it get further than that. Get away. Get out before it crushes you. There is absolutely no excuse for physical or mental cruelty, abuse or violence. If you are dealing with someone who plays mind-games then you are dealing with the utmost immaturity. You only stay because you have a low self-esteem and you believe that you do not deserve any better. Do not delude yourself into thinking that you can ‘fix’ them or hope that it will all change because it won’t. You can never ‘fix’ someone else as that is a choice that only they alone can make, or not make. Have the strength to walk away and drag your self-respect behind you if you have to. Never play into the hands of being a victim. Take responsibility for your own life and your own future. Seek counseling and do whatever it takes to become a whole person. Always remember that two half people never make a whole person. You will recover; you will love and be loved again. Learn to love yourself and live to tell the story. This is your LIFE. This is your journey. Make it a beautiful one. You know that you can. When you open your mind / To the miracle that is you / You will find a deep well / Waiting there for you / When you open your heart / To the beauty that is you / You will sing a healing song / Of the love within you © JaneSolomon 2009 Music
Dusk brings ghosts on gauzy breezes / setting fire to the night, / their shifting eyes, or so it seems / electrified with second sight ...
A poem i wrote almost 2 years ago…posted for Halloween, and for the watcher from the midnight trees…
Breeding / desperation; / clawing at the last brick / in a wall wavering above / your death. Eyes dart / side to side to / frenzied s…
the most horrible truth of too late.
sometimes / I am / a deep well / of darkness
Open me, find a way in / Slash my heart, wrestle my fear / Slice at me and drain the poison / while I scream and thrash around
It was some time ago / I saw a man in a black leather jacket / And expensive dark glasses / A Mafioso looking type / Completely out of place…
How do we offload pain / When we can’t seem to cry it out / Or scream it into the wind / When it manifests in health issues / As pain so ofte…
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