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family loves you most
family cares for you most
family knows about you most
family feels for you most
family annoys you most
I trusted them—
like a toddler trusts gravity.
And guess what?
I fell flat. Face-first. Again.

I loved them—
with all the drama of a K-drama lead.
They loved me back like…
a cat loves water.

They called my very valid emotional breakdown
a "teenage mood swing."
Yeah. Sure.
And earthquakes are just the Earth stretching.

Every breath, every day—
a dramatic soap opera.
Except I’m the lead
and the audience and the writer
—and no one’s paying me for it.

I listened to “Fight Song” for the 397th time,
thinking it might pump me up.
But turns out, music can’t fix
chronic underappreciation
or autocorrect turning ‘I’m fine’ into ‘I’m fired’ (frustration)

******?
Please. The internet called me that yesterday.
Today, I’m “emotionally unstable with main character energy.”
Upgrade.

Exaggerating?
Only my ****** expressions.
This is real life, baby.
Starring me: the misunderstood meme queen.

I’m 18.
They say I act 12.
But my mental age test said 32.
So what am I?
A human age Rubik’s cube?
Good luck solving me without peeling the stickers.

So I’ll wait till I’m 32.
Maybe I’ll have a cactus farm.
Or a PhD in sarcasm.
But patience?
I couldn’t even wait for popcorn in the microwave.

And no—this isn’t attention-seeking.
This is therapy with Wi-Fi.
Posted right here on HelloPoetry
’cause apparently, therapists don’t take memes as currency.
Your eyes undress the moment—
slow, certain, like you’ve already won.
You lean in close,
and the space between us forgets how to behave.

Your voice is velvet sin,
your laugh? A dare wrapped in honey.
I should walk away,
but your name tastes better on my lips than reason ever could.

So say it again—
the way you look at me
like you're already unbuttoning my thoughts.
I want to live my best life;
Getting back up, after I fall.
Forgiving myself, after I fail.
Laughing, when I make mistakes.
Being patient, when things take time to re-learn.
Because I have time;
To fall, fail, learn and get back up again.
I have time to live my best life,
Every day.
~
July 2025
HP Poet: Bekah Halle
Age: 40+
Country: Australia


Question 1: We warmly welcome you to the HP Spotlight, Bekah. Please tell us about your background?

Bekah Halle: "I am known at HP as Bekah Halle. My first name is Rebekah, and Halley is my middle name. I am the eldest of two girls, the aunt of three gorgeous girls and the eldest of 20+ cousins.

I am a counsellor and a chaplain for people across all ages. But, in my early career I was a PR & Marketing Consultant for FMCG companies and non-profits.

I am creative and love art, drama, photography, poetry, and music. Recently, I have become more captivated by nature, writing about it and being out in nature."



Question 2: How long have you been writing poetry, and for how long have you been a member of Hello Poetry?

Bekah Halle: "As a child, I used to love writing stories, and poetry later. In some ways you could say poetry found me. In 2012 I had surgery to remove a brain aneurysm and AVM that resulted in a stroke and then being in a 40-day coma. Healing involved many modalities, locations and years and poetry was a way for me to express the things I was thinking and feeling but could not say. I didn't show them to anyone until I completed a MA in Chaplaincy and during the course, there was a reflective writing element to process our journey. During this time I brought my poetry ‘out of the closet’ or into the light, and shared with people and they encouraged me to continue writing. I looked for ways to share my poetry, to get feedback and found HP! And you all have been very encouraging!"


Question 3: What inspires you? (In other words, how does poetry happen for you).

Bekah Halle: "I mostly get inspired by faith and life. I can get a stirring from the Holy Spirit and/or I can be in life and see a moment as special or in a new light and want to capture it in words. I will write, re-write and set it aside or sometimes it comes to me in a flash. The poetry writes me."


Question 4: What does poetry mean to you?

Bekah Halle: "Life. Expression. Hope. Extolling God."


Question 5: Who are your favorite poets?

Bekah Halle: "I studied Samuel Coleridge in High School and still remember his poems today. The Psalmists in The Bible, Emily Brontë, Sylvia Plath, Victor Hugo, Mary Oliver, Jane Tyson Clement, Rainer Maria Rilke, David Scott…to name a few."


Question 6: What other interests do you have?

Bekah Halle: "The power of gratitude, fitness, travel and learning."


Carlo C. Gomez: “We would like to thank you Bekah, we really appreciate you giving us the opportunity to get to know the person behind the poet! It is our pleasure to include you in this Spotlight series!”

Bekah Halle: "Thank you for the opportunity."




Thank you everyone here at HP for taking the time to read this. We hope you enjoyed coming to know Bekah a little bit better. We certainly did. It is our wish that these spotlights are helping everyone to further discover and appreciate their fellow poets. – Carlo C. Gomez

We will post Spotlight #30 in August!

~
I heard an expert say
missing someone
is simply an act of love—
So often woven
into unhealed pain
and heart-sores.

I thought of the night
I vowed to engrave
your laughter in my soul.
Kept safe as a personal vinyl,
sometimes replayed—
because I kept my word.
Life-the dirge or melody
the chaff and the beauty
but I've found myself
in thee
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