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skies roll;
earth rolls;
seas roll;
fire rolls;
everything
else stands
still; won't
u roll w/
me awhile
I should be dodging
lightning bolts cuz I
poked God in the eye
but I know the
goddess has my back
& I have hers
the earth will open up
wide & swallow
all falsehood leaving
truth; the flesh of her flesh micro,  
macro ad infinitum until u return:
the good; delicious as nectar goes,
the start of the whole overflow;
the self-evident beautiful
unseen w/in & w/o illuminated like
ur multiples of eyes; I lose count
of the ways I do but not what I do;
it's so instinctual I'm doing it now;
not dodging heat lightning
but shadowing u like a blue moon
I could sing u love songs all day
b/c u are my air; I am on fire 4
u but like Daniel I will not burn

u wash over me like a flood &
fashion me out of clay; standing
upright to gaze @ ur every star

ur every mountain is volcanic;
I sweat but do not sink below
ur flowing lava traces & igneous
whirlpools

swirling back to the center of ur
world & when it all settles & cools
& forests grow lush over all
the earth u will be the first to walk

barefoot there
I have many
muses yet I'm only one
poet so I speak w/ many
voices but which one
is the truth
Every woman has a goddess w/in
who personifies intuition & some
times men have them too; I know,
freaked me out too but since that
unnerving discovery I have learned
that the term for it is the Anima &
it lives w/in us all so I think it more
accurate to say we live w/in it/her;
Demeter in winter & Persephone
in spring; mother in dreams, lover
in our fantasies & sister in reality
 Jan 2018 Tanisha Jackland
ryn
Capture me the sun
and I’ll worship you by day

Lasso me the moon
and I’ll turn the tide

Irrigate me an ocean
and I’ll drink to a stupor

Promise me time
and the seconds I’ll bide
between heaven
& hell u are
the magic sky &
solid earth &
the magic
sea & solid flesh
 Jan 2018 Tanisha Jackland
Chwins
;
 Jan 2018 Tanisha Jackland
Chwins
;
You are beautiful,
You are strong,
You are more than the blade you're holding against your wrist.
So drop it.

You are more than those *******' whispers
and those ***** catcalls.
Don't ever doubt your worth
Because you are better than the picture you've painted in your head.

You are the best version of yourself
And now is the time of your life.
Get out there, set yourself free
Unshackle your feet from the chains that drag you down.

You are beautiful and you are not alone.
How difficult
       it is
         to
Control the mind
      when
you practice
         to
control the mind
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