Hannah J Strauss

Hannah J Strauss Jan 2020

Here I have loved
Here I have lost
Onto greener pastures I go
I'd like you to follow
@hannahstrausspoetry
Is where I will be waiting for you
Eagerly. :)

My instagram handle :) please come and support my work on there!
@hannah_strauss_poetry

Hannah J Strauss Dec 2019

Last of the Days

Perfectly tuned keys step out into the world
Dance down the canals of my ears.
Float into the blank vision of peace
And disappear like smoke before the next note falls.

Lashings of rain sound like popcorn on the creaky tin roof
And between cloud-washed sunshine
The wind sings its own song through the skies.
Its voice is familiar but always forgotten.

Cold creeps in, fog around my ankles.
Silence crushes around me, an ocean collapsing.
Music fulfills me, I am becoming.
Until the last key is played.

Hannah J Strauss Dec 2019

Little Spider On The Wall

Little spider on the wall.
Tell me, do see the love?
Tell me, do you feel the fear?
Little spider and the wall, tell me, is our love, love at all?
Was it meant to be?
Little spider on the wall
Is he a man you ask?
No, he is so much more.
Am I women you ask?
No, I could be so much more.
Little spider on the wall
I turn a round and you are gone
Where you even there at all?

This is a song I wrote that I hope to perform. I hope you like it. Its got a jazz slow-song vibe.

Hannah J Strauss Dec 2019

My eyes are brown

My eyes are brown, like molasses.
Or cinnamon...
It depends how the sun shines.

They are not bright.
They do not glimmer.
They are not oceans or stars or green like emeralds.

My eyes are brown, like a deer's.
Big and round...
They are innocent and can't scare anyone.

They are warm.
The sun turns them molten.
They are kind and soft.

I wish I had blue eyes...

To pierce into the minds of others and leave my impression.
To be memorable for the brightness in my face.
To be feared for the fury in my gaze.

I wish I had blue eyes...

So I could be part of the "pretty" club.
So I had an entire section of adjectives to describe them.
So I was special.

But I have brown eyes, and that will have to do.

Hannah J Strauss Dec 2019

Cosmically Great

I wake up before my phone's buzz, because I am SO excited to be alive.
I wake up and love just fills every pore and thought.
I wake up and the world is lucky to have me in it today!

Notifications let me know I was missed.
Birds sing good morning to me!
The spiders have spun, "hello friend" above my head.

My hair looks great, soft and shining.
My smile is broader than the horizon of possibilties.
My eyes are gleaming with potential.

Every outfit clings to me in awe.
My makeup does little.
My voice would make Enya cry.

Today I am a masterpiece of the universe.
Today I am a living God.
Today I am cosmically great.

For anyone who needs to be reminded how great they are :)

Hannah J Strauss Dec 2019

This Summer Is Different

This summer is different.
The sun warms stiff wintery bones just right.
The winds brush through my hair like fingers.
The water laughs and plays like children around me.

This summer is different.
The rain is heavy like my favourite coat.
The trees are taller than I remember.
The days are never long enough.

This summer is different.
I am alone for the first time.
It is so quiet; I can now hear my body speak to me.
This time, I will listen.

Hannah J Strauss Nov 2019

Frustration and Anger

You know when you argue with someone
and you see the brickwall?
Behind their eyes it builds, and your words
crumpling against it.

And you bang your voice at the cement cracks
between thier stubborness and it comes back raw.

When you smash your fists against the jagged rock
begging for them to just SEE!
Pleading for them to understand...
And your knuckles come away broken and ******.

And you've lost before anything really begun.

Sorry its been so long since my last post. Life has been hectic. Hope you like this one.