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Kim Williams, M.Div.'s avatar

My favorite lines:

"as I lay, I forget to

lie awake

and I begin to

feel for a

different dream"

This has my mind dancing in stanzas and metaphors.

✌🏻Joy ❤️'s avatar

Omg. Yes. Exactly ❤️✌🏻

Carmela Thompson's avatar

"Feel for a different dream"...this actually explains at this new years beginning. No coincidence

Briana The Aligned Girlie ✨'s avatar

The fruitful sound forever unknown 🥹❤️

Aaron Agboire's avatar

You write so good. 🥲

I had to again and again before the wind began to blow some meaning my way.

And, yeah, once I began to grasp it, I can't look at this precious piece the same again. 💙

Andrea 🌄's avatar

Beautiful ebb and tide, love the theme of finding self here!

Mehr-annè's avatar

This was such a beautiful read. Your words felt both intimate and expansive at the same time. I found myself slowing down and rereading certain lines just to sit with them a little longer. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️✨️

M— Dash's avatar

“begin to

feel for a

different stream

for I've begun

to meet

my inner being

and hear

ebb tide”

I call her Lucy 🫶

The Other Ending's avatar

I love how Part II shifts inward.

“as I lay, I forget to lie awake” feels like the moment the mind loosens its grip and something truer slips in.

Call Me Dusella's avatar

I love this.

STRAY CRUMBS's avatar

beautiful poem!!

ULM StoryHouse's avatar

I had to read this a few times to get my head around the feelings this piece evoked in me. And it settled as feeling like the tension between honesty and performance. I also felt a core rootedness that is also guarded, protective.

These are themes I circle frequently (including today), so that may be my own projection. But I love when a piece makes me slow down and name what I’m feeling. This one did that beautifully.

Thank you for sharing it with me. I enjoyed it very much. 🤍

Haseeb Chaudhary's avatar

I begin to feel for a different dream... nice lines

✌🏻Joy ❤️'s avatar

I love this. The rhythmic pace of it coupled with the imagery is entrancing ❤️✌🏻

rajan ᯽'s avatar

Wow the flow of your work is absolutely stunning 😍

From The Long Middle's avatar

beautiful <3

Ash ✧'s avatar

This is so so beautiful.

Sylvia Baines's avatar

“yet a leaf takes

leave

back home to its earthly

being”

I really love this. Thank you for sharing.