My Life In Word

BAREFEET

 Feet without shoes
 Freedom
 Grounded
 Balanced
 Earthy
 Unrestricted
 Connected
 Equalized
 Energized
 Uninhibited
 Measured
 Even
 Limitless
 Unbridled
 Centered
 Liberated
 Unfettered
 Emancipated 
 Unbound
 Rooted
 Anchored
 Feet without shoes 

 Simona A. Brinson 

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 LOW TIDE

 Her low tide
 Helps keep her in stride
 When she's about
 — Without a doubt —
 To lose her effin' mind
 She becomes an unrefined
 Sling blade killin' machine
 Of nightmarish dreams
 So don’t let her coyness fool you
 She is a prizefighter of unparalleled thew
 She is her very own chainsaw massacre
 A regular man-of-war
 She's ready, willing and able
 And just a tad unstable
 So when her tide begins to rise
 I think it truly wise
 That you slowly back away
 So that she may
 Allow her low tide
 To keep her in stride
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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SHE KNOWS

 She has a fire inside her soul
 That will not be dulled or dimmed
 Not by me
 Not by you 
 And certainly not them
 For she knows the light
 That shines within
 Despite the stain
 Of Adam's sin
 In the simplest things
 She finds delight
 And she takes no offense
 At an untoward slight
 Because she knows who she is
 And without hesitation
 She'll hand you your feelings
 With sweet indignation
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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WE TWO

(For Her)  

There was an instant connection

The moment she walked in the room

God planted her in the garden of my heart

And love began to bloom

I didn’t know her name

Or whence she came

The only thing I knew

Which turned out to be true

Was that she was gonna be hot mess!

But I loved her nonetheless!  

One day in passing, I said to her,

“You can’t hide from me, I see you!”

Then, we stood there in silence

We stood there, we two

Suspended in stasis

Of knowing and understanding

Experiencing the expanding

Of a friendship in bloom

In a moment of resignation

She opened the tomb

To the soul that hid behind

Fake smiles and forced laughter

And happily-never-afters  

In that moment she understood

That I had walked the same valley of shadows

And that I was not at all opposed

To wading through the muck and mire

If only to inspire

Her to take one step

Toward a new tomorrow

Where shame and sorrow

Wither in the light of grace

And yesterday’s but all erased  

We stood there, we two

We stood in the silence

We stand here today

We stand in alliance  

Simona A. Brinson

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A RAINBOW

 Lie with me in fields of green
 And gaze toward the sky
 Maybe we'll see a hint of heaven
 As an angel passes by
 Or maybe we'll just see ordinary clouds
 All soft and white and fluffy
 You know the kind
 That often times
 Turn into tigers, bears and puppies
 Or maybe we'll spy
 With our four eyes
 A rainbow in the distance
 And it will not pass us by
 Its meaning and significance:
 When the bow is in the clouds
 God sees and remembers
 The everlasting covenant He made
 With all earth's fleshly members
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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FALLEN

I feel I know
Where this is gonna go
You’ve shown me
Who you are
Lacking luster
Dull and dim
You are a fallen star

Simona A. Brinson

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THE SILENT MUSE

 I have had many a muse
 But none quite like you
 You take me to places
 Fresh and new
 Without uttering a word
 You open the door
 To the world in which
 My heart adores
 Where raindrops are words
 And rhythm dances from leaves
 Where love permeates the air
 Like a crisp morning breeze
 You know, 
 That place where
 The oceans laugh
 And mountains tend to cry
 Where eagles speak Geechee
 And penguins can fly
 A place like no other
 To this place
 I am bound
 While you sit
 There is silence
 Without making a sound
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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AND WE SHALL

 Take my hand and we shall stroll
 'Round the giving tree
 Share with me your hopes and dreams
 And I, too, will share mine
 May we get lost in conversation, so
 That we become unaware
 That the sun has set
 And the evening's sky
 Has become dotted with fireflies
 I'll take your hand and we shall dance
 'Round the giving tree
 By moonlight's glow
 And nature's own symphony
 May we get so lost in dance
 That we hardly realize
 The sun has risen
 From his slumber
 To usher in the day
  
 Simona A. Brinson 

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BOUND TO LIVE

I am no shrinking violet

For I am wild and free

I don’t know how to be

Anyone other than me

I celebrate my failures

And embrace my flaws

I am bound to live

By no man’s laws

That would dictate

Who I am

Or who I should be

‘Cause I don’t give a damn

If you like me at all

For you walk in the shadows

Of my five feet tall

Simona A. Brinson

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