you peel back my layers slowly gently reverently one by one petals of a zinnia bud I take a risk resist the instinct to stay your hand delicate stirrings butterfly wings whisper to me to trust to let you closer allow you to unfold me slowly gently reverently Growing hope that when you reach my … Continue reading Petals
in the quiet stillness of this dark December morn I reflect on the pure sustaining light held out to me by other hearts other souls in this perfect moment I am full I am whole © 2017 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
worn thin transparent I am a ghost of the woman I used to be living in shadow haunting the night lost in the past lost in my head my spark growing dim my light eclipsed do you see me? apparition in the corner flicker of light almost extinguished do you hear me? whisper in the … Continue reading Make Me Visible
what lies at the heart of this woman? I surprise myself at all I have hidden from others from myself each day brings me closer to stripped down truth revelation I can almost touch what lies at my core it singes my fingertips scorches the air I breathe steely strength aching vulnerability fierce independence voracious hunger … Continue reading Phoenix Rising – Christine E. Ray
Originally published by the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective the line between the face I show the world and my shadow self increasingly grows thin superimposed images blur no longer clear where one ends and the other begins I walk deliberately heel to toe on the knife’s edge between light and dark heaven and hell embracing … Continue reading Wire in the Blood
you say my name reverently a prayer a benediction it is a revelation as if I have never heard my name before never known it's cadence it's music it's true meaning until this moment you show me that my name the sound of it on your breath has become etched on your soul carved on … Continue reading Amen
Brave & Reckless 