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Melita White

March 28, 2022March 2, 2022 braveandrecklessblog

Shrill: notes from a loud woman – Melita White

I won't stay quiet, I will shriek shrill, Scream like a harpy, wail like a siren, peal like a coloratura – my crisp clean notes bouncing through the air like voluminous pearls from breath-filled blimp lungs; I will not be a soft little mouse deficient in decibels, I will be large and my voice will … Continue reading Shrill: notes from a loud woman – Melita White

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 braveandrecklessblog

When God Was a Woman – Melita White

When God was a woman there was no God There was only you and me and many other humans besides and there were animals and trees and rivers both wide and skinny and spans of land and oceans deep and crystals and sand and stars and comets and heavenly bodies galaxial When God was a … Continue reading When God Was a Woman – Melita White

October 16, 2021October 7, 2021 braveandrecklessblog

Down a Dark Hall – Melita White

I stand and look Down a dark hall My feet they move I hold the wall My eyes adjust Down a dark hall My heart it thumps Down a dark hall My lungs they catch My skin feels cool My head it scans Down a dark hall My ears prick up Down a dark hall … Continue reading Down a Dark Hall – Melita White

October 9, 2019 braveandrecklessblog

Down a Dark Hall – Melita White

I stand and look Down a dark hall My feet they move I hold the wall My eyes adjust Down a dark hall My heart it thumps Down a dark hall My lungs they catch My skin feels cool My head it scans Down a dark hall My ears prick up Down a dark hall … Continue reading Down a Dark Hall – Melita White

September 11, 2019 braveandrecklessblog

The gravity between us – Melita White

The gravity That lies between Is leaden with the death of us Is heavy with false words That float the void Between realities Weight brings to bear Upon our minds Great burdens of such gravity Wet concrete blocks To set our thoughts In semblance of fertility Melita White is founder and writer of the blog … Continue reading The gravity between us – Melita White

September 4, 2019 braveandrecklessblog

When God Was a Woman – Melita White

When God was a woman there was no God There was only you and me and many other humans besides and there were animals and trees and rivers both wide and skinny and spans of land and oceans deep and crystals and sand and stars and comets and heavenly bodies galaxial When God was a … Continue reading When God Was a Woman – Melita White

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