Monarca Rising

Tag: life

  • Rise

    Rise by Carmen H Gray In the sea of flames I watched the shells of me and you Slide, almost too easily Into the pit Dismembered parts Of old selves And WOOSH, I suddenly felt The wings of a raptor Lifting me in the skies Was it carrying me Or did those wings belong to…

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  • Small Things

    “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa Small Things by Carmen H Gray A look A sigh A book A why? A word A song A cry unheard A laugh along An afterthought A shooting star A perfect spot A tiny scar A molecule A fluttering wing…

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  • Doors

    “We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass”-T.S. Eliot Doors by Carmen H Gray What lies beyond it? Is it a portal to some unknown place? Or is it a familiar world I shall retrace? Some are arched and proud Singing to all,…

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  • Passages

    “Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.” ~Alice Walker, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens Passages By Carmen H Gray Perhaps this is where I found myself Or maybe I was fully aware Of choosing to head left Where right was the “way” to go When…

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  • These Hips

    Homage To My Hips these hips are big hips they need space to move around in. they don’t fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don’t like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do.…

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  • My Son

    Your Journey with Me by Carmen H Gray When you were growing inside me, your Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather both left this world on the same day. I witnessed my mother’s mother’s exit, standing close to her and holding her hand. I looked into her fearful eyes and I said in my mind, “Let go, all…

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  • Authenticity

    “If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.” ―Brene Brown Keeping Up With The Joneses by Carmen H Gray In the realm of lost things: “Social status” “House” “Friends” “Belongings” Things are an illusion Manufactured in the Department of Counterfeit…

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  • Les Miserables

    “There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.” ―Victor Hugo Les Miserables by Carmen H Gray I stepped into the bright and hygienic restroom In Saver’s And there she was Young and sad Arms full with bags A soiled backpack Shamefaced Because of the extra girth Of…

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  • Gitana

    “She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.” ―Roman Payne Gitana by Carmen H Gray Her beauty won’t capture…

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  • Returning

    Returning by Carmen H Gray Last night I decided to go back to revisit the wound and give thanks to those underappreciated people who stand guard over the children who suffer, fight, overcome or do not and the families who echo all of those actions of their children. I drove up to the familiar building…

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