Category: weight

• February 16, 2024

  A Poetic Thought: All The Reasons

  I love you for strange reasons Its the way your eyes rest on mine Or perhaps it’s the way you hold your hands As though they’re weightless appendages Your dry sense of humor And the way you laugh at your own jokes Your cynical nature coated in sunshine But most importantly… I love you because…
• February 3, 2023

  End Of My Rope

  I’ve sought out a piece of peace in strange places. Back alleys, smoke, empty bottles and worn out faces. With age I have prayed for relief. Eased burden and freedom from trauma that hangs on my shoulders like weights attached to chains. I listen to them bang and clang aimlessly as my hope is dragged…
• July 11, 2022

  A Thank You to My Readers

  I’m just gonna get it off my chest… My grandmother died last week. This is the third death I experienced in 10 months. First, my Father then my Auntie now this. So I stopped writing for a little over a week. I needed time to think. I needed time to take it all in. Ultimately,…
• June 11, 2022

  Stung by Love

  In love There is no maybes No second guessing No wondering Just knowledge of what it is And awareness of what it isn’t Unshackled by the restraints of time Relieved by the weightless feeling of freedom It lands like a bumblebee On a sunflower in mid July Love buzzes and swarms around unwitting participants That…
• April 13, 2022

  Open Fingertips

  Smile with the corners of your eyes. Laugh from the depth of your heart. Put no breaks on your ending. Give no date to the moment you start. Just toss your hair and feel the weightless strands sliding between your open fingertips. Love always, Esha <3
• April 3, 2022

  Jump

  Go ahead, catch air And leap No rope required here Feel the weightless ease On free ankles Lift eager heels With bended knees Nearly touching the back of hamstrings Let gravity settle your feet Into stable ground When your up high It’s hard to come down Smile with a new found joy Jump for happiness…
• March 8, 2022

  Girl Child

  Girl child,  Don’t you talk too loud  Men don’t like a woman yelling  And carrying on  Only lite words that reek of diet soda Can come from your lips  And eat a little less  Watch your hips You don’t wanna gain too much weight  Don’t ask questions only do as your told  Deny your spirit …
• November 13, 2021

  Feelings: Pressure

  The weight is heavy to bear But it’s not too much to carry I need only adjust to the pressure By accepting what is And what it can never be Love always, Esha <3
• June 30, 2020

  Feeling Tired

  Can I share the contents of my heart with you? I certainly hope so…   Feeling Tired i can’t do it all but i can do enough i’m not your superwomen i’m not that tough   i ache, body crumbling, trembling… under the struggle’s weight enveloped in the belly of the beast while staring at…