Tag: haiku

falling water swirls

her mind follows its heartbeat

she flees the vortex

I think of this haiku as a companion to the flash fiction piece I wrote for The Drabble. It’s only 97 words so check it out here if you haven’t read it. #foreveryes

Neither of these pieces is meant to suggest or advocate suicide. It wasn’t until someone asked me if “she” killed herself that I realized how easy it is to have that interpretation.  To me, both this and #foreveryes are about taking back your power. Turning away from those attempting to control your choices. Claiming Your Life.

But as I reread them I see my anger and sadness and fury and frustration. And I shouldn’t be surprised. So often these days, I find myself feeling overwhelmed by it all. Choking. As if I’m being force-fed a steady diet of misogyny and racism and hate. And every time I try to use my words to go directly at the issues, I get bogged down. But … clearly my emotions are peeking through. And that, I think, is a good thing. Anything that pushes it out so it doesn’t choke me is a step forward!

Anything that helps put this into the trash heep of disgusting ideas! 

 

 

 

So … “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum”

#IBelieveSurvivors

#WhyIDidn’tReport

Thanks for the prompt!