The little girl inside
gave her power
away for fear of
being abandoned.
The impulsive woman
lived and learned.
She took her power back.
The wiser woman walks
beside the little girl and
prays she never strays
from her new path.

s.b.

#portry

The sea shines golden
As the sun rises above
Happy memories

#haiku #portry

#portry

It really is amazing, and so are . "We're Not Getting Any Younger, Woman" by Lyndsay Rush #portry

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Dying, Robert Pinsky #favoritepoems #poem #portry #poetryofinstagram #portrytok #dying #death

Thanks to #lochravenreview for publishing my #poem #Outbound
thelochravenreview.net/jennifer-karp/ #portry #boats

Tim Whiffler (Sydney), 1867 Melbourne Cup winner (artist unknown)

“Tim Whiffler wins. Is blood alone
The sine qua non for a flyer?
The breed of his dam is a myth unknown,
And we’ve doubts respecting his sire.”

- Adam Lindsay Gordon, Visions in the Smoke

Tim Whiffler (Sydney), 1867 Melbourne Cup winner (artist unknown)

#portry #poetrysky #horses

her silence becomes
a tourniquet,
taught,
not to stop the bleeding
but to delay
the inevitable unraveling

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#vssdaily #portry #mentalhealth

Words refuse form when
the wounded child in front of
me ask how we found
a place so devoid of
any compassion.

"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible—it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could."
#portry Barbara de Angelis

#art Wendy Andrew

#pashtu #portry

I love writing #portry

I will die

As long as the paper
is bearing my sorrows,
everything is fine.
The day this burden
falls on me, I will truly die.

Nik RamLa -
@nikramla.bsky.social

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#portry
#poetrycommunity
#inkmime

"

Tearing the date
pages in the calendar
changes the numbers
and days, not the weather

"
Nik RamLa -
@nikramla.bsky.social

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