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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

https://substack.com/profile/108838358-wild-lionesses-pride-from-jay/note/c-88143953

Dignity's Weight

Atlas bore the world, yet so do we,

Shoulders heavy, histories crammed in silos,

Each trauma a layer, a cry unheard,

Echoing through the hibernation of our hearts.

Body remembers where the mind forgets,

A silent embodiment of pain and resilience,

Frequently, we trade peace for mere survival,

An understatement to call it endurance.

But what of dignity, the tender right to stand,

Free from the weight of shame’s imposition?

It whispers through the cracks of our mindset,

A voice rising, though long buried.

In its light, we find strength not in carrying,

But in knowing when to set the burden down.

To cry, not in despair, but in release—

And call that freedom by its name.

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Jess's avatar

This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing!

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

Jess, I really appreciate your kind words and am glad mine found resonance within you.

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C. Oulens's avatar

**The Eucharis Lily**

From long hibernation through

blissful negation of

the winter’s chill,

the Eucharis Lily stirs

her bulbous body in confines

of an abode of a pot;

Setting free the embodied energy

of a wuthering cry,

buried deep inside,

in silo, but for its

connection to the soil;

Awakened by

the waning winter’s sun’s

frequent murmurings of her rights —

a soft sigh pressing its way in through

the chaos outside.

Rising tall on

her stalky legs,

her strong shoulders now un-

taut, separated

from the weight

of the throat’s knot;

Un-furling

pearlescent glow of a gossamer’s

feather-feel;

Still, with the faintest hint

of a fragrance,

she bows down

her head in humility

to the sun of the spring,

as if in a candid

understatement

of inner peace.

#ARTSTACK

@ARTSTACK

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and now Miguel's avatar

I liked this read. Naturally dignified beauty this flower is.

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C. Oulens's avatar

Thank you for taking time to read and comment. Greatly appreciated 😊

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and now Miguel's avatar

Thank you for joining in! It’s great to be writing in community.

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C. Oulens's avatar

Not sure how to tag… new on this platform…

Can you let me know if I managed to tag correctly

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and now Miguel's avatar

Hi, so you would have to put your beautiful poem that you put above as a POST on your Substack. What you did above was a comment on a post. When you create the post you can AT the ARTSTACK and then when you’re about to finalize posting, there should be an option to tag. This video should help: https://youtu.be/kjc7GFFnkU4?si=OFWTfO_o5gN90Na8

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C. Oulens's avatar

Ohk! Thanks so much for responding with clarity… I’m so social media illiterate😅. Next one I’ll attempt it the way you have described.

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S y l v i A 🌞 K a l i n A's avatar

Thank you for being a source of inspiration. 💫

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Alicia Monai's avatar

Have you guys been getting my tags in my posts? I’ve been tagging you, but thinking I may be tagging wrong.

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ARTSTACK's avatar

No, we haven’t. When you tag us make you click what comes and make sure it’s highlighted so it will notify us.

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Alicia Monai's avatar

Okay I’ll work on that. Thank you!

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David Angel's avatar

The body, in hibernation has rights to be free, and shoulders a silo full of understatement. In peace, I cry frequently.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/janedeegan/p/its-not-about-you-today?r=pgla0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Those screw ups big or small

she took them all

always on her head

those moments of dread

From day one

a big mark

the target

never forget

so long ago

you will never let it go

so small

She took the fall

emotional pain ran deep

charred memories to keep

her body raw

another flaw

add more salt

it’s your fault!

I scream and cry in visceral pain

from a place I didn’t think I’d go again

Memories got colder

please don’t put this on my shoulder

No more sarcasm

while in this chasm

and saying it was a joke

that was the straw that broke

I’m not ok

It’s not about you today

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