beyond the wall, a torch burns brightly
Full Moon in Libra Poetry Slam April 6, 2023
Good morning, friends!
Here is my Full Moon in Libra poem. You can find the word list for this poem here if you’d like to write one, too!
Please post your poems in the comments section below or reply to the email newsletter if you’d like to keep your poem private.
If you share on social media please use the hashtag #astromommywordpoem
Thanks!
beyond the wall, a torch burns brightly
by AstroMommy
spark ignite flame
twinkling inside me like a star
my soul feels extra sometimes
like the Spanish alphabet
but a tremendous weight weighs on me
tugging at my substance
prodding at my belly
extending within my skin
like a heavy gas that is not only making me sink
but also expanding me out like a bubble
I feel like any day now that bubble could pop
And disrupt this carefully arranged house of cards
That I’ve been building around myself
Like the Wizard of Oz, I only show a façade
A truncated version of what’s really going on
For protection from failure
From the fear of being conceived a fraud
not worthy, not smart enough, pretty enough, organized enough
not
enough
I deploy inner construction men to build the wall around myself
To keep others out of my yard
My inner dog barking at intruders
How dare they try to come in
To see who I really am!
How dare they, I smolder
Yet, I have a giant torch burning brightly
It’s exigent
Gathering curious little moths
Collecting on the window pane of my soul
Trying to get close
to see
Forever chasing the halcyon days
I look back, project forward, and mourn the present shortcomings
Even my noetic thought doesn’t seem to be able to overcome the heavy, dark, and dreadful feelings of failure, fear, and defeat.
So, I continue to build my wall
No one can see me fail
if
they
can’t
see
me
at
all
Until Friday,
AstroMommy
Previous word lists can be found in this master post.
Previous Word Poems by AstroMommy:
You Are A Mirror (Word Poem #1—1st poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
My Eggs Are Perfect (Word Poem #1—2nd poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
The Biggest Hill (Word Poem #2—New Moon in Gemini/Full in Sag)
You, Up? (Word Poem #3-New Moon in Cancer/Full in Capricorn)
How Do The Stars Speak? (Word Poem #4-New Moon in Leo/Full in Aquarius)
On The Beach In Fall (Word poem #5—New Moon in Virgo/Full in Pisces)
I Smell Like Peppermint (poetry/free write in place of a word poem for New Moon in Libra/Full Moon in Aries)
Terrible Poem (Word poem #6—New Moon in Scorpio/Full Moon in Taurus)
Broken Thoughts Spew Across The Page (Word poem #6, again…)
I did not post any poems for lists 7,8, or 9.
The Dream Garden (Word poem #10—New Moon in Pisces/Full Moon in Virgo)