Dying/broken/forgiven.... now I begin

Born: 17-06-56....gemini.... monkey
re-born: 3-09-80
born again\found: 14-04-08
other notable dates: 10-03-68; 03-09-87; 23-03-96;
1-05-98; 31-01-02; 5-04-04

Interests: movement, stressed/transgressive embodiment, lived experience (body\space\time\relation)
expression ( word, dance, text, image, story, music, poetics)
learning, yielding......

Hopes for the blog:
offer up the wild intersectedness of lived experience and engage others in creative, expressive, perhaps irreverant, hopefully playful, and respectful encounters....
enact kindness
create moments of pause for disclosure, discovery, stillness

Sunday, February 2, 2020

This Skin

This skin I'm in
is
sober
thirty years today
this skin I'm in 
is 
tissue
paper thin and fey
this skin I'm in
is 
leather
flexible as clay
this skin I'm in 
is 
wrinkled
gravity has its say

This skin I'm in 
is 
old
teaching me my name
this skin I'm in 
is 
young
dancing like a flame
this skin I'm in 
is 
stupid
holding on to shame
this skin I'm in
is 
endless
the player and the game

This skin I'm in 
is 
tougher 
than pain or loss or hell
this skin I'm in 
is 
softer
a whisper and a bell
this skin I'm in 
is 
parchment
the stories it can tell
this skin I'm in 
is 
moonstruck
I'm living where I dwell
I'm loving HOW I dwell
in this skin
I'm in
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5 comments:

  1. HarlequinFebruary 2, 2020 at 12:05 AM

    Celebrating my dry date, some newfound energy and some writing inspiration. I always feel better when I am writing.

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  2. the walking manFebruary 2, 2020 at 3:50 AM

    It is inspirational when hearing the stories told by the skin.

    On a personal note, although I never did care about the exact date I am 20 years sober this year. Well done on your 30 H!

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  3. GarthFebruary 3, 2020 at 7:30 AM

    Beautiful skin
    Still not sober ;]
    Good to hear from you.

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  4. lifeisnotrealFebruary 4, 2020 at 12:11 AM

    nice to see you back on :)

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  5. HarlequinFebruary 4, 2020 at 12:51 AM

    WM -- thanks and congrats backatcha
    Garth -- sobriety is SOMETIMES overrated... for me, I chose it over slow suicide; nice to see you here as well
    Lifeisnotreal-- thanks for the visit; nice to see you here.

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