KJ Eastwick
Slightly crazy writer and passionate educator for those who struggle
Probably should have
I started to exercise today – I truly did
I tried to put on my runners – they ran away
I tried for my sports bra – the stitching undid
I tried for the pants – the stitching unraveled
I now have a skirt.
I probably should have if I could have
Exercised prior to this
Ancient Ships
Once sailed across the ancient seas
Grand ships of iron flew
Here and there
These majestic ships blew
Roll on the decades
Roll on the years
Ships of iron
Fell
Defeated by waves
Defeated by fiery shores
Now filled with granite
Sunk down below
Decades past
Years roll by
Eons later
Those ships become the shore
Released by waves
Released by storms
No more grandeur
A rusty hull visible once more
Desert
Warm pavement
Cold shadows
Hot sun
Desert
Cool breezes
Crisp skies
Bright light
Desert
Clustered flowers
Graceful grass stalks
Bougainvilleas
Desert
Gorgeous sunsets
Pale pink moon-rise
Soft dawn
Desert
Chirping birds
Silent insects
Leaping Lizards
Desert
Camels, cows
Horses too
Dingos, rats
And mice
Desert animals
Desert deaths
Harsh hot
Cold frosts
Dry Dry
Desert
Remembering
I needed to speak to you Mum
I needed to hear you
I just needed a chat
That was all
I just want to talk to you
I go to call
I can’t remember your phone number
A sledge hammer hits me
As I recall
You’ve already gone
4 years before.
I am lost
I am lost
A woman
A child
A wife
A mother
How do I find me?
How do I know?
Who am I?
Where am I?
I am lost
I try to find
I hunt in the corners
Deep in the cracks
Trying to find
Who I am
I am lost
Thanks to Sarah C for the photo and inspiration
Ode to Tarot
Tarot spun ideas around
“Take a leap,”
Tarot screamed
“You will not drown”
I jumped from that cliff top
I thought I would pound
Into the dirt far below
Down I plummeted
Towards the hard ground
I did not hit
Instead I reached out
Tarot it seemed
Knew what would be
I made that dream happen
Hard work all the way
Apparently Tarot
Knew just what to say.
I am pretty much a skeptic who’s best friend developed a passion for Tarot. Her advice was to take tarot seriously. In the interest of science – I did.
She’s good, so far she is batting at 100% of the predictions made for me. Of course the predictions don’t manifest quite how I thought but they are holding so far. If you are interested please check her out at Intuitive Insight.
Dangerous hiding
Trumpeting Dragon
Hidden from sight
Clever dragons
Camouflaged
Hiding in plain sight
Who’s idea was it
To become a plant
Long, lanky, tough
Hiding as your food source
Dragon or Dragon fruit
Dangerous game
2000 plus pieces are one
Cut
And measure
And cut
And Measure
On and on it goes.
2000 plus pieces are measured
And cut.
Now to sewing, she does go
And fold
And tack
And fold
And tack
2000 plus pieces are tacked
And sew
A straight seam
And sew
A Y seam
And repeat
Til 2000 plus pieces are one.
New Attitude
I need a new attitude
To the work I do
It’s tiring and intense
It drains you to the core
Exhaustion seeps through every pore.
On a great day I love it
The victories make me roar
These big moments
So few and far between
I need to find the joy in simpler things
Attitude adjusted
Interventions
