i light two candles,
place them on the windowsill
in my kitchen, next to the begonia blooming orange.
it doesn’t know there is chaos
out there, somewhere.
everywhere. all day,
but especially the night
when day has drawn
her blackout blind and i am suddenly
without crumbs in the forest,
they burn,
reflecting all my faces
back at me.
flickering smallness
enough,
to lead me back
from all the dark places
my head wants to go.
listening to the news,
i drink my morning tea
from a delicate, china cup
my best teapot and cake,
defiant
on a tray.
this is how i fight, my hands
full of beauty,
i stand.
still.
tall.
my eyes held by the light.
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—this is how i fight.
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© Liezel Graham 2020.
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Image by Charleigh Clarke.
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may you find love.
enough to fill any holes.
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may you find healing.
enough to cover any wounds.
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may you find hope.
enough to keep your dream alive.
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may everything that was taken from you, return to you as joy.
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may all your failures grow into
courage.
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may you find yourself brave enough to try again, and again, and again.
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may you find a soft place to rest,
where you can take off everything that is not yours to carry, and
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may you always be found by the light, no matter where you are.
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—a blessing for mother’s day.
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© Liezel Graham 2020.
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Today is Mother’s Day in the UK and Ireland.
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For many women it is a happy day where they are celebrated and loved that wee bit extra.
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Happy Mother’s Day to you!
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...but, if your arms are empty, or if your womb and your heart has only known loss, if you are grieving a child, grieving a mother, grieving any woman who has loved you like a mother, if you are a mum who has fallen again, and again—who knows bitter disappointment, shame and failure as friends, then
I send you love today.
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For the fathers who have to be mothers, too—you are doing just fine.
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For the grannies, that are mums again, for the stepmums who have had to step into new shoes—you are doing just fine.
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May you be found by everything that you need.
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You are so loved.
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liezel
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It’s National Poetry Day and I know that there are scary things, and pressing things, and more important things demanding our attention right now, but I want to invite you to join me at my writer’s page on Facebook, tonight at 20h00 GMT (UK time) for a poetry reading.
It will be my very first Facebook Live and it will be from the very glamorous surrounds of my kitchen, so you can be as comfortable as you want—bring your tea, your red wine or your scotch and let’s have a wee blether Facebook Live style!
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may the noise that has drowned you for too long now, grow quiet.
for so many of us there seems to be a stripping away of things in this uncertain season.
this can be frightening to experience, but my hope for you is that you will discover yourself again in the stillness—discover your dreams, your hopes and your courage.
may you walk through this, straight into a new life,
liezel
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