HER BRAIN ON BELIEF (photomorph) & BELIEF (non-dream mixed format poem) by Roswila

BELIEF

holding her hot, tear
wet face in her cold hands:
morning prayer,
nay, petition of any god out there,
though she has no belief one even exists

and yet what does believing, or not, matter
anymore (if it ever did) in her small life,

lived as in a trashed doll’s house: far better
she wipe her face and start coping with the day


[non-dream tanka with two capping 2-liners, written 5-17-19. There’s a hidden reference in this to my actual rooms. They are very small and I’ve somehow managed to stuff them. Presently, I’m doing my damnedest to sort everything and get rid of as much stuff as possible. In this process, I have piles of things all over, only some of them neatly in cartons, and all awaiting final determination. To my eye, my space looks rather trashed (or at the very least, as if I’d only moved in a few days ago). I’m also embarrassed to admit there is a definite association to the Ibsen play “A Doll’s House.” It’s pushing me to acknowledge a sort of “faked” child-like neediness with which I’ve faced many of the issues in my life. As to having a spiritual belief: that’s been a difficult issue I've gone back and forth on all of my life. And that painful struggle doesn’t look to be easing in old age. Photomorph “Her Brain On Belief” (Tarot Gallery-Found T 012v2h[2]) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,





[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”). Roswila's other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.