Born in the darkest of alleyways, she was laid in a box, in rags, the body which expelled her too cavernous in its own need to hear her starving heart break. Abandonment gets in your DNA, they say – cripples the soul, twists the bloom  – but deep calls to deep, innocent instinct spawned in unholy soil.…

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Born in the darkest of alleyways,

she was laid in a box, in rags,

the body which expelled her

too cavernous in its own need

to hear her starving heart

break. Abandonment gets

in your DNA, they say –

cripples the soul, twists

the bloom  – but deep calls

to deep, innocent

instinct spawned in

unholy soil.  She raises

her head to the sun,

ingesting Light.

Responses to “Ingesting Light”

  1. proverbsgirl

    love this!

    1. melodylowes

      Thank you so much! 🙂

  2. bennetta faire

    Interesting theme, abandonment–it’s so crippling, and draws me ever to the Father who promises “I will never leave you or forsake you”. Sweet manna, keeps me going. God bless you BIG, Mel–love, sis Cj

    1. melodylowes

      It can be so devastating – but all things, even this, can be redeemed. I love that…

      1. bennetta faire

        Yep, redemption is a powerful good BIG gift He gives.

  3. lylekrahn

    Ingesting light – wonderful imagery.

    1. melodylowes

      Thanks! I have a ‘woodland garden’ spot, guaranteed to give me light, dappled or otherwise. I love the different qualities of light that come filtered through foliage.

  4. Robert Rife

    Well done. It has a Luci Shaw sensibility to it.

    1. melodylowes

      You are so well read. I admire that.

      1. Robert Rife

        I likes me sum book lerninn

      2. melodylowes

        Musick to da teecher’s earz!

  5. Gallivanta

    Epigenetics? Controversial perhaps but fascinating.

    1. melodylowes

      Okay, I had to do a Google search on that one, too. What are ya trying to do, make me feel stupid?? 😉 Interesting – I guess that’s the idea I was trying to express on another level – had no idea there was a technical name for it.

      1. Gallivanta

        Oops sorry. I never know how many references to add. I find it really interesting because I always had a theory that the post traumatic stress/shell shock experienced by the WW1 veterans in our family had filtered down the generations in terms of ever increasing anxiety levels. I was really surprised that epigenetics was exploring this idea and that my thoughts weren’t as wayward as I expected them to be. Did Google bring up the recent article in the Economist? I will find it for you if you like.

      2. melodylowes

        Sure – that sounds fascinating. I’ve dealt with the PTSD demon myself, so I’d love to read about it…

      3. Gallivanta

        http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/07/economist-explains-7 and http://eprints.qut.edu.au/13794/1/13794.pdf That’s a bit more information. There’s a lot more on the internet now than there used to be so I suppose it is an area of research which is gaining momentum.

  6. godspoetbychoice

    Love the line deep calls to deep.

    1. melodylowes

      Thank you!

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