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.
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love this!
Thank you so much! 🙂
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
It can be so devastating – but all things, even this, can be redeemed. I love that…
Yep, redemption is a powerful good BIG gift He gives.
Ingesting light – wonderful imagery.
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.
Well done. It has a Luci Shaw sensibility to it.
You are so well read. I admire that.
I likes me sum book lerninn
Musick to da teecher’s earz!
Epigenetics? Controversial perhaps but fascinating.
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.
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.
Sure – that sounds fascinating. I’ve dealt with the PTSD demon myself, so I’d love to read about it…
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.
Love the line deep calls to deep.
Thank you!