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By christicompass Posted on January 16, 2016November 27, 2018

Dancing until we Cease.

  Too beautiful not to share first..:   We dance through these seasons, spinning and flowing Gracefully, tragically We think they’ll always come. We’ll always be young- But then the … Continue reading Dancing until we Cease.

Categories: Narrative, Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: death, life, never letting go
By christicompass Posted on December 6, 2015December 6, 2015

To Survive the Cold

Fading beneath the crimson hue of a dying sun, her petals floated in downward spirals, one by one, until few were left. Poised, solitary, rooted in the soil where she’d … Continue reading To Survive the Cold

Categories: Narrative, Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: autumn, death, flower, home, hope, inner child, isolation, life, love, powerless, reincarnation, survival, transition, winter
waterfall in pisgah forest
By christicompass Posted on December 5, 2015November 27, 2018

“I’ll see you on the other side,” he said.

“I’m not crying because I can’t have you,” he said, “I’m crying because I hurt you”

Categories: Narrative, Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: breakup, closure, escaping the cycle, forgiveness, freedom, heartbreak, love, memories, permission, support, survive, vindication
By christicompass Posted on November 30, 2015February 22, 2017

System’s Precipice

  Sitting on the edge of this — A weathered, stronghold, precipice And seven billion hearts are racing. ‘Cause time marches forth Stringing masses in its girth While History’s retracing, The patterns of … Continue reading System’s Precipice

Categories: Poems, Proclamations, Slices of Life, Uncategorized
By christicompass Posted on November 28, 2015November 27, 2018

Shards through pores

Shards, poised beneath pale skin, wield a slicing, heart-stopping potential. Like glistening trophies amassed to memorialize years of endured pain — grains of silica grit that grind in your organs, before being melted and cast into … Continue reading Shards through pores

Categories: Narrative, Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: let it go, memories, moving on
By christicompass Posted on October 12, 2015November 27, 2018

The great escape, sequence 32

As though I’d find that golden key, escaping from the corridors of my mind at 2:44 in the morning. Instead, revisiting familiar, forgotten rooms; the shelves that hide my adolescence … Continue reading The great escape, sequence 32

Categories: Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, depression, memories, the great escape
By christicompass Posted on January 2, 2009November 27, 2018

What Carries on

Sitting here, tapping each key with hesitant fingers, my mind is swimming and I’m only catching a glimpse of the current over head. What is it I wish to share … Continue reading What Carries on

Categories: Poems, Slices of Life, UncategorizedTags: thoughts, writing

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