“A Call to Victory” – The Ashlee Craft Show – Episode 046 – Poetry
I read a poem titled “A Call to Victory” (a poem about personal strength & taking back your strength) from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 in Episode 046 of The Ashlee Craft Show!
I read a poem titled “A Call to Victory” (a poem about personal strength & taking back your strength) from A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10 in Episode 046 of The Ashlee Craft Show!
///// WORDS /////
it doesn’t matter what words you use
they all mean the same thing
it’s always great when people ban together
against the same force which tries to outsmart teamwork
it is all planned out beautifully; I am now
strong enough to make it all happen
beautiful music drifted through speakers
& sanctified the rain
the pink candle was lit; shadows of flames
danced & the window was open
I looked around at euphoric basic everyday moments
& finally felt happy
lying in a hammock on the summertime porch
thinking about the meaning of sunlight
///// YOU WILL BE MORE THAN OKAY /////
I know you are afraid of being broken;
that there is something wrong with you for feeling like this
you’re afraid that you will never really know what it’s like to be happy;
but you will be more than okay
you’re afraid that you will always be lonely;
the darkness comes around & tries to suffocate you still from time to time
but look how it’s so much better than it used to be;
you are going to be more than okay
the night isn’t quite as dark as it seems;
stars twinkle, stars shine, the moon is your mother watching down over you
night music of crickets; the whole night is there to comfort you;
you will be more than okay
look how much stronger you are now: a year makes such a difference;
& look how strong you are becoming even though you always thought yourself weak
you did the impossible, all along you had it inside of you;
& you are going to be more than okay
the sharks are sleeping in their beds; the night is illuminated by candles;
you do not walk alone; you believe now that you deserve real & lasting happiness
there is nothing for you to fear – you are the captain of your soul, you can do this –
take comfort & know
you are going to be more than okay
READ MORE – A THOUSAND CRANES, VOLUME 10
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From A Thousand Cranes, Volume 10
rhymes floating in floodgates of windows, Hey Jude is playing quietly in the background, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road too as she’s walking across the cement, the ground below her is absorbing the sound of footsteps, & they’re echoing between buildings / cool cement in the late afternoon, long shadows / she has decided what she is going to be & walking towards it, bags packed / uncertain future in the distance, like the sun, but she runs to greet it because it is the sun
words floating in empty buildings, they are totally silent but for the street traffic outside, horns honking & the quiet lull of motors, breathe in deeply the emptiness & realize that emptiness can become anything / this building is empty, but it is beautiful / think of the geode: a plain ordinary rock that only when it is broken reveals the quartz crystals that were inside of it all along; this is you / you think your brokenness makes you ugly, but being broken was the only thing that allowed you to see beauty that would have been otherwise hidden from you
raindrops floating in reflections of flowers, you sat inside while it was raining & watched the droplets falling, thinking that you were stuck inside while the storm raged / I said something to you about how everyone must learn not to be afraid of going out to get what they want / you looked me in the eyes & got up & opened the door, took a deep breath & stepped out into the rain / “I don’t have to let storms stop me!” you sobbed, smiling as you walked barefoot in the puddles, watching raindrops bounce off flower petals, & ran through the gardens as the storm raged outside, & I joined you / eventually the clouds parted; warm rain stopped falling & the sun returned from behind the clouds, warm sun in the humid air in lush dark green garden, & the flowers were still dancing
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