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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Backyard Swing

    As I sit on this backyard swing feeling the satisfying Arizona Spring breeze on my face,
    I’m confronted by the little girl who loved swings.
    Found joy from the schools swings.
    Who found safety from the big brown wooden swing at her grandmother’s.
    I’m confronted by the little girl
    who wished for clarity
    while pumping her little feet as fast as she could.
    Who wished for love
    while gripping the metal handles tightly.
    Leaving her tiny palms as red as a tomato.
    Who yearned for acceptance
    while matching the speed from the other swings.

    As I sit on this backyard swing,
    I let that little girl know
    It’s okay to feel every emotion
    While pumping those tiny feet.
    While gripping the handlebars so tightly.
    While racing for the acceptance from that next swing over.
    It’s okay!
    I also let her know
    she’s okay to let that tight grip go.
    I let her know
    She doesn’t have to have to pump fast anymore.
    I got her.
    I let her know
    she’s finally accepted by the one person
    Who will never let her go.

    As I sit on this backyard swing,
    I’m no longer confronted by the little girl
    Yet, confronted with peace.
    With understanding.
    With love.
    I’m confronted with the best version of myself!

    Heather

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Impossible Questions

    As a child, we crave small talk.
    Let’s us be heard for a brief moment.
    Until we’re quickly silenced by,
    “Go find something to do.”

    As an adult, we crave deep conversations.
    Small talk annoys us.
    We want to know one another on a deeper level.
    Time is a valuable thing.
    Small talk takes too much of it.

    As a child, we ask the most silliest childish questions.
    “Why’s the sky blue?”

    As adults, we ask the impossible questions.
    The cut throat get to know you on a deeper more intimate level questions.
    “What has been your most humbling experience?”

    As children, we crave small talk.
    Adults, we want the impossible.

    Heather

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Her Hero

    The young lil girl who fought to wear glasses
    Yet loved to help put the butter
    In the mixing bowl for those chocolate chip cookies, wrote a book.
    The young lil girls hero wrote a book.

    * 3 word prompt: Book. Butter. Glasses. *

    Heather

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  • TaMara E'Lan G. shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Nomad Of Love

    “Who are you?” A voice asked.
    I broke from my trance, aware of the soothing warmth of the ceramic mug, the chatter of voices, and the feel of eyes upon me. Qiyamah.
    He smiled, repeating himself slowly.
    “Who are you?”
    Who am I? For that brief moment I knew

    I am a nomad of love
    Wandering through deserts of despair
    Camping in oasis that fade away
    Hunting on land full of swift souls
    And still I forge on.
    I am a warrior of love
    Planning the best defense to protect
    My heart standing knee deep in false hope
    Fighting for a prize I have yet to find
    And still I solider on.
    I am an artist of love
    Molding my burning desires into shapes
    Writing a song that dares to be sung
    Painting a picture only I can see
    And still I dream on.
    I am a believer of love
    Preaching on theories that have no validity
    Teaching a vision of both folk and faith
    Praying for something I know must be
    And always I move on.
    Onward to the final destination.
    That I know, that I feel, that I need –
    love.

    But instead I smiled and said,
    “I am a very…simple woman.”

    *Nomad of Love ©️ 2004 TaMara E’Lan G.
    **Excerpt from
    Timeless: Through the Eyes of a Poet by TaMara E’Lan G. ©️ 2018

    TaMara E'Lan G.

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    • This is so powerful and beautiful and bold. I love your creativity, your voice and your spirit. Keep shining.Keep being you. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of the Unsealed.<3 Lauren

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      • Thank you Lauren 😊 Thank you for creating such a safe, loving and nurturing space for us. May The Most High continue to bless your endeavors in all you do ❤️🙏🏾✨️

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  • Christina shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    April Showers.

    I defrosted winter just to feel your warmth, bearing the storms so you can transform.
    The wind carries my name, but you pay it no mind,
    As you live in color while I’m left behind.
    Each time I think, maybe it’ll be different, I hold out hope, despite what l’ve witnessed.
    Another year goes by-wearing me thin.
    My tears drown the earth while you soak it all in.
    Beneath your bloom, I rot in silence.
    I never knew love could be this violent.
    .
    .
    She loved him so much,
    that all of April cried so May could blossom.

    Christina g.

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    • Aww Christina, this piece is heartbreaking. I hope things are better now. I love the picture. I have my fiance saved as “My Rainbow.” My friend runs a nonprofit called, “Love Doesn’t Shove.” And the name holds true, love never shoves. If you you are experiencing violence in your relationship you text 88788. It is a free domestic violence hotline.…read more

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      • Hi Lauren, I apologize for any misunderstandings. I am not in danger but I appreciate you! I’m thinking I should change the one sentence to “I never knew one sided love could be this violent.” These are just emotions from past experiences in life. 🫶🏻

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  • Oswald Perez shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Welcome To The Month of May

    Dear Unsealers:

    It’s the first day of May.

    This feels surreal, given that January felt like it happened a century ago. But four months have now come and gone.

    As I do, it’s time to welcome in the new month:

    A welcome to May
    The fifth month of the year

    It feels like a lifetime since January
    When I wondered, “Why isn’t the year moving faster?!”

    Thirty-one new days are here.
    With spring blooming, in full flight

    The month to honor mothers
    To remember those who gave the last full measure of devotion to the country

    It’s a blank slate ahead as another calendar page turns
    After a busy April of writing poetry & dancing

    With warmer days on the horizon
    It’s time to emerge from hibernation.

    Oswald Perez

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    • I always look forward to these monthly poems. They feel so refreshing and like a sense of renewal – a fresh start and something to look forward to for each month. Your spirit, energy and heart comes through in these pieces and I absolutely love it. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • Maggie Jane shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago

    Flowers

    like a flower
    she grows and blooms
    nourishing the world around her
    she colors the earth
    with her petals
    reminding you to
    take a moment and breathe

    she’s wild
    and free
    just there to be
    to be loved
    admired
    touched
    and most importantly
    she’s there as a blessing
    from mother herself
    to show you creation
    the divine
    how soft yet powerful
    you can be

    Maggie jane

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    • Aww so sweet, so loving, so visual and so emotional. Such a creative, beautiful and heartfelt piece. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • You're Enough and you're loved

    Dear Tarrell,
    That night is something I’ll never forget. When you took your own life in front of me, my heart didn’t just break—it exploded. I felt something sacred tear away inside me. I would’ve done anything to stop it, but it was too late. You were gone, and in that moment, a piece of me died with you.
    I don’t know how to put into words what it’s been like living without you. That night changed me forever. I can still hear the silence afterward—how loud it was, how final. I keep reliving it. I see your face, your pain, and I wonder why you couldn’t hold on just one more minute. I would’ve held you. I wanted to help you carry the pain.
    You were not only my husband, but also my safe place. For the first time, I felt seen, heard, and truly loved. Tarrell, you brought me peace and made life easier, softer—until that night. Now, the world feels cold and hollow without you here.
    The kids… God, the kids. You didn’t share their blood, but you gave them your whole heart. You were the father Adalynn had always dreamed of. Thank you for giving her something no one else ever could: the feeling of being wanted, chosen, and protected. She lit up around you. Her heart trusted you in ways I had never seen. The bond you two had—it was rare, beautiful, and real. Egypt adored you, too. She still talks about you and asks where you went. They don’t understand why you would leave us.
    Nine months later, and it still feels like yesterday. I will forever hate Mondays and the 15th. We’re in therapy, all of us, and trying to piece ourselves back together. Nothing will ever be the same, and trying to find our new normal has been the biggest struggle for us. I’m not the same. PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks—I carry all of it now.
    I know you were hurting. I know you were carrying so much that you couldn’t even find the words to tell me. I also know the Army made you feel you had to be strong all the time. That crying made you weak. That vulnerability was a failure. It never was. Crying, asking for help, falling into my arms—that would’ve been the bravest thing you ever did. I wish you had seen that. I wish you had believed that being emotional didn’t make you any less of a man. If anything, it would’ve made you even more of one.
    I would’ve carried every ounce of your pain if it meant keeping you here. I would’ve done anything. You didn’t have to go through it alone. You were never alone. We loved you through it all—flaws, battles, shadows, and all. I just wish love had been enough to save you.
    Now I’m left picking up the pieces—with the girls by my side—trying to create a new kind of life in a world I never wanted to know. One without you.
    I love you so much. I miss you every second of every day. Tarrell, I always will.
    Forever yours,

    Brittany Goodwin

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    • Oh Brittany, I am so very sorry that you went through this and I am so sorry that you and your whole family are hurting. But I am glad you are in therapy and taking care of yourself and your children. Tarrell sounds like he was an amazing man with incredibly kind and loving heart. You honor his legacy so beautifully. Sending more hugs your way. <3…

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 3 weeks ago

    No Quitter Here

    All those years of being trapped by words unable to hear the birds.
    All those years of being suffocated to speak unable to reach the highest peak.
    All those years of sitting alone waiting to be grown.
    Waiting to break free from what was thought to be rock bottom.
    All those years of discomfort and uncertainty led me to today,
    Full of triumph and determinedly.

    Heather

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    • Heather, I am glad you reached a point of feeling triumphant. I too feel like my lowest moments led me to my best moments, to my strongest, best more empowered self. This piece is short but has a super powerful message. Thank you for sharing your energy, spirit and talent with us. Sending hugs. Thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 3 weeks ago

    A Toast To Her

    Every morning
    I thank the little ray of sunshine inside of me.
    The one who believed life could still be something extraordinary.
    Even when the brutality of the world was enough to gnaw her up & spew her out.
    Even when the cliff was right at her fingertips to end it all.

    That little ray of sunshine still chose life
    & I’m forever in debt with her.
    I owe it to her to make something remarkable & gentle of myself.

    On the days I’ve succeeded,
    I gently put my hand on my heart
    & softly speak the words, “this is for you” to her!

    Heather

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    • Aww this is so beautiful. I love that you can recognize all the magic and light within you. Keep celebrating and honoring that magic1 Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • Letters between a daughter and father

    Letters Between a Father and Daughte
    by Cindy Newcomer
    Here is a brief intro for the following letters. My dad died quickly and unexpectedly from cerebral hemorrhage in 1967 at the age of 42. I was two years old at the time and have no conscious memory of him. Very little was ever mentioned about him in our home. To say that my mom was not the nurturing, motherly type is an understatement. Discussing feelings, grief and loss about his death were not a part of life. I was basically left to try to understand the loss and deal with it on my own. Needless to say, I have spent a lifetime with some complicated grief issues. Fast forward to 2015. Russ, my husband of 15 years, my soul mate and my best friend, died suddenly from a massive heart attack. Although I have dealt with many losses in my life, this one hit me hard. Since how we deal with present circumstances is influenced by our past experiences, grief issues with my dad’s death resurfaced. I was challenged to write a letter to my dad and then to write a letter from my dad to me. I have written several letters over the years to my dad but always from a child’s point of view. I decided I wanted to do this from today, as a 52-year-old woman. I must have started the letter over a half a dozen times. I just couldn’t do it. Then one day I was finally able to.
    Dear Dad,
    I have spent a lifetime thinking about you. Wondering what you would have been like, what our relationship would have been like, what my life would have been like. I would usually imagine what I guess would be almost a parallel universe in which you didn’t die when I was 2. That this is how I have thought of you and us, just dawned on me today. My life is very different because of everything that happened. I really have no idea who I would be or what I would be like had you lived. My life has been an amazing adventure. Some good, some bad – all of it combined to make me, well, me.
    I have always been kind of mad because you left and you didn’t take me with you. After a mere 50 years, I think I have gotten over that one. I guess I want to say thank you for creating me. Even though you weren’t around, you did really shape and influence my life. The things I know about you are what I learned from mom, Grammy, some other family members and some of your friends and our neighbors. What I always heard from mom is that you were a hard worker, a hard drinker and went to church every Sunday. Those things became my goals when I was younger. I developed a strong work ethic, I drank like a damn fish and I went to church every Sunday. Even though at this point in my life, I disagree with much of the Catholic doctrine, the influence of the church might be what kept me alive and on this side of prison bars. With you not being around and well, mom being mom, I learned how to be self-reliant, independent, learned how to improvise and problem solve. I learned very early that life isn’t fair. It amazes me that I meet so many people who are adults who still think life should be fair. What the hell is fair??? That may be a lesson that is better learned at a young age. I think it is harder for people to accept when they get older.
    During my teen years I really tried to emulate you. I can look back now and see how messed up some of the stuff I did really was. Even when I was in high school, I worked and drank almost every day. I would always make it to church either Saturday night or Sunday morning. Granted, sometimes I was still drunk from the night before. After I graduated I frequently worked two to three jobs. From 18 to 20, it wasn’t unusual for me to work 60 to 70 hours in a week. Damn, would love to have that money again. I would pay mom rent money, then the rest usually got spent on alcohol, drugs, music and cigarettes. Somehow, I think you would have put a boot to my ass for that.
    I was told by Grammy and Uncle Lynn that you were the type of man that would help anyone if you could. I have tried to be that way. It has gotten me into some trouble on a few occasions, but I still think it is a good way to live. Grammy also told me that you were direct. When you had something to say, you said it. That one has really bit me in the ass a few times. Discretion is not always my strong suit.
    Back to when I was a teen. I knew you had been in the military so I joined the Army Reserves on my 18th birthday. A big part of my motivation to do that was to follow in your footsteps. It wasn’t until many, many years later that Aunt Mary told me that you didn’t really like women being in the military. Oops, sorry. I was just winging it. I didn’t have you to bounce this shit off of.
    I can’t imagine how different things would have been and who I would be today without the life I have lived. It isn’t like I can take the parallel universes in which you live and the real world, have them side by side and only pick the good from each one. It would be a cool trick and an awesome science fiction movie, but it isn’t reality. I have two amazing kids. Not sure how you would feel about either of them though. You are from a generation that espoused some old school ideas and values. Their lives fit into more modern-day times of acceptance. They are amazing human beings though and I am so proud of both. They have been through some serious adversity in their lives and they continue to have good hearts and are amazing people. They are both smart, resilient, hardworking, caring, kind and just good people. You have a great granddaughter. She is so adorable. Your great grandson is on the way and is due on July 4th. (Yeah, I know, that is your and mom’s wedding anniversary.)
    It is weird. All my life, I have believed that when I die, you and I will be together and I will get to see you. Regardless of all the manifestations of my beliefs in religion and spirituality, and no matter how I define a Higher Power, this has always remained a constant. I don’t even really know what I believe as far as an afterlife. The whole heaven and hell things just confuse me. I don’t know. Even though I don’t know, I still have the childlike vision of you and me hanging out in heaven that kind of looks like a cartoon or a sappy greeting card. I remember when I was younger and a relative said that playing cards was the work of the devil and we were all going to hell. Even then I envisioned us just sitting around a table playing cards in hell. Apparently, the cards we were using were fire-proof. It is weird to think of some of these things as an adult and see them for what they are. Childhood thoughts and fantasies. Even today, I still have a belief that we will be together. I have that wish to be with Russ again, but I don’t have that belief with the same conviction that I do with you. Plus, even though I have lost so many people in my life, you and Russ are the only two that I think that way about.
    This is such a new and strange way of thinking. I guess it is more from an adult perspective rather than being stuck with a childlike perspective. Hey, that reminds me, I wrote you a letter one time when I was around 6 or 7. I even put it in an envelope, addressed it to Heaven and rode my bike to the Post Office to mail it. I wonder what I wrote in that.
    I love you dad. I love the image of you, the thought of you. I love the thought that you loved me and you wanted me. I have tried to live my life in a way that would make you proud of me. I am sure I let you down a few times. Hopefully though overall, I am a person that you would like, love and be proud to call your daughter.
    I love you,
    Cindy
    Within a few days of writing this letter, I went to a Reiki circle. Now I must clarify that Reiki is such a mystery to me. I have gone probably about a dozen or more times. I still want to be skeptical of it but I have fallen in love with it. The benefits I have received from it have been mind-blowing. Anyhow, I was driving home after the Reiki circle and the letter from my dad to me just started to formulate in my head. When I got back to where I was staying, I put on some music, closed my eyes and just started typing. When I got out of my own way, I was able to receive this letter from my dad.
    Dear Cindy,
    I never left you. I have been in your heart the whole time. I know that sometimes you are able to feel me there. Other times, you ignore that I am there. My love for my baby girl has never gone away. I didn’t want to leave you, but I didn’t have a choice in the matter. It was just my time. I couldn’t take you with me nor would I have wanted to;, you were a baby. Think about it, would you have been willing to take one of your kids along at that young age or even now? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
    Stop worrying about whether or not I am proud of you. YES, I am proud of you. Do I completely understand you, oh hell no. But then we are from two very different generations. The whole therapy, support group, reiki, meditation, essential oils, I won’t even pretend to understand that shit. I can say that as far as the therapy and support group goes, I guess it isn’t much different than me sitting with my buddies at the bar and talking to the bartender. Just you do it without the beer. Concept is pretty much the same though. Back to me being proud of you. You need to let that shit go. You are a smart, caring, kind person. You help others and keep your door open to anyone who needs a place, a hug or just a place to hang out. Your Grammy was that way too.
    You take pride in the fact that so many people have told you that you are a lot like me. I want you to think about that for a minute. The people that you know that are like one of their parents, haven’t they spent a good deal of time butting heads with that parent because they are so much alike? I am sure we would have had our share of that. You can be too bull-headed, stubborn and independent for your own damn good. I am sure I would have booted you in the ass a few times.
    It is time you move forward. I know you have missed me and that is ok. But it is time to stop using it as a crutch or an excuse to stay stuck. You are a grown-ass woman at this point. You can’t go back and change the past. Hold onto the stories and the love that I gave you while I was there. You still have it in there; just allow yourself to acknowledge it and feel it. I am a part of you and always will be, just like you are a part of your children. Again, would you want them to suffer and stay stuck about something the way you have over my death? No, I know you wouldn’t. You are a good parent and you love your kids, just like I loved you.
    I know that somehow you have rationalized that staying stuck and not letting go is a way for you to remain loyal to me. It isn’t what I want. I want you to heal. Yeah life sucks sometimes, I mean hell, look at what all your Grammy went through. You still whining all these years later about the fact that I died when you were a baby doesn’t do anyone any good. It isn’t showing any sort of loyalty to me. That is your twisted thinking. It is time you let me go. I don’t mean forget about me. Let go of the wish that I was still alive or that I had lived longer. Accept my death for what it is. I loved you with my heart and soul while I was there. Just like you want your kids to carry your love for them in their hearts and souls long after you are gone, the same goes for me.
    I will agree with you, it sucks that we didn’t get to spend more time together. But yet again, all the holding on, dreaming, wishing, hoping isn’t going to change the reality of what happened.
    Let me go, and move forward with your life. Know that I love you, always have and always will. I am proud of you. You have gone through some shit and yet you still have compassion for others. You are a Bechdel through and through. We are a hearty bunch, strong and resilient. Don’t ever forget that. It is ok to let go. There is no shame in that. I know you aren’t letting go of me and even if you were, I am still not letting go of you. I am still a part of you.
    I love you,
    Dad

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    • All of this is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking all in one.

      The letter you wrote to your dad as an adult: I can feel your pain and your strong desire just to feel a connection to your father – living your life how you knew that he lived. Embodying his qualities and yearning for him.

      Letter to him as a little girl: It is so sweet. So pure…read more

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  • Noirerequiem shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 3 weeks ago

    A Dance of Rebellion

    Can you see the sway of my hips,
    how they speak to the beat of these drums?
    Can you hear the rhythm—
    the language of our silence,
    unspoken words rising like smoke?

    I build bridges over rivers of oppression,
    each step a prayer,
    each twirl a testimony.

    With the swing of my skirt,
    I sweep away the struggles of women like me—
    bold, bruised,
    but never broken.

    We are complex,
    layered like rhythms in the night.
    Not just survivors,
    but storytellers with sacred fire in our feet.

    We arrived in chains,
    yet even in bondage,
    we birthed grace.
    White dresses flow—symbols of peace,
    clarity,
    and the breaking of curses
    tied to spirits lost in new lands.

    Oh, when I hear that rhythm,
    it stirs my soul.
    Something ancient rises,
    something wild and free.
    We dance ‘til the moon forgets to rest—
    laughin’, shoutin’,
    spinnin’ rebellion into joy.

    This is resistance.
    This is remembrance.
    This is us.
    A dance of rebellion is here.

    NoireRequiem

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    • Wow wow wow ! This is is so good. It is so thoughtful, honest and inspiring. Your words show grace and kindness in response to harm and cruelty. Your piece shows strength and power in the face of anything that tried to hurt you. You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your brilliance, your talent and your heart with us. I am so glad you are part of…read more

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  • Vicki Lawana Trusselli shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 1 months, 3 weeks ago

    Fear is Normal

    Dear Unsealed,

    What Do I Fear?
    I fear the lack of personal contact,
    This time of year, we lack
    The touch of humanity.
    I fear being old.
    But that must be.
    I am old, bold.
    I fear losing social security,
    Fear of losing my healthcare,
    Literally please be aware.
    I fear the things that aid old people who are our elders.
    That assist those of advanced age,
    Will be hi-jacked and stolen by mean people,
    Who plan to take over our living stage at old age
    Control us,
    Minimize old people,
    The disabled, and others,
    Shove us off as if we don’t matter to others.
    To fear is normal,
    Fearing is cool,
    Fear is formal.
    Fear is me,
    Afraid of lying fools.
    Being reluctance to talk,
    Fear is how to talk,
    Fear is being unable to walk
    Even a short distance,
    For instance.
    To fear is true blue,
    Fear is tolerating the ultra-conservative fool.
    Fear is so many things in 2025.
    I am an empath,
    A dreamer, psychic.
    I do not carry wrath,
    But observe others,
    Quietly,
    Around my psyche.
    I fear being homeless,
    fearing is being without work,
    to fear is being old, bold, and careless.
    Fear is losing all benefits.
    Fear is being hungry.
    A list of fears is so boring and long,
    asunder.
    One’s a fool to think they care.
    The fool,
    The leaders plan a dire dismissal
    Of whom they dislike.
    Spiteful, they cause chaos
    In everyone’s life.
    So, I will write.
    Not out of spite,
    But to release feelings of the night,
    To spread light through the day.
    Faith keeps me strong.
    I tackle fear with music and song,
    Visual art,
    No farts.
    I carry on,
    Despite my fear of judgment,
    By people who do not care.
    I fear falling into their snares,
    Of lairs rotting in their lion’s dens
    Of inequity and warped sin.
    I fear nothing but fear itself.
    Once a prolific phrase,
    It spread fear itself.
    Doublespeak is a chaos nightmare.
    This fear.
    It makes me aware.
    The silver screen of life surrounds us all.
    I am awake.
    I see the lies of mean people.
    Make no mistakes.
    Their rules are tools
    For their brains,
    Insane.
    I am awake.

    100 percent score

    Vicki Lawana Trusselli

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  • I'll Be Seeing You

    Sixty paces—the distance between the wear marks on the porch windowsill
    to the stone coping beneath the cherry blossoms.

    From cold, wet nose kisses, punctuated by toe taps,
    to the pungent pansies that now adorn his earthly bed.

    Four feet—forty-eight inches—the space from his head to my lap.

    Yet—when I close my eyes, I’m met by his tender gaze.
    I feel the weight of his head, the damp jowls,
    the velvet of his coat against my skin.

    His warmth—lifting the weight of the day.

    A kindred spirit, whose friendship I never questioned.

    Sixty paces—a heart-rending farewell,
    and a heartfelt hope: “I’ll be seeing you.”

    Haley Marie Felt

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    • Awww Haley, I am writing this with my dog on my lap. Our dogs are our babies. I am sorry for your loss but I know he was very loved and he is so lucky for that. Sending hugs. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • Oswald Perez shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months ago

    Happy Easter!

    Dear Unsealers:

    It’s Easter Sunday.

    For those that celebrate the day, I hope that it’s an enjoyable day for you. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Sunday, no matter where in the world you are.

    Here’s to the hope and possibility after the lenten season has concluded.

    With a nod to the Urbi et Orbi message from the Pope in Rome, this is my message from NYC to the world:

    After forty days of Lent
    Easter Sunday has arrived

    A day to celebrate
    The rising of the son of God

    With euphoric joy in the holiest spirit
    We praise all that life brings

    With the world blooming all around
    Everything’s possible!

    From me to you and yours
    From NYC to the world…

    Happy Easter!
    ¡Felices Pascuas!

    Pazko on!
    Bona Pasqua!

    Joyeuses Pâques!
    Buona Pasqua!
    Cásca Shona!

    Feliz Páscoa!
    Καλό Πάσχα!
    Sretan Uskrs!

    Oswald Perez

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    • Aww Oswald, I hope you had a wonderful easter. Again, I love your spirit and energy. It comes through in everything you write. You are a true gem. Thank you for sharing. <3 Lauren

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  • michae1 shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months ago

    Happy 4-20

    Mary Jane got me ohh so high,
    Your genetics done changed my life.
    I thank God to this very day, for
    Another peaceful night, for word play.
    You’ve done evolved my DNA.
    Oh how I love your,
    Potent indica dominant strains.
    Sparks the receptors, as I search
    To put these words in place.
    Oh how I love your vibrant fragrance.
    I love how help me through,
    The stressful day’s.
    Got neurons flooding
    My brain. Looking for and
    Connecting different things to say,
    You spark my imagination.
    Opening up a variation of
    Ways. When I was hurt
    You helped me innovate.
    Had to do this for a special occasion.
    Was built off some chronic
    Mixed in with a Lil pain.
    A different meaning
    For “chronic pain”.
    Might have to get a prescription
    Just to keep me sane.
    Had to celebrate your holiday.
    Happy 4-20 it’s a special day.

    Michael L George jr

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    • Michael, this is a very clever piece.It is so interesting all the benefits they are realizing now that comes from CBD! Thank you or sharing your creativity with us!
      Lauren

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      • Thank you, and yes it is amazing to learn the medical benefits from it.
        The Gonzaga university has this new class available for students or even to the public. It’s a class that allows you to smoke cannabis and study the medical benefits from it.cash only no government assistance. Me personally I think it’s amazing to allows this to happen.

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  • Benjamin Fuller shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months ago

    Divine Wind of Inspiration

    This life… is but a vapor… without a second thought you’d capture the moment by taking a pen to your wrist…
    And letting your heart bleed out on the paper….
    Inspiration, devastation, any other proclamation…
    Yet trying to write now just feels like forced dedication…
    What happened to that fire? That desire? It’s like our pen has dried up, and the situations dire
    What happened to the endless words rattling around that drove us to the brink of insanity?
    What happened to the ability to tug at the heartstrings of humanity?
    People used to say that what we wrote felt so real…
    But it’s because your words expressed our heart unsealed…
    All our pain, all our anguish,
    Every unfulfilled wish
    Even as we traversed from glory to glory,
    Your words expressed our story
    Yet stressed here I am
    Trying to string together words that don’t mean a damn thing
    There’s no voice, there’s no heart…
    How can I read what I write now, and try to say that it’s art?
    Posting poems from the past, but how long can that last?
    I am not you, and I fear that our time together is through…
    Like how were you able to write an entire poem from being hit by a droplet of dew?
    You could put one hundred and ten poems inside of a book
    All to tell one story, simply from its tones alone;
    All our highs and our lows
    Our joys, and our woes…
    But I’m sitting here now like, “is this as far as it goes?”
    Have I nothing more than this?
    Here I stand at my precipice
    Grasping at the wind beyond my reach
    With eyes like an ocean, til they burn red
    Rivers of dread flow, as I shake and I quiver
    Each drop crashes like a tsunami atop this wilted rose I hold in my hand
    The petals have been washed away… no beauty remains
    Only the thorns buried beneath my flesh, tearing at my very soul
    I never would’ve thought writing so much could take such a toll
    To break through, I know not what I need
    My heart… has run out of blood to bleed…
    There’s no path ahead…
    Nothing to say that I haven’t already said…
    Here I stand at the ledge… ready to lunge…
    Ready to take that fateful plunge…
    Embracing the free fall…
    As I give up on writing anything at all…

    But yet in this moment the wind gives its gust
    With a gentle whisper it tells me, “trust”
    “Walk by faith and not by sight.
    There’s no reason for you to be filled with fright.
    Take the step and be full of delight.
    Harken unto Me, and what I declare.
    For together we will dance across the air.
    The words that have been shrouded in the clouds will again shine their light.
    The voice you seek will soon echo aloud.
    Sending ripples, causing waves,
    Causing dead bones to rattle in their graves.
    Testifying of the One by whom mankind shall be saved.
    This isn’t the end of your story.
    For I have chosen you to write of Our coming glory.”

    Lo! That mercy would look upon my tired eyes
    That the winds of heaven would hear my frustrated cries
    With no blood left to bleed…
    No might, nor power left within myself to carry me through this hour
    But by Thy Spirit, I will continue to fight
    By Thy Spirit I will continue to write for any who shall hear it
    For Thy testimony is my delight
    Lo! This shall not be my end
    I’m trusting that higher yet I shall ascend
    So let ye joyful trumpets sound in celebration
    For the shackles and chains of this writer’s block I refuse to succumb
    Yay! I say I shall be unbound
    I’ll let this Spirit fueled heart beat like a drum of liberation
    Pounding with a “bum-bum-de-bum”
    This burning sensation shut-up deep in my bones;
    Words yet without form… groaning’s waiting to be born
    As the tumultuous storm clouds clear… their image draws near…
    I can see them…
    At last…
    I am free…
    This weightlessness…
    Unburdened by stress…
    Yes… I can feel it deep in my core…
    If I take this step… I know I shall soar
    I shall waltz on the wind, as a sparrow in the daytime
    As a spider with its web, I’ll weave these words into rhymes
    I’ll mold them into the most lustrous silk
    And their taste shall be sweeter than honey and more nutritious than milk
    No longer shall I live in fear that I’ll never be the writer you were again
    The rose petals of this pen will bloom once more
    And now I sit in anticipation to see what creations are in store…
    Indeed… this blocks been broken through
    For my passions been born anew

    Benjamin M. Fuller

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    • Benjamin! I am so glad you didn’t let your self-doubt stick around and you realized your power, your voice and the greatness that lies within you. Never lose sign of your magic. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • taysleatherlace shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months ago

    TIMES

    Dear Unsealers,
    I wanted to share with you a poem I wrote about Time and how we spend our time. At the end of time, what will others remember? I originally started this piece in 2021 & finished in 2023, Taylor Vance.

    We have GOOD times
    We have BAD times
    We have SAD times
    We have MAD times
    We have GLAD times
    We have HARD times & we have felt like time wasn’t on our side.
    We have had times of JOY & we have wished that we could avoid a certain time.
    We have FOUGHT at times & CRIED at times
    We have HIDDEN at times & SHINED at times
    There has been times I wish we never had
    There has been times we can never take back
    There has been times we will never get back
    There has been times we talked shit & times we have been up shits creek. And GOD knows we have never been on TIME!!! But I would never rewind time, for it’s only been a short time we have had together, & it’s only going to get better in due time.
    For all the hard times we weathered past, present, or future, as we expected.
    For the rest of our time, we will make the best of our time to love one another until we have NO more time, while we wait, our story will continue, so in the end, we know we didn’t make a complete mess of our time.
    Now I ask you to take a little time to remember how you use your time. Because all you get in this life is TIME & CHOICES, my advice to you is to be wise with both. At the end of time, we are to have No regrets, No second chances, for there will be No time to look back. Because at that time, when our hourglass has finally run out of sand, we can’t flip it over and start again. So what will the ones we leave behind remember of OUR TIME?
    Written by: Taylor Vance 2-2023

    Taylor Vance

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    • Aww Taylor, If you can be a peace with the role of time in our life, I feel like you conquered life in a way most never will. This piece is so wise and so true. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. <3 Lauren

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months ago

    Exhaustion

    I’m exhausted but not that lack of 8 hrs of sleep exhausted.
    I’m exhausted from putting peoples needs first.
    I’m exhausted from checking in with people that don’t check in with me.
    I’m exhausted from putting in the work and everyone else just goes on with life.
    I’m exhausted from feeling their emotions and suppressing my own.
    I’m exhausted and it’s not from the lack of sleep exhausted.
    I want to feel alive.
    I want to feel refreshed.
    I want to feel my own emotions.
    Care for my own needs.
    I want to escape the burnt stage of life and capture the awareness of the day.
    I’m exhausted from being exhausted!
    When will I breathe again?
    That is the question!

    Heather

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    • Are you familiar with Marianne Williamson s “out deepest fear”? Or Ernest Henley’s “Invictus” ?
      I find them comforting when I too, experience feeling burned out from how agreeable of a person I can be at the cost of my own needs. Hope it resonates with you. 💚

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    • Aww Heather, my hope for you is that you focus on only leaning into people and places that make you feel alive instead of exhausted. Sending lots and lots of hugs. <3 Lauren

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  • Heather shared a letter in the Group logo of PoetryPoetry group 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Growth Looks Good

    Do you not see how strong you are?
    How worthy you are?
    How loved you are?

    All those sleepless nights prepared you for the best sleeps of your life.
    Those uncomfortable mirror talks set you up for those beautiful reflection affirmations.
    Those in and out acquaintances part of your life were just props to what led you to today.

    The most strongest, worthiest, and lovable woman the Universe could have!

    Heather

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    • I totally agree! Sometimes the most challenging points in our lives are just preparing us for all of the good that is to come. ♥

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