FATHOM AN IRIDESCENT SPELL ON TIME

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FATHOM AN IRIDESCENT SPELL ON TIME 

deeply pressed, suffocated and craving this loss urges me to continuously 

meet myself 

and reconnect with 

home. 

healthy boundaries 

created through radical self-care 

living the dream i’m creating 

moving beyond superficial comfort to find 

connection. 

taking control of my actions to 

overcome anxiety. 

reconnecting disconnected wires 

slowly stepping into a new me. 

not feeling seen by the world, 

i search for myself 

and the world sees me anew. 

my body feels and knows the 

truth. 

this abundance. 

resistance transformed to acceptance rising from fear 

through learning that 

i am a process. 

moving toward my essence through involvement. 

releasing and expressing 

to stay healthy 

healing through pausing 

i face this pain. 

breathing into a new existence 

i inhale love 

befriending time.

stress is a heavy, unwanted blanket in a pandemic cocoon 

actions root me in the mud 

so that i can reach for the 

light. 

desiring this moment and its infinite possibilities 

this chaos has purified me 

and given me new eyes. 

the sun burning within my heart spiders, bees, dandelions and honey freeing myself 

my masculine sun showing up for my feminine moon. 

a moth flying through silky starlight weaving and dreaming with my heart moment to moment. 

responding creatively to 

continuous uncertainty 

this is energizing and empowering. 

cloud iridescence 

fire rainbows. 

facing the whole of myself 

to see the vastness of life 

the codes are recombining. 

actions as medicine or poison the future is here 

a deliberate decision 

in my body. 

my time is now 

now is the time 

now is our time. 

launched from outdated world views feeling the world. 

digesting this bitter fear 

forever hungry for love. 

this pain

my medicine 

and pleasure and  

power. 

constantly de-cluttering 

listening to this internal alarm swept off of my feet. 

time means opportunity. 

i slowed down and so did the world. 

in a liquid universe 

still adjusting 

unfamiliar 

yet I feel safe. 

the world shifts as i do 

a thunderous sky. 

at my own 

deliberately slowly 

pace. 

fear and time illusions 

heart guides my senses 

as love puts a spell on time. A SNAIL IN RAW HONEY 

art is my offering 

my ex-voto 

i offer myself to life. 

created and creating. 

release what i was or it will 

consume me. 

dust flying in space 

when uncertain, i slow down. 

remnants of fear  

sifting 

away from my body 

returning to myself 

moment to moment 

this thread the only steadiness.

living matters 

matter lives 

hidden for so long 

opening up 

processing my process. 

i see myself in you 

a constant explosion. 

moments as bubbles 

only truth remains. 

life measured by love. 

i wished and felt myself here. singing bird 

harmony.  

love heals 

jingles. 

it is free 

freedom. 

i my compass 

strengthening 

delighting in the journey. 

now i can just be. 

beauty in everything  

the heart my steering wheel. 

life’s core essence 

thinking tires and ties. 

flowering flame 

heart presence melting bodily pain. 

a starry liquid milkiness 

spun seaweed seeds. 

love is life’s language 

buckled for the ride. 

floating in slow motion 

we are one 

instead of life passing me by now the river. 

galactical dishwasher 

existence sparkles

salty tears 

constantly bathed 

a concoction. 

STONES 

i had to move backward before moving forward 

my invitation 

i the key. 

continuously unlocking myself digging up 

2 in 1 

star has 5 points 

this i 8 

you my teacher. 

life we are in 

together and alone. 

rocks outside my heart now it is light. 

blind to lies 

recycling my cycle 

powered by cleaning. 

i belong to everything 

nothing belongs to me. 

sailing. gliding. 

body’s pain is soul crying. 

present tense is love 

tension to present is pain. tension pain. 

present love. 

i hear you in me 

echo 

scrubbing mind for full heart. 

eye in heart 

life sings in me 

eye in we 

an animal.

action 

the ocean my bath 

see in sea 

silver fish returning. 

panic attacks shake the heart i had to separate myself from you 

to find me 

to find you. 

elastic 

ecstatic 

i instand now 

confiding inside 

my own movie 

in motion. 

i feel you pain 

malleable. 

overcoming fear to 

meet you. 

a death of gray society in my mind. 

pop. pop. 

i am with you 

chirping 

yin and yang 

eye in we. 

we in eye. 

you me we 

we me you 

me you we. 

web spinning 

from lockdown to unlock full. 

STIRRING WATER 

the heart 

the seed 

the wing 

an earthworm.

a horse. 

from tied down 

to high tide 

2 in 1 

1 in 2 

care 

rake 

1 in 2 in 3 in 4. 

my own foam 

i in keep 

peek 

wake 

we 

awake. 

rumble 

quake 

e. 

numb to 

out numbered. 

enwish ion. 

inner drum 

hymn 

stop to pots. 

shellfishly kind 

a leopard slug 

crackling for myself true nature 

nature true 

truth in nature. 

explorer 

cutting away 

i feel your stirring water a string. 

you my mirror 

me in you 

so hot, cold

numb. 

numbers. 

ma, mamma 

yum 

purr. 

water binds us 

magnetic 

space ship 

ship space 

pace. 

ace. 

chia goop. 

for see 

jury-rig 

ruthless 

march to charm 

pain is power. 

SULFURIC 

see you when you are ready to see me 

you are my eyes. 

eye see the you 

which does not see me eye see the you 

which sees me. 

icu. 

born anew 

each moment. 

reunite 

real estate 

you in youth. 

soil. 

oils. 

i am not the you 

which does not see me yet i am with you.

from difficulty breathing now with water. 

skin lungs. 

incognito 

ignite 

into. 

evolve in love 

therapy 

appearing. 

scales itch 

believe. be a live. 

from evil to live. 

ointment 

child. 

clean home. 

release 

ease 

see.  

hawk. 

sphingidae 

somatic 

osmosis. 

missing 

sing 

in touch 

touching. 

soular eclipse 

smelling skin 

life smells fear 

life smells love 

love and life in skin. 

massage 

message. 

sour hours 

clock locks 

recreate 

congratulate.

my own monster 

or moonstar. 

sea through 

grounded to fly 

accepting you for you 

to accept me for me. 

moon tide 

truth is real is now is love is safe lies unreal and aching. 

streaming 

pipeline 

spinning wheel 

tea eat 

time emit. 

loading 

retreat 

treat 

detox toxin 

dance in guidance.

Title
FATHOM AN IRIDESCENT SPELL ON TIME
Description
With a BA (Honours) degree in Applied Illustration Design from South Africa (2018), I live and breathe creativity. I moved back to the United States in August 2019, a member at Mindport Exhibits and intern at Runaway Press in Bellingham.
Contributor
Alaya Rousseau
Date
2020-06-14
Type
Text
Identifier
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