Author Archive | Lotus Kruse

migrate

we migrated we migrated down the sheets hour after hour my head in your hands hair tangled in your fingers your scarred heart an uncharted land my borders closed to most breath then sigh in anticipation of all the ways it would hurt to travel the distance from loved to beloved and yet we migrated…

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georgia6

It was just a little smile that grew from the corner of her mouth like a flower uncurling to the morning sun she was sweet like an orange with her red hair with curls and wisps of strands around her moon shaped eyes and when she cried her hand would cover the tears she wanted…

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bird 2

{adj. just before dawn}   There is a point where feeling too sore to stay still and yet standing in concrete boots tired and weighed down I will travel beyond the measure of what I thought was possible into an ocean of wilderness   Beyond all that my life envisioned for itself to this place…

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Childhood sweethearts vaporized into abandoned warehouses False friends uprooted, painfully offering freedom. The cage of constraint calling to be un-walled and demounted. Shirking responsibilities to keep a roof over their heads Skipping out on the house rules and the mortgage. I put my remains in a 3 by 5 Wondering Would all that enough-ness fill…

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revolution

I believe in magic I know less and less everyday I trust my intuition and my capacity I want world peace and a miss universe bikini body {in james bond gold } I will surrender to my hearts calling every time I can and sometimes I can’t I have decided to stop making decisions from…

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wings

  I went out for dinner with three beautiful women, powerful, intelligent, heart loving women. It was night and getting late, the Cafe had the roof rolled open so I could see the sky. It was such a hot night that any breeze was a respite. As I sat there sweating and drinking my beer,…

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edsrs up

Take your hands with rough calluses and strong grip and place them on my ribs only a little tenderly so that I may feel your insatiable wants Use your fingers to learn my body like braille read me and read my bibliosex until your fingers know me by heart Grip me, squeeze me, scratch me,…

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xray heart

Sometimes when bones break and mend, they mend all out of shape and create a need to compensate for that dis-shape. So the bone is re-broken so it can mend correctly. Hearts are like bones, they break when love leaves and they become dis-shaped, then sometimes we have to break them again to allow love…

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light copy

It is time to be seen You are that faceted jewel with light dancing and colliding with its edges in an explosion of light It is time to be seen In dark rooms where the light does not enter Down long corridors of people In  conversations that request your wild minds contribution In praying for your…

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