DW Survivor: 2nd individual immunity: Dig It

[eeyore_grrl]

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			Dig it


shana dug this bottle from the earth
	her hands reaching 
	dirt lodging beneath her fingernails
		she took the time to clean it
			i imagine slowly
				with ritual
			perhaps under a moon pregnant and full
		shining bright as she touched it to river water
my mother dug this bottle from the earth
layering paint and crystals
	a bottle for magic and fulfillment
	a bottle to keep the spirits from escaping
		the spirits who tells you that you are ugly and useless and old

as i make up the details to a bottle 
so real I have placed it on my kitchen windowsill
so real that i have thanked her for my solstice gift
my mother dug her grief into the ground
	nurturing it with her art, her soul
	nurturing me through her art
					and her liveliness

my mother
		she dug this bottle from the ground
		and gifted it to me with her own self

	this bottle beautiful and reclaimed from the earth
		can you dig it?
		can you know?
		can you become one with the earth
			with knowledge and art and hands digging?

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Comments

[adoptedwriter]

This is beautiful.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you. Hopefully mommy likes it.

[shafrog]

Mommy likes it! I LOVE it! Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[eeyore_grrl]

YAY MOMMY LIKES IT! :D

[murielle]

Beautiful!

[bsgsix]

This is so touching and beautiful. Your mom must be so proud of you - it seems like your artistry, while very much your own, has been passed down, and that is lovely. <3

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you. I learned a lot about independence and creativity from my mommy.
:-)

Thank you; and she likes it, which is important.

[bleodswean]

Oooooh! You go deep with this one and it is successful on several levels. I enjoyed every aspect of it and always enjoy your reading!

[gunwithoutmusic]

Becoming one with the earth and the universe in general is a major goal of mine. I don't know, maybe I'm already there and don't quite recognize it, but I feel an aching, a longing.

There is so much wrapped up in this, so much wrapped up in the bottle; it's really beautiful and as always I'm such a fan of your style of poetry in particular. :) Good work this week!

[alycewilson]

I find it fascinating that we both wrote about our mothers, but in different ways. Your mother is quite the artist! Mine was, too. I like the line "my mother dug her grief into the ground" and also the entire last stanza.

[swirlsofpurple]

Wow, this is so utterly beautiful, I adore it.

[eeyore_grrl]

Figured it was about time that I posted something NOT depressing and anger-stoking... :-)

thank you.

[eeyore_grrl]

THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm not a one with the earth kinda girl; More a one with the earth and yay technology. :) I understand what you are talking about. I miss when I could backpack and camp and all that mother nature shit that is so exhausting in SUCH a good way.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thanks, I loved your entry this week! I've said it before and I'll say it (almost) every time. Poetry is meant to be seen and heard.

[eeyore_grrl]

My old apartment in lower-upstate NY was *very* 70's; like, wow ugly seventies... I hear ya.

Thank you. I think that is my favorite line, also.

[halfshellvenus]

a bottle to keep the spirits from escaping
the spirits who tells you that you are ugly and useless and old
This especially was wonderful, both as wording and as an idea.

You are blessed to have such a mother, especially when too often it is a mother or father who says such wounding things. And even better, both she and you know it is a blessing!

[flipflop_diva]

Oh, this is beautiful! And I love this glimpse we get not just of you but of your mother too. It's wonderful!