I try to escape
but you’re like quicksand
fiction draws me
I become lighter
can visit places
far beyond the traps you’ve made.
I have to thank you
for allowing me to see something beautiful
an imagined life
I try to escape
but you’re like quicksand.
Words Becoming
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Words Becoming 
Please do not escape;) I love your poetry, can’t wait to read more. And thank you a lot for becoming my first blog follower:D It motivates me!
that falling ‘from as far/into the arms/of that’ right then, the thought of quicksand
nice imagination
This describes how I felt hanging out at your blog site this morning! I got caught up!
Thanks! Love it!
wonderful poetry i found it moving
beautiful!
Why would you wish to escape something that is beautiful? Perhaps too beautiful? Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to take time to visit yours more often
This also caught my senses….you have a wonderful talent to paint with words as well 🙂
Thanks for taking time to read, I’m glad you like it. 😀
I like it.
Thank you! 😀
Ive been there before….
So succinct; so beautifully sad. I love it.
a mellifluous write that looks at the way love “sucks you in”. Love is quicksand, all right. Your words are as insightful as your art work, Cheryl. 🙂
Hi Charron, thank you. 😀
Beautifully written Cheryl.
Quicksand sucks in you and drags you down…
Very clever, economical and evocative.
It’s beautiful. And I thought of books while I read it. :))
P.S. Thank you for visiting my blog by the way.
Hi Dyan, you’re very welcome and thank you so much, that means a lot to me 🙂 Cheryl
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Awesome works! 🙂 Your illustrations also say you are such a genius!! Great to connect with you here. Thanks a lot for the like and follow! 🙂
Hi Viviene, you’re welcome and thank you so much! Good to meet you. Cheryl
Looking forward to reading more of your posts! ^_^
Likewise! 😀
I really enjoy your poetry. I’d love to see more of it in the future! Fascinating!! 🙂
poetry is like quicksand, only what can pull you out is brutal force of reality
thanks for follow C
Thanks for introducing me to your imaginative world. It is interesting see the poems alongside your fiction. Thanks for dropping by my blog.
Hi Angie, good to meet you and thank you!
Nicely done. Poetic profusion poignantly portrayed.
Thanks Mike 🙂
you are a awesome writer, it is amazing how you put a picture with your words
Thank you that means a lot 🙂
To quote your own poem, I have to thank you for allowing me to see something beautiful 🙂
😀
Very well written. Beautiful.
well duh. I guess I have been here before–I just forgot to click follow!! I did this time, though, and just love your work. So raw and true, but beautiful in its perception, too. No barrier between what’s read and what’s felt…
Hello,
It’s been a while since you wrote this poem still, I want to thank you. I like the pattern as much as I like the thought, you’re writing are complex but subtle. Having a lot of pleasure reading by reading your posts.
Thank you, I’m glad you like it.
Superb Cheryl!
Thank you Mehak!
Thank you for visiting my blog. I was in awe with your illustrations! I was honestly frightened by some of your portraits as they were so raw, true and honest….I could feel the cruelty and pain that human carries but at the same time your illustrations have shown the beauty in us. I enjoyed your artwork very much.
Hi Mary Sue, you’re very welcome and thank you so much, that means a lot. Good to meet you, Cheryl.
Great imagination! You are prolific, indeed. (I’ve been in these quicksand and/or “shrink to fit” relationships before. Happy to have made it out!) That you can write from the deepest places of what aches or dreams or cries or sings within you is a gift.
Oh, and by the way, thanks for liking my poem, “A Woman of Many Names”.
It may be like quicksand, yet allows one to see something beautiful momentarily…why deprive oneself of such fleeting pleasures 🙂