Tuesday, April 19, 2011

N


N
Loneliness
is not
being
alone
in a room
But being
in a room
with others
with
nothing
to say
nothing
in common
nothing
nothing
noting
no thing
noth
not
non
no
n.

Lindsay Riggs Brown

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Not Okay


Not Okay

I want

so badly

for you to tell me

you think I’m

really okay…


… i’m not sure you’re really okay.


Lindsay Riggs Brown

Venus


Venus

Open your mouth.


Until the pink inside

breaks through

with piano keys

tinkling out scales.

justice will prevail.


Open your mouth.


Speak up.

Shout out

tell it like you see

it.


Open your mouth.


Break out of the half shell

your long red locks

falling

over your sex.


Open your mouth.


Stand naked

in your alabaster skin

with the strength you

were born with.

You are perfection.

You are an art form.

You are a woman.


Lindsay Riggs Brown