Binary v Non-Binary
I am my spiritDisembodiedWholeNo qualifiersNeither maleNor femaleUndefinable ThisnessContentment Love I live in a bodyI live its XX biological functions–I live … Continue reading Binary v Non-Binary
Author: barb j beyers
Retired RN/Women's Advocate.
Poet, artist, nature lover, seeker
NW EU, Spain, Native Am, Scotland
Real Woman XX
I am womanA three dimensionalFour dimensional beingNot an ideaIn some guy’s mindI am my DNAI am the hormonesAnd chemicals That … Continue reading Real Woman XX
Breathed Into Being
Life starts and endsWith the breathWe are breathed by lifeRushing into our lungsWe think we breatheBut no, we are being … Continue reading Breathed Into Being
Soulshine
Will I recognize youOn the other side Where only our soulshineCan enter? Will I know youWithout mommy And daddy’s paintDefining … Continue reading Soulshine
Fabric of Our Being
There are deep truths in lifeUnchangingUnconditionalIt is the fabricThat life gets printed onIt is the fabric That sustains lifeIt is … Continue reading Fabric of Our Being
Winding Down
I am slower nowAnd tire more easilyAnd vacuums seem heavierAnd jar lids are tighterI avoid bending overTo keep my back … Continue reading Winding Down
When Soul Speaks
Life livedMoment by momentTakes on a poetic hueBirdsong is louderColors seem brighterWorries ceaseWith mind so focusedOn the here and nowYesterday … Continue reading When Soul Speaks
Chuck It List
Take everything you know Every label you’ve been calledAll your past memoriesYou gotta chuck them allChuck your ideas of rightChuck … Continue reading Chuck It List
Seeking Joy
Stop searching for Joy…She isn’t an emotionShe isn’t a feelingThat comes and goesShe is your birthrightHere all alongJust buried beneathYears … Continue reading Seeking Joy
Our One Heart
Our One HeartLife is getting more complicated-As ‘The One’ morphs into’The Ten Thousand Things’We get lost In the branches of … Continue reading Our One Heart
The Call of the Wind
The waves of timeAre washing awayAll my sandcastlesLulling meInto a deep stillnessThen the wind comesHer breath inspiresAnd infuses me with … Continue reading The Call of the Wind
Gone to Seed
I am no longer able To tend my gardenAnd the friendshipsThat took cultivationHave shriveled and diedAll that are leftAre the … Continue reading Gone to Seed
A Softening
There is a softnessA softeningThey don’t talk aboutIt happensDuring the finalMarch of timeWhen the butterfly wingsWe strived so hardTo achieve … Continue reading A Softening
Die While Living
I’ve said my goodbyes Even if it was just in my mindLooking hard and longAt our shared livesAll that we’ve … Continue reading Die While Living
Peace Be Damned
Peace is not lifePeace is deathNothing alive is at peaceBecalmed on the oceanIn a sailboat is not desiredYet millions of … Continue reading Peace Be Damned
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