Landlocked and scraping my belly
in the depths of their apologies,
I learned to hold my breath
in an ocean of abandonment.
The bitter taste of sunny days
danced upon my tongue, twisting
with the weeds of their neglect before
I swallowed them, and felt
the tear of my lungs
bursting pure, and blooming
the greenest words
from my throat.
The feathered stroking
of doubtful creatures making homes
out of the shame in my veins
screamed for release,
and oh how I released them.
Into deaf ears and cruel eyes
my soul flowed, spilling
truth and pouring pain
into the deep pools
of their shallow love.
© Nicole Lyons 2017
Nicole Lyons 
Reblogged this on RamJet Poetry and commented:
WOW
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Thank you, Brother ❤
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You’re most welcome my friend 🙂
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Glad I’m not them. Beautiful.
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As always, I thank you Bob
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Nicole brings a poem of truth telling.
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Thank you
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Reblogged this on Sudden Denouement Literary Collective and commented:
Nicole Lyons/The Lithium Chronicles
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Thank you so much
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Staggering Nicole. Felt this deep in my soul.
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Thank you so much, it flowed fast and hard out of me. I meant it to be a collab with the brilliant Stephanie Bennett-Henry, but it just didn’t flow with here (which is fucking, incredible by the way)
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Phenomenal! I especially love,
“Into deaf ears and cruel eyes
my soul flowed, spilling
truth and pouring pain
into the deep pools
of their shallow love”
–Perfect
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Thank you so much
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Beautiful writing!
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Thank you so much 🖤
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