Tag Archives: society

Buy

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Buy, buy, buy, and buy some more, buy a bigger house, fill the floors. Keep it new, keep you poor, keep it disposable and easily stored. Build lots of sheds to block the view, work more hours to pay for … Continue reading →

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She Wouldn’t Look Away

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

She braced, eyes wide open, the offense that was violence on full display, she took in senseless actions taking lives, taking away children before they’d lived, taking away the healing with more violence. As it should be, she wouldn’t look … Continue reading →

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Disrespect

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Me, a selfish concept or a perspective I need? See me, hear me, the me I need to be, the person I expect you to respect, to accept, or we’re done before we’ve begun. Why then, I wonder, as I … Continue reading →

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Rare Embrace

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Clock ticking, she can hear it, there’s clicking, her heels on the pavement as she runs away from herself. It shouldn’t be possible while standing still, when the pain she’s holding is immeasurable. Where to run when ghosts are everywhere? … Continue reading →

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Outside Looking Out

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Living apparitions on the edge of a dream, here, but not gone, somewhere in-between. Walking an edge cutting off their dreams, knowing society has no room at the acceptance inn. Unfinished lives striving to become aware, different, outside looking out, … Continue reading →

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Ink

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Tomorrow place, forever land, a world of ink meant for pages, trauma transformed in meditation, what was once pain at last a hurt that passes through, a wound repurposed. Not a past rewritten, but a new perspective, tales for hearts … Continue reading →

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Caught Between

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Push and pull, caught in the middle, growing up too fast and not growing up at all. She wanted to hide, to cry in silence. She wanted to scream, let them know why. It made no sense wanting to die, … Continue reading →

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Potentiality

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

See you, see in. Seeing yourself is where you begin. To discover, open your eyes, see strengths and weaknesses, possibilities, and lies. All of you is who you are, you’re potentiality. In your pursuit of self-honesty you’ll become what the … Continue reading →

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Fabric

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Peace. Clock ticking. A stranger clears his throat. Cars pass by. A plane overhead. Clouds, wind-borne, flee twilights end. Incense. Evening tea. Candle casting shadows. The flame gives light, the gesture genuine, not fake. All woven, a fabric, stronger in … Continue reading →

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A Healthy Society

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Live. Let live. Embrace and nourish. Release and flourish. Reap and sow. Learn and grow. Teach and distribute. Collaborate and contribute. Give and prosper. Give and give some more. A gift is what it is. The pursuit of happiness. A … Continue reading →