What Can I Do Today?

A free verse poem
published on Medium 9.5.19 

In silence, I sit,
seeking significant moments
of awakened realizations.

It’s divine to be alone,
to celebrate a coming home — 
a delectable return to self-awareness.

Before me lies the world,
in all its burning glory.
My heart is heavy with acceptance
of the failed human story.

My hands bleed.
I am guilty of mindless capitalism,
trapped in nihilism,
reaching for answers in the status quo.

In silence, I sit,
seeking ego validation,
wanting my solitary actions
to have meaningful intention.

Going within,
I spin into anticipated potential
and own personal responsibility
for choices I have made.

Perception changes
when I climb out of stagnation,
release ego,
and move to focused action.

I sit in silence
and contemplate my words and my power.
I reclaim my feminine and ask Earth Mother,
What can I do today?

© K. A. Bennett 2019. All rights reserved.

I Am A Lazy Gardener But My Garden Persists

"I Am a Lazy Gardener But My Garden Persists," published on Medium.com  8.23.19

Without You 8.19.19

A free verse poem
Published on Medium 8.19.19

Without you
It has taken me a year
To learn the landscape of my empty bed;
To become comfortable
Taking up space;
To remember who I am

Without you

I release
A tightly held past,
Learn new skills--
Forget how to argue;
Let judgment fade

Without you

My hands have forgotten
The shape of your body
Next to mine.

It all fades into yesterdays--
The taste of your lips,
Your morning sounds,
Our shared dreams

Without you

A liquid future slips through my fingers--
An unknown thing,
That pools at my feet.

With the courage of a warrior goddess
I take one step into uncertainty,
Into myself,
And begin the journey forward,

Without you.

~K