If Your Inner Child Calls, Don't Let it Go to Voicemail

Words:

i was born running
people were disappointing,
scary and judgmental 
(hi mom)
i ran and i ran...
one day, i was gifted a mirrored heart-
running a marathon in the wrong direction.
(thoughts...)
it made me angry! and sad... and lost
as ever.
how could a heart lack so much courage
and self-awareness???
i deemed this heart unacceptable!
i roared, "you damn ridiculous heart, beat it!"
both hearts shattered 
as they hit the ground in slow motion, 
each beating its own version of an S.O.S...
i woke up in the worst storm i could imagine
i couldn't    c a t c h   m y   b re a th
i thought surely i'd be washed away...
i couldn't believe the way it was coming down.
suddenly, i noticed 
> i was in between the raindrops <
at last, i didn't need the black 
around my heart 
anymore,
so i peeled it away.
i understood then, the heart that lacked
was [also] mine.
now i run with the doggies down the beach
now i got the zoomies with the piglets at the sanctuaries
and i run with the horses right through the finish line
cause i won the right to be 
free.


©CRK / Holy&Intoxicated Publications UK, 2021.
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when your inner child calls, don't let it go to voicemail

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Casey Renee Kiser's work (a.k.a. snail viXen) closely examines mainstream’s distorted ideas of beauty.
Always quirky and armed with bold confessional dynamite, her humor is uncompromising, often abrupt and unsettling. Her poems explore identity, emotional abuse, and healing within complicated relationships. She resides in a magical place called The Crystal Garden. Come on over, we have cookies ;) and healing, through dark poetry.
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when your inner child calls, don't let it go to voicemail

C. Renee Kiser