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Most of my poetry is autobiographical. I write about living with bipolar disorder, dating, single parenting, my neo-pagan spiritual beliefs, my dreams, and sometimes popular folklore. Many of these pieces come from my self-published collections...

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The Presence of Absence

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by Mizzieshizznell

by Mizzieshizznell

Content Warning: brief reference to suicidal thoughts

Gauzy candescence

waxes through cream

sheers, bathing me in

whispers. Sleepers

murmur, rippling soft

golden air. Quiet unknits

my limbs. Even cellular

motion has at its heart

a balanced stillness.

I'd come loaded with

midnight's suicidal

ideation, hoping to rope

a weary listener. In the

absence, I found presence,

and attuned accordingly.