Slam Poetry: Resurrection

“Hi, guys! Thanks for joining me for the first ever video On The Cobblestone Road. This is going to be my first attempt ever at slam poetry, which I feel definitely needs to be heard rather than read, so thanks for tuning in, and let’s see how it goes!”

Wandering blind with no direction,
too long you’ve been
injecting rejection
into my thoughts
—correction—
my heart
until I can’t recognize this new perception
of the person I call my own reflection.

Half-crazed through this hazy
Fog of dejection you’ve subjected me to.

Enough.

I’m not another piece in your broken collection
under the spotlight of your attention,
my imperfections, my pained expressions,
This is my time,
my resurrection.
I’m cutting you out,
malicious infection
caesarean section
dissection of this hatred, aggression.

So here it is.

Scissors slitting slithering lies,
scandalous, slanderous,
a clean cut.

Goodbye.

Thanks so much for watching!

Sara A. Noë

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I'm an award-winning fantasy author, artist, and photographer from La Porte, Indiana. My poetry, short fiction, and memoir works have been featured in various anthologies and journals since 2005, and several of my poems are available in the Indiana Poetry Archives. The first three novels in my Chronicles of Avilésor: War of the Realms series have received awards from Literary Titan.

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