AJ Kristiansen

What does one say about oneself here? What do I want you to see, to not see? Reading my poetry you'll have a glimpse into my pain, my passion, what hurts me, what inspires me...

I am a ground dweller, I am a sky soarer... I am light, I am darkness... all contrasts rolled into one... I am human like you, wanting to love and be loved, to cherish, laugh, embrace, search for adventure and individual expression... I am me... Alli <3

THE GATEWAY
Now the heart sings with all its thousand voices
To hear this city of cells, my body, sing.
The tree through the stiff clay at long last forces
Its thin strong roots and taps the secret spring.
And the sweet waters without intermission
Climb to the tips of its green tenement;
The breasts have borne the grace of their possession,
The lips have felt the pressure of content.
Here I come home: in this expected country
They know my name and speak it with delight.
I am the dream and you my gates of entry,
The means by which I waken into light.
A.D. Hope