Sarah Jane : Writing

Atonement

Atonement

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Mother cut off her legTo save herselfUp to the kneeTo surviveShow me the stumpBehind bloodied bandagesShow me the boneChecks and balancesRecord the wh..
Without Inspiration

Without Inspiration

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Acrylics with texture cover better Than pretty watercolor promises Or the splattering spray of solace You are a painter of shades Surprising ev..
Speechless

Speechless

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Seven thousand and seventeen spoken languagesAnd I cannot string along enough solid wordsTo appropriately explain exactly how I feelBut I still write ..
Carnivorous

Carnivorous

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Fragments, slivers, snippets, scraps How many of them have I consumed of you. How many do I have to For you to think me all knowing I can pick y..
Amnesia

Amnesia

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Moments differ from memoriesFor their differences in speedLooking back,We have spent little timeEnjoying our time togetherAnd we have lost too muchTry..
Conditional Relevance

Conditional Relevance

A Poem by Sarah Jane


Dismantled sentimentsGround down to glimpsesBirth diffidenceSilence never needed to speakI was always listeningWhen distance rallied havocI did not wa..
Relearning Religion

Relearning Religion

A Poem by Sarah Jane


I was raised in catholic Sunday school But those lessons never followed me home Scriptures became stories, Fairy tales to the faithless My li..
Roulette

Roulette

A Poem by Sarah Jane


I once shot myself after three blank chambers Once for shadowed thoughts that haunt Twice for the cruel tricks of illusion Three times for the thr..
Prom

Prom

A Poem by Sarah Jane


My last dance was filled with fantasies,Tightly precise curls, a full-bodied ballgownAnd hours searching the far walls for you.I could taste the sweat..
House Hunting

House Hunting

A Poem by Sarah Jane


I was nine when I first walked through the houseAn empty shell, growling for its fill.The grass was tall enough to sheath me kneelingI believed that m..