Emily B : Writing

the road to honesty

the road to honesty

A Poem by Emily B


the yellow brick broadi travelledstarted with finding my voice(it had flown away on a Kansas tornado).Somewhere along the wayI hoped I would stand tal..
a christmas poem

a christmas poem

A Poem by Emily B


i told you there would be a christmas poemand i meant it at the timebut hours got awaythere was a cough and i needed sleepor thought i didthere is a f..
for ben

for ben

A Poem by Emily B


I don't know if I can do thisthe grief is too rawjust the other day we were watchingfunny videos on youtubeand you were making trumpet noisesevery tim..
a small start

a small start

A Poem by Emily B


everything changed and yet nobody noticedbut i've noticed that a lot of people like to talk at methey never give me room to answer backit has been a y..
thinking out loud

thinking out loud

A Story by Emily B


I've been wandering lost and uninspired for a couple of years now. I joked that my words went away when John did but I'm starting to realize that it i..
resentment

resentment

A Poem by Emily B


I just realizedthat in all my years of writing--resentmentis the only emotionI never wrote aboutand maybe the only onethat I most need to exorciseI am..
another conversation

another conversation

A Poem by Emily B


energy can heal tooall things are possible to them that believewhy don't webelieve?I believe, it's my unbelief that makes me fall shortyou have the po..
this isn't the day for this

this isn't the day for this

A Poem by Emily B


but do we really ever have a choice in the matter?having trouble breathing this weekthe albuterol isn't helpingmaybe it isn't asthma or allergies afte..
struggle

struggle

A Poem by Emily B


yesterday's class involvedserving the suicide callerif you know meyou may suspect that I have met this issuea time or two beforesome days I looked it ..
Looking for my Muse-Woman

Looking for my Muse-Woman

A Poem by Emily B


I have all these questions to ask herbut she flies away from the fence-lineand over the barnsI hear her calling in the early morning hoursbut I get no..