why write?

I have to write what I hear in my head, what I dream in my sleep, what my bones ache to express.

My poems tell stories of strength, love, regret, disobedience, loss, hope, redemption, and whatever whispers.

—Cindy B. Stevens

Books Available

My first collection of poetry, Naked, is available for $12.00 at http://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/naked-cindy-stevens/


For local readers, books are also available at:

Purple Crow Books in Hillsborough, NC

The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC



07 February 2021

I want to forget I'm not enough


Here’s my opening stanza and the fourth from

I want to forget I’m not enough:

 

I’m not Jesus

I can’t continue to knock

knock

knock again

when someone doesn’t want to open their door

 

I’m not enough isn’t quite as bad as it was when I cared

it’s worse when I’m quiet

when I’m shaving away old cheese

when I tap my screw driver on the edge of a sink

watch flecks of rust fall on white porcelain like

dried blood

 

© 18 August 2020

Cindy B. Stevens

 

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