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



28 November 2021

sacred



touch

sacrament

silent


hush

anger fraught

brutal


touch

sacred harsh

fragile


© 27 November 2021

Cindy B. Stevens

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22 November 2021

need

I stand

in front

of you

what

I want

gripped in

my hands

nothing

I need

but you

in front

of me

you wait

you want

my hands

 

© 2018

Cindy B. Stevens

 

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16 November 2021

twisted

I haven’t stopped

believing

I haven’t talked to

with

God, lately

 

on our way to Duke Cancer Center, we listen to my playlist

“Hallelujah” comes up

I sing

then the verse “well maybe there’s a God above, but all I’ve ever learned of love is…”, I

can’t continue

 

clean sheet day

sometimes it takes twice

three times to fit corners

twisted

I want a fitted sheet that tags top

bottom

 

I feel flat

another grief layer

top sheet stacked on a linen shelf

Is it OK that I sing in the car when he sleeps in pain?

judge me

don’t

I have nothing to say to God


© 8 November 2021

Cindy B. Stevens

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10 November 2021

loud



quiet

breath sound

in

out

 




awake

pages turn

no one speaks

 

out

in

breath stops

loud


© 8 November 2021

Cindy B. Stevens

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04 November 2021

Elijah, 13 years, texted me this poem he wrote a bit ago and granted me permission to share with you:


Where the sidewalk ends is where the journey ends

Where the gold grass grows and the street just bends

Saying bye to all the people that you’ve ever met

Saying bye to all the bad things like pain violence and debt

As you walk down this road there is a feeling of sorrow

As you walk down you feel that there might be no tomorrow

But as all the bad things disappear

Life just might be no more here

So I guess without good there’s no bad

And without happy there’s no sad

People benefit from each other’s downfall

So anything you do can be someone’s end all be all

Now I don’t want to say that there’s nothing good

With so many people happy yeah you wish I could

While life is good for some, it might be bad for others 

Some people even have to lose brothers

The world isn’t perfect no human is either

Sometimes life can just be a brain fever

So here’s a message out to everyone;

Stay safe, live life, and just have fun.

© 2021     Elijah Potter

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