The Essential Conversation

westcoastwoman Photography, poetry February 22, 2021March 7, 2021 1 Minute

” Elevator talk.
Let’s get this thing stuck,
see what we really have to say.

Give those occupants a new reply
when asked,
Up or down?
Just say,
Down
in a free fall
pressing DOOR OPEN.”

(excerpt from Elevator Talk by Melissa Sawatsky)

THE ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION

Stonewall(ed)
hand hewn verbal protection
carefully laid, piece by piece,
a lifetime in the making,
no escape clause.

Words withheld, unspoken,
undeliverable,
the contents of a goodbye
discarded at the roadside,
no recipient, no return address.

The Essential Conversation,
clear instruction, open
the dam of heartache,
attempts to top the wall, first
diving then begging for release.

Blow up the wall, the dam,
limitations choking our lives,
open the run of the river,
drown in your longing
for freedom denied.

Surrender illusion, control
you never had, shaken, stirred and
spewed onto the riverbank
searching for the eyes of an other

…to start the Essential Conversation.

westcoastwoman 2021
photos westcoastwoman. (2013) Marine Building Vancouver Canada

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A story or poem follows me around for a while, I write it down to get it out of my head and sometimes after rereading it seems universal enough that I hope it might also speak to someone else. One thing that has become clear is the photography and the writing seem to be morphing into one, the photograph being the muse for the words or the words for the photograph.....and then a quote I find from someone who had the talent to put what I am trying to say into a few precise sentences. View all posts by westcoastwoman

Published February 22, 2021March 7, 2021

9 thoughts on “The Essential Conversation”

Anonymous says:

February 22, 2021 at 8:54 am

Just, “wow”…..

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1. westcoastwoman says:
  
  February 22, 2021 at 9:01 am
  
  thank you…felt like a freedom just to get the words down.
  
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Blogging_with_Bojana says:

February 22, 2021 at 12:13 pm

So many words unspoken…

So well penned.

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1. westcoastwoman says:
  
  February 23, 2021 at 9:23 am
  
  Thank you Bojana, yes sometimes it feels like the path between heart and spoken word is blocked completely, and then…….
  
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GirlieOnTheEdge says:

February 22, 2021 at 4:20 pm

I am speechless at first reading, Janet. I’ll second that “wow” and raise it a “riveting” 🙂
Beautiful piece.

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1. westcoastwoman says:
  
  February 23, 2021 at 9:27 am
  
  Thank you Denise. It felt like a few ‘walls’ got washed away with this one. A few more to go??:)
  
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emergingfromthedarknight says:

February 22, 2021 at 9:56 pm

I love you wrote this as Uranus and Saturn square each other.. there are walls that need to come down, feelings that need to flow out, even explosions that need to happen so we can free the trapped energy… its just about finding the words and letting go of the illusion of control.

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1. westcoastwoman says:
  
  February 23, 2021 at 9:30 am
  
  Don’t know much about Astrology but if that is what is happening in the sky, I am feeling it in my life right now. Thank you.
  
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  1. emergingfromthedarknight says:
    
    February 23, 2021 at 3:01 pm
    
    It is. We do get to feel these pressures but aren’t always aware thats why I find art forms, poetry and films so interesting often reflecting the collective energies at a particular time.
    
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