Poetry

"As My Hair Falls" and "Freedom"

Hi!

I feel like taking a month to rest, and that is what I am going to do. Over the next month or so, I will be featuring some of my poems. I started writing this substack back in October of 2022, and I am so proud of myself for producing over 130 writings.

I know some of you have read some of my past poems before, but frankly, I’m a great writer and you can read them again. You know, sometimes things can seem so much more powerful and can speak to us differently when we read them a second time. Our views change, our experiences change, and I’m here with you within all that that shifting and changing means.

I’m writing a few posts today and scheduling them to appear in your inbox throughout May. The next few posts after this one are just going to be poetry, no reflections, no explanations, and I hope you will enjoy this experience of immersing yourself in my poetry.
My plan is to put 2 or 3 poems in each post. The first poem will be visible to free subscribers. The others will be for my paid subscribers. As I’ve mentioned before, if you are facing financial struggles and want to read my work, just message me or email me at susannah@susannahcragwick.com, and I’ll make sure you have access to my writings.
You want to contribute to my writings, but don’t like those auto-pay systems? PayPal is a great way to do that. Use the email susannah.cragwick@hotmail.com to make contributions via PayPal. You can also support my work via Patreon.

I am grateful that you are all with me to experience freedom through words, and I want to encourage you. If there is something you are thinking of writing, just write it. It might not be easy, but give yourself the gift of getting started. In the past, I sometimes worried about what people would think of some of the things that I write, and yes, those worries still sometimes come to mind. Yes, I’ve had people question me, disagree with me, and that is ok. What I have also experienced is so many times when people are telling me how much they love my writing, how I wrote and expressed words they’ve always wanted to say, how they feel loved and encouraged by my writing. Don’t let the fear of criticism stop you from expressing yourself. I will not promise that there won’t be any criticism, but the goodness, light, and hope that will come because of your work will outweigh any negative response. Allow yourself to visualize hope, good things happening, the people who are going to love your writing, the freedom they will feel reading it, and the opportunity you are giving yourself to thrive. So, yes, write. I can’t wait to read it.

Ok, my amazing subscribers and followers, let’s get into some poetry.

As My Hair Falls

All I’ve ever wanted is to
See the beauty and strength of my

Mother flooding through the
Yearning in my soul.

Haven of hope, haven of strength.
Arising from the ashes
Into iridescent complexity.
Reflecting the trueness of humanity and the

Fulfillment of
All that is pure, all that is
Lavishly sacred.
Laughter becoming the moonlight and
Silence becoming the rain.