swallow down embers, me
disappear into peat smoke
if you can’t smooth out
turn obsidian again
don’t appear at all, me
nettle strewn carpet
break down another layer
elements shift again
duff becomes humus, me
sorry, can’t make it
shattering too messy
they were right
run away from, me
write until it stops
tiny seeds open
gravity threads again
split the bedrock, me
*35/100: For the next 100 days, I’ll be writing and posting a poem every day.
**All photos are mine, taken with an Olympus E-M1 MarkII and edited with Lightroom Classic.
Bridgette Tales 
Excellent. Loving it.
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Thank you!!!
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What a powerful and beautifully layered poem. The imagery of embers, peat smoke, obsidian, nettles, humus, seeds, gravity, and bedrock creates a fascinating journey through destruction, transformation, and renewal. I especially love how the repeated “me” gives the poem a deeply personal pulse, as though the speaker is simultaneously breaking apart and becoming something new.
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That’s exactly what I’m working through as I’m dealing with an injury and trying to find my way forward. Physical and emotional changes all around right now.
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dense. Love it. Had to re-read immediately after the final line have me a different perspective.
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That’s a wonderful compliment. Thank you!!
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Beautiful work.
I am especially struck by how the geological and botanical imagery turns inner upheaval into something elemental, making transformation feel both painful and inevitable.
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Thank you. So glad you liked those elements. I’m sort of circling the same theme right now and finding different ways to explore it.
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This poem has everything, and these lines are magnetic…
“if you can’t smooth out
turn obsidian again
don’t appear at all, me
nettle strewn carpet
break down another layer
elements shift again
duff becomes humus, me
sorry, can’t make it
shattering too messy”
it’s an intense read, but not overbearing. Superb writing, Bridgette!
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So glad it spoke to you! I’m realizing I use a lot of the same imagery, but I’m hoping each poem is unique in its own right (at least a bit). Thank you for reading and for the kind words.
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You’re most welcome!
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