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All I Have by Rachel Turney after Avalon | One Poem After

All I Have by Rachel Turney after Avalon | One Poem After

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One Poem Only is a daily ritual: one poem, center stage, just for now.

All I HaveRachel Turney

after Avalon

All that I have,I have abandoned.I blink likenothing isquite right.I am pried open,take away myoyster treasure.All I have.All I have.Have.I.If, if, if -then I will say -why, why, why.A lifeguard drownedat the local collegemaking me wonderif absolutely everythingis pointless.I have the ability to swim,but does it matter?Will that save mein the end?

More from Rachel Turney ↓

  • @turneytalks on Instagram
  • Rachel Turney on Substack
  • Her book, Women Making Soup Together, is out now with Vinegar Press

And now for the poem this was written after.

Not mine anymoreAvalonIf my words are my ownThey are all that I haveExcept... that’s not quite rightIf my words are my ownThey abandon me when I most need itAnd, that never feels rightMy words are my ownAnd they blink in and outA lighthouse on the shoreWhile I’m drowningMy words are my ownAnd others desperately pry them out of meA clam with a pearlA person blinded by the rewardMy words are my ownThey yearn to hear itMy words are my ownMy words are my-My words are-My words-My words are my ownI cannot repeat themUtterance loses meaningIf my words are my ownWhy must I give them away?

More from Avalon ↓

  • @avalonspoems on Instagram
  • Her book, Sorry, I didn’t mean to make it weird, is available now

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