by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 13, 2020 | Poetry
Photo by Alex Andrews on Pexels.com And as if by magic, the shadows transformed into light. The sparkle in my eyes was alive again. The golden sun warmed my icy skin. My pulse ignited with fire. My broken soul was mending, healing, I was awakened – EJ ©Emma-Jane...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 13, 2020 | Poetry
Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán on Pexels.com Tired hands, stone feet. Frozen in the cage of time. The minutes escape me. The hours turn to dust. The days wrinkle my skin. Another year of wishing, hoping, searching, for a pause button, a moment, to stop, to breathe...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 13, 2020 | Poetry
Two thousand and one, summer roses, full bloom. Locked hands, freckled faces, young hearts in June. Two thousand and four,your name touched my lips,reliving a memory, a passing eclipse. Two thousand and nine,I wished for a soul to love forever,the universe smiled,...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 13, 2020 | Poetry
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com When the world explodeswith hues of rainbows,roars with fireworks of thunder.I seek solitude. When notifications multiply,bad news seeps through the cracks of my screen,when the vulnerability of the planet’s future is exposed.I seek...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com A few months ago, I was pondering the idea of posting my poetry online. For me, poetry has always been a solitary activity. I would scribble rhymes and metaphors onto paper, close my notebook and I would never read it again,...
