“liminal” a poem by Jessica Wynn Wright
Hello, and welcome to the latest poem to be added to the library. And what better way to honor National Poetry Month than to release a poem to the library.
Meet Jessica Wynn Wright.
Jessica Wynn Wright.
Jessica is a dear friend of mine, one of the first friends I made after moving to the St. Louis area a little over a decade ago. She’s a gifted poet, musician, and has an incredible singing voice. Like, a wildly incredible and unique singing voice. She’s living across the pond these days with her husband and doing work with a nonprofit organization that specializes in large print books called Love Large Print Project LLPP. She’s a super sweet person and I hope you enjoy her incredibly emotional and raw poem that she has submitted for us. She also recorded a musical interpretation of the poem which she has graciously provided to us. You can stream it below but also it comes with the download of the ebook as well.
You can learn more about Jessica Wynn Wright and contact at her portfolio website — Jessica’s online portfolio.
A very emotional and raw poem by Jessica Wynn Wright. Download includes the poem as an ebook and a musical interpretation by Wright herself in mp3 format.
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liminal
A poem by Jessica Wynn Wright
It's like, there's a dozen "me's" inside and they're all screaming.
Echoing together and it feels like dreaming.
And I feel...
I feel like I'm never enough.
I'm never enough.
At times, although I'm standing still, I feel I'm falling.
The ground beneath me simply falls away.
Is it vertigo, or do I just not know,
Which direction I'm supposed to go?
Yet still, I can feel it in me like a taut balloon.
Underneath the surface and it might go soon.
As I'm motionless in this, liminal space.
Will I disappear, without a trace?
The air has started suffocating me.
I can feel each breath, but I can't breathe.
The stress is killing me.
And I feel like I can't breathe.
Ah, and though it's too bright, I find, I'm groping in the dark.
Ah... Do you see me? Can you hear me?
The air has started suffocating me.
I can feel each breath, but I can't breathe.
The stress is eating me alive.
Ah...
Footfalls mark the days and land in shadows.
Disappearing like the sand brushed by the waves.
By the way,
I can't even keep track of today,
Much less find better words or things to say.
It's like, a state of constant dizzying,
A sickness.
The lump inside my throat is now a pit.
This is it. I'm alone. I can't reach out.
I fear, I'm isolation prone.
There's nothing steady near I can keep hold of.
Like Alice I am falling down a hole.
I might lose it all.
While I fall.
Yet, on my own, I still feel...
like I'm never enough.
Ah... I'm never enough.
Was I ever there at all?
Am I holding myself now?
Should I disappear?
Does it matter if I'm here?
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