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bathed in salt, anointed with three names,
panic soaked to bone and ligament,
surrounded by generations
of sweat, hope, courage,
all choking on the future
in the pews.
years passed, bones hardened,
wilderness spread throughout your heart,
soul spoke to soil, sun kissing skin,
eyes watering,
witness your fear, don’t fight it,
just witness and release.
Give it all the blood, tears, sex you’ve got,
if you truly want it.
Bellator ego sum (roughly translated from the Latin for “I am Warrior”) is a collection of over thirty original poems. It was originally published on Blurb.com in August of 2015. The re-release contains new material (including poems that have been posted here).
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It all dissolves like ice cubes at the bottom of a scotch,
Moments, people, places wash from memory with enough time,
The sad and painful past you can’t quite understand –
What drives someone to lose their humanity,
Is it in us all, or is it some sick anomaly?
You’ll never really know, nor is it necessary that you do.
Through agony shines in a blaring light,
The past feeds the present,
And at present you are strong and whole.
Forgive where you can and go on,
Brave as you flow along, steady in the path you chose.
Strange path never tread before.
No certainty except passion.
Running through wilderness.
Feeling anxious, yet eager for the next big adventure.
Running full force into nothing, unafraid.
élevé dans des sables mouvants, maltraité, battu, mais jamais cassé.
les rêves peuvent prendre du temps à se matérialiser, mais je suis inébranlable,
les lettres de refus et les éditeurs disparus ne me retiens pas.
jours ingrats passés de 9h à 17h,
sorti de l’épave pour bien plus que ça,
des vacances manquées joindre les deux bouts,
je persiste quand même,
je n’ai pas fini.
Continue reading “Ténacité”
Hayden Winston 
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