mixed media – Page 6 – Hayden Winston

Ténacité

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.

Go to work
Come home and clean
Take vacations to feel free
Just want to grab my lover and head to the shore
Or back to the woods
No rules anymore

Feet on the ground now so I don’t miss a step (except for when I’m falling all over my lover).

Practicing patience, keeping the inner-self still.

Present passing by, future slowly more clear. A rush and a push, we’ve come all the way here.

Take a second, take a minute, enjoy and u n w i n d.

i
just want a little respect, a bit more consideration,
body – all pain and determination

ii
writhing in the sunlight, kissing the sky,
watching the tides rise and die

Cool clean air and remnants of the past line the avenues.

Cafés on every other corner, magic spent with a love that’s true.

Loves, lives long lost – extinct.

Enveloped in the winding hills,

Entranced by hazy blue skies,

Could use another week (a month, a year) away,

Lost in the city by the bay.

Green, endless green,

Sunlight dripping in through canopies of redwoods –

Birds, wasps, and bees buzzing about,

leaves at peace in the breeze.

green, endless green,

soul at ease.