Tears Falling Up
How
does one begin a story that shouldn’t have the need to be told? The journey
began the day I gave birth to my daughter.
I
have come to learn it began before time made itself known. A glimmer of a
cosmic portal opened twelve years ago for me. It took
three
times around the sun to comprehend how to begin to share the unexplainable. I
call Alyssa my StarChild, we communicate in different ways these days. Her eye
acts as a guide into the Universe, using both when needed. I have had many adventures with her. The
creative process of writing and art are part of my healing. It took this image
prompt to reveal how my silk painting ties into the beginning of our story. I
painted it with full intent to be part of our chronicles, just didn’t know how
it fit in until now.
solar
flares
the
third eye blinks
moon
awakens
H
O W to
E X P
A N D
the entrance to the cosmos
I close my eyes
face the light
///////::::::::
patterns of
what ifs
what was
and what is yet to be
floats behind my pupil
///////::::::::///////::::::::////;;;;;;;;;
move with the rush of blood cells
iris becomes the center of the hour
glass
the eye of the beholder releases
time
pupil contracts —widens —connects
cellar quantum networks converge
nano particles begin to shimmer
nothingness becomes something
the edge of the void sparkles
the vessel of knowledge
spills forth questions
that wait to be answered
⥶⥷⥸⥹⦽⥻↺⥺↻⥹⥸⬲⥷⥶
⥶∞⭄⥶∞⥸∞⥸
H O
W to E
X P A
N D
the
entrance to the cosmos
I
close my eyes
face
the light
///////::::::::
patterns
of
what
ifs
what
was
and
what
is
yet to be
floats
behind my pupil
///////::::::::///////::::::::////;;;;;;;;;
move
with the rush of blood cells
iris
becomes the center of the hour glass
the
eye of the beholder releases time
pupil
contracts —widens —connects
cellar
quantum networks converge
nano
particles begin to shimmer
nothingness
becomes something
the
edge of the void sparkles
the
vessel of knowledge
spills
forth questions
that
wait to be answered
Marjorie Pezzoli is a poet, and silk painter. Since 2019 her writings have been curated in printed anthologies and online publications: Palabra: Open Mic, San Diego Poetry Annual, A Year in Ink, Heterodox Haiku, Dadakuku, Setu Journal, Starbeck Orion, and others. Guest Editor for the Pattern section of The Body Politic, Nun Prophet Press. Nature, the cosmos, and the human condition inspire Marjorie’s work. She looks for words worth a 1000 images, and rolls out weekly gumballs of poetry, photography, and ponderings. www.PezzoliArt.com www.thecosmicgumballmachine.substack.com
