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    Author: octaviabarratt

    Independent Celebrant, Reluctant Author, Poet, Mother, Wife, Pet-Owner, Human Being.

    A Lighter Shade of Grey

      A lighter shade of grey her eyes were, No quite solid steel, no exactly misty sea, And under the ochre shadows of twilight You could even… Read more “A Lighter Shade of Grey”

    November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    My Albatross

          I hear it in the scream of the caged albatross, Trapped within the caves that make up my heart: The plea, the prayer, the… Read more “My Albatross”

    October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Life and I

      I’m going to walk it out, The hurt, the ache, The burdensome pain, Eroding my bones away, My soul, cracked into A wasteland, parched, Longing for… Read more “Life and I”

    September 24, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Just For Today

      Just for today  I will get up again, Dust my knees once more. I will forgive myself for Breaking my essence like A stamped-on shell, Cracked… Read more “Just For Today”

    June 20, 2018June 18, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    SUNRISE

      I feel the sun rise in me, the long night slowly pushing back, fading, the storm clouds gathering, away from the moon. They will come back,… Read more “SUNRISE”

    June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Rise

      Rise. I rise, From my knees, from my bondage, I rise, Tall and mighty, I rise, Like the lark in the morning, The nightingale at night,… Read more “Rise”

    June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Sentenced- Karem Barratt

    So I must die young, So young I fit in a cupped hand. So young my eyes cannot understand the light, For all I’ve known if the… Read more “Sentenced- Karem Barratt”

    April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Roar- Karem Barratt

      Roar, oh child, born in the night Of oppression and bondage. Roar high, yelling out your pain, As you wiggle and scar your Wrists against the… Read more “Roar- Karem Barratt”

    April 29, 2018May 1, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    She- Karem Barratt

      I am she, Who screamed at the night, Demanding justice for her blood, Spilled by a knife, Legs held by the mothers who Were supposed to… Read more “She- Karem Barratt”

    April 25, 2018April 28, 2018 by octaviabarratt

    Proof

    He said he loved her as her flesh received the first hit, The slap in her ears making the world ring And shriek -or maybe it was… Read more “Proof”

    April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by octaviabarratt

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