Lauren M. Hancock poetry and prose
A corner of my world where I feel most at home
Sometimes you think you’re invincible, able to take on the entire world, chest puffed out, arms proud, but darling, understand the situation and the weaknesses, I wouldn’t want you to be unnecessarily harmed or pained in a short while. Take some deep breaths, relax, know that you’ll progress without [...]
The cloak and the dagger lay in the foreground, awaiting to be employed, ready for use. What part of the present screams for perusal, what part of the current, tried, terrible and true? Sheath that dagger, hide beneath that cloak, hear the nightly winds rustle through the still-golden oaks, [...]
I am curious: how much of this tale do you know for yourselves? I am inquisitive: which part of it makes you need to live and breathe, and want to dive and delve? I am aware therein lies certain conditions of the body and mind, the pages whipping in the gust, their varied intent, settling in, seemingly [...]
Overwhelmed, called away from the line of duty, what do I recall? What is there to own as mine? Treasures of memories from a trove. Responsibility must be taken, I can encompass my decisions as a whole, the knowledge that I’m assisting, even in small increments, helping growth. Of course, I cannot change others’ weaknesses, [...]
Not right, not right, not right. Matchmaking is more than a plight, I shall denounce the insolence with a single breath into the dead of night. Who minds that only I am the one who breathes, flames flicker by my outstretched hands, extended sleeves, I shall not learn what it means to flee. [...]
Perhaps some are meant to be apart for a while, to allow distance and the ability for truth to no longer be real. Imagination reigns without truth, what is that person seeing, feeling, what will they do, thoughts of them, I should really be immensely and measurably through. Delicate interventions, reaching out in a moment, wondering is no longer wondering because now there’s an [...]
So, lead with me, leave the dust behind, call to me, seek what you need to find. Don’t dawdle in the moment, grasp onto it, true? Leave with strength and honour, follow your words through. May I smile at your departure, may I warm at your arrival, may I wilt at nonsense spoken, vehement words that can’t be unbroken. [...]
I gasp. It wasn’t expected, to see this sight today. But then, I smile, because in a way, I have been quietly asked to let go of personal dismay. I’ve set my sights on improvement, within my life I’m going to change, and I’ve already made self-alterations, I can view them on the page. [...]
There’s always an opportunity, a silver lining, the chance to advance, or gain at developing, the admirable qualities held within, a spark or a prism, beautiful rainbow rays can be seen. Even when circumstances appear dismal, tough, rough, [...]
I am sick to death of this draining, this haunted state of false reverie where I’m lulled into a state of dumbfound and airiness, because the flow, it has ceased, as I know it to be. Beautiful melodies once soared from my throat, from my lips, blustering blight, I’m not at all pardoned, from [...]
