Lauren M. Hancock poetry and prose
winding worlds, sharpened words, and vibrant art
I sit by my window and stare at the sky. There is nothing more beautiful in this very moment that I can capture, nothing else which can cause my heart to swell with appreciation. The clouds, they gather in wisps and blobs – light though, they are – they have this sort of moodiness about [...]
Draw me closer, it may be the last time for a while, feel my skin brush against yours and our smiles within grow wider. Understand that that is not goodbye but “I will see you soon”, my darling, you must know the energy of your loving heart can fill any room. The heart [...]
In these unknown times, where regulations reign to keep us safe, we stay home, we rest, we recoup, we pray to God that we will get through this biological affray. Burrowed down in our blankets, our eyes plastered to the laptop screens, watching the news with great earnest, what is going on? How will [...]
I used to be a damsel in distress, I called and called to them, to assist me with my longing heart, yet all of them decided to leave. I worked so hard on being that which portrayed what I felt was visual worth, without understanding that what mattered was not essentially looks but a [...]
I am rounder but I am happy, the streamlined silhouette once paraded has become modest at long last. Need I quarrel with myself? Discuss that which displeases me? No! I am stronger than this, the crumbling of that petty yet insidious disease which will no longer triumph above all else. I punished myself – [...]
The taste of salt upon your skin, the glistening iridescence as I feel your glow within, the sun shining through your being as though warming my very soul, like the heated taste of winter when you and I were eternally enthralled. I can feel the gurgling of growing gumption from within your soaring spirit, [...]
The genius within you calls and calls, reckoning like secretly potent anemone, contemplating as to whether it’s worthwhile for him to be seen, or whether, in fact, he should remain hidden, and cease his calling for you day by day. The exotic being within you sings, eyes casting upon the sumptuous feast on offer, [...]
