Lauren M. Hancock Poetry and Prose

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  • Poem: Beautiful Soul – 29/04/21

    Poem: Beautiful Soul – 29/04/21

    Sustaining the high energy 
    of the beautiful vitality within thy soul, 
    watch as it trickles through the gaps visible 
    in the aura that surrounds you whole. 

    You are wonderful just the way you are, 
    the courteous, gentle being who sings slightly off-key,
    it is permissible to be less than perfect, 
    because this is what I have to say freely:

    Imperfection is beauty, as a wise woman once had said, 
    your perfection lies in the moments when your heart is beating –
    that’s always… 

    You easily keep promises to yourself, 
    honouring what you call for, 
    what you beg for with a smile,
    more, and more, and more… 

    The grimaces are gone, 
    they are done for, done for, 
    that’s what I have to say, 
    and treasured is everything, partially, 
    of what I know,
    expressions of true friendship, always.

    It seems that specific people will always be there
    for me, 
    it appears that they aren’t the ones 
    who we expected them to be, 
    but I treasure the new alliances made, 
    I am safe to be safe, as are you.
     
    It is safe for us to live in these bodies, 
    it is acceptable and right to express ourselves,
    we should appreciate our splendid uniqueness, 
    and when the flight of our souls occurs, 
    we shall grasp our lives again whole.

    © 2021 Lauren M. Hancock. All rights reserved.
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  • Poem: Our Many Layers – 03/06/20

    Poem: Our Many Layers – 03/06/20

    Layered like onions,
our personalities they become,
complex and full of depth,
our nuances, eccentricities conjoin as one.
 
Who says being different is incorrect?
Unique we live
loud and free,
our notions, our understandings,
united personalities.
 
Peel back a layer:
surprise!
What’s waiting within?
Another facet within our souls,
an accumulated sense of quiet knowing.
 
Do we possess the ability
to remove a layer day by day?
To reveal a new part of ourselves,
vulnerable we become?
We may.
 
But it is in the revelation
that helps us share with each other,
getting to know further,
understanding ourselves and others better.
 
And what say you when
you are down to your last skin,
the exhilarating moment,
when we reveal our truest,
our beating hearts within.
 
To be seen,
to be held,
to be accepted for who we are,
 
here we stand,
now light as feathers,
spirit wafting around our beings,
winding between our loose fingers.
 
We have possessed the courage
to share ourselves,
to allow our true beings to be seen,
 
so wonder not about hidden layers,
to remain cloaked,
fear, apprehension,
these emotions are unnecessary.
 
Be brave,
be strong,
and open widely your arms,
 
this is the method,
this is the practice,
the process,
 
shed your layers,
reveal all facets of your personality,
we will surely get along.

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