The Source

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Instructing Instruments

Julie Marie Hoey©2022 it is in the wink of a neighbora friend’s concernthat we find itit is liquid, lyrical laughterthe joy of a meal shareda loved one’s armslung around your shoulder it is in a child’s astonishmentat the ways of the worldin the feeling and thenthe...

Over

Julie Marie Hoey©2022 it is mendedthe soul ofmy heart fissuresfracturesscars gauze liftedskin healedover crustedsolidnow withthe abilityto moveforward if onlywe couldstampsomewith awarning label

Together We Part

Julie Marie Hoey©2022 my hands pressedtogetherin desperationagonyagainst my chest slowly I bring themto the groundplace themon the earthburrow as Ipush themapartto placethe seeds a prayerfromyesterdayhope against truth for the...

Match

Julie Marie Hoey©2022 the ball of firehung highas it had yesterdayand yesterdayand yesterdayno foretellingof the futurethe momentsoftortureofsilencemothers and fatherssisters and brothersendureduntil they heardifthere wasa matchfor their dna