Ilias Shepherd Marrow
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13 Knots
Author’s Note
Thirteen years ago, after my mother died and I was the middle of a divorce, I wrote this poem across thirteen spiral-bound pages and put it away.
Over the last two weeks, Rope returned untying memories one knot at a time....
13 Knots
So now I tell ya
who I AM
I AM Rope.
Made from torn things
that learned
ta hold together.
I measured one life
in thirteen knots.
I began
as Mother’s trembling prayer.
I became
a child’s laughter.
I crossed youth
over hu...
13 Knots
By the thirteenth knot,
he and I sat together
at the edge of evening.
His hands were weathered.
So was I.
He ran his fingers
along my body
and read each knot
like scripture
with calloused thumbs.
Mother.
Mud.
Skipping.
Sw...
13 Knots
Buy Ol’ Marrow a Coffee Help keep the lifeline within reach.
In the dark,
he touched me.
Didn’t yank.
Didn’t fight.
Just touched.
His palm knew
my fibers.
Mother’s knot
was still in me.
Mud was still in me.
Skip-rope rhythm....
13 Knots
Feed the Lantern… Rope still has more to say
Then they called me noose.
Hear me clear.
I did not choose
that name.
Time wrapped me
round his throat
and whispered old lies.
Too late.
Too much.
Too far gone.
Should’ve known.
Sh...
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Word Whittler. From Wild Places where Faith is teeth & bone. Unarmored love, bleeding without quitting, standing with no bargains. For you who prayed angry, forgave freely, and kept going through echoing silence.
My goal is to be a place of understanding and connection for those with similar stories. I want to be able to allow others to share openly and to help them feel like they are not alone. I want to help people, even if it is just through my words.
Complex non-linear speech, fragmented for variety, compounded with circumlocution, but constructed without duplicity. Writer. Singer. Artist. Christian. Lover. Imperfect as all holy hell. Get in here and we’ll stumble through together. \ud83e\udece \ud83d\udc3f️ \ud83d\udc26 \ud83e\udd1c\ud83d\udd25... more
TEEN WRITER!!! Aka A-SMR. Let’s step out the Healing cage and in the healing stage. When you’re here…know you aren’t alone in the mess.
Author of WOOL & THORN: An Inner Child Healing Fable. A blend of spirituality, poetry, psychology, and holistic wellness for the rejected, abandoned, and healing heart.
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