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Kailashana
Kailashana
May 24, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Tough As Nails

Barb's dad said I was as
"tough as nails".
How droll!  How ironic!
I should laugh, instead
I cough up a whole pack
of Niz's beedies
from my lungs or
between my legs..
don't know which
don't much care

clear the air...

perhaps, upon reflection,
I am shedding my "soft woman's skin",
once burnished with Buddha's gold,

it had to happen.

I no longer suffer fools
under any mystical ignorance tree..

Rainbow-serpent-skinned
ecstasy binds me
with nothing to affirm
and nothing more to deny.





— Kailashana, May 24, 2008

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RSScheerer

RSScheerer

18 years ago

Tough As Nails

There are varying aspects within this piece; places where it genuinely catches my attention and others where I wander off in the obscurity of it, no matter how many times I read. I wonder if it is a "coming-of-age" tale, an epiphany, or a cataclysm ... there is definitely a metamorphosis occuring. While the images are evocative, as an author, I would ask myself if my meaning wasn't being lost in the ambiguity of the words. Best, Ronda
Kailashana

Kailashana

18 years ago

Well, there ya go… the

Well, there ya go... the author *is* lost in her own ambiguity... go figure! Different symbols mean different things to different authors, however, hence the ambiguity? Thank for reading & comment. Best also Rhonda, ~Anna
RSScheerer

RSScheerer

18 years ago

Don't think of it as criticism

Consider it....um.....constructive guidance? lol I hate the word criticism, especially when it comes to looking at someone else's work. I'm not perfect, so who am I to criticize? But if it's considered a constructive suggestion, I can fool myself into believing I just "might" have the ability to offer it. I do enjoy reading your work - and the banter is fun, too! ;) Hugs back, Ronda
Kailashana

Kailashana

18 years ago

Likewise… This really is a

Likewise... This really is a very good poetry site... must be the kindness of its natives...does anyone vote anyone off the island here? Have a great week Ronda, all (I know there's a silent lurker or two.;-) Anna
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

I quit smoking over 30 years

I quit smoking over 30 years ago, cold turkey WHILE my x still smoked and had a carton on top of the refrigeration. That was an accomplishment in wills. However, weirdly when this cosmic explosion, kundalini ascending thing happened, the taste of beedies, not cigarettes (and I have no idea what that really tastes like) came up and then I read of Nisargadatta. Recently the same taste is resurfacing. And something is happening. Aren't you glad you asked? I love your church, kinda love you too. ;-) ~A