i’ve been working on a series of erasures using five letters (dated feb 11-feb 21) i wrote a few years ago. there are now three sets. i decided to build new poems out of the letters because i didn’t (perhaps still don’t) have the capacity (verbal, emotional, et al.) to start working through the particular feelings surrounding them from scratch. so much of this dream life series has been a project about finding my way into poems that i hadn’t thought of or was too afraid or skeptical or lazy to try. this past week i went through the three sets (of five poems) and realized a pattern in the emotional tone of the letters: one reaching towards the past me, one present, and one pointing towards the future. and in that space, i see myself wanting forgiveness from myself. i see myself wanting healing and care and love from myself. for myself.
feb 11 - past
feb 11 - present
feb 11 - future
wow!
oh these are so, so moving and gorgeous. thank you for sharing <3