Outside the Window
Short Story Elizabeth Russell Short Story Elizabeth Russell

Outside the Window

it’s more like there’s something outside this window that he has encountered many, many times, and now he wants a barrier between it and him. He’s using me as the barrier. I knew what he feared…

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All Wrong
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

All Wrong

The world is horrible - it’s all wrong

It is corrupt, and done

It is utterly eaten away from the inside

It is sterilized by shit

It is wiped clean of all that is good

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Upon the Shore
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

Upon the Shore

Upon the shore, I stand and wait

A mast, a lighthouse

In the nook of the cape

And the wind whips my dress

It batters and beats

Its paltry attacks

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Chapter 12
Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell

Chapter 12

Do you see the portent

in the heavens?

Can you hear the woman

as she cries?

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Borrowing
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

Borrowing

Borrowed finery

Borrowed future

How long do I have to wait for you,

wait for the future?

I have borrowed

against the day

When my disguise

will fall away…

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I Believe
Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell

I Believe

I believe he will come back again

I believe this is not the end.

When flowers bloom, when Love commands

Christ will not let this time extend

And when he’s here vs. when he’s gone

the time shall flow like years have come…

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The Trinity of Times
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

The Trinity of Times

In the expectation that three times

I shall know

In the complication that twice

have come and gone

In the coronation of marriage

within my soul

I tremble, and I wait

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The Questions
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

The Questions

What if I get married?

What if I have a kid?

Is this what you wanted,

When we were little kids?

The heartbreak wounds

The soul it sighs

The mind grapples with its lies.

Who are you now?

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