Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·1 day agoMember-onlyPlane BoredomA poem written while stuck circling on a plane waiting to land — This seat I am in Its fraught feels the same While I’m stuck in one spot Aboard this damn plane If ground could be ta’en Or simply sustained In some artificial way As to prevail this plane I might find myself Less acquainted with pain And less likely to be Pawn to the…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Jan 25Member-onlyBreaking The Habit… With RhymeA poem version of Joe Dispenza’s daily meditation — INDUCTION Sit down now and let yourself sink into your seat Remain alert while you relax your forehead to your feet Take a few deep breaths to relax your mind and body In your nose, out your mouth, long, slow, and steady Your mind becomes present as you continue rhythmically And in…Poetry8 min readPoetry8 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Jan 23Member-onlyThe Raven & Me | Poe ReVersedQuoth I to the Raven, “Feel alone nevermore” — Once upon a midnight weary, while I pondered, bleak and bleary, Over one very loved and lost volume forgotten before — So I dogged, lazily lurching, roused myself to go a searching, Among the many volumes found beyond my chamber door. …Poetry6 min readPoetry6 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Jan 11Member-onlyThe Long Hungry Drive HomeA silly poem written on the trek back… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyHow I Break The HabitA poem about my journey through Joe Dispenza’s Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself daily meditation — Stop. Breathe. I feel the fear grip me It sticks in my throat like the tears I can’t free My brow now furrows and eyes deeply crease For fear that the tears will fill up and release But fear is precisely what I’m here to face That limiting emotion that holds me back…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Dec 23, 2022Member-onlyThe Curse Of Being HumanA poem about being alive in a dying time — Why do I feel like a dead bird that has lost its wings and tries to fly if it could only fly as it flew once upon a time when time was much nicer and life much livelier and hope much hopier Why does it all feel like a hammer…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Dec 15, 2022Member-onlyCan You Tell MeA poem about where we are and what… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyToo Much To KnowA poem about holding space for the expanse… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Dec 1, 2022Member-onlyThe Words We WeaveA poem about leaving something meaningful behind after… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Nov 27, 2022Member-onlyMy SanityA poem about the healing power of writing — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Nov 22, 2022Member-onlySearching For The WordsA poem about the inadequacy of language to… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Nov 16, 2022Member-onlyWriter’s BlockA poem about… uhhh… not knowing what to… — Writers Block1 min readWriters Block1 min read
Rebecca AhninHinged·Nov 12, 2022Phobia FiendA poem about the temptation of trepidation — I don’t know how it happens or why it ever feels that tight in my chest and the dizzy that reels One day it may be there and the next it has gone leaving me to ponder what had ever been wrong But then it returns to haunt me a new day a constant companion that never quite goes away My worrisome chum and yet my fearsome foe who chokes me and consoles me then pretends to let goHinged1 min readHinged1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyWhat For (or Questions p2)A poem positing about the purpose of existence — What is a world good for if it can’t give you peace? And what good is love if it can’t weaken your knees? What are all the stars for if not for wishing on? And what good is the sun if you can’t see when it’s gone? What good is…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Nov 6, 2022As I Lay FightingA poem about the startling stupor of inner struggle — Here I lay fighting as I’ve ever known It holds me close for fear I won’t let go I want to run free in a cage of my own making I want to decide when I have no more choice I crave a sense of use that I cannot feel My…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Oct 31, 2022Member-onlyQuestionsA poem ripe with juicy queries as food… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Oct 29, 2022Member-onlyI Am Not The CenterA poem about setting boundaries and prioritizing oneself — I am not the center she screamed at the sun I am not the fixer who can fix everyone I am not the center here at every beck and call the outsider in the middle who’s responsible for all The parts of me that sparkle don’t dazzle in the light they only…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninILLUMINATION·Oct 27, 2022Member-onlyThe Cost Of Not CaringA poem about the price of giving into… — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Oct 27, 2022Member-onlyUntetheredA poem about the burdens and benefits of being a nomad — This feeling of being too free Can one have too much of nowhere Wishing for what I most fear The people I hold most dear And a home to call my own If it isn’t here, where could it be And do I need it anywhere What do I even want it…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Rebecca AhninBe Yourself·Oct 24, 2022Member-onlySlowly DisappearingA poem about my struggle to stay true to myself — I can see now that I’ve been slowly disappearing from the face of my face this world is forcing me to face the reality hits its almost as if its been happening without my knowing blinded by the will to keep going I see now I cannot just keep on if I don’t know where to go I cannot sort the tiresome if I don’t learn…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read