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Moorea Maguire's avatar

Bravo! (Or would it be brava?) You crushed it with the voiceover.

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Michelle Ray's avatar

Thank you! I'm glad the voice-over worked out. Poetry is so much better when you can hear the words.

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Moorea Maguire's avatar

True! And this was so much more personable than the automated voices, which is how I usually listen to Substack posts.

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C Simone's avatar

Wow, this is great, I can feel your words!

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Michelle Ray's avatar

Thank you. That is such a great compliment to a poet!

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C Simone's avatar

You earned it ✨☺️

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🧿Merveye's avatar

😍😍😍

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✨Beautifully Broken✨'s avatar

Like firecrackers when I learned to hurl back! The person my trauma turned me into causes my brain to equate vulnerability with death. My words became my armour, and born with a scorpion tongue, they sting like venom.

I loved this so much! I enjoyed watching the podcast with Outtamydamnmind yesterday; she's excellent. So were you, and I relate to a lot of your story.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

I like the innocence to the fall to beyond. Nicely done.

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We Wander France's avatar

Wow!

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Michelle Ray's avatar

Glad it wowed you! I've been working on this poem for a while not, some don't feel finished, ever, but I wanted to put it out there.

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We Wander France's avatar

You can add to it! It can evolve with you.

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Michelle Ray's avatar

Yes, great idea. Our work is constantly evolving as we are, too.

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Outtamydamnmind's avatar

“My first words were gifts” to “now my words are an anchor” that arc alone wrecked me. This feels like reclaiming language after it learned how to wound. Thank you for sharing something this raw and alive.✨

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