Kelly LaFleur

Joined January 2023

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Reading was my first love. Poetry was my second. Words have always been my life.

Currently healing and striving for grace in a muddied-up, beauty-luck world.

You can also find me at mrsmediocrity.com fb ig

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we all have our own sky
some days now, you aren't the first thing i think of when i open my eyes. the other day, i felt like maybe i had finally fallen out of love with you. i'm still not sure.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Humans
nothing real here to bury
and maybe that's the problem. i want something i can hold in my hands, something that looks like pain. something raw and ragged and worn down by its own revolution. something tangible to curse and beat and perhaps ultimately, burn. or bury. whichever comes first.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Humans
i have so much to tell you
the poplar tree in the front yard is dying. i think old man cat is dying, too. of course, we all are. some of us in faster increments than others.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Humans
sitting on the ground in all sorts of places
Life can be such a dick sometimes. Six months ago, life decided to deliver me a hard lesson, and I've been reeling ever since. Worse than reeling, truth be told. More like lying on the ground, bruised and battered, after being thrown down a flight of stairs.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Humans
power outage
watching shadows dance golden cinnamon shaped room recording silence
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets
winter's edge
mist floats on empty infinity's horizon lost blue boundary _________________________ Written for the Quadra-Haiku challenge.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets
winter's edge
mist floats on empty infinity's horizon lost blue boundary _________________________ Written for the Quadra-Haiku challenge.
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets
gepetto's dream
don’t let yourself be swallowed by tomorrow’s grief let the tongue of life cradle you now here in the silence
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets
a revelation
i am the woman who saves cards and old ribbons in cupboards with pale blue jars spins trees from yarn and tales
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets
precipice
i got so stuck looking for the map i forgot to wander these hills and valleys of deliverance knocking down signposts and standing there
By Kelly LaFleur3 years ago in Poets

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we all have our own sky

nothing real here to bury

i have so much to tell you

sitting on the ground in all sorts of places

power outage

winter's edge

winter's edge

gepetto's dream

a revelation

precipice

Stories (10)