paraschiva poetry

soul within bone

Why do you rush to gift these soft lips to another before you have painted your own skin home? You seek so much to feel the textures of body yet your palms have no idea what your own bends like under touch. You search for music of another to fill so much but you’ve neverContinue reading “soul within bone”

i change shape daily

the forest changes daily. winter – Her bare bones barely holding. And now, summer, the paths have narrowed in bloom with aliveness. Every morning, the Body of Earth changes a little: not even a second of stagnancy or doubt shadows Her surface. And just like that, our Body too mimics the movement of the EarthContinue reading “i change shape daily”

Fools

how do you receive this rage without it burning through your skin without wishing for annihilation. my skin is made of hot dark coal I want to burn the whole world with my body. and when they ask where do you feel the pain? – i tell them the whole world hurts inside me likeContinue reading “Fools”

Cacao blessings

I have been blessed to start my favourite month of October attending a Cacao Ceremony in a secluded beautiful house in nature. I was seventeen years old when I attended my first Cacao Ceremony, an experience which initiated my search for meaning and for a deeper connection to myself, god, nature and spirituality. It’s beenContinue reading “Cacao blessings”

Darkness is your candle*

October ushers in a sense of new beginnings. It’s strange, as around us, death melts the leaves and trees, as all that is green rusts away. I have always been in love with the autumn, with the quiet ending that it brings to life. There is a sense of peace that comes with this finalityContinue reading “Darkness is your candle*”

Late Lovesong

June 03, 2017 I craved to feel this kind of love, anchored into my inside with the clarity of water. your eyes speak of a visceral honesty; you hold your head in truth, and carry light in the depths and spasms of this tired world. I knew you’d be mine. into you my darkness IContinue reading “Late Lovesong”