love – Page 2 – Out of the Gutter Art

The Song of Leaping Doe

“…may the images of death I see be forever shuttered by your clouds…”

I’ve been blogging here for years. Fancying myself a regular superstar. But actually I’m not super, I am just Sue, and a regular Sue at that! You see, its an odd thing, Bipolar Disorder is. It lies. It tells me I’m so much more important than I really am. Makes me think the world shouldContinueContinue reading “well, there you have it…”

Avian Bondage

Plumage of gold and green/ Saturated color, only in dreams/ She flies above my winter bed/ A ribbon tangled round her head/ Beauty’s song is muted now/ Yet so pure and eloquent/ I try to catch her, hold her down/ I need to know what her song meant/ Of Avian Bondage © SusanTMartin’23

The Inside Voice

“I must fight the lies my mind whispers to me…”

We Lost Her

“Where I was Found is Where I Remain, a Scar on the Ground in The Land of Lost Names”©STMartin2022 ***Trigger Warning* This post contains adult subject matter such as mental illness and loss of life by one’s own hand*** ANOTHER FRIEND GONE: She is young, strong and beautiful. A gymnast, so good that she teachesContinueContinue reading “We Lost Her”

Tentacle Memories

“The Land of Lost Names”©SusanToddMartin2022($1800.00) Slinking out, an arm entwines/ while in my head a dream unwinds /My vision blurs as visions come/ I feel speech slide off my tongue/ It floats away unheard, unread/ I swim out further, the sea my bed. “Drowning With Her Baggage”©SusanToddMartin2023($290.00) Octo-eel emeralds, such glistening fish/ you filetContinueContinue reading “Tentacle Memories”

Hugging You

oh, my/ i sigh, wisp of memory/ floating by an image/ remembering us the smell of clean/ oil of olay hands warm/ blue veins/ grey eyes Oh, my/ i sigh. arm in arm/ hand to hand laughing again/ I dream awake oh! awaken my love! waiting breathlessly/ drowning sea I hug you tightly/ brightly ShiningContinueContinue reading “Hugging You”

Cruelty to Humans

Oh, Woe! To the Earth and the Sea! Oh, my. So much going on in the world today. So many sad stories, War and pain all around us. It can feel so… HEAVY. and it is. I feel it, the weight of this life… It’s not killing me today, though. Not like it used toContinueContinue reading “Cruelty to Humans”