Truck May 2015: Three Poems by Stephanie Galloway

DRIPPING

On days like this we drip out of every window still

Looking for a way out of the boxes we live in

We did not begin from a place that had walls

Open ended

Open started

No clothing lines upon our frames

It is all fluid

Even the cement

That holds us in place

In a solid state

Of wonder

SAVED BY DROWNING

Up sea daisies

Dipped feet

And mermaid tails

Give us something to hold on to

While we are drowning

UP AND DOWN COASTER

I picked the floor off my chin

And continued to be in a state of uttered belief

There are days where I feel I have lost moments

But then they come back to me

And put leeches on my sadness

Where it meets with the ground

Once more

Restarting a space

I can explore

With my toes

To the air

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Stephanie Galloway is an artist that likes to make art through experimentation. The power of her life experiences has a large influence on her art and love for art. She has a passion for painting and making music; for her, one of the biggest highlights of the creative process is sharing her creations with others. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She runs the Free Art Friday project in Albuquerque, New Mexico.