RACHEL BAILA - POEMS

Originally from Massachusetts, Rachel Baila lives in Tennessee with her husband and three children.  When she isn’t busy writing stories or poetry, she daydreams of mythical creatures, magical places, and mystical theories.  Rachel is also an energy medicine practitioner, helping clients unblock their creativity.

​yucca valley (a double haiku)

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i came to the wild,
this copper-plated forest
for moonlight but found


sun is a queen of 
thorns brushed, burnt and in need of 
the darkness as well.

​silver breast (a double haiku)

i am not bound by
your moments.  they are sleeping
in the raw, endless


grace of the sea.  her
silver breast nursing the hours
and washing the stains.

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oyster
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she will not carelessly discard these moments.             
the statutes and possession.
conversations preserved in


wax. 


—i know the smell of sugar
on your breath--


the simple and complex guarded
for so long, locked away behind 
forged smiles and silver keys shrouded in 


smoke.


it won’t be careless. wrap memories in parchment 
and place them on a high shelf, 
away from the warping eyes of


sunlight.


—away from my desire to care--


the oyster and her hard-won
pearl, smeared together 
through tears and 


sand.


years and 


death.


pried open and iridescent when 
day shine 
regresses 
and mother moon 
stretches
holy fingers through the


blackness


to gently cradle
her shell.