LIEZEL GRAHAM - POEMS

Liezel Graham lives in Scotland with her husband and son. She writes poetry about loss, grief, mental health, postnatal depression, bulimia recovery and recovery from a chaotic childhood. The heart of her poetry is about the ‘beauty in the struggle’. Some of her favourite themes are nature, trees and birds — drawing inspiration from the beautiful woodlands that she loves to explore. Caffeine gives her superpowers and silence is her oxygen. More of her work can be found at www.liezelgraham.com and Facebook Liezel Graham.

​When a friendship has died

​I stood before
you,
holding my fears in
cupped hands;
a petition
for mercy.
And still,
you would not cross 
the naked divide
between me,
and 
you.
And so I walked 
away.

​Things I teach my son

​Things I teach my son:
To honour his sadness
when it settles in his
bones. 
To know the value of his tears. 
To always give words to the rain in his heart. 
This, 
is my gift 
to the one who will 
love him 
one day.

​Strong

​How was I to know,
that the thing that brought
winter
to my bones,
would also fill my
brokenness with
strength.
And now,
here I stand.
Strong.

​Undo

​I am naked.
soul stripped bare;
from learning how to
love every part of 
me.
It is a 
fierce 
undoing
of (their) words.