The New Normal With COVID19: THE COVID BATTLES

  …  I know that it has been at least since the third week of March that we have been at this “Stay at home shelter,” thing.  I am starting to lose count. Whether it has been a month, month and a half, or almost two months, any way you look at it, it feels

Spoken Word Poetry: We’re at War (with COVID19)

I recently wrote another poem about COVID19 and our war with it and recorded it on my “SPOKEN WORD POETRY PODCAST” show… click on the link to tune in and listen. I also give a bit of an update about my time during “Shelter in Place.” https://anchor.fm/ariana-r-cherry/episodes/Spoken-Word-Poetry-Were-at-War-ecnvrs?fbclid=IwAR2REQrkyxrqhyGhgS2CBH2IzNFEJRyCRr-pYT4YaGZZMgxJm5bBTsp5z4w

Blog Series: The New Normal With Covid19: Day 5: changes

  This morning didn’t start out too bad. After saying goodbye to my boyfriend after he went to work, feeding my cats and eating a bit of breakfast, I got around and went for a walk. I had an audio CD that I needed to pick up at the local newspaper office so it was

Poetry: Foreign Inhabitants (a poem about chronic pain)

  Foreign Inhabitants ——————- …she runs her jagged fingernails down the length of the bare white wall, Leaving a trail of chipped paint behind…. Carefully, she tries to stifle the scream that attempts to escape her dry parched lips. A tear dances down her damp rosy cheek, As once again, her tired mind attempts a

Dark Poetry: Imprisoned in My Mind

    Imprisoned in My Mind Behind the fiery sparks, That light my intertwined thoughts, I’m held, Imprisoned in my mind. An entire other world, That faces off with the reality That I see in front of my innocent eyes. …Imprisoned in my mind, I confront the every-day tasks at hand… Fighting off a reality,

Inspirational Poetry: I’ll Stop the War

I’ll Stop the War You weren’t there for the battle, You didn’t feel my injured heart when it broke in a million pieces.. The door was closed… The windows were shut. Outside, the stars were performing a beautiful dance under the moonlight, But indoors, an atrocious storm was brewing in the midst of darkness. The

Inspirational Poem: I am Fighting

I AM FIGHTING There’s been a fight for so long. A struggle to tame the tired soul and heal the broken spirit.   A fight to breathe A fight to sing Although, the struggle to love was never there.   Every moment that I took a moment to look up and get lost in the

Life on Pause: Searching for memories and the disassociation war.

  and my war with PTSD.  The other day, I got an offer from Shutterfly where I could save $20 -some Christmas in July thing…Well that prompted me to look through some really old photos – really old… Photos from over 10 years ago – when my daughter was just a toddler (she’s close to

Life on Pause: A World in Despair

I am not quite sure what is going on with the world at this moment, but I do know that so many are hurting across the world – and there is a lot of resentment and anger in many people’s hearts…. Last night, a resident of Nice, France just plows hundreds of people over during

Poetry: Warrior Angels

  WARRIOR ANGELS We are not broken We are not battered…   Our souls might have shattered, but they will be mended, as each piece is put back together…   We are warriors, our hearts were not broken – they were only conditioned, so that they could grow stronger.   When the desolate fog creeps