Poems: Notice Us, Observer

Poetry by Vivian Hughes

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Vivian shares her recent poetry.

Notice Us

To be underestimated
Is to imply being considered,
Or even
Noticed.

Her fire builds glass ceilings
Of which she is forbidden to break.
No one can shatter
Without first showing cracks.

A cacophony of oppression and cruelty
Simplified to emotions.
Sympathy cranes to be heard
So that It may rest.

She is not the neck that turns.
She is the voice which speaks,
The voice that begs to be Noticed.

Observer

I find I am rarely safe.
Seeing in four dimensions makes
Objects talk and
Conversations stale.

When ease overtakes me, I assume
The four will fade
Into dreams and peace.
But the last dimension is rigid

It doesn’t let me rest.
It grows my mind by prying my eyes open.

The fourth dimension resembles the three,
But it tortures me, and I don’t know it yet.

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