In honor of National Poetry Month, each day of April I am posting one poem from Lisa F. Gullo’s epic anthology “The Evidence I Have Lived” with the corresponding art/quotes that were chosen to illustrate her words. She passed from suicide in December 2018, and this is her legacy. The hope is that you will appreciate it and SHARE it and spread the word so Lisa’s dream of providing a lasting gift to her family can be fulfilled. Click the links below to learn more.

Pendulum (January 2018)

I never know What will end up on the page So many thoughts and emotions Each one wants to be on stage

I try to write every day Some days are more fruitful than others Generally the more I am in pain The page has more to gain

Happy is always more difficult Whereas pain practically writes itself Maybe because we are more acquainted And Happy and I are much more complicated

Happy almost seems foreign It doesn’t drip off my tongue Or hurry to be shared Happy is certainly scared

Writing about Happy is convoluted I’m much less suited To write about what I deem unreachable What I find unteachable

Happy definitely falls in that realm At least for myself I find it definitely unteachable Negative and I are quite familiar But Happy leaves me bewildered

While my pendulum does swing It always prefers what it knows best And what it knows is feeling lost I do long for more, perhaps even beg But I am drawn to darkness Therein lies my true self It wants to be seen and heard Not just stifled on the shelf

Art by Emma Schumacher

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