Hit the beach, that's what you do. Enjoying a bit of sun and sand in beautiful Barbados. Ah, it's a Runner's Life for me. Thanks for reading! @CarlieEster is a Writer, Radio DJ, Runner, full time mother

The Universe Has Swallowed You Whole An Original Poem by @CarlieEster The universe has swallowed you whole, Its belly rumbling tumbling, shooting stars Like birds of prey falling from the sky Passing venus,

Come Inside My Box An Original Poem by @CarlieEster Come inside my box I said to anyone who heard It’s just a square, a wooden block And rough around the edge But inside’s so soft Like velveteen, a ladies’

We Kissed An Original Poem by @CarlieEster We kissed And red lipstick stained your mouth like flowers pressed Where dry met wet And in a secret moment We kissed We kissed I tied your tongue Across your

Through The Green Fuse Lights The Flower An Original Poem by @CarlieEster Through the green fuse lights the flower Snap! Crack! Pop! In a shower of living colour dawn marks their rising hour Sunshine comes

Time Flies An Original Poem by @CarlieEster time flies on evanescent wings like a butterfly against the wind we all try to make it back before it’s dark before the tempest howls for a slowly beating heart

Gold An Original Poem by @CarlieEster I have gold in my eye they say that it shimmer it turn me blind like solomon finger everything i see it start to glitter the tears down my cheek they tasting so bitter

Icarus An Original Poem by @CarlieEster Shooting through the stars Beneath my toes are scattered shards Of yellowed glass, Their pictures painted far too fast Their colours run Pointing to a narrow past

On The Surface of the Flat Green Sea An Original Poem by @CarlieEster You’re an ocean of arms and tears of rippling waves come bursting through the seams but for all the tripping and the tensing I will

I Wish I Could Go To The Zoo An Original Poem by @CarlieEster A seven year old loves animals Stripey spotty furry clawy animals A trip to the zoo would be A dream come true for a little girl Except for

My Dragon Sleeps An Original Poem by @CarlieEster how could you not notice me when the smoke clears from our eyes and we’re both deprived of air but mesmerised by shadows moving through the Os you blow,

Pretty Bird An Original Poem by @CarlieEster You called me a nightingale, and asked me to sing I gave you my voice then you gave me an iron cage to live in. I said that I wanted a flower bed so I could

My Dark Passenger An Original Poem by @CarlieEster My dark passenger flies over me Casting shadows in my steps Like a vulture in circle Thirsty and hungry for my memories The wait is finite As life only

Desert Rose An Original Poem by @CarlieEster Smooth, in the morning's sepia tones a cactus meekly creeps and groans aching spines make it difficult to sleep so he stretches out his thorny feet across the

It's been a while, hasn't it... @jamtaylor has been on my case to get back on Steemit... something about the rewards and a fork something or the other. Well here I am. Since I don't know much about

Tiny casket Close and latch it Tiny casket with embroidered laces Hiding faces (Smiling faces) The question, No one wants to ask it The funeral No one wants to task it, And the conversation No one wants

Or rather, don't. This one's about that connection and intersection of litter and nature, specifically on the beach. Can't stand littering :( Seashells and scatterings of plastic bags and broken things

Carlieester From Barbados Thanks @jamtaylor for the invite! I'm a female writer from Barbados. I love to write about nature, personal emotions and pollution. I write very abstractly using beach creatures,

I’m a storm on you, a veritable wind blown in on you trying to drown you in a war of words trying to burn you with my angry hurt I’m a storm coming in off the water straight for you I’m a hurricane on