Here is my submission for the SPU Poetry Contest 2 hosted by @poetrybyjeremy and Poets United. My submission is a rewrite of a Steemit original poem I shared last week called "Level the Playing Field" (linked below). This was a fun exercise. I always love looking into work this way, especially when I'm reading pieces by other people and helping them pull out the heart threads. I hope I've done that here. I look forward to participating in more contests like this one in the future. I hope you'll join me!

Image Credit

Genesis

I learned to fight using nails as skin shovels, gouging safe passage
to true labels: warrior, feminist, survivor. Goddess.
Cry out worship with church bells, build me a temple or tear me
down. Try. I will blood mark you if you press me unasked.
My power lashes in color, insist though you may you are innocent,
just having a little fun, I suppose, and no harm in that
except the tickle was more slap, and the memory is more fear
and the fear has turned to strength because I will not
be stifled in my own space. If you are to be here, you better pray.

See the original poem here: "Level the Playing Field"

Recent Posts

• Hiding Verses: Breaking a Binary (dsound)
• Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone (psychology)
• Diagnosis as a Path to Self-Acceptance (psychology)
• Breaking a Binary (life)
• Performing Self-Care by Asking for Help (psychology)
• ANNOUNCEMENT: 5SBD Payout Weekly Comment Winners (contest)
• Cookies for the Homeless Fundraiser Update: LAST DAY TO SUPPORT! (life)
• Kindergarten is the sick season (life)
• Please link your post in comments--let's connect! (life)
• Hiding Verses Podcast: Why I Am Crying (dsound)
• A Heart of Glass (life)
• Level the Playing Field (poetry)
• Hiding Verses Podcast: Creating Happiness (dsound)

Don't forget, best comment on this account or @nat5an each week gets 5SBD reward.

_{Animated Banner Created By @zord189}