Photo by Girlharper Art 

Two weeks temperature at zero

My body permeating cold

The creation fell to the floor

My shell is missing that one last piece inside to complete the pretty picture

The pretty picture I draw for you every day so we can look the same

I am a mirror cracked in all the right places held together by the magical safety backing

Unable to completely break

I bend

I shape shift into a puddle

I wear a sign that says fragile on my back while I free solo across a tight rope

Today I see the sun shine

Today I see the doctor

Today I worked out

Today I see a friend for a meal

Today I wrote this

Photo by Sabrina Harper aka Girlharper

I have spent most of my life trying to make myself small,

Small enough not to be hurt

Small enough to fit in clothes

Small enough to survive your hate

Small enough to live my dreams

Small enough to thrive

Small enough to love big

Small enough to enter the queer world unnoticed

Small enough to hold hands

Small enough to be seen in the universe

Small enough not to be crushed

Small enough to fit in your heart

Sabrina Harper aka Girl Harper Art

Heads UP

I am standing on past lives
I am listening to history
I am still not tall enough for this present ride

Nature does not need your competition
Can’t you hear the screaming
Let us breathe with the trees
My roots can not grow if you keep pulling on them
I can dig my own hole to sleep in

Heads UP

Planets are aligned
The Sun shines and the moon glows
Stars are talking to the waters
Sticks and stones are breaking bones
I can be my own bully

Heads UP

My color bleeds red but is the best of blends
The labels you need to believe
See what we all see
Breathe now
Stand

Heads UP

A moment alone in the sun under the moon
Digging in the dirt
An angel in the snow
Footprints in the sand
A hand in a hand
HEADS UP

@girlharper2024

My feelings are buried below the concrete
Solidified under the feet of the ones before

Electric lights under the branches
My energy will crack the sidewalk

One step of breath
Two feet to carry my soul across the land

Pushing my face in the dirt
You don’t recognize me

The posture of my bones aches with age
Abundant thoughts twist in my head

Clouds shade my dreams
Lightning sets fire to remind me

Water brings me to the top
My voice is loud up here

@Sabrina Harper aka Girl Harper Art 2023

Blue, blue is my color

I swim in the blue
Floating on my back ears covered
I'm in space in the water among the stars

If I could just stay here a little longer
I can hear myself
No one can see me

Blue, blue is my color

My weight is gone nothing holding me down
The clouds are close judgment is far
I hold my breath so I can hear it again

The reflection of the world around me
The universe is full of me
One speck in time

Blue, blue is my color

Sabrina Harper 2023

Looking inside the keyhole
A narrow path to follow
I skipped down the path

Humming my own theme song
Peter Pan plays with my shadow
I'm new in nature

The Oak tree is my ship
I take her out on the sea
Our adventures are endless

I'm left alone in my playhouse
Everything is as I see it
I’m a great explorer in my own backyard

Climbing the Japanese Plum tree
I’m now flying my jet across the pond
I crash in the sandbox below

Now on my island
A castaway
I survive on kumquats

The pool becomes a great body of water
I must cross it on my raft
Its made of bamboo, not cotton duck drill cloth

The Sun and sharks come and go
A whale give me a ride
The dolphins guide us

I reach the other side
Finding my way home
I skip to the back door

Sabrina Harper 2022

The Sun is the spotlight for the day
Polishing the rocks
Giving light to the dark

Stars rest on the Ocean
A blanket of water waving in synchronicity
A whole world underneath I can not see

Walking along with you beside me
There is no starting point
There is no end

Sabrina Harper 2022

I’m greeted with a heart from the red rocks
On my way to feel the Vortex
I am not alone today

I'm happy to have company
As the landscape is new to me
My guest explains the 4th and 5th dimensions

Millions of years of mud and sand
The energy of quartz crystals within
Balancing the Yin and Yang

The Sedona red dirt at my feet
The sun feels closer somehow
Drying out the surface I walk on

The succulent thrives, cactus multiple
Roots peeking up at me
My guest climbs higher

I settle between the rocks X and Y
My heart is sitting on my sleeve
Thinking of a broken family tree

Placing my thoughts aside
My guest plays the flute
Now the rocks are singing to me

Sabrina Harper 2022

To all the mothers of the world
The love you provide feels snug
A gentle hand in life
Superheroes of the family
Preparing us for the world
Sultry and fierce

The wizard behind the curtain
You are the best magician
Shielding our secrets
Promoting our passions
Solving problems better than a skilled mathematician
The inventors of multitasking

A hug of sanctuary
The catalyst of our future
You are home

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Sabrina Harper 2022

Your roots dive deep into the Earth
A vine standing in the winds
Reaching out from within

Changing with the seasons
Green orange yellow and red
A starburst of Autumn

Cherishing the sedimentary soil
Come rain or sunshine you stand free
The layers of life living in your trunk

The backbone of the air we breath
Providing shelter and shade
A sacrificial lamb in the forest

As a child I walked up your arms
Swinging from your elbows
I jump like a flying squirrel to the ground

Fearless and valiant in nature
A picture to paint
A tree

Sabrina Harper 2022