Amber Marie

THRESHOLDS

the doorway to hell is closed.
we asked the indifferent master
what he thinks of this mundane madness
in broad daylight. he says,
push harder. break though.

you wonder why no one hears you,
knocking softly on those doors of perception,
whispering crystal visions,
you gotta break through.

blast your music louder, skip class
record all images, symbols, music, and poems
bangin around inside your head.
blindly follow this new religion, instead.

crossing over that dead threshold,
nothing holding you back,
the universe favors
bold women, god
favors the bold woman,

the one who crosses over
and transcends
sheds her past lives
and wakes from the dead.

take my side, trust me, it’s the one
you want to be on. break through and crystallize.
your heavenly oasis is on the other side.

the universe is a song, a loud one,
no right or wrong,
it’s an all girl band, and you’re on vocals.
do you write the lyrics & shred guitar, too?

watch out, god’s been dead
but the ambivalent bored master
is out for blood
and recruits the ones who flaunt misbehavior
bad girl demeanor, spliff smokers and
the horniest of the bunch.

the universe puts the meek and compliant to death
in the forms of schools, jobs, children, & pensions.
this is serious. this is life threatening. you
have the power to resuscitate those poor blind fish
swimming into the glass over & over & over
again.

/ˈTHreSHˌ(h)old/
noun
the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.

Native of Portland, OR, Amber Marie (she/her) is a multifaceted creatrix of words, visual, and movement arts. She has been creating avant-garde art and performing with originality and flair for many years, imprinting her strange art into the world. She is a published poet and blogger, dancer and flow artist, certified yoga instructor, apothecary maker, traveling gypsy, and part-time student.

Amber holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach, and has self-published chapbooks of poems and drawings, busked typewriter poetry both for salary and on the streets of many cities, been part of multiple experimental film projects, performed spoken word poetry, led ecstatic dances and movement meditations, and is. Her passion for art, humanity, and radical self-expression is lifelong and constantly evolving and expanding.

Follow Amber at @embercreatrix.