The Photo Contributor:
Joey Kennedy. Actor. Artist.
And now proud mama.
I met Joey when she was co-facilitating a program run by Riverland Youth Theatre about youth entrepreneurship for young artists – Joey’s been in a couple of films you might have heard of (Shine and Red Dog) but the film featuring her you should most see is ‘Dance Me To My Song’. We’ve maintained a casual connection through facebook, as so many of us do, and I particularly love seeing Joey’s ‘Mimism’ statuses sharing the funny and adorable things her new little person says and does.
Joey sent this very special and personal photo of her little person for #writeme30 with the following (which I wanted to include here because it’s so precious):
“Sleeping Beauty, Jemimah Rose. Love this co-sleeping/family bed photo of our milk-drunk cherub. Sam took it quietly in the darkness, whilst Mim & I slept peacefully, dreaming contentedly, Mother & Child. Yep, she has this Mama Pyjamas wrapped firmly around her little finger as she holds me & I hold her. She still shares my bed, sleeping cradled in my arms & heart… Circles end where they begin, Alysha. Truly blessed. xxxx
“Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.” – John Donne “
The Photo:
Photo supplied by Joey Kennedy
The #writeme30 Response – Seashell Dreams:
Softly now.
Into suckled hands.
Wet shoulders, warm with love.
Ear shells curled into startled waiting.
Fingers gripped accidently onto hair rocked free.
And these two arms held suspended by love made flesh and hope.
Stretched by hunger.
Gripped by fear laced words,
On the edges of warning labels that sing.
Cheeks upturned, towards lights that dim and twist.
Fluttered eyes that wait in dreams overfull with shape and colour.
Legs bent straight by hopes unspoken before we whisper them quietly.
Sighed into life.
Delivered into skin’s echo,
Love’s fragile shadow held, gently.
Rocked by woolen comforts made warm,
By skin slept in and woken again and again and again.
These nights we lean into. Stitching futures into the dark. Together.
* I will be a few weeks short of photos so if you would like to submit a photo for me to respond to, you would be very welcome to. Email it to me at: pressurelandsATmeDOTcom
** #writeme30 posts are published ‘as is’ (rough!) without any editing or curating as the project is about exploring my responses to the photographs supplied. Some posts may plant the seeds for future writing projects but they are not written with that in mind.
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