Sam Alexandra Rose

Author: writersamr

  • Gratitude

    For friendship, for openness,
    for the chance to be true,
    for empathy, for relief,
    for peace: gratitude.

  • Confiding in a friend

    Confiding in a friend is like shouting – you have to get a bit closer before they really hear you.

  • my mother says I am impressive.

    my mother says I am impressive.
    what does that mean?
    I yo-yo between
    the ridiculousness of her words
    and the incredulity
    that she would say something
    that she didn’t believe, therefore
    it must surely be true.
    my mother says I am impressive.
    parents are biased.
    parents see what they want to see.
    parents are wrong sometimes.
    but sometimes I still believe her
    and want to thank her
    for relieving my guilt with her praise.
    my mother says I am impressive.

    Written on Friday 1st
    January, 2016 at 21:50

  • Dream

    Last night I had a terrible dream
    I can’t remember what happened
    but it left a shadow of itself in my
    mind, and I know, I just know
    my body owes my brain an apology
    for all the trouble it has caused
    and are you sorry, body, are you
    sorry yet?

  • Stray Boy

    the wheelchair,
    the cobbled street.
    happy because –
    happy.
    No reasons
    to be seen.
    a stray boy
    interacting with
    nothing.
    filthy hair,
    head slumped low
    but bobbing with
    every guffaw.
    Small town poverty,
    invisible life.
    a semi-stoned
    shadow lurching
    from side to
    side in the
    dimming
    light.

  • Chapbook excerpt

    writersamblog:

    Excerpt from my chapbook 🙂 https://www.writersam.co.uk/empowerthy

  • “I write songs I can’t listen to”

    “I write songs I can’t listen to.” – Professor Green

    Me too. I write poems I can’t read.
    I want to write poems I can’t read.
    They would probably be my best poems.

  • Brave Dressing

    Gonna wear a tight-fitting dress to a party tomorrow and not even worry about how weird my belly looks cuz I can’t help that there’s a flat bit where my bowel used to be that makes the rest of my belly stick out more so I’m just gonna be comfortable with my post-op / post-cancer body instead of feeling self-conscious, mmkay?

  • pairs of eyes

    If enough people see your scars
    do they get any lighter?
    if more people know why
    there is a cavity
    where your bowel should be
    does your stomach stick out
    a little less?
    Is there power in more pairs
    of eyes?
    I feel better for being known
    a tiny bit better.
    I feel stronger for standing
    up, validated, vindicated,
    now that I have ‘come out’
    in a sense, as a person who
    has been brave, who has
    seen things
    no pair of eyes should
    have to see. Maybe now
    I’ll feel a little more free
    too, a little more of a
    loose cannon, with no
    need for explanation.
    I should now already be
    justified in anything
    I say or do about this.
    I only hope those new
    pairs of eyes can see
    that this is a
    terrible, and terribly
    important part
    of me.

  • My article on Quiet Revolution

    I had an article published on Quiet Revolution! It is:

    An open letter to everyone who has ever made me feel like there is something wrong with me—unintentionally or otherwise.

    Read it here:

    http://www.quietrev.com/portraits/sam-rose/

    Hope it is relatable – I’ve had some really nice comments on it already, which is awesome!