Sam Alexandra Rose

Author: writersamr

  • Thank you for un-understanding

    When you’re struggling with breathing,
    it’s time to stop reading –
    switch off your brain when
    thinking about screening
    leads to real life screaming

    I probably am scared of death
    but mainly I am afraid of this body
    and that is far more immediate.
    What will it do next?

    But my problems aren’t for you to solve
    – but thank you –
    just shut up and nod and listen

    I am glad you can’t understand.
    I am glad you haven’t experienced this.
    In a way, I don’t want you to “get it”.
    Your inability to empathise is just
    another thing to be grateful for.

  • Is It Okay To Let Cancer Define You?

    Let me start by saying that cancer defines me. I don’t know if I “let” it define me or if I have chosen for it to define me. Either way, the outcome is the same. My Tumblr and some of my other online profiles are simply a string of self-definitions: Writer. Buddhist. Geek. Cancer survivor. And to anyone who says “don’t let it define you,” well it’s too late. It does.

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  • stop

    Sometimes you need someone to yell at you to get off the internet and stop reading things that are psychologically/emotionally harmful to you. And sometimes you’re by yourself and you have to be that person who yells at you.

    It’s difficult. But turn off the computer and go to bed.

  • geography

    blue skies reflected in the
    whites
    of your eyes

    in darkness the
    breeze
    of your exhale
    echoes

    the slowly forming haze
    of one too many broken days

    I prise your toes apart
    to give them each more space –
    they creak out of place

  • Send Me Snail Mail

    Send me snail mail
    Because I’m far too impatient.
    Give me something worth waiting for,
    I crave the excitement. 

    Send me snail mail,
    I’m on the edge of my seat.
    I’m waiting to be picked up
    Or crushed beneath your feet. 

    Send me snail mail,
    Any day now will do.
    Tell me I’m worth the postage
    And your best handwriting, too. 

    Send me snail mail,
    I’m waiting by the door
    For something to break the monotony,
    A letter worth waiting for.

  • Grave Shopping – from my chapbook

    Extract from my first chapbook, Empowerthy. Available on Lulu.com:

    ow.ly/NE8g1

    Free shipping until 4th June with code JUNESHIP and a portion of profits donated to Lynch Syndrome UK.

    I submitted the book to Amazon today so it should be on there in like, six to eight weeks. Trying to get the word out so if you like my poetry, please take a look at the book and tell a friend. Thank you so much for your support!

  • Empowerthy

    Free priority mail shipping or 50% off ground shipping on my new chapbook Empowerthy! Use code JUNESHIP http://ow.ly/NE8g1

  • Back in time

    Back in time
    to a newer me,
    when I was more
    of what I chose to be

    A cleaner slate,
    a darker sky
    simpler times
    a more reachable high 

    A longer lifespan
    shorter eyesight
    not noticing days pass
    living for the night 

    Now present me
    turning up the track
    would do anything
    for a clear path back.

  • My first chapbook is available!

    My first chapbook Empowerthy is now available on Lulu.com! I’m so excited and pleased with how it’s turned out. The theme is empowerment and empathy, with poems about my experience as a cancer survivor with Lynch syndrome. There are a lot of poems I hope will resonate with others, and I hope some uplifting ones too!

    Part of the profits will be donated to Lynch Syndrome UK.

    Here are all the details:

    Hard copy on Lulu.com: http://ow.ly/NE8g1

    eBook on Lulu.com (ePub format for all eReaders): http://ow.ly/NE8s8

    iBookstore: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/empowerthy/id999818942?mt=11

    Soon to be available in print on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as KIndle, Kobo and Nook!

    Thank you very much for your support; any reviews, comments etc are greatly appreciated!

  • Post conversations

    I love how the friend I mentioned in the latest post basically answered the poem I had written in my previous post. <3