Mirror to My Soul by Heather Mirassou

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My name is Heather Mirassou, I come from America’s Oldest Winemaking Family, I have been writing poetry since I was twelve years old. My favorite poet at the time was Leo Buscaglia, who writes about love. I sent him a letter and a few of my poems and he wrote back rewarding me with a signed book of poetry and an inspirational letter. He said I was a NATURAL POET and I should continue writing poetry and learn and practice as much as I could. I will always remember his influence on my writing and my will to follow in his footsteps. The symbolic interpretation of my last name, Mirassou is: Mirror of the soul One who reflects within The watcher of light A woman who sees truth beneath the surface
No More Chains – by Heather Mirassou

No More Chains – by Heather Mirassou


I unzipped my backpack of silence, 
tossed out the shame stitched deep in the seams.
Each memory, each bruise, each whispered lie 
I let them scatter like dead leaves in the wind.
No more hiding in locked rooms of myself,
No more shrinking in doorways when rage wore a familiar face.
I am not an echo of his voice,
 I am not the cage he built.
I am a crack in the wall, 
where the sunlight broke anyway.
I am the sound running not from, but toward something new. 
Toward breath, sky and me.
My backpack is empty now, except for courage.

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