Macrocosm

Angela Crabtree 1982 (maine)




Macrocosm

As I stand here on this mountain ledge, I let myself become one with the earth. The wind blowing through my hair... The sound of the soaring eagle... The crackle of wolves feet on the fallen branches... the sun beating down on my face...
 I slowly start to lower my body to the ground, as though not to disturb the rocks and earth. Now just sitting at this ledge with my legs out over the side... I listen to everything around me. The soaring eagle swooping down to catch a fish out of the Crystal Lake below, or the young wolf pups playing behind the pack. I set my hands on the ground beside me and feel all the hurt. Her people stopped caring and started polluting. Trash lies along her ditches, while oil spills across her rivers. Tears come to my eyes as I realize no one cares. The pups stop playing and run off, the eagle flies away and all I hear is silence, nothing but her dead silence.

 By: Angela M. (Holmes) Crabtree

 May 4, 2002
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Angela Crabtree

Angela Crabtree is a woman in long-term recovery who started writing in 1996 as a form of emotional release. She uses her life experiences as inspiration for pieces. Angela believes in her ability to draw you into the emotion behind the poem. Angela believes in giving back to her community by advocating for those who need it. She is a member of the MaineMOM Advisory Council. She has done Training with Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Behavioral Health OPTIONS (Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach, Naloxone, and Safety) program. Angela is a mom, aunt, sister, daughter, student, and more. She believes in helping professionals understand the disease of addiction and how it works. She has faced stigma and unfair treatment in active use and recovery. Her passions are photography, writing, spending time with her family, and art. She continues to display integrity despite the stigma she faces. more…

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