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Sister's of the Garden's avatar

That's beautiful 😍

AFTERBIT's avatar

beautiful piece!!

annika's avatar

Music, like all of the arts, can only be defined by what you want it to be. For you to express yourself is it's top priority. That aside, i loved the rawness of this poem so much!

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you so much <3

Elijah Westin's avatar

You were never too much

Scream my friend. This world is a lot. I'll scream with you

And people that make you reduce who you are aren't worth breaking down for..

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

💯 with the current state of the world I think a collective scream is in order! 🙀

Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

I felt this deeply! Resonated with each stanza! Absolutely loved this one! Excellent!

Sister's of the Garden's avatar

Your journey is built 💪

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Brick by brick. Thank you for reading! <3

Charles Valentin-Stulck's avatar

This was incredibly powerful!

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you for reading! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

yara's avatar

Such a beautiful poem I loved it

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you!!! 😊 ❤️❤️

Soulhunting's avatar

I listed to this this time. Initially i had read it. I believe it's on of your best.

It's viceral, hard, painful; I can hear your voice cracking at parts.

Here I stand and together we scream - is so powerful!

Congrats on the performance!!

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Ahh that really means so much to hear! <3 It is definitely a difficult piece for me to perform because I feel every bit of it. I wrote this three years ago and I remember viscerally what it felt like when I woke up that morning. That day I couldn’t scream so I wrote this instead.

Gary L Taylor's avatar

Beautiful and parts in there that resonated and feel so truthful and real, too.

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you so much! Sorry it took so long to get back to this comment! Substacks been getting fresh with my notifications! I always appreciate your comments <3

Urja Vora's avatar

This is powerful. I love how raw and unapologetic it feels, the shift from the quiet expectation to “sing beautifully” to the decision to scream instead. That thunderstorm image at the beginning sets the tone perfectly.

The lines about refusing to be smaller or more “digestible” really hit. So many people are taught to soften themselves to make others comfortable, and this feels like the opposite of that, reclaiming every part that had to be hidden.

There’s something really freeing about the ending too: gathering all the pieces of yourself and letting them exist loudly, without polishing them for anyone else. It’s intense in the best way.

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you so much for your in depth and thoughtful comments on this one! I truly appreciate you!

Jakarta Hoffmeyer's avatar

Powerful imagery! Beautiful

VedJournal ✍️📜's avatar

Your Poem speaks a thousand pains for sure

Just highlighting this part

I want to scream out my pain from the mountain-top.

Rip these Sharps and flats from deep within my soul.

Expose these secret sounds

to the scrutiny of infinity.

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate your feedback!

Being to Being's avatar

I felt the force of the thunderstorm coming through and can absolutely relate to the feeling. Thanks so much for sharing!

Andrea (Andy) Curran 🌄's avatar

Thank you so much <3

Shadow Pursuit's avatar

"Together, we scream." Indeed. And a lovely poem 🐦‍⬛