The Nightingale's Tale

Poetic Expressions of Faith, Fortune, and Grief by Selina

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  • A Fool to Fire

    Selina Inman

    09/30/2024

    I’m doing my best to stay present
    But I want to keep you close to me
    I find myself off in the clouds 
    when I think of you and me 

    I feel so naive, I have to admit
    I want it to last forever 
    Hard to admit how you have me spent 
    How much I’ve seen and tasted pleasure

    Yet I must be careful
    You have a devious nature to you
    I start to worry about just exactly 
    What I would or wouldn’t do for you

    A voice of reason chimes in
    She reminds me that…

    Satisfaction can be a chain too 
    the devil is known for his temptation 
    and for now I walk these hot coals
    in search of your sweet sensations

  • The Race

    Selina Inman

    02/08/23


    Growth the turtle
    Anxiety the hare
    Why am I still here
    I should be over there

    Should of, could of, would of
    Judgements make me move
    From others, but mostly myself
    My worth I want to prove

    Yet progress can’t be seen
    It’s taking it’s time
    The budding of my soul
    Once a seed so fine

    One day I’ll bear fruit
    I’ll win my own race
    I’ll listen to my heart
    And embrace my destined pace

  • Hope

    Selina Inman

    12/15/24

    Hope is a nightingale
    She sings from the heart
    Whether caged or freed
    She sings to the stars

    Hope perches on the Tree
    Even when you miss the roots
    Never will there be a fee
    To sing along with her tune

    Hope is the Mother
    Who always arrives when you ask
    She tends to your wounds
    Removes the swords from your back

    Hope carries your woe
    She'll give it a safe space
    She always hears your prayers
    Wipes the grief from your face

    Hope is the one to remind you
    Rainbows come after the storm
    That winter will not last forever
    Sun will return to keep you warm

    Hope will never lose you
    For she has the clearest sight
    Hold onto her like an owl
    And you will survive the darkest nights







  • Wait a minute!

    Selina Inman

    05/11/23

    Wait a minute...
    You mean…

    I’m in control?
    That I hold power?
    Wait a minute
    So that means…
    My life can change!
    The way I want it to?

    Wait a MINUTE!

    This means…

    My perception is key
    The power is in my perspective
    Wait a minute!
    I mean…
    If I can dream it...
    Anything is possible

    I’m done waiting
    True meaning is here!
    The pen is in my hands

    It’s time to create

  • Inheritance

    Selina Inman

    10/15/22

    Mistakes
         We're full of imperfections
              Let's not treat failure as a loss
                   But rather a redirection
    A lesson
         Brought to us by error
              We’re all human after all
                   What judgement is fair
    Or
         What do we learn from blame
              Except to hide ourselves away
                   Engulfed by our shame

    Claim
         Let’s embrace the love we deserve
              Peace is not something to be earned
                   May our Spirit be the only one we serve

    Preserve
         The magic we were born with
              In this realm it’s easy to forget
                   But our power is no myth

  • Darling Doll

    Selina Inman

    A doll
    How long I have wanted to remain your perfect porcelain
    How much I have hoped you’d bestow me into the world with honor
    How could I be worthy otherwise
    You had high hopes for me
    But your expectations were higher
    Unbearably high
    How could you place so much weight
    On a fragile doll like me
    Then shout at me for breaking
    Now I feel shame for these fractures
    I’m left to deal with the sharp edges
    The deep cracks
    The missing pieces
    A void you cannot
    Nor would ever attempt to fill
    But do not fret
    For I am only a doll
    Tie me a ribbon
    Adjust my dress
    Reposition me 
    Just right on your shelf
    And here I will sit
    Hoping I please your witnesses
    They can see my luster fade
    I’m afraid
    One day I won’t have what you want
    And one day I’ll be ready
    To answer the call of the floor below
    To leave behind the mission you’ve assigned
    I’ll shatter your dreams of the doll
    The girl I should have been
    On that day when I go
    The release will make me smile
    Because I’ll have a chance to get to know
    The one who’s been dead for a while