QUESTION PATTERNS SLOWLY / *image by Amalie Flynn*

COURSE CORRECTION

they told me Jesus would save me
but i have done all of the footwork
down here
on the ground
rolling my sleeves up
seeing what i have
a father who hates me
a mother who ignores me
a heart who turns the tenderness of each moment
into a tornado
i do the work
ask questions
write down thoughts
understand learned behavior
question patterns
slowly
brick by brick
i build the church of my own presence
and the altar of my own body

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Linnea George

Linnea George is a professionally trained actress, violinist, and yoga teacher based in Bremen, Germany. She has directed musicals, plays, operas, and dance pieces. She moved to Bremen, Germany, in 2015 with her German husband and 3 year old daughter. Via producing and acting in a one-woman show, Grounded by George Brant, Linnea landed her current employment status as actress with the Bremer Shakespeare Company. Her passion is supporting LGBTQIA+ and expat stories. Poetry is for her like breathing: she's always done it. In 2024, Linnea launched a podcast featuring the translation process of her poems into Arabic, Spanish, Finnish, German, Persian and Ahmaric. The podcast is called Foreign Feelings: Conversations on Not Belonging and can be found on all major podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/foreignfeelingspodcast