The Internalist

Have you ever found yourself in deep conversation with the voice inside your head? Simona Rosa takes us on a mesmerizing journey through her 2019 poem "The Internalist," created during a period of profound solitude in Bellingen, New South Wales.

Written before motherhood transformed her life, this poem emerged from four years of being single and traveling alone—a time when Simona discovered that "the internalist is your best friend, which is basically you." Through the poetic technique of anadiplosis, where the last word of each verse becomes the first of the next, she crafts a rhythmic exploration of self-dialogue that feels both intimate and universal.

The poem celebrates those sacred internal conversations we hold with ourselves, acknowledging our own "wisdom, guidance, conflicts, and defiance." With vulnerable openness, Simona explores how we simultaneously doubt and encourage ourselves with lines like "You ain't got this, but you got this." Her imagery of tears streaming down cheeks under a "scarlet sky" brings vivid physicality to the emotional landscape we navigate when truly alone with our thoughts.

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