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Mishap
White sage - aged
frosts,
a squall of opening snows
icing my bleached airways
A slight stoppered bottle,
seeps
dryness like lye
Oily digging - flesh effaced;
molten holy place
christening with blisters
quickening my pace
**
I spilled some essential oil on myself. Don't do that.
frosts,
a squall of opening snows
icing my bleached airways
A slight stoppered bottle,
seeps
dryness like lye
Oily digging - flesh effaced;
molten holy place
christening with blisters
quickening my pace
**
I spilled some essential oil on myself. Don't do that.
Published 5th Oct 2017
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5th Oct 2017 1:51pm
Oh eeek! I had a client put the wrong one in her bath water.
This was very well documented poetically! The imagery was painful!
This was very well documented poetically! The imagery was painful!
5th Oct 2017 2:32pm
Oooh...yeah, and if you don't blend it, it floats to the surface and burns 😣 I know someone who did that! EOs are no joke lol! Thank you :)
5th Oct 2017 7:50pm
I have no oil - I feel safe :-) beautiful write tinged with a certain darkness - it makes me breathless reading it aloud :-))))
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5th Oct 2017 8:00pm
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5th Oct 2017 8:13pm
Dude! I actually predicted you'd come in and say that, you seem to gravitate toward that sort of imagery :) It reminded me of your stuff when I posted it and read it to myself! It wasn't super painful really, more so simply uncomfortable and very itchy. I can be dramatic lol 😅
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9th Oct 2017 5:05pm
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10th Oct 2017 1:15pm
I don't know what essential oil is, but you have convinced me never o buy any...
A painful read... and I get the worst sympathy pains...
JJ
A painful read... and I get the worst sympathy pains...
JJ
10th Oct 2017 2:37pm
Oh man...they're absolutely lovely! Definitely don't write them off :) Just be careful!
10th Oct 2017 3:01pm
10th Oct 2017 3:47pm
They're the product of distilling plants. Herbs, branches, flowers, etc. They're highly potent, and typically make up 1% or less of the plant volume. Essential oils on peppermint leaves (for example) are stored underneath the leaf, and form little droplets that cannot really be seen without a magnifying glass or microscope (at least not easily). So when you take the leaves and run them, the oil is what gives off the refreshing smell :) Essential oils help plants keep bugs away, protect them from the elements, and other things. So when we distill plants to extract the oils, we can use the oils on our own bodies or inhale them for benefits, which is basically all aromatherapy is. Oils are made of chemical compounds (like menthol) which really do work, so aromatherapy is effective despite having a weird reputation (people get really nutty about natural healing sometimes). It's just important to use the oils carefully, and dilute them in other "carrier" like olive oil or coconut oil so they're not caustic, they're safe if handled well :) Anyway, that's my "quick" explanation haha!
10th Oct 2017 4:27pm
Umm, what? Lolololololololol... Thank you for the highly educational clarification! :) JJ
