It went thirty minutes too long. Two hours into the conversation, my presence was still full. Moments after that mark, I could feel the signs I was done. That edge of anxiousness, pressing [...]
Could you change the filters? Remove the debris from the air we’ve breathed But the filters remain soiled Littered with resented actions and unspoken words With deceit, apathy, regret Instead, [...]
Tuesdays belong to my dad. It wasn’t intended; no basis on the book, “Tuesdays with Morrie”(which if you haven’t read, do). It just worked out that way. My stepmom needed a break, and [...]
You wouldn’t know it by seeing him, but my dog , Jasper, has a record. He may not have made post office wall’s status, but his name, along with mine, are out there. And all for what I thought was [...]
Sitting beneath the juniper bush and tending to the soles of my bare feet, a voice is heard. I am alone. I am quiet. I am five. The voice returns. One that sounds like [...]
He asked me to stay I watched at the others shuffled out A disheveled collection of souls All wondering what lies beneath us Our fingers scraped from the surfaces scratched They took their filled [...]
I went to a talk yesterday…wrapped in the title of women’s empowerment. Being that I have been reading, listening, submersing, warrioring in all things female these days, I grabbed my [...]
Who would think I would be on the other side of the fence Wondering, digging, observing Sitting and staying long enough to learn what they want to hear Howling on cue And fetching the stick [...]
At night, she appears In a pool of salt Washed over a body unknown Drowning in a dream As currents pull And waves crash Flailing with limbs that are strangers And gasping to find a breath to call [...]
I suppose we all find ways and words to define ourselves. Perhaps even images, if you look at Facebook and the hunt for the suitable profile photo. I wonder if we all would hunt for [...]