Sometimes it’s better to fall On the side of patience Sometimes it’s better to fall On the side of curiosity Sometimes it’s better to fall On the side of wonder Sometimes it better to fall On the side of pain You can learn from it You grow from it You become through it Sometimes it’s […]
Nothing to Give
She gives what lives in her He takes what he needs From the stores of her heart She always leaves a little for herself Parcels it out, best she can into Desert sands and an oasis Simply a mirage Some red stream, running from her heart He drinks from it Taking it all in Until […]
Why I Keep My Nails Short
Once upon a time my nails were clean no dirt to remove from the porcelain edges beneath my nail beds then I dug down into the earth and pulled up worms and clumps of dirt, and everything sat between my pristine nail beds, my peachy fingers, with a depth that takes in dirt, mud, black […]
Sacred Space
Tears for generations of injusticeBuildings burningActs of ferocityWalking down Lake StreetGarbage bagGlovesMaskA broomI witness the devastationI pick up some trashSo much of it has been cleanedSwept upRespected by the larger communityThe corner of George Floyd’s murder is surrounded in flowersStations of food and water and provisions for those in need are available for distributionPeople take […]
Rubber Necking
How do you go from pedal pressed hard to the floor Zero to All in less than 10 days To pumping the brakes To a hard stop without crashing through the windshield Heart splayed out on the pavement 2500 little pieces of rust colored red each one indecipherable from the next Almost impossible to put […]
White Page
a white page means nothing until you put words on it even then, it means nothing some people might apply meaning to the words they read on the page they might make meaning of the letters strung together like glittering stars strung across a sky like outdoor lights strung across an outdoor patio with a […]
Shapes
Shapes have edges They must have edges to create their shape They own parameters A triangle is defined by its three edges Within the edges lives a container Outside of it exists space Space that allows the edges the triangle, the container to exist Without this container Nothing would exist except space What would life […]
Sohwakhaeng
Sohwakhaeng (definition): Something bringing small and certain happiness For me it is this: Affogato…it’s a scoop of ice cream in my coffee. Texting: “Morning Love, how did you sleep?” Marco Polos. With my siblings. So many, all the time. All the days. Always certain happiness. Even when I watch them on 2x speed because there […]
Playing Roulette
the odds play better in your favor when you rely on yourself you make the decisions the choices you determine the response the odds play better in your favor this way 10 times out of 10 when you rely on yourself you know yourself and you trust yourself you’ll win the hand so why play […]
Let It Go.
My momentary savior A whole pizza A whole hand down my throat Throwing it up To save myself from the shame Of eating all of it Because it’s not okay to eat all the feelings I need to eat and regurgitate The pain But you can’t My love. My love. My love, Love, You can’t […]