You ever remember a moment in your life, and the memory is too much? So much that your brain begins to shut down a little. Throwing up a subconscious STOP sign. Warning you to go no further. This didn’t happen to you. It’s not real. Your brain is protecting you, trying to convince you that… Continue reading I Save Myself
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Throw Back Thursday.. February 2001
I wrote this poem 25 years ago. I was 17 years old. I titled it “When Weakness Wins”. The pretty little flower sat alone in the sun. There were no others like her, she was the only one. She was “perfect” in all the ways, except for this one petal that just wouldn’t stay. At… Continue reading Throw Back Thursday.. February 2001
What Lies Beneath Us
I’m floating on the surface of the lake with you. In an old, and tattered boat. It’s got plugs where holes once were, and we can’t pull the anchors up so every inch we move forward is sluggish and tainted with an equal pull backwards. It really is beautiful up here though. The sun is… Continue reading What Lies Beneath Us
To Be Read..
It feels like today should be a Friday the 13th and not a Wednesday. Everything feels dark and foreboding. Like a devastating storm secretly waits on the horizon, hidden by the lie of the sun on my face. My heart feels heavy today. Like it doesn’t belong in my body, it carries too much for… Continue reading To Be Read..
Throw Back Thursday (Sick And Tired)!
I am bringing it back, throw back Thursdays! Well, I am attempting to. Life was lifin' for a while, and I wasn't writing nearly as much as I wanted to. So I am attempting to ease back into writing regularly, and figured Throw Back Thuradays were a good way to start! For today's throw back,… Continue reading Throw Back Thursday (Sick And Tired)!
Throw Back Thursday (on a Friday!): Warpaint (1/10/2017)
I failed yesterday. Life threw its chaos at me, and I didn’t manage to share my Throwback Thursday post. But here it is, a day late, and oh, how it pulls at my heartstrings. Written in 2017, revisiting it fills me with a bittersweet ache for the woman I once was. On the surface, I… Continue reading Throw Back Thursday (on a Friday!): Warpaint (1/10/2017)
A Time For Peace 